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Me ranting, please take with a grain of salt.

Wonko The Sane·2/17/2016, 5:39:24 AM·4 votes·420 views

I know that there are tons of cliche posts on "ELO Hell" (Which doesn't exist by the way), and stuff like that, but I have reached the point where I am so immensely frustrated with league that I need to vent here. I was gold 3 last season, not great but not too shabby. After playing my placements I was placed silver 2, around where I expected to be. A longer-than-it-should-have-been and bumpy road finally got me to gold promos, where I lost. That's ok, I can get back in easy, right? Wrong. Over the past 3-4 days I have gone on one of the worst losing streaks ever (laced with a few wins, but overall terrible). And normally, i wouldn't be too flustered. Loss streaks are normal, and I actually don't tilt very easily. But this one has really gotten to me because consistently I have performed the best on my team, often having a KDA well above 4.0, and I just can't win. This is not to say that I haven't had bad games, I've had those too, and I recognize that. Also, before anyone goes into the comments saying "you must be flaming" or something like that, I would like to say that i try my hardest to stay positive and never flame, I've never received a chat ban or any punishment at all in the ~3.5 seasons I've played. I continually try to improve myself, i watch my death replays to figure out what I did wrong, I focus on both my micro and macro play, and I try my hardest every game. But this particular loss streak has made me so immensely frustrated that I just about yelled at one of my best friends for absolutely no reason at all because I needed to take it out on someone. So I decided to move my rant here. I know that the streak will pass, and I know that I am good enough to get back into gold, and even climb higher this season (My goal is Diamond, lofty eh?). But I needed to get some anger out, and this has helped a ton. let me know what your feelings are.

8 Comments

Getattorex2/17/2016, 5:54:22 AM1 votes

Hello! I just want to answer because i have been there many times. It happened to me a lot last year and it almost happen again a week ago or so.

I get so frustrated that i start blaming matchmaking or things like that because my brain tells me "Your team is not losing because of you, you have a great kda, you were the one taking objectives, you didnt get caught a lot, and you didnt flame, of course its not your fault".

I wish i could say something like "do this and you'll end your losing streak" but i cant because i dont really know how it ends. But it happent to me and i'm sure i'll happen again. However, at the end of the day, it just ends. Somehow, it just ends.

Last time i said "okay, you're not climbing anymore, at least try to get better and better at something in particular" and i started thinking to myself what i could do, or what i should be doing in game, if i made i mistake i just tell it to myself. I dont know i didnt do nothing special and the losing streak just stopped.

The only true advice i can tell you is: dont get frustration get to you, just keep playing, for fun, to improve, even to win. But stay calm, and get rid of the frustration somehow.

Good luck!

Athenes Lulu2/17/2016, 6:04:30 AM1 votes

http://puu.sh/kpxee/f417dee9d5.png

This is my match history from Gold 1 100 LP all the way to Gold 5 0 LP, starting from the Cinderhulk patch. Heck, many of the games I even had a pretty good KDA too. Later, I was able to climb again all the way to Gold 2 on the last day of Season 5. Though that's after taking a 1-month hiatus from ranked, so make sure to relax.

Don't give up! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Faith Breaker2/17/2016, 7:12:15 AM1 votes

Take a break from ranked. Play a normal game where winning or lossing isn't so pressured. Pick a champ you enjoy to pick even if they aren't in the Meta, or optimal for your role. Build items you like, even if it isn't the best for who you are fighting. Jump in team fights you might lose, because you wanted to see how funny it would be to pulverize that max Feast Cho into the air and then Headbutt his Ginormous ass over a wall.

Have fun for a bit, it will rejuvinate you.

Mhihnj2/17/2016, 1:45:43 PM1 votes

That's one beautiful wall of text