I get you don't want to surrender

Barcid··3 votes·305 views

But pay a little attention to how games are this season and how they tend to play out.

No I'm not saying that you should surrender when it's 5/1 8 minutes in.

No I'm not saying you should surrender when it's 5/12 with a late scaling team.

What I am saying is if you're behind by a good 7k gold or more with 7 of your turrets down to the enemy's none down and your jungler has suicided to the midlane for the fourth time that match while refusing to ward his jungle and crying that nobody's helping him as the mega fed tank/bruiser/AD combo are barreling down your mid lane blowing up anything that stands in the way, then maybe consider changing that obnoxious "never surrender" stance of yours.

"People throw all the time" may be a true statement, but "possible" doesn't mean "probable", and even if 30 minutes later the enemy team has managed to throw the perfect lead, I could have quit that game, went on to the next game, and stomped that game in 15 minutes and been onto another one before trudging miserably through this god-forsaken early game scaling fuckfest we're in for half an hour hoping the enemy team continues to make enough mistakes - not that we'd be playing phenomenally, no, just that the enemy is literally handing us the game - in order to secure one lousy bloody win. Like, sorry, but I play this game to enjoy myself, not to stress the fuck out with a team I probably am not too happy with while I have to sit there knowing that I'm very possibly wasting my time on a "maybe" win that could at literally any moment turn into a loss in the blink of an eye.

When games tend to be decided relatively early, demanding people stick it out for that 30 minute mark doesn't exactly do wonders for the attitude of this community. There are some games that aren't salvageable - that may change next season, but for now, please stop making me have to bash my head on the keyboard after the nineteenth red flag that we may not be clicking well as a team.

6 Comments

Cavemantero3 votes

so what? if the whole team doesn't want to surrender you don't get to. Its a team game, not a "whatever is convenient for you" game.

Barcid1 votes

"The whole team" is usually two stubborn people and very possibly a duo refusing to surrender.

There's also people who only go one way or the other depending on how many people want to or don't want to.

There's also people who abstain unless the surrender is certain.

In fact, many people are wishy washy about the whole idea and just go with what their team wants.

But when only two people vote no, that's still a minority in the team holding the game hostage for no real reason, and the vast majority of the time it's the mentality of "never surrender we can totally come back" when that kind of reality is about as certain as tightrope walking during a hurricane. I mean yeah, it could be possible maybe under the right conditions, but why the hell would any sane person try?

The point of this isn't to get whole teams to change, it's to get those couple of people holding the game hostage over a minute possibility to stop lying to themselves and making things miserable for their other teammates. If three people have already voted "yes" and the conditions I stated above are true - that you're looking at a near irredeemable weakness in your team making the game entirely up to whether the enemy wants to throw it or not - voting "no" at that point only makes you either look like a fucking prick who revels in wasting other peoples' time or someone who is straight delusional about their abilities.

No I don't care if you're Twitch, you still have to survive long enough to fire a shot before you can carry.

LordGeovanni1 votes

2 people willing to play the game that they signed up and qued for should trump 3 people who dont want to play the game but are gonna re-que right after the game. you should be doing what ever you can to try to win the game at all times until it ends for either side.

x Royal Solo x2 votes

But how else can we waste 15 minutes of your time? [slayer-jinx-wink]

LordGeovanni1 votes

tendancies of being lazy isnt something that should be kept in mind. if playing games is a waste of your time dont que up you cant ever gaurentee you gonna win when you que up so you que up to PLAY THE GAME. SO PLAY THE GAME. Comebacks arent just luck its also a skill one that the majority of players in this meta have no idea how to do because they surrender if they fall behind 1 kill hell teams surrender if they are ahead 10 kills

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