We Matter Too

Hay5eed·12/17/2015, 7:27:42 AM·4 votes·555 views

You see it everywhere, on almost any board. If someone suggests a nerf to a champion, if someone suggest an item change, if someone plays a different style champ then someone else, suggests a rework, someone will probably say something to the equivalent of "you're probably Bronze, aren't you?".

People act like, just because you are in bronze, you don't matter. Just because you are in Bronze, you don't know game mechanics, you can't recognize when an champ is too powerful, when an item should be changed, or create ideas on what items should be added.

We matter too. I'm Bronze 2, I've played 169 games and have won 89 of them. My friend is a Silver 3 and has won a grand total of ...12 games.

Bronze players play this game a lot, and they spend a lot of actual money into the game to get the champions and skins they want. Can't you give them the slightest bit of respect?

7 Comments

IcyPepper12/17/2015, 7:30:20 AM3 votes

I'd say that we low elo deserve as much respect as we give.

In any debate, there's ethos, logos, and pathos. Obviously being bronze and silver (and sometimes gold too) won't give you much in the ethos department, but that doesn't mean you can't use logos to great effect. On the flip side, if you're Plat and only lord about your rank with no other substance to your position, you're just as much as a problem as bronze players who think they know everything.

So if you can come up with a substantial argument with a strong foundation, your rank helps if it's high but ultimately your argument should speak for itself, not your rank.

EL HAMSTERO12/17/2015, 7:52:01 AM1 votes

bronzies deserve no respect for their thoughts or opinions. if u had a brain that was working properly then you wouldnt be bronze.

Miku Lv9912/17/2015, 10:05:52 AM1 votes

Bronzes should be treated just like anyone else. Except when they make some post like that Master Yi is OP he just q auto killed my whole team for a pentakill NERF NOW!!!!!!! That's when we have to point out to them the things that don't understand and why Yi isn't really OP. So really, a lot of their balance suggestions may need to be taken with a grain of salt, and with attempting to consider a lot of things that maybe they didn't, but otherwise I wouldn't think of them as any different than a good player.