TIL The Secret To Happiness In LoL
Just have fun no matter what.
That's all there is to it, really. No matter what you do, who or how you play, or what rank you are, just have fun. If you don't have fun then make fun. It can be hard sometimes, especially with all the bullshit this game puts you through, but ttitude is easily one of the biggest factors in this game.
One game I played Kindred and I got killed level 1 by an invade (The funny thing I got caught warning my team about the potential invade). My Malphite was trying to troll because he supposedly had to troll and no one dodged and I was forced to do a leashless clear. Bottom lane got destroyed and Nidalee overall outpressured me. Later on Malphite stopped trying to troll, but our riven was being extremely negative and mostly just flamed me for the rest of the game.
But you know what I did? I just played along with it and had a good time. I stroked the Riven's massive ego, gave her my blue buff and joked about how I was the shittiest jungler ever. That attitude was the game winning factor. If I just tilted we would have indubitably lost that game, my mechanics would have been worse and my aggression wouldn't be nearly as calculated as it was. The biggest point I want to make is that, shit happens and it's up to you to make the most of it.
Here's some more anecdotal evidence but this time with a loss, my most recent game I swapped roles with the mid laner and ended up as Aurelion Sol against Teemo. The enemy Zac camped the living hell out of me and after a while it just became hilarious. He killed me a couple of times (My fault) and I was so far behind in experience that I was basically useless to the Teemo. Our jungler got completely bodied and overall outclassed significantly. Bottom lane lost (again), top lane lost (Yes it was another Riven) and I just played it cool. There was no doubt we'd lose that game, but I wasn't worried. I didn't stop trying, I still did the best I could and ended up not going as negative as I could have. I just laughed it off and enjoyed myself. At the end of that game, I wasn't even remotely tilted.
Today's games really inspired me to change my attitude and I hope this post inspired you to try and be more optimistic. At the end of the day (Literally for me) I just want to say, enjoy the game. Don't focus too hard on winning or losing, yes those things are important, but what's more important is having fun and improving at the game. I absolutely promise you that if you just keep your spirits high and focus on improving, then you will become a higher rating then you ever would by worrying so much about winning. Seriously, too much anxiety is--I'm going to stop myself before I go on another tangent.
TL;DR : Try to have fun and make the most of what ever happens because there are some things you can't avoid. You will win more games and you will be more happy with the game. (EDIT : I had to take out a redundancy :V)
