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Something needs to be said.

KingPiece··1 votes·396 views

Hello, My name is KingPiece, and I am in low elo and something needs to be said. This is to all my bronze and Silver players. I started in Bronze V, climbed to Sliver two. Then loss MULTIPLE times, which got me to Silver V and I still struggle to this day. Here is what needs to be said.

PLAY RANKED WHEN YOU ARE READY! Yes I said it. I'll say it again. PLAY RANKED WHEN YOU ARE READY. Here are my reasons why i say this.

**1. Just because it says in shiny letters "RANKED QUEUE" doesn't mean you need to play it. **

If your match history in normals says you go 0/8 or 0/24 STAY AWAY FROM RANKED. Why? Because you AREN'T READY. If you can't survive the lane phase, then how can you survive throughout the whole game? (if you are supports and go 0/8/30 then ranked needs supports like you. )

2. If you have a mindset of "its just a game" or "I only play for fun." STAY AWAY FROM RANKED

Just because you go outside, drink, whatever you do, don't come to RANKED QUEUE, FEED, and say "It's only a game." League is not just a game to some people. RESPECT THAT.

3. If you can only play one champion, especially my mid laners out there, STAY AWAY FROM RANKED.

Just because you can go Yasuo 27/0/0 with and when you go top MonkeyKing and go 0/30/9 with you aren't ready. you need to play ALL ROLES, i Repeat ALL ROLES.

4. Use META CHAMPS.

I am for any one who likes to be cool and break the meta. in NORMALS I go ADC Yasuo or Mid lane LeeSin . but that's for NORMALS. if you come to RANKED and go Bard mid, don't expect someone to be nice to you.

5. RESPECT PICK ORDER.

if you are LAST PICK 99.9999999999% you are Support. YOU HAVE TO PLAY SUPPORT. Yes its a role, and yes Supports are the most IMPORTANT role believe it or not with jungle second. if you can't play meta supports likeLeona orThresh andSona then go to normals. Also please don't say "I can only play mid and top." when you come to RANKED and you are last pick.

**6. If you don't own at least half of the champions in this game, don't come to RANKED. **

Tired of being in draft pick, someone takes a role another player has most of there champs in. if you know you can play the popular roles like mid and top, don't buy all your champions in that lane because. 9 times out of 10, you CANT play your role EVERY game.

7. The Couple Duo's man.

If you are Couple duo, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't go bot lane.. If your Girlfriend or Boy friend is actually bad in NORMALS don't take them with you in RANKED. its' called Normals for a reason. Have fun with your love interest in NORMALS. Not in RANKED where your Girlfriend does BAD and gets in her feelings when she gets FLAMED. ** 8. Stop reporting for verbal abuse or negative attitude.**

If you claim to be the best Zed Ever, and you end up going 0/8/3 expect to be flamed HARD. LP doesn't come easy, and if you are the MAIN cause, Don't get into your feelings because your ENTIRE team says you are bad. STAY AWAY.

9. Stop trying to be Faker in low elo.

If you are mid and you play these champs: Yasuo Zed Katarina STOP TRYING TO 1V5 just because you got two kills in the laning phase. KILLS DOESN'T WIN GAMES. If you are ahead, STAY AHEAD, don't go MAD WITH POWER because you are a LITTLE fed.

9. Stop using the word toxic.

This is the low elo favorite word. Toxic. If you are Top lane, or any lane, and you go 0/6/0 and you lost, most likely its your fault. If you get flamed, these people aren't TOXIC, you need to go back to NORMALS. Just because someone says you are bad, they aren't toxic, you need to get better!

11. Stats in ranked.

Please, if you have a 10% win rate with Example: Yasuo and your KD Ratio is horrible, STOP PLAYING HIM IN RANKED. Its CLEAR you aren't good with that champion SO STOP IT.

**12. Lastly, the dreaded first pick. **

PLEASE, if you are FIRST PICK pick your BEST LANE. I don't care if second or third pick says the famous lines: "I am a smurf, MID PLEAZ." "I am the best jungle NA!!" "OMG I WENT 27/0/3 WITH MY BEST CHAMP, LET ME PLAYS THE ROLES!!!" NO. play your best roles when you are first pick. Don't fall for the traps in low elo.

This is my Rant, call me toxic, salty like the ocean, call me a bad player. Something is broken in ranked and it needs to be fixed. Tired of being in ranked, losing six or seven times in a row, all because people can't win lanes. IF YOU HAVE DID ANYONE OF THESE REASONS, PLEASE STAY IN NORMALS. You don't have to play ranked because that's what your high elo friends do. Normals are fun too! You just don't have the overrated boarder on your name. Add your opinions below. I hope I can climb easier. _-Later _

3 Comments

Lugg2 votes

I agree with most of your post except for the following:

  1. There are some off meta picks that really work well, especially at lower elo. However, if you pick one and get stomped, expect to get flamed and reported.
  2. You are required to have 16 champs to play ranked. That is plenty to play ranked. You shouldn't be playing lots of champs until you master a couple for each role anyway.
  3. People can get off to a bad start, they are human. If you start flaming someone for a bad play, their performance will get worse not better, this is fact. Help them out and you can often turn around the persons game. Save your comments for after the game.
  4. This is my personal opion, but taking mid or top with the first pick is just plain stupid. You are pretty much guaranteed to get counterpicked and you start the game at a disadvantage. Support, jungle, and ADC are much safer first picks.
KingPiece1 votes

I agree with your points ten fold!! Sometimes I do see off the wall picks like Leblanc support or Lulu mid and they work. Problem is people don't know what they are doing half the time. Bad Start I completely understand, but if you are 0/2 in lane, common sense would say "PLAY SAFE" not "I KNOW I CAN KILL HIM THIS TIME!!" Counter picks are non existent in low elo solo que. Someone can pick Yas mid, and still play Twisted Fate. Low elo people just want to play their favorite champs.

Mikaruxz2 votes

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I agree with most of your post except for the following:

  1. There are some off meta picks that really work well, especially at lower elo. However, if you pick one and get stomped, expect to get flamed and reported.
  2. You are required to have 16 champs to play ranked. That is plenty to play ranked. You shouldn't be playing lots of champs until you master a couple for each role anyway.
  3. People can get off to a bad start, they are human. If you start flaming someone for a bad play, their performance will get worse not better, this is fact. Help them out and you can often turn around the persons game. Save your comments for after the game.
  4. This is my personal opion, but taking mid or top with the first pick is just plain stupid. You are pretty much guaranteed to get counterpicked and you start the game at a disadvantage. Support, jungle, and ADC are much safer first picks.

^ This in a nutshell. I agree with a lot of points in original post but there are a billion posts on this subject. All I would really like to say is to uplift players instead of flaming. No matter how you look at it, if you've been in bronze you know full well whats it like to be behind or have terrible phases, but still somehow win. The thing I truly believe we need is to teach others and not so much be quick to expect everyone to be on a certain level.

Flaming is a choice. You could just as easily relax and focus on doing what you can. Telling someone how badly they are or are playing does not change how they're playing. Advising them on how to be better or make better plays increases the chances of them learning the game and eventually developing a better community across all elos. Telling them they fed, are shit, and do not deserve to play rank is toxic and only hinders growth.

Dont forget there was a once a noob player, before he became "KingPiece".

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