Ever since I became positive

Thugger Goon·11/7/2014, 9:20:54 PM·47 votes·4,105 views

The game has gotten much better! I used to be one of those guys who always raged and called people names, but now I'm more positive, and ever since my games feel more fun than they used to! :) When you're toxic, its hard to enjoy the game when all you want to do is win and are willing to call your team names, but when you're positive, it will still help you win as your team won't suddenly ignore you. Thank you to all the players who let me know that my behavior was unacceptable, it really changed me both irl, gave me more confidence, and in game. :)

52 Comments

Drunk Rummate11/7/2014, 9:25:21 PM10 votes

Pessimists tend to live out a self fulfilling prophecy.

Being positive will not only improve your mood, but it's also likely to increase your "luck" since emotions are often contagious.

Glad to hear you've discovered this.

SolidPooh11/7/2014, 10:12:36 PM10 votes

These are the kinds of posts I encourage and am also very glad to see

Keep climbing!

Thugger Goon11/8/2014, 1:13:34 AM6 votes

Thank you to everyone that helped me become positive <3 I'm glad that I made this change, it helped me a lot in general :P

Jamatrix66611/8/2014, 6:45:39 AM6 votes

People seem to underestimate the power of being positive regardless of what is going on during a game. A "nice job", " thanks for the gank", or "it's okay man, nice try" can have a positive influence on the game since it establishes (most of the time) some kind of trust and appreciation within the team. Get a double kill and no one congrats you? Okay. Get a double kill and then get a few "niceee"? Your self esteem goes up and this pushes you to always do better than before.

Taarki11/8/2014, 3:06:18 AM4 votes

I am so glad to hear that you were able to change your attitude and now are getting rewarded for it! I am glad that the game is more fun for you, as that is what league is all about! Having fun. :)

Rhyto11/8/2014, 3:47:20 AM4 votes

Much props to you man. Welcome aboard ^_^

Killer X 1211/8/2014, 8:43:01 AM4 votes

Nice! You are the kind of team mate i want. lol

DeftSky11/7/2014, 10:04:33 PM4 votes

I became positive as well and climbed a league and a few divisions. I got reported for stupid reasons and got restricted again. This game punishes you even if you are positive.

Gallowgrim11/8/2014, 3:24:43 PM4 votes

I'm a bloody brooding cynic yet still maintain positivity on the Rift - because being miserable is no way to have fun, and despite what the challenge gamer "pro" set will tell you - that's the point of a game, to have fun.

Unless you have fun by ruining it for others, then you're just an ass. Seriously, don't do that. "It's a game" isn't an excuse to purposefully slack off and do foolish things for their own sake!

But I digress, welcome to the right way to rock the Rift. Good on you!

Wynsl11/8/2014, 1:40:52 AM4 votes

Being positive is actually the way to attain success in life! As an optimist you always see every event as a learning experience and as a result it is always a positive outcome. Being an optimist helps in all departments of life! Keep it up friend :)

FiendOfOne11/9/2014, 1:58:10 AM3 votes

I'm really happy to see this. As someone who stopped playing for a couple of years, and used to get really frustrated at games, I love seeing players who act awesome. Now, I just play the game and chill; I have fun, and I try to be positive throughout the game. Funny enough, pretty much anyone will tell you, it does make me feel like I play better when I remain optimistic. Toxic players make the game less fun, but seeing and meeting people like you definitely make the game better. Good on you :D

CryoGX11/8/2014, 11:45:34 PM2 votes

This thread is actually the first thread on Boards I'll have posted in. I'm glad it's such a positive one. (Also, this will be a wall. Sorry, I'm used to making long posts when it comes to forums.)

Positivity and optimism like this is definitely what keeps me playing. In the end, it's all supposed to be fun, right? :3

So many (nowhere near as much, recently, though) people that I've played with have attacked teammates, or me whenever the slightest screw-up occurs. That tends to cause stress, and will only negatively affect my/others' performance. Some people could just be having an off day/game, or some could've just derped for once in a while, and those that attack them will just be causing their performance to go even farther downhill. Not to mention: how can you focus on attacking the enemy if you're already focused on attacking your own team?

In games where mainly your team (preferably both teams) is positive, chill, accepting of loss, etc, things tend to go much more smoothly and are much more fun. It personally allows me to truly play at my best, as I feel as I'm playing with friends instead of unsteady acquaintances who'll likely jump on your every mistake, or pessimists who'll give up after the first blood saying "It's over; surrender at 20." Also, pretty much every game that I've played that's turned around a very likely loss had positive teammates, as we felt we could make a good last stand before actually surrendering.

Finally, I wouldn't ever say that "becoming nice" would be a waste. You may not immediately see an increase in wins rate (or even ever) but at least you'd have a more positive outlook that'll at least affect your own gameplay, even a little bit, and allow you to better take a loss, as those will happen. In my opinion, any sort of positivity that you could have over the opposite is ultimately better for everyone; making the best of what you got (even if everyone on the team is like 0/69/0 or something, in which case I'd be too busy laughing to be remotely agitated) is always a better view to have.

Windfallen11/9/2014, 4:29:57 AM2 votes

Getting chat restricted and temporarily banned from ranked made me more positive. It also made me kind of sad how cancerous the whole ranked rewards system is. Oh wait. I already knew that before I stopped raging and pleading my team for my end of season rewards that they had little impact on whether I would get these visual indicators of ranked status or not. Gee, I might sound kind of jaded. No really though, I'm enjoying the game way more and I have much better moderation now that I don't treat it like some chore.

AbodyHUN66611/8/2014, 9:41:32 PM2 votes

Good to see formerly toxic people reforming. It gives me hope for the game's community. I wish there was an option to talk to people you reported in the past to see how they are when they aren't nervous about the game's outcome. However I know some people who look toxic in chat but they actually are joking. It's hard to hear the sarcastic tone through chat.

Strawberrycocoa11/8/2014, 10:06:56 PM2 votes

Positive outlooks really do help your performance drastically. Good for you, I'm glad positivity worked for you.

Jerk. ;)

Thugger Goon11/18/2014, 9:47:17 PM1 votes

League gave me an ip boost :DDD

Junkο11/8/2014, 2:15:11 PM1 votes

I was really toxic 2 years ago, i regret ever becoming nice because it makes you realize that this game is awfully boring because it follows the same pattern of -you get fed -every other lane feeds -you try to bring your teams hope up -team does everything but that and starts a giant flame war -game lost

Not always on my team, but the game sucks even when it happens on the enemy team

Rarely games aren't like that, and those are really enjoyable

Ya Boy Drone11/8/2014, 2:59:18 PM1 votes

Inb4 #Lytesmite

BakedLotion11/8/2014, 4:06:24 PM1 votes

You get taken advantage of when you're positive, best thing is to not say anything at all, and only bitch at people who deserve it. Works for me

TeemoHunter133711/8/2014, 5:03:32 PM1 votes

The game has gotten much better! I used to be one of those guys who always raged and called people names, but now I'm more positive, and ever since my games feel more fun than they used to! :) When you're toxic, its hard to enjoy the game when all you want to do is win and are willing to call your team names, but when you're positive, it will still help you win as your team won't suddenly ignore you. Thank you to all the players who let me know that my behavior was unacceptable, it really changed me both irl, gave me more confidence, and in game. :)

u didnt become positive.

u just stopped caring about perfection and how others are doing.

Nucleophilic atk11/8/2014, 5:28:08 PM1 votes

Glad you became positive. In my opinion, it has no effect on winning and losing though. For one, if someone really has a problem with it, to the point that they will play worse, they could just mute you. Also, if that were the case, I would imagine my winning percentage increasing while on chat ban. This would make sense because if my toxicity caused games, without the ability to be toxic, I would easily win way more games than I lose. Simply didn't happen. If someone is 0/10 before toxic language starts, then how could it be because of toxic language? Just my thoughts on it. I would rather have a teammates that bitches and carries than a jolly ole fella that feeds lol.

DrNova11/8/2014, 11:11:17 PM1 votes

I dont believe you.

MaIevoIent11/8/2014, 11:30:31 PM1 votes

People usually dont feed as much when you don't say anything. I've tested this myself.

MossFernBee11/9/2014, 9:18:44 AM1 votes

positive is not important > f-c-k player still in game

what they do ?

they call " its normal game " so they don't care
they try champ and build , so if u are captain ( team builder ),,,, they still don't care
why they can't own team builder ? no they can't > Riot give the gun but don't train how to use. 4)How to be positive ? u can't > troll will find temporary friend and complain u > both in your team and enemy team,,,,of course enemy team is his friend 5)How to happy ? its time to get rid off chat mode,,,,, seem as public chat,,, they turn off,,,, 6)How much positive level ? > u don't need to be positive ...its about 20 minute game and change to a another face,,,,

enjoy your game,,,,go in dark water and go dark,,,, why so serious with transparent water

ChimeiTekinaNasu11/9/2014, 4:40:52 PM1 votes

Same here. I was finally climbing out of Silver 3 from 0 points. Was Silver 2 with 65 points. Was still positive and stuff, but somehow went on tilt =C Now I'm Silver 3 with 84 points. Now I need to get from Silver 3 to Gold V is 2 days x.x Pressure so real. Even when I was positive on some of my losses, I'm not sure how the loss streak began. but I finally managed to win my last match =3 My duo partner gave up on trying to climb. He was also Gold 2. now he's Gold 3 with 15 points and stopped. idk wht to do now. All my friends I usually play with are offline. I'd like Riot to give a few more days extra like they did last year

Sir Fuzzi11/9/2014, 9:47:41 PM1 votes

My steps to positivity were threefold:

Mute xteam chat. There is literally no reason for it, ever. Unless you're in some sort of 10-man custom though by that point, you probably have an alternate means!
Accept that the only one I can change is me. If I blame myself, I can change myself, become better for the team, closer to victory.
Bring as many people as possible along with me. The strongest teammates are not the best players, but the closest friends.

If I remain hot-blooded and positive enough, a Mysterious Happening is sure to turn me into this season's anime protagonist.

In all honesty, those steps in that order helped me to become more positive and thus a better player. When I stopped being so concerned with others, I began to flourish and become somebody who could carry games for my team.