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We were losing 1 - 15 at minute 13.

Sonic Adventure·2/4/2019, 9:39:34 PM·59 votes·16,101 views
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We didn't blame each other.

No one flamed their teammates.

We kept trying our best, and took all the drakes. And we won that game.

Edit: The main purpose of this post is to simply tell a story that felt good. Besides that, maybe show that if it's -while unlikely- still possible to come back from an extreme disadvantage, then it's even more likely to win in much more common, not so big disadvantages, where people still give up/ flame frequently.

A few points:

  • The "Snowball" in the game is frequently not what most people think it is: Players blaming each other when they start to lose, typing, giving up, saying "it's lost" and then doing bad just so they're not wrong in the end. Those are in my exp. the biggest reasons why once you die a few times, you're very likely to lose. Because out of 5 people, there's a high chance that at least one person will break, and that spreads to the whole team.

  • Never give drakes for free. They had an 8k gold advantage but didn't care at all about 5 dragons, including 3 mountains, which ended up melting Baron, Elder and their towers.

  • Appreciate those who don't engage in pointless arguments and just play. Respect the vote from the people who don't want to give up and genuinely think a comeback is possible.

  • There is no better feeling in League than a comeback like this, especially after the enemies BM and say "gg ez" preemptively.

124 Comments

Slade252/4/2019, 9:45:05 PM31 votes

This is the kinda post I love to see. Comebacks in League are SO satisfying. GG dude.

Disembark2/5/2019, 1:38:36 AM19 votes

Cause people have shit mental and don't realize that the baron nerfs + bounties make it dumb easy to come back as long as you keep your head in the game. I've had games that we're only slightly behind become completely unwinnable because one of our team mates (usually the most fed one) gives up and would rather auto-pilot and talk shit in chat than actually try and win.

I've also had games were we were down 10k gold at 15 and still made a comeback because people trusted in our scaling, kept defensive vision, grabbed whatever picks and CS we could (and stuck as 5). Enemy team makes one bad choice? Suddenly you're back in the game.

It feels like 50% of my games are lost and won due to attitude, and nothing else.

BestPudgeNA2/5/2019, 12:11:56 AM12 votes

Towers, CS, Drakes, Rift, champs ect? What Elo?

All this stuff matters a lot. You can't be like 15-1 and think that's a valid argument. I've seen 15-1 games that are so far over it's comical and i've seen 15-1 games where the 15 death team still has realistic win cons that aren't hoping for a power outage.

Never give drakes for free.

This is awful advice.

KFCeytron2/4/2019, 9:46:26 PM11 votes

Are you familiar with the phrases "anecdotal evidence" or "n of 1"?

kurthl33t2/5/2019, 2:24:25 AM6 votes

Can I give this post a hug? I'd like to give it a hug.

SirHydro2/5/2019, 3:24:29 AM4 votes

So you make one come back, then get on the forums and proceed to casually insult a lot of people all at once ?

sphinxthelion72/5/2019, 6:16:32 PM3 votes

I too have had these games. Its when the team actually pulls together and works together. Team work wins games. If the enemy team has a strong lane phase and then just tries to solo mid game they lose. I've seen many games thrown from lack of team work.

SUPERSATANA2/6/2019, 2:45:05 AM3 votes

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  • The "Snowball" in the game is frequently not what most people think it is: Players blaming each other when they start to lose, typing, giving up, saying "it's lost" and then doing bad just so they're not wrong in the end. Those are in my exp. the biggest reasons why once you die a few times, you're very likely to lose. Because out of 5 people, there's a high chance that at least one person will break, and that spreads to the whole team.

Bigger truth was never spoken.

letsfeedtogether2/4/2019, 11:16:39 PM2 votes

Its low elo. All throws. But gj