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Advice to win more games

Pog to the Champ·Nov 20, 2016·2 votes·524 views

Today I was playing a game and I was being destroyed as Riven top by a Darius. Long story short, after the 3rd death in a row, I was tilted. A lot. And at that point, I just remembered the piece of advice I had heard so many times and I had watched so many videos about. In fact, I could remember that advice all along, but it was at that moment that I really thought I should follow it. Don't. Tilt. By then, Darius had beat me in everything - farmwise and killwise. So I relaxed entirely, and thought to myself I'd be as concentrated as possible and try to outplay him. Surely enough, I did. Having asked for a little help from the jungler, I managed to get a kill on him. Then I farmed, and farmed. I ended up with a score of 11/4/13 and 238 farm. And I got the 4 deaths before getting any kills. In conclusion, when you're having these moments of "We'll lose for sure", "We can't win", "Surr at 20", etc, just try to relax for a second and play the best way you can. Don't feel tilted at all, it's hard, but if you put your mind into it, you can make it happen. Just for a reference, the score was 4 - 20 at some point. 3 of my teammates wanted to surrender, but I and someone else didn't. The game ended 35 - 33.

8 Comments

Mecha MaIphiteNov 20, 20161 votes

Tilting isn't voluntary; people can't just decide "I'm not tilted anymore" and immediately play better.

BlueBilberryNov 20, 20161 votes

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Tilting isn't voluntary; people can't just decide "I'm not tilted anymore" and immediately play better.

But they can start realizing that the current set of tactics and strategies that they have been using aren't working. And it is that point that they can realize that maybe a change in mindset might be required.

Pog to the ChampNov 20, 20161 votes

Yeah, as I said. It's really not easy to realize you're tilted and decide you're not tilted anymore, but if you manage to do it (just like I did in that game), you'll get better at avoiding tilt eventually.

FioraWillCarryNov 20, 20161 votes

For every one game where you manage to come back from being owned, there will be nineteen where you don't. It's nice to always try and be positive but I'm pragmatic. If a games looks like a ff@20 kind of game, there's a one in twenty chance it's not.

BlueBilberryNov 20, 20161 votes

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For every one game where you manage to come back from being owned, there will be nineteen where you don't. It's nice to always try and be positive but I'm pragmatic. If a games looks like a ff@20 kind of game, there's a one in twenty chance it's not.

Actually the odds are a bit better than that for the losing side.

Sometimes it is hard to tell whether it is an FF@20 or not - unless you really examine the situation. I've seen a 7-2 game and had players call it surrenderable. But more often than not, it is just one or two players who are having a bad time. The other players on that side could be fine or near even despite the bad laner.

The main exception is the bad jungler situation. More often than not, I have found that if it is the jungler who is giving up the deaths then it snowballs more often than not. A bad jungler in the early game, who really falls behind level-wise, who loses camps or who feeds the opposing team his deaths, can really ruin his/her side's chances - even more than a bad adc or support.

FioraWillCarryNov 20, 20161 votes

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Actually the odds are a bit better than that for the losing side.

Sometimes it is hard to tell whether it is an FF@20 or not

Actually, it's pretty easy to tell. 100% of games where your team feeds more kills than minutes passed in the game are unwinnable. So for example, if by 15 minutes the score is 6-17 in favor of the enemy team, that's FF@20. In that case your team is feeding little more than a kill per minute. Teams that feed 1 kill or more per minute always lose. There are no exceptions.

The main exception is the bad jungler situation. More often than not, I have found that if it is the jungler who is giving up the deaths then it snowballs more often than not. A bad jungler in the early game, who really falls behind level-wise, who loses camps or who feeds the opposing team his deaths, can really ruin his/her side's chances - even more than a bad adc or support.

I'm more willing to tolerate a feeding Jungler than a feeding bot lane. Bot lanes tend to feed double kills quite often. That's twice the amount of feed.

EndlessSorcererNov 20, 20161 votes

Best advice I've ever received:

You don't need to be the hero

If you aren't doing great, just identify whoever is and do your best to enable them and let them carry you.

SanctimoniousNov 20, 20161 votes

/Mute all, don't type in chat, and try your best at all times. Easiest advice to win more.

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