Seriously, I know the crowds are divided on this one, but my opinion on surrender votes the vast majority of the time is, We made this damned bed, now we'll sleep in it. It's not even about winning or losing all the time, so at least learn something from it. Sometimes you're not going to start out on the winning side, it happens.
Like, unless the game's getting seriously toxic and players are totally flaming each other hardcore. I'll vote "Yes" at that point to end the suffering. Toxic games don't apply, those are just unpleasant. Laning phase just not going our way isn't necessarily unpleasant.
But also because I've voted down hundreds of surrender votes that ended in a victory screen, anyway, even if that one (or two, or even three) guy(s) wants to give up. Usually, surrender votes just aren't the pragmatic thing to do, and it's absolutely viable to try to make the comeback.
I mean, the fact is, a lot of teams seem to suck at closing out games, which is when you catch them all off-guard, ace them, and just end with a mid push. If the game lasts long enough and the death timers are long enough, you just automatically won because of one teamfight that went your way. Even if you're all underfed, you just got the drop and won because they didn't expect it.
Pressure puts me on my best game, and I like that, and it makes any comeback feel much more rewarding. I totally understand not everyone feels the same way, but that's just how it is for me, personally.
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