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Climbing- A different perspective

Shaabanglyy·11/1/2016, 1:43:10 PM·2 votes·459 views

So, I am currently bronze 2. Its pretty bad. I get it.

I have been as high as silver 2 in previous seasons. I haven't played nearly as much this season as in the past and I have been playing a lot of new roles and champs.

But I was thinking today about how often I see posts about people angry that they cant climb. Or posts teaching people how to climb. SO much conversation seems to happen on the topic of climbing.

Recently though, I started to just enjoy playing the game. I realized that I do NOT need to climb to enjoy the game. I don't mean that I can troll and not care about winning. Just that my rank only serves to make sure I am playing against people around my equal skill level.

Sure its nice to win more than you lose, which results in climbing. But I do not NEED to be platinum to enjoy the game.

Since I don't have to worry about climbing to ENJOY the game, I can simply work on my gameplay and trying to get better at the game. All while having fun. A loss doesn't have to ruin my day. Hitting a certain elo or MMR doesn't determine whether I enjoy the game or not.

Just something I have been thinking about.

2 Comments

Woodakoodashooda11/1/2016, 2:28:04 PM1 votes

Yeah well...all I wanted from this season was Gold 5. And even when I am at my best. It isn't enough. I'm not rewarded by an enjoyable experience. Instead, I am regularly punished for my efforts.

I am punished with flamers. I am punished with trolls. I am punished with afk's.

But it isn't always the team's fault. I make mistakes and I know when I have personally earned the loss.

But when I do my absolute best, there is no reward for me. And when I do win, if I win, after so many losses, I am presented with a measly amount of LP like a kick in the teeth. I feel like I am at school again and the teachers are teliing me, "Well since you put in the effort, we'll give you a barely passing grade, but if you want to graduate, you have to keep doing just as good if not better."

And I feel like the student who gets set back in grades whenever I read about how easy it is for everyone else to get to gold. And how all I need to do is solo carry and just keep on trying and that I'll get there eventually. And I'm reading how players get to their goals in under 100 games, but that's not my luck. Being stuck where I am for as long as I have been isn't fun.

It isn't. Not for me anyway.