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@Riot: How do you stay positive in Ranked when you keep getting matched with toxic/bad people?

LIfetrocity·10/5/2014, 12:30:18 AM·4 votes·1,587 views

Hi Riot, I feel like I'm a pretty positive person when playing LoL. I've never been reported as far as I know for anything, I compliment my team on good plays, and I say gg even if it's been a less than stellar game. My favorite role in League is Support because it tends to have the most teamwork-centric game play per match.

This season I really tried to get into Ranked because it seemed like a fun challenge and opportunity to play with people who really want to work together. Anyway, I did my promos and started in Bronze 2 through support about 90% of the time. I kept playing and got onto a 10 win streak up to promos into Silver but that's when the trouble started. Suddenly seemed like every game my team had at least one person who either didn't know their role that well, spent a fair bit of the match disconnected, or started swearing in chat after another lane did badly. In these situations I tried to get the teammates who were harassing/swearing in chat to calm down and keep playing since we might be able to turn it around still if we worked together.

It's been about 10 or 11 games now since I failed my promo series and I'll admit I'm having a hard time keeping positive. Every game I've played since has at least one person who either harasses teammates or feeds an enemy carry. It feels like I'll never have enough of an influence as a Support in these games even if I keep my adc safe, fed, and warded. I don't want to give up but I'm not sure what I can do to keep keep positive anymore if I keep getting stuck in dead end matches.

tl;dr What strategies do you use to keep positive?

10 Comments

Subdue10/5/2014, 8:01:09 PM2 votes

Reflect on the following before each match, and any time you start feeling frustrated.

"Teemo, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference."

Hullabaloo90710/5/2014, 2:23:30 AM2 votes

Mute people who are toxic

You also have to remember you will have close to a 50/50 win loss ration if riot does there matchmaking correctly. Often, when i go on a winning streak, i go on a losing streak afterwards.

Adrian RYC10/5/2014, 12:50:06 AM2 votes

Listen to music you enjoy. Move the chat off the screen.

RowGo10/5/2014, 9:58:03 PM1 votes

Now I know this one is pretty hard to do but one of the best things I did to improve my ranked play was taking a break from it and doing some trolling with friends and having fun in normals. It allowed me to regain my footing in being positive. it also opened up my creativity when playing instead of the having the meta mindset of "I need this to win." Or "I need to do this to win." It improved my play ten fold and my attitude. However if you don't want to do this then just try to remember your goals when behind. Ward your jungle, keep farming and don't die. (aka don't put yourself in risky situations just for a kill.) Also putting on chill music and muting people doesn't hurt ;)

MrBuffington10/5/2014, 3:20:46 PM1 votes

Take a break. It's odd, but I feel like some days I get matched with fantastic teammates, other days I get streaks where teammates are just toxic. Taking a day or a few days off also helps you recharge and get back into playing the game; play something casual to keep your mechanics up to par (I usually go for just a custom game or bot game) but don't worry so much about ranked for a while. Do stuff outside of just playing the game to help you improve (watch VoDs, coaching vids, learn your champs better or enemy champs so you know what you're up against, etc).

ToughFluffs10/5/2014, 1:56:58 AM1 votes

If I really wanted to stay positive? Don't play ranked. Your guess is as good as mine.

Kowe The Ewok10/5/2014, 8:44:59 PM1 votes

Mute them, though that won't save you from their random reports...

E.g. Some guy called me a "motherfc*cker" and after the match reported ME for "verbal abuse" for responding "Kids these days..." when I put him on my ignore list. Sadly i forgot to report him as well.

While I stay calm these people ae still god damn annoying. For me these are the pure definition of toxic trying to ruin your day any way possible.