This is how I feel about ranked.

Usually when higher-tiered players are used to playing with higher-tiered players they sorta become accustomed to that, and so if someone isn't living up to that standard in their eyes, which is only standard to people in their tier mind you, then they'll be upset. It's a psychology thing. If you've been in a place for a really long time you start to have expectations based on that place. His expectations are higher than you can reliably meet, which isn't to say anything bad about you, and so he was flustered.

I know that through a combination of psychology classes and having almost been that jerk to my own friends. I have expectations, and even though I know what they're capable of I still expect them to somehow live up to standards they weren't there to set. There's nothing wrong with it, but the dude needs to bite his tongue a bit and provide criticism in a constructive manner. I want to say "Dude, stop fucking eating Thresh's hook like it's a goddamn dessert" but instead I should say "[they] should ward the bush he haunts and be careful of his character model when he starts the wind-up for his hook so you can more easily dodge it."

But hey, I helped get my friend out of Bronze! The power of constructive criticism and a willingness to learn from both parties is a tool that gets you very, very far.

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Fun Facts: I've been playing League for 3 years now. I've mostly played top and mid lane champs and played Udyr everywhere and could still win as I leveled up my first few levels. Skipped the tutorial on items (so I didn't know how or what to buy in the shop). Got easily confused on things like, why is it I don't buy anything and my gold count doesn't transfer to IP? And learned I'm a very good support player. But anyway, I met with a friend who plays it too. He's played 1 more year than I. He's more into it and reads about item sets and stuff. Got himself to Diamond and Gold each season. I however don't try to get into Ranked because of all the flaming I couldn't handle at the time.

He decides to aks me, "want to play" which is rare but I say yeah. I say, "I'll show you if I'd gotten any better" and he's like "Alright". Get into the game, he's his best ADC and I'm playing a support I'm working on getting to level 5. (In retrospect, I should had gone a level 5 support I already had like Zilean or Taric and not Nunu but I felt Nunu would benefit better than they did. Also, I only own the 6 cheap supports.) We're against Kalista and Morgana. I die sometimes due to Morgana's snare and Kalista's OP-ness 3 times. The 4th time (by now, I've given 4 or 5 kills to him) dying, I was running with him back to turret but Morgana was literally following at a touching distance and Q's me. He then says "Dude" and I am saying to myself "what was I suppose to do, transport myself somewhere else?" (I didn't bring flash, which I would had already used before that anyway.) So, it ends with me having 2/6/13, and we've won by then. I then say, jokingly, I think I'm getting better with Nunu support and he then goes on a long list of things I "didn't" do that he asked for. Like, buy this item, don't buy this item you already bot, don't go here, go here, ward here, come back (although you got snared by Morg and can't move, come), etc. I just responded, "I'll try and fix it." he then calmed down. I just sat there afterwards and thought to myself; why was he so mad? We won. He didn't seem to care since its a Normal match. We're in different ELOs so obviously I wouldn't be the better. Don't know what he expects of me.

I just really don't like it when a higher elo player expects everyone else to play perfectly. People really need to understand that there are different skill levels, and yelling at someone won't help them get better.

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Fun Facts: I've been playing League for 3 years now. I've mostly played top and mid lane champs and played Udyr everywhere and could still win as I leveled up my first few levels. Skipped the tutorial on items (so I didn't know how or what to buy in the shop). Got easily confused on things like, why is it I don't buy anything and my gold count doesn't transfer to IP? And learned I'm a very good support player. But anyway, I met with a friend who plays it too. He's played 1 more year than I. He's more into it and reads about item sets and stuff. Got himself to Diamond and Gold each season. I however don't try to get into Ranked because of all the flaming I couldn't handle at the time.

He decides to aks me, "want to play" which is rare but I say yeah. I say, "I'll show you if I'd gotten any better" and he's like "Alright". Get into the game, he's his best ADC and I'm playing a support I'm working on getting to level 5. (In retrospect, I should had gone a level 5 support I already had like Zilean or Taric and not Nunu but I felt Nunu would benefit better than they did. Also, I only own the 6 cheap supports.) We're against Kalista and Morgana. I die sometimes due to Morgana's snare and Kalista's OP-ness 3 times. The 4th time (by now, I've given 4 or 5 kills to him) dying, I was running with him back to turret but Morgana was literally following at a touching distance and Q's me. He then says "Dude" and I am saying to myself "what was I suppose to do, transport myself somewhere else?" (I didn't bring flash, which I would had already used before that anyway.) So, it ends with me having 2/6/13, and we've won by then. I then say, jokingly, I think I'm getting better with Nunu support and he then goes on a long list of things I "didn't" do that he asked for. Like, buy this item, don't buy this item you already bot, don't go here, go here, ward here, come back (although you got snared by Morg and can't move, come), etc. I just responded, "I'll try and fix it." he then calmed down. I just sat there afterwards and thought to myself; why was he so mad? We won. He didn't seem to care since its a Normal match. We're in different ELOs so obviously I wouldn't be the better. Don't know what he expects of me.

It sounds like he was just trying to help you get better although the way he said things was probably not very good. When someone is acting like a jerk it can sometimes be hard to take their advice even if it's the right advice. It sounds like he was just trying to tell you what you could have done better although it seems like he could have said it differently to not seem like a jerk.

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Fun Facts: I've been playing League for 3 years now. I've mostly played top and mid lane champs and played Udyr everywhere and could still win as I leveled up my first few levels. Skipped the tutorial on items (so I didn't know how or what to buy in the shop). Got easily confused on things like, why is it I don't buy anything and my gold count doesn't transfer to IP? And learned I'm a very good support player. But anyway, I met with a friend who plays it too. He's played 1 more year than I. He's more into it and reads about item sets and stuff. Got himself to Diamond and Gold each season. I however don't try to get into Ranked because of all the flaming I couldn't handle at the time.

He decides to aks me, "want to play" which is rare but I say yeah. I say, "I'll show you if I'd gotten any better" and he's like "Alright". Get into the game, he's his best ADC and I'm playing a support I'm working on getting to level 5. (In retrospect, I should had gone a level 5 support I already had like Zilean or Taric and not Nunu but I felt Nunu would benefit better than they did. Also, I only own the 6 cheap supports.) We're against Kalista and Morgana. I die sometimes due to Morgana's snare and Kalista's OP-ness 3 times. The 4th time (by now, I've given 4 or 5 kills to him) dying, I was running with him back to turret but Morgana was literally following at a touching distance and Q's me. He then says "Dude" and I am saying to myself "what was I suppose to do, transport myself somewhere else?" (I didn't bring flash, which I would had already used before that anyway.) So, it ends with me having 2/6/13, and we've won by then. I then say, jokingly, I think I'm getting better with Nunu support and he then goes on a long list of things I "didn't" do that he asked for. Like, buy this item, don't buy this item you already bot, don't go here, go here, ward here, come back (although you got snared by Morg and can't move, come), etc. I just responded, "I'll try and fix it." he then calmed down. I just sat there afterwards and thought to myself; why was he so mad? We won. He didn't seem to care since its a Normal match. We're in different ELOs so obviously I wouldn't be the better. Don't know what he expects of me.

Gamer rage is gamer rage, but if he was trying to give you advice, then this is the just the issue of a really good player being tethered to a not-so-good player. If you're good at supporting, you should know the more efficient ward spots without someone telling you. Also, if you use a squishy support and die more than 2 times in lane, you're officially feeding the lane. Not dying while keeping your adc alive is the primary goal of a support. It IS a big deal if you die 3 times or more in lane.

I can totally understand where he's coming from, but I don't justify his actions by any means.

Some people can take this game very seriously, to the point where you question if they're even having fun anymore. (Which in reality is the reason I still play this game, even if I primarily play ranked)

I understand his want to take the game seriously, but at the same time, he should be more courteous to you and others in "helping" them be better at the game. I'm sure his words were said with good intentions, but some times you need to take a step back and relax.

I was Plat IV this season, the highest I've ever been in my 4+ years of playing LoL. Ever since the summer started and there have been more...young adults playing the game my rank has tanked back down to Gold. I don't attribute this as the sole reason I have lost so many more games than won, because I, like anybody playing LoL made my own mistakes, however I am willing to admit that I make mistakes. But I have certainly lost more games over the past month due to people raging and giving up before 20 minutes because of an unfortunate death or players harassing each other instead of focusing on the game than I have because of my own personal mistakes.

While all this does frustrate me, I always try avoid lashing out on my teammates and when I lose because of this, I just take a step back and say "Hey, its just a game". And then I press that play button and queue up again. Plus there's always the mute button, which I try to reserve only for especially toxic players.

Short of it, just take his attitude with a grain of salt and keep on playing and having fun. That's why we all play video games, right?

As for the actual topic, that video is a good description sometimes!