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I feel like I’m getting worse at this game.

HesOnTop·11/22/2017, 5:51:28 PM·1 votes·2,163 views

I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like I’m getting worse at this game than I used to be. After almost four years of playing I’ve noticed that losing streaks happen more often than they use to, on rift and Aram, and that I can barely get many kills or make a large impact on the match. I feel as if I’m a weight to the team, when I never used to feel that way before. On my mains Ahri and Teemo I feel like I have grown weaker on them as well, and my favorite role of top lane I almost always lose lane now, when before I rarely lost lane. On Arams I will also hit massive losing streaks, bringing out the toxicity of my team and the enemy at once.

I don’t know if the game has changed or if I did. It feels like this started about two months ago. I can’t bring myself to having fun anymore like I used to when I feel like I’m a detriment to my team. I still try my hardest and apologize for mistakes but my teammates still lose their minds, making it less fun for them and myself included. Even rotating game modes the salt flows freely. Does anyone’s have tips to reverse this? I genuinely love this game but it just makes me feel so stressed lately.

11 Comments

BooBoo Custodian11/22/2017, 6:04:05 PM2 votes

The game is worse. No one gets better on a sinking ship.

ModJikker11/22/2017, 6:09:56 PM1 votes

You're not the only one. I felt the same way several months ago and haven't played much since. I think some of it is related to the game changing so much and I couldn't or didn't adapt. The competitive aspect is much higher now and with the snowball meta being so strong, one mistake can cost the game so tempers flare. Like Frontline Fury said, it's no longer much of a solecarry game anymore. If one teammate does poorly, that can be it. You can't control the game like you used to.

What you have to accept is that this isn't the game you loved anymore, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Games change and evolve and for some that's a good thing that brings an even deeper love while for others it destroys the aspects they enjoyed. Either you love the new game or not. I'm hoping that after the kinks of preseason are worked out, I'll find a new love in the game, but there's no guarantee. I think it's the same for you.

I recommend taking a break and coming back to be a newer player and relearning the game. It might just be what you have to do to become a better player in the new style.

OurLestrade11/22/2017, 6:15:54 PM1 votes

It happens, we have spells and junk where we're suckier than usual or better than usual only to spring back. My skill was at its height in the first half of 2014, I'm mechanically pretty meh these days. I blame old age and looming adulthood :P

oOBestEveNAOo11/22/2017, 6:29:04 PM1 votes

Truthfully, once you pass your 23rd or 24th birthday you will only ever get worse at this game in terms of reflexes. It's just pure physiological science, reflexes diminish in all individuals after you reach your mid 20s.

So in a very real sense you are getting worse.

Don't take it too hard, even dinosaurs like myself can reach high level play at the ripe old age of 31 (32? No, not for a week). This is one game where an old dog can always learn new tricks even if we can't go back to being a puppy. One thing that certainly improves with time is your brain function. You may not be as FAST as you used to be, but I assure you that you can always be a little smarter, a little more clever, a little ahead of the curve when it comes to strategy and this will always give you an advantage in game. It's why a lot of higher level players don't worry too much about things like scripting as most scripters have zero concept of how to play strategically despite the huge inherent advantage they have and thus fail to make it very far past low diamond.

I may never be able to keep up with faker in lane. But you give me a committed team and I can work out a way to beat him and his team strategically because I can certainly compete with him on a mental level.

Just keep that in mind as you move forward, you can always improve at strategy and in a strategic game it can mean all the difference.

Almo11/22/2017, 6:36:17 PM1 votes

I am personally ranking up my alt account. Try to learn new role and have fun. I am a support/jungle main for 7 years and don't have much experience anywhere else. I am like a bronze 1 everywhere else besides jungle and support.

However ranking up my alt account has been really fun. I am playing Orianna mid and learning the new role. Ranked always feels different as you are trying to improve. I think watching educational videos is help me more now. I am a better playing after I started watching my replays and trying set small objective every game.

DariusDemiurge11/22/2017, 6:37:43 PM1 votes

Lots of factors for this.

Possibly your age. Your lack of care leading to slightly less effort. The terrible changes in the game. Along with other things like any extreme changes in real life.

As for your teammates, disregard them. This community has became gutter trash half way through league's life.

Take a break, come back in a week or two.

Frontline Fury11/22/2017, 6:00:03 PM1 votes

Its not you, its the game. The game is now completely dominated by marksmen and assassins, and if you're not maining one of the two there's extremely little you can do to influence the outcome of each match.

Every season the game has been moving away from individual player skill and towards optimal item build guides and champion pick. There is no longer such a thing as "solocarry" - Esports is more fun to watch when every game is decided by the entirety of the team than the players themselves.

Which naturally means that if your team has one player that is horribly outmatched, they will pull your entire team down. Welcome to the future, sincerely communist china tencent

HesOnTop11/22/2017, 8:16:30 PM1 votes

Thanks for all of your comments everyone! I think I’ll try to take each of your suggestions to heart. It’s good, and sad, to know I’m not the only one who feels this way about the game. The game community might be trash sometimes, but you guys are all awesome.