Almost 1000 games and Silver 1. Is it normal?

Glowshtick··1 votes·631 views

qq I'm not challenger.

No but seriously I'm happy to be Silver I right now and almost Gold V. I have plenty of great games and love kicking silver scrub @ss, despite having one myself. This is not a qq thread.

I'm just a bit concerned about having 873 games on my account, while most others have less than half that; some much less. (It should probably be noted I'm looking at the records for lolnexus and and lolking so if that's relevant I just wanted to make note.) Some players have 100-300 games or so on their account with the same rank as me, and some players have like 30 games. But then there's my try-hard notch on the rankings at almost 1,000 games. I feel a bit out of place with my record and well, I don't really know if it's normal to be in my situation.

So, is it normal? I've been playing ever since ekko came out, if that helps with anything.

17 Comments

ThePartyLeader2 votes

Are you focusing on improving? If you are just playing the game you don't improve as much as if you are practicing, reviewing your games, learning from streamers, etc.

EarthenDragon2 votes

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Are you focusing on improving? If you are just playing the game you don't improve as much as if you are practicing, reviewing your games, learning from streamers, etc.

Yes^ You gotta really want it!

Glowshtick2 votes

I want it pls.

EarthenDragon2 votes

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I want it pls.

You can't say please. You gotta grab that dream by the cock and headbutt it into a bloody mess at your feet! SMASH YOUR GOALS!

Glowshtick2 votes

You're turning me on.

Glowshtick1 votes

Of course I'm focusing on getting better, but, maybe I'm not doing it right with the resources available. I don't really ever watch streams because I don't know of any streamers that consistently play what I play, and I was even running into a problem where the search engine for twitch.tv was kind of screwing me over, giving me non-relevant videos. Then again I don't use twitch.tv often so, maybe I just need to play with it? It doesn't seem to be doing that now which is good.

But anyway like most people I really dream of being a top tier player, I reeeeally want it. I've gone as far to pay tutors to teach me things, but only two, 2 hour sessions. I'm not made of money otherwise I would keep a tutor in my wallet xD One was challenger and the other was like diamond 5. I've tried reviewing my games but I don't get anything out of it. If anything its things like accidentally following people to their death that I pick up on. But yeah, I'm always looking for my mistakes, and I'm always taking note of when I make boosted plays.

So, not getting much off of reviewing my games, and I don't know streams. Is there anything you can say about this that would help?

ThePartyLeader1 votes

Before you queue have goals. CS, wards, pink wards or anything you notice you may not do as much. Don't have to many just something to actively work towards. For some idiot it's as simple as check the mini map more. If you can develope a plan on how you achieve that goal. Again for the mini map it may be after every cs if I'm not getting traded on check the mini map.

During the game that should be your focus. Not winning. This is hard for some people as of course everyone wants to win. But if you can't cs well flashing in aggressively on your lane opponent doesn't make you better at csing. The reason you do this is to train yourself to do it habitually and without thought. Then after enough games if you focus on one skill set you eventually will instead of say hitting 75% of cs you will only miss cs you choose to give up. A example in real life would be if you want to be a great novelist, you probably start with a goal of knowing how to spell and right sentences. Not a goal of I will right a better novel than x percent of people. This is because if you do the ladder you may right 4 books before you realise that you need a plot line for it to be interesting.

For the streamers if you main Yorick. You don't need to watch a Yorick steamer or even a top lane steamer. You just want someone who talks about the game. Then right down facts. For example at what times junglers finish they're first buff, second buff, and what times they level 2 gank, 3 gank, and six gank. Now all of a sudden instead of random wards you know you have to wards at these specific times to avoid common gank patterns. Do you know how many enemy minions you need to perma freeze a lane? Or whether to push the second or third wave into a turret for a full lane reset? How many waves it takes to get your ideal first back item? A challenger steamer will and you can figure some stuff out watching even if he/she doesn't say it.

Watching your item replays be story critical. I mean every time you miss a cs and your weren't forced off it. Tally it up. See how much gold you lose because you traded at a inopportune time or just even miss clicked. If you have a headset and it's recorded in your game you should be saying out loud where you think they're jungler is. Then when you watch the replay you can see how far off you were. In any given game most likely a better player in your spot could have won. Figuring out why is important. Also did you see your lane opponent flash, you can see if you timed it in chat for your jungler and yourself. Did you press that advantage in the next four minutes? Did your lane opponent ever get free damage off on you? If so you miss played. Where is your mouse cursor? If your in lane vs a skill shot champ it should be super close to your champion making it easier to dodge skill shots. If your jungling is it flying between your mini map as you keep tabs on all the lanes as you clear camps.

Small steps committed to memory, habits, and reflex. Start with basics then onwards. Eventually watching replays you will see things like oh I didn't animation cancel this aa like I should of, or I missed one aa worth of damage while orb walking. That's what it takes to be good.

Best of luck

dominusx1 votes

nah beeing in the same division for longer than 500games is plateu. Think about it as a working out would you wanna be the same for 2 years or would you wanna look better over the course of these 2 years just a rough example. Let's say for me it takes around 50 games to get into diamond but we are on a different level. never be happy with what you are ( considering video games....) always try to become better and go higher. Why be silver when you can focus on yourself and go gold or even plat ! ;)

Glowshtick1 votes

Yeah that's just the thing xD I've been at it for some time and it's pretty stagnant. I am happy with where I am, but I'm definitely not satisfied being a silver scrub. It's only human to want to be better, and I of course want to be better.

Restless Slumber1 votes

I've been playing ever since ekko came out and I got diamond. But, do you have 873 games in ranked this season or total over your career? Because if it's 873 total over your time playing the game, then I think that's quite low. I have almost 500 games of ranked on my main and like 130 or so on my smurf.

Restless Slumber1 votes

So I looked at your op.gg and you have that many in ranked this season. I personally think it's normal for you to be at your rank if you aren't looking to climb and get better.

Glowshtick1 votes

But I am trying to get better. I'm starting to think it's just a resource problem. I guess it's probably not normal if I was watching streams, but I guess I just need to figure out how to reflect properly and see the champs I use at their best level. I'm sure you watched plenty of streams on your way to diamond.

Restless Slumber1 votes

Yea, I literally no life this game. I would also recommend not watching streams for fun if you want to get better, you want to watch them to learn about the game if you want to see improvement.

Glowshtick1 votes

I thought the only reason people watch streams for league is to improve. What is this fun you speak of

Dukues1 votes

Sounds like you hit your current skill wall. Just have to focus on improving and getting better/more consistent. I spent a lot of time in silver (2.5 seasons) and although I am still only gold I was not able to climb out of silver until I actively tried to get better. If your silver 1 then you most likely only need to touch up on a few things to rise into gold.

I am a slow learner so it took me a really long time to learn many things about this game. I feel I have learned to learn the game (if that makes any sense). So like I am more aware of what I am doing well and more aware of my mistakes. Just overall more aware of my game knowledge and know what I need to focus on to get better and become more consistent. Although I know some of these things, doesn't mean I can routinely do them. So that is where practice and consistency come in.

Glowshtick1 votes

I don't consider myself a slow learner at all; I feel like the adept concepts come naturally. Maybe it's just like you're saying about routine but, I've had plenty of matches to develop routine. I practically one trick my way through ranked as well, so maybe champ consistency would be the problem either. But I really feel I get what you're saying about being conscious of my mistakes but not routinely following through with the right decision. I've had the feeling constantly in my matches, when I know the risk is there and I know what the enemy is about to do. But I just don't always make the right decision in the end, whether it be overstaying pushing that tier 1 tower down alone or wanting to clear a bot wave at the risk of the enemy seeing me bot (I main jungle), and ripping a baron off of just that.

But anyway, I don't exactly feel like the question is completely answered, but I love the feedback, so thanks for getting to replying so fast. I just don't know what to think about pouring so many matches into league without getting very far. So is it natural, do you think?

Dukues1 votes

But anyway, I don't exactly feel like the question is completely answered, but I love the feedback, so thanks for getting to replying so fast. I just don't know what to think about pouring so many matches into league without getting very far. So is it natural, do you think?

I think its pretty natural. Looks like ekko was released just over a year ago. I think you are progressing quickly. The average player I am sure has played this game for at least 2 or 3 years and the 50% ranked mark is somewhere around silver 3. Some people just really practice a lot or are naturally talented at the game and rank up much quicker, but I think you are ranking up quicker than the average League player. I have played the game since season 1 and it took me until last season to get past silver 1. Granted, I played the game a ton but never really tried improving until within the last year.

Ultimately I think you are doing well. Assuming you play ranked next season you will probably get back to your rank much quicker than you did this season. There is a soft ranked reset at the start of every season if you were unaware. It seems like sometimes people really struggle getting back to their prior season rank but if you just stick to what got you there in the first place you should be fine and it should take less games. Although preseason does have a large patch change, so it does take time to adjust.

Last season I am sure I had 400-500 games played on this account before reaching gold. This season it only took around 170-180. I think next season it would take me even less time unless I take a break or it takes me awhile to adjust to the preseason patch.

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