Everytime I feel like quitting this game, I have a team that restores my faith in the community

Caoil·11/18/2014, 7:38:28 PM·60 votes·5,373 views

So I have a history of bad luck in ranked games. All through my placements I didn't play a single game with a full team due to DC's and rage quits. I'm now silver, which seems to have more negative attitudes than bronze.

Last night I was playing some ranked, and I usually play ADC whenever I can, but I was last pick and ended up playing support, no big deal there, if I don't get ADC my second choice is usually support. Anyway, after about 5 minutes into the game I realized that our jinx was terrible. Not like just getting outplayed, but she actually didn't know ADC mechanics or how to CS at all, and she fed lucian 4 kills by the 5 minute mark. At this point I was 1-0-1 morgana due to jungler help since the jinx was always dead. I so wanted to rage at the jinx, and my team probably did too, but top lane was going even and our mid lane zed was winning lane hard, so I held it in hoping the jinx could just play safe and try to farm while zed carried us to victory.

20 minutes into the game jinx was 0-8--1 with 37 cs. I was farming whenever jinx wasn't in lane, and I had 70 cs by the 20 minute mark as support. Still no one on my team said anything to the jinx and just focused on their own play. By this point in the average silver game I would have expected my team to be in full anarchy, with at least one person trying to 1v5 and everyone blaming the jinx in all-chat. Around this time someone on the enemy team said "sorry for the intentional feeding jinx" in all-chat, and our jungler responded "she isn't intentionally feeding, just having a bad game." This comment just restored my faith in the community, having a teammate acknowledge that someone was just having a bad game, and that her other games probably weren't always like this. I know I hate it when I lose lane because I got outplayed and my team is raging, telling me never to play x champion or x role again, telling me to kill myself or uninstall.

We were still in it at the 40 minute mark, being about even in kills but down by a little bit in towers and objectives. Jinx was becoming somewhat relevant, having completed 2 items, and zed and I could 2v2 any 2 players on the enemy team, including the insanely fed lucian. Once our inhib went down our top lane nidalee started blaming the jinx a bit, but the rest of my team actually defended her, saying that it was okay, we all have bad games and that maybe she should practice her adcs a bit more in normals. We lost the game, but we put in a good effort. There were times we aced the enemy team and were able to capture objectives and towers to keep ourselves in the game. Jinx got caught out while she was trying to farm and the rest of us just couldn't 4v5.

Even though we lost we felt we had at least put in an effort while most teams would have surrendered at 20 with the scores being what they were at that time. It was nice to have a game like that after a bunch of bad games in a row where my teammates wouldn't stop spamming chat. I try to only speak in chat to give constructive advice and praise to teammates for good plays. Sometimes I get caught in the middle of the arguing and it's difficult to hold it in. I'm glad my team didn't blame bot lane as a whole for losing the game. I hate when I'm in a duo lane and my lane partner is playing bad, but I'm holding it together and I get blamed. Our zed even called me a "godly morgana" at one point for getting a triple kill in a 1v3 where I got caught out. I duo'ed with the zed for the rest of the night, and I got into my promos. I wasn't expecting to receive honours after a game that we lost, since people tend to only honour after winning a game. I did honour the zed and lee sin myself.

TLDR; focus on the good games, not the bad ones. Sure the bad games seem to outweigh the good ones, but some people in this community are amazing human beings and they are what keep us playing.

68 Comments

littleblupenguin11/18/2014, 9:15:01 PM22 votes

our jungler responded "she isn't intentionally feeding, just having a bad game."

That's awesome.

When I first started playing, I usually went ADC. After a while, I decided to give other roles a try, and ended up maining jungle. I went about a month without playing any other role, then started playing as ADC again. The first few games, I just couldn't last hit for my life. Took a few games to start to even feel somewhat comfortable with it.

Fact is, we never know what's going on with another player. It's a game, they may be sick or stressed or tired, and just trying to squeeze in some enjoyment in their life. Who knows? It's a game, let's all have fun.

I agree, it's always uplifting to be on a team like that. Last week I was playing my first game as Corki in team builder. I let my team/support know in advance I was new to Corki, turns out every player on our team was trying out a new champ. We lost, but we all had a lot of fun doing it.

Rew71111/18/2014, 10:53:52 PM8 votes

That happened to me 1 game in ranked. Never in normal though, which is weird after over 600 games in normal but about 15-20 games in ranked.

I had just gotten to level 30 (miracles do happen) with no idea how to build items and what positions champions go in. I had also just gotten Mordekaiser and thought this guy is awesome because of what he can do. But in top lane, I went against a Xerath , before the nerf, who constantly stunned and insta-killed me a lot. I only built a lifesteal. So its the end of the game and my team is raging at me. But one guy says this.

Guys, he's probably new. He's probably scared. He might need help.

To me.

Ok, dude, your building wrong. You need AP.

Me

AP?

Him

Its ability power. Its better than what you have now.

Me

But I like this item. It's really helpful.

Him

Yeah, but Mord is more of a AP champion. Buy a DeathCap ->item 3089

Me

What?

Him

Look it up. Type in death in the search box...

This took some time.

Me

I really wish this was in the tutorial. I didn't even know about this.

We lost like 10 seconds later.

Ryu the first11/19/2014, 12:41:50 AM7 votes

I love it when i play a solo-queue game, and no one ever chats, but everyone's mechanics are rock solid, all communication is through pings or, more commonly, silent consensus, and we absolutely crush the enemy without saying a word to each other. :D

Tehemai11/19/2014, 1:51:23 AM5 votes

But it's not having a bad game. 0-8-1 with 37 cs is not just having a bad game. It's not knowing how to play. That person should be playing bots or at least normals, not ranked. I understand you don't want to get upset at the jinx but at this point you're being so positive you just sent him up to queue with another team he's gonna drag down. That to me is far worse than blaming him as you just ruined 4 other people's experience instead of just one.

Sometimes you HAVE to be a bit harsh, it's sad that none of you had the courage to do it. I can only hope his next team does.

Cupkek11/18/2014, 9:05:44 PM4 votes

That's nice and all, but a player who can't CS and feeds the enemy adc 4 kills in 5 minutes does not belong in Silver.

I'd tolerate it if it were Bronze, but in Silver you're expected to be more intelligent and skilled than the average doorknob. This jinx appears to be an average doorknob. While I'm not a professional player, I do get irked when people who have no clue how to play with more than one active brain cell manage to make their way into my games and then screw us over.

I hope she's back in bronze where she belongs.

iamthegoatofwar11/18/2014, 11:42:39 PM4 votes

In ranked I kinda expect people to get their shit together so I'm kinda neutral on everything there if I think the person is seriously causing an issue for others and not doing anything to fix it at all, but on normal matches I will bullet sponge the rage rounds like no other for players that I know are seriously trying or just having a really bad game. I'm sick of the toxicness EVERYWHERE in league even in aram and anything that isn't ranked. However if it's your 1st time ever playing a champ in ranked and have no clue how to play them I'm going to cry.

Cupkek11/19/2014, 7:56:50 AM3 votes

I have no sympathy for first time players or people 'testing' a new champion in ranked.

Ranked is where you come to compete, where you put your best foot forward to display your abilities in the game. Not to mess around and try out a new champion at the cost of others' MMRs.

Shantogen11/19/2014, 5:10:50 AM3 votes

Indeed. It also helps to fight rage with kindness. There have been plenty of times where I wanted to scream at my team instead I type things.

Its ok, Don't let it phase you, come back strong.

And thanks to that they turn around and go from 0-6 to 10-8...always keep your head up.

ZzJzZj11/19/2014, 12:55:19 AM2 votes

how old are u ?

ˆˆºº11/19/2014, 2:15:36 AM2 votes

Every person in your game got better as a result.

Remember, if the reason your forever stuck in bronze or silver is because of your crappy teams, those crappy teams never go away. The OP provides a fine example of adapting to the situation forced upon you and using what is available to you. If every game was more like this, the entire NA community would be full of better players.

Every player who switches from blaming others to supporting their team creates a more skilled NA community.

KilljoyX11/19/2014, 5:48:42 PM2 votes

Everytime I try to play this game after my faith has been restored in humanity this game again destroys it.

Hyrum Graff11/19/2014, 1:43:52 AM2 votes

It's awesome to play games like this :)

On the other upside, I find that I can push games in this direction by being positive, starting in champ select. Any (ranked/draft) game I play (and the rest are Team Builder), the first thing in lobby is "Good evening, everybody." I honestly contribute my seems-like-better-than-average-mannered teammates to be a direct result of opening games like this (followed by "Mid/supp > top > adc > jg pref. Anyone a good adc/jg?")

Feel free to add me if you want.

HydraVenom11/20/2014, 2:26:25 PM1 votes

gold is even worse >.<

Ariel the Cruel11/19/2014, 3:23:41 AM1 votes

This almost encourages me to play ranked. Almost. But the...what... 12% chance of running into a team like that? Not worth the head ache.

Still. Kudos to you and your team. Hopefully you can run into more team mates like this. (And hopefully you don't have to loose to find them. XD )

Junkο11/19/2014, 4:16:49 PM1 votes

Probably the only reason i haven't quit the game yet. EVERY SINGLE TIME i go "I'm just gonna play this one game and then quit LoL and never play it again", ends up being an extremely fun game with the nicest people in the world

Aozora11/19/2014, 9:10:59 PM1 votes

I got flamed by my jungler, Fiora, last game when playing Syndra who I was still learning and it also didn't help that the new rift was laggy as hell for me. My end game score was 5/6/14 and I think I did pretty decently. The Fiora got a pretty good KDA mainly because she constantly dumped her spells on targets that were pretty much dead (a lot of the team got really annoyed due to this) Every time I was about to type something to defend myself, I just remember that it's a huge waste of time and that time typing to some stressed out dude could be spent helping my team push, taking objectives, farming etc.

Basically, if you're having bad games and teammates with bad attitudes, just don't even bother replying. Some of the games I played where my team was totally in sync we never really talked. We communicated via ping. Don't give those people a minute of your time and just focus on winning. Eventually you'll see you won't even need to put them on ignore.

Whenever someone does bad teammates always tend to go "Come on dude" or "This insert champion" in all chat. That doesn't help anyone, but the other team. If someone is doing bad, try helping them instead of criticizing. I was playing with my friend who is level 25-ish and we got players around their level. I noticed how many mistakes the other team and my team was making and it made the game incredibly easy for me to carry. The enemy team was flaming the guy I was laning against until I went and pointed out that I had more wins than they did games overall.

The way I see it, every game in League is winnable from the start. How you conduct yourself, treat your teammates, and use your past experiences is what keeps your nexus alive or has it get destroyed.

LordGeovanni11/19/2014, 10:21:48 PM1 votes

i swear people believe that you are intentionally feeding and that if they losing the the game is a waste of time i have had a few games like this not in recent months but everyone has a bad game even the people who are having the bad games become toxic some times. Silver is just bronze but with people who got the lucky good match makeing with people who dont automatically give when things not going their way extremely early

Hyrum Graff11/19/2014, 10:55:49 PM1 votes

Agreed. Ideally, I should be able to play a game without ever chatting and still have near perfect communication.

Practically, I know this isn't going to happen, but there's still a lot of room to improve upon the ping system.

DauKho11/20/2014, 1:04:15 AM1 votes

You're lucky. Everytime I feel like quitting this game, I get another troll to cuss at and it makes me want to quit even more. Why do I play? Cause I'm bored all day, browser games suck, I refuse to spam on paid to win games... Seriously, I need a good MMO.

On another note, in reference to the pinging, I have honestly learnt to completely ignore the pings. Cause too many people like to spam it, like pinging me 15 times is going to make me more likely to suddenly obey your opinion. I can generally evaluate whether I have my escapes up and can decide for myself if I want to go in or not... ugh.

On a last note, playing solo queue tends to be more fun even with bad players.... people who know you tend to criticize every single thing you do and destroy what's left of the fun in this game.

Killer X 1211/18/2014, 8:06:57 PM1 votes

That is nice to see. I try to defend people on my team when they are attacked for having bad games, but only if its obv they weren't doing it intentionally. Sometimes they just underestimate the other ADC/person and then it spirals out of control. As long as they don't rage and they try their best to help out the team i'll take their side.