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I'm done with ranked

SexySoapTurtle·2/28/2016, 2:22:09 AM·4 votes·1,159 views

Ranked has literally raised my blood pressure to an all time high. I need somewhere to vent because i feel as if the system is against me. Every single time im on my way to climbing and im in my series. I get knocked down by people who have never played ranked before or are sensitive to you pointing out simple mistakes and offering solutions. Whats worse is you need to bottle all this anger inside, because the second you want to actually vent like a normal human being you have a Chance of being banned. I'm not saying its impossible to climb. But you have to be ready to nearly die from a stroke in order to play ranked with random people. The enemy team is always LITERALLY bm and reports do NOTHING. There is no point in killing yourself to climb simply because all ranked is, is a title.

When i play ranked i feel like i'm a differen't person. I'm always so fumed with anger, And it really isn't healthy anymore to me. So i'm done.

18 Comments

DrCyanide2/28/2016, 2:50:06 AM2 votes

Ultimately, it sounds like you're making the right call for you. I'll play ranked until I get to Gold 5, then I'm out. I prefer feeling like I can play whatever champion I'm in the mood to play rather than what's most likely to win.

Paladin 0f Life2/28/2016, 2:29:49 AM2 votes

Just turn off the chat and get through it. I went 0 6 10 as ziggs last game. I had the most kill participation. I died trying to save my teamates and got dove on my a fed xin. I knew what i did wrong and why i died. But because I grouped and helped feed my ADC i was a feeder none the less because i did not solo kill a Lux and a xin that camped me. Point is I know they are scrubs. They didnt get the objectives they needed. Top actually fed with only like 3 kills that were baits for xin and I was scapegoat for their scrubness. Point is. Just keep moving. Its not worth it. Be the scapegoat and do better next time.

1st Movement2/28/2016, 2:52:33 AM1 votes

I honestly tilted so hard before I don't even have to mute anyone

Support can only help you so much if low Elo if none of your carries know what they are doing

Try learning how to mid or top as lulu she can deal decent dmg and peel if you have any carries

PhantomGG2/28/2016, 2:53:01 AM1 votes

So I use to be a guy who was strictly into rock n roll and punk rock with some hip hop here and their.

However all three of those are known for a "aggressive" sound, and I noticed instead of getting me hyped the music was only fueling to my stress.

I also noticed literally every streamer no matter what their music taste was would listen to pop, techno or nightcore while playing, me being someone who studies psychology got curious about this and began studying why.

While experimenting on myself I also found softer more easy going happy music helps you stay in the game at a more calm level, kinda hard to tilt when your literally listening to the happiest music ever that goes in a smoothe rythem.

my advice

Check out what music you play while you listen to, switch it up to some easy going pop or jazz. This has helped me out tremendously

Lyless2/28/2016, 3:14:14 AM1 votes

the problem is the bad players and trolls need to be kicked out of the game.

Baby Ghoul2/28/2016, 3:52:50 AM1 votes

I'm a support main, so I know how you feel. It's really frustrating doing ranked soloqueue! You gotta remain calm though. I find telling my friends about my game afterwards helps a lot. I do listen to music, so I don't normally feel the need to be upset about it in the chat. It's more an annoyance.

From champion select it's an uphill battle. You see people trying to put together the world's worst team comp, and hope that you can make it work even though you know you can't because support scaling is bad.

The next issue is warding. I once told my ADC to please use item 3340 because I was all out for 60 seconds, and they threw a fit and said it was my job to ward. We were 5 minutes into the game. Another thing that bugs me is when people expect you to be the only one guarding dragon. I have other priorities, and if I have an extra ward to spare it's going to the dragon, but it's everyone's job to ward that. And also support wards expire just like everybody else!

I can't tell you how many ADCs play like they're melee bruisers, but I generally don't care because the other ADC is usually just as bad and not taking advantage of it (Plus I play Soraka and Janna). I also know the feeling too well when people don't focus the enemy ADC.

I had this one game where this Lucian had out out for this enemy Janna, he didn't focus the Vayne rooted in my silence, exhausted, and at half HP, he went for the Janna. He killed her, but Vayne ended up killing us both. Then this Udyr was like I got this when she was at 6/0/3, and I was like, "No...don't try to duel her please, she's a tank shredder that's fed, wait for me." So we finally trap her out, and the Rammus she's with is fleeing, Udyr flashes past her to try kill the Rammus. I literally almost quit right there because 5 seconds later he was dead and they were running away.

I feel like I get so many of those types of players, and I'm not sure why. I notice that if I stop for a little bit, it doesn't get worse, because after that I had a really bad game.

Another big issue I see is junglers camping top. It seems to be a trend for season 6. I'm an ex top lane main, so nothing annoys me more than this, especially when the bot lane is getting so much pressure. What ends up happening is bot lane eventually caves, because ADCs are so deadly now, then the other lanes get super surprised when they try to duel the slightly fed ADC. The team ends up collapsing. The enemy ADC doesn't even need a lot of kills, just 2 to get going and obliterate the other lanes.

Then the top laner or jungler (that usually I went out of my way to save) says something stupid like, "bot lane fed." And you want to go ham on them in the chat, really badly, but I just gotta remind myself they'll sink soon enough and just reply to that petty jerk with a smiley face.

I'm certain every support main in soloqueue has gone through each of these situations.

Nyhver2/28/2016, 4:51:47 AM1 votes

You must find peace within

I believe fabbyy said something along the lines of "The best way to climb? Don't care" which is to say to not let your emotions control you. If you didn't care about winning or improving you probably wouldn't or shouldn't be playing ranked. Just don't be overdone with emotions.

J Epstein2/28/2016, 5:11:10 AM1 votes

I got gold 5 in between seasons. obviously this doesn't count. so i'll play until i hit gold again, then im out. Just want to say i was gold at this shitty game.

KVbqbFsC8e2/28/2016, 5:38:28 AM1 votes

Ranked is meaningless anyway until Solo que is enabled.

Paladin 0f Life2/28/2016, 2:50:00 AM1 votes

Lol dude play annie sup against low bronze and see how their team dies with a decent tibbers stun. If you cant carry then thats your fault you could always do something better. Dont rely on your team because by doing that you are trying to let them carry you. People feed thats life so work harder to carry them.