I am stepping down as a league of legends mentor/coach

AwesomeChad·May 20, 2015·2 votes·305 views

I have decided based on the very low amount of feedback and requests from other players for my free coaching/replay analysis/advice/tips on getting better at the game, that I will no longer actively participate in answering threads to help players out nor continue providing the free services I offer to help players. I have made an effort to try to improve the league community by encourage players to self-reflect on their gameplay. I am not blaming the community but it seems like my opinion does not matter here so I will stop since it feels like a waste of time if i am unable to help anyone with my knowledge and experience with this game. I give my gratitude to everyone who read my posts, upvoted , and replied to let me know that I helped them.

This may seem like a rant to some of you guys and some may think "who cares". Downvote me as you see fit.

6 Comments

DaenMay 20, 20154 votes

I truly don't mean to offend, but if I'm reading this right you're leaving the Boards community because you feel you haven't been recognized properly?

AwesomeChadMay 20, 20151 votes

Not quite. I'm not vain that I would require "recognition of the masses". I am leaving because I feel that no one has considered my positive and helpful tips in my posts. If at least one person has given me feedback on whether my information was useful or not, then I'd feel that my efforts are not going to waste.

DaenMay 20, 20151 votes

I'm not vain I feel that no one has considered my positive and helpful tips

Which begs the question, why are you basing your self-worth and value as a person on whether or not people support your comments? There are two important things to keep in mind about a forum:

Great content generally does float to the top/get recognized as such
People are notoriously fickle and don't necessarily show appreciation or lack thereof on things that aren't at one extreme or another (super positive or super negative)

Building a reputation as an expert doesn't happen overnight; it can take months or even years of dedicated involvement to get to the point where people trust your input, especially in a community with so many other resources from literal professionals in the field (pro players, high profile streamers, etc.).

AwesomeChadMay 20, 20151 votes

Well, I base my advice/tips off of my own experience/personal insight since I know it helped me as a player. I share that with the community in hopes that it might help someone else. That is the best I can do.

But, I do see your point. I get discouraged easily and start to doubt myself without feedback from others. I get that it requires a bigger commitment on my end but i find it silly that people would rather judge a post for the person who typed it than the content.

GoiloMay 20, 20153 votes

I'm sorry but who are you?

AJStarhikerMay 20, 20151 votes

How I'm reading this is not that he's dropping out of playing League, just that he's no longer responding to requests for help in improving. At a guess based on what I've seen around the boards, he's run into too many who want to get carried to where they think they should be, rather than actually put in the effort to practice and take advice on actually improving their skills.