Now HERE'S the evidence to support my claim that I'm still not in Challenger due to PING

333lom·8/13/2016, 4:57:30 PM·2 votes·368 views
Ethernet vs. WiFi: Ping, Packets, & Playing Better

I'm joking. But I'm not joking about lag. That one enemy you can't defeat.

Ah, ping. Or lag. Or, rather, "LAG IT WAS LAG I SWEAR" "Yeah sure."

I'm playing a squishy mage on mid lane. Oh, look, I'm up against LeBlanc! Alright, I've played enough times to have learnt I should not be attacking her first, rather just farming and reacting to her moves. Right. There I am, farming under my tower, and I notice her stroll leniently towards me. "Yeah", I think, "she's going to try and kill me." I get ready and,

Attempting to reconnect above my Champion. Cold sweat overwhelms me. No, this is my promo game! No, not now! I rapidly give commands of flash towards the base and Shield Spell, over and over again. Complete silence. Then, seven seconds afterwards, everything happens so quickly, I hear simultaneously three screams, ten explosions, one ignite and two flashes. I look at the screen, and not only is LeBlanc with 60% of her health, farming, but I'm dead, and my jungler is dead, both under our turret. If only the lag came a second earlier or after...

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