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What are your thoughts on players who have a bad game?

brendhan·11/28/2017, 5:48:00 PM·2 votes·314 views

So I am really curious but what are your thoughts on players who have a bad game? Weather it is because they just are learning how to play,first time playing a champion,the other players on the other team are just better,etc. I was just in a game and this guy then goes around making me feel almost like I should be ashamed of myself for playing. Like I am the worst player in the world and infact was not doing good on purpose. This was a normal game btw and I was playing a new champ for the first time and honestly its not like the rest of the team was good. like my support was not any better then me if not worse but this guy just seemed to blame everything on me and my support and act like again we were doing it on prurpose and that I should not be playing. Like I said what are your thoughts when someone legit has a bad game have you ever had a bad game before how do you respond to others who insult you for not being good.

6 Comments

RookPusher11/28/2017, 5:54:04 PM2 votes

I feel like the difference between my losing my shit and my being an adult about things is communication.

Here's how I see it. Presumably you have some idea that you're playing with other, non-new players. To that end, i'd love someone to say "kinda new, just learning the game." This matters to me because if you're doing something wrong and you don't know it, it gives me an outlet to say something like "hey man, a good idea before 20 mins is to just not extend past the river"

I essentially do this when I'm learning a new champ in Normals. "Hey, new to Jayce" and we go from there. It's a clear signal that advice is welcome, I'm not expecting to do well, and that I'm not a troll. Maybe some trolls do this, but by and large they're silent and it's what kills me slowly.

Ghazter11/28/2017, 5:53:18 PM1 votes

First of all, report that guy. That kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated in the LoL community.

Honestly, just ignore it. But I would probably try some AI games with a new champ before playing them in normals, just to get a feel for them.

But yeah, report that guy.

Woodakoodashooda11/28/2017, 6:13:03 PM1 votes

Having someone do poorly in a game is frustrating, I am not going to lie.

But I tolerate it and I try to do what I can for the team to compensate.

Because we all have bad games. And it isn't entirely our fault. It just happens.

It's only when a player performs poorly and then proceeds to blame me for it that I lose any and all tolerance and patience I previously had for them.

I've been in situations in which I tried my damn hardest to carry teams comprised entirely or mostly of feeders, but the blame for my allies' bad performance was placed squarely on me.

That's your typical brand of bullshit right there.