Does anyone else get scared to play this game sometimes?

Lapis··3 votes·541 views

Sometimes I feel like playing a game, but then I think to myself "No, I'm going to do badly and I'm going to get yelled (typed?) at." I mean, /muteall is helpful, but you can still tell when you've made someone mad. The "?" pingspam is an obvious tell, and also someone standing under turret missing cs for a while after you've made a mistake, you just know they're abusing you even through the mute. Lately I've found it's hard to enjoy this game at all because I'm just so anxious while playing. Does anyone else have this problem?

5 Comments

GForce9x5 votes

Try other modes like ARAM or the featured ones on rotation? You're gonna get salty people in any mode - that's just the nature of the game, but people tend to be much more tryhard on the Rift (even in normals) than they are in other modes.

If you aren't confident in your ability to do well, then practice the areas you think you may be criticized the most in. CSing with our without lane opponents can easily be done in a custom game with all bots. ARAM is actually a good field for teamfighting in general.. only drawback being you don't really get to choose your champ or have a "normal" teamcomp.

In the end though, the only way to get better and to improve both your play and your confidence is to just keep playing. Who cares if some random people on the internet take a casual game too seriously? You'll probably never see or speak to them again so what does it matter? Yes, I understand that this is the same mentality that people who intentionally troll have, but if your intentions are good and you are trying your best, then play with the priority of enjoying the game for yourself rather than trying to please others. You'll also need to have an open mind to accept constructive criticism if you do make mistakes. Unfortunately, people tend to flame and complain more than they offer advice, but there are still good people out there.

Majki1 votes

Good people like you. :) /\

scarycoitus1 votes

of course not because I'm not a bitch.

now I do get super scared to play this game after I've won three or more games in a row.

option paralysis1 votes

I was like that too at first, but then you realise you shouldn't give a fuck what others think. In game or in real life, I'm working on it in real life too. Now, playing ranked I feel like disappointed most of the time and waiting to hear "an ally has been slain".

Seenan1 votes

I don't really get scared that I do bad, I get scared that my dumbass toplaner feeds the Fiora, who then proceeds to style on everyone else cause loltrudamage.

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