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Real life lessons you can learn from playing League

5000000000000000·7/26/2015, 9:37:24 PM·56 votes·8,615 views

League: CSing is important. IRL: Patience and hard work often pays off later, even though you may not see the benefit right away.

League: Take objectives. IRL: Have a vision and go for what's important.

League: Make decisions. It's better to make a half-decent decision than to make no decisions. IRL: same

League: Respect your enemy's zone. IRL: Respect people's boundaries.

League: Don't go into enemy's unwarded jungle alone. IRL: Do your research before you try something new.

League: Be a dick, get banned. IRL: Actions have consequences. Source

League: The support role is a valuable asset to the team, not just some fill position. IRL: Behind most strong leaders is people backing them up. Teamwork, bitches. Source

League: Some people are assholes. IRL: same Source

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Share your own, and I'll add to the list! (The reason I'm making this list is so that I can make excuses when people ask "why do you play League it's such a waste of time")

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Lugg7/26/2015, 9:53:48 PM39 votes

This:

LaowPing7/26/2015, 9:39:59 PM25 votes

League: Some people are assholes. IRL: Some people are assholes.

ChaosThief7/27/2015, 1:07:50 AM14 votes

League: people sometimes make stupid decisions and blame the team IRL: trust no person during a group project

...that was a joke in case it turned out to be overly rude.

Riotmoonstones7/27/2015, 5:18:26 PM10 votes

League:: When a team works together by communicating and being on the same page, they'll be more successful. IRL: Same. This can apply to various situations, both at work and in your personal life.

League: Build people up rather than tearing them down. Encouragement and positive words go a long way. IRL Same.

Icestar11867/27/2015, 12:37:36 PM8 votes

League: You can't 1v5. IRL: Don't be afraid to ask for help.

IcyPepper7/27/2015, 12:12:30 AM7 votes

League: The support role is a valuable asset to the team, not just some fill position. IRL: Behind most strong leaders is people backing them up. Teamwork, bitches.

esmelar7/27/2015, 5:08:05 AM6 votes

League: You may have the best abilities, but the fed champion with loads of gold will likely win IRL: Having talent and creativity not always means success, sometimes you need power and money

KilljoyX7/27/2015, 12:53:13 AM5 votes

League: Be a dick, get banned. IRL: Actions have consequences.

Donald trump has millions of dollars. Millionaires make money off sweat shop workers. This isn't even remotely true.

RUNAAANS HYDRAA7/27/2015, 12:41:17 AM5 votes

League: Before we start any given match, we accept the risk of losing/having a bad game, because the potential for a rewarding experience out-weighs the risk. IRL: Before we start any given match (ie we take on a human form) we exist in state of nothingness, of infinite pure bliss, peace and unity. But that gets boring, so we decided to come play this human game, because taking on risks equals potential rewards. We CHOSE to be here, and we must never forget that fact. The only logical response to life, with all its glorious suffering, pain and conflict (AND happiness and love), is GRATITUDE THAT WE GET TO PLAY THIS GAME :)

League: If you call a specific role in champ select, say bot lane support, stick to your chosen role/position. You're VERY unlikely to succeed, and/or let your whole team down, if you suddenly decide you want to take a support champ Soraka with supp items/runes/masteries into the jungle. IRL: Don't be surprised when you suffer because you're trying to be something you're not.

I is Illiterate7/27/2015, 12:31:39 AM5 votes

League: sometimes you are forced to play with incompetent, rude jerks

IRL, in the workplace: sometimes you are forced to work with incompetent, rude jerks

TaoistMaster7/27/2015, 1:34:32 PM4 votes

League: Don't chase Singed

IRL: Don't chase Singed

Annapii7/27/2015, 3:39:08 AM4 votes

League: JUNGLER Y U NO GANK Life Lesson: People will generally look at what you could be doing to make up for their mistakes instead of what they could be doing better.

ShinyElbowGrease7/27/2015, 6:39:27 PM4 votes

carry 6 different type of swords

BeerOfRoot48437/28/2015, 1:20:18 AM3 votes

League: Community

IRL: Life is full of disappointments

TheVishual7/27/2015, 6:34:09 AM3 votes

{quoted}

League: CSing is important. IRL: Patience and hard work often pays off later, even though you may not see the benefit right away.

League: Take objectives. IRL: Have a vision and go for what's important.

League: Make decisions. It's better to make a half-decent decision than to make no decisions. IRL: same

League: Respect your enemy's zone. IRL: Respect people's boundaries.

League: Don't go into enemy's unwarded jungle alone. IRL: Do your research before you try something new.

League: Be a dick, get banned. IRL: Actions have consequences. Source

League: The support role is a valuable asset to the team, not just some fill position. IRL: Behind most strong leaders is people backing them up. Teamwork, bitches. Source

League: Some people are assholes. IRL: same Source

Share your own, and I'll add to the list! (The reason I'm making this list is so that I can make excuses when people ask "why do you play League it's such a waste of time")

It's almost as if league was a game created in real life

Deep Terror Nami7/26/2015, 9:38:48 PM2 votes

League: Be a dick, get banned. IRL: Actions have consequences.

Jofeyy7/26/2015, 10:45:24 PM2 votes

There's a time and place for everything.

The time you want to push mid may be better spent getting dragon/baron etc.

Goodluck in your list ^_^

Taarki7/26/2015, 11:58:13 PM2 votes

How to deal with people who just want to make your life miserable.

Lavaniel7/27/2015, 12:59:27 AM2 votes

League: People think they are always right IRL: People think they are always right

Squidblimp7/27/2015, 11:03:57 AM2 votes

League: Have self-control so that when you die or lose an objective, you don't go on tilt. IRL: Control your emotions, so that you can rationally think through tough situations.

League: Mute people who are toxic so that they don't affect your gameplay. IRL: Cut the toxic people out of your life so you can live happily without them bogging you down.

TeCoolMage7/27/2015, 11:45:23 AM2 votes

This reminds me of Arkadian's Tips for bronze and gold... It's like you directly quoted him.

I have one:

League Of Legends: Getting a penta as Soraka feels amazing IRL: Even if you're not meant to do something, doing it anyway is awesome if it helps regardless and you're meant to be incapable of doing so.

BakedLotion7/27/2015, 6:37:46 PM2 votes

If you don't get wat u want, you afk and leave.

Slamurai Jack7/27/2015, 11:49:18 PM2 votes

**League: **The team that initiates the teamfight is usually the one to win it. Life Lesson: In order to get where you want to go, you have to be willing to move.

Tails Doll7/28/2015, 5:46:36 AM2 votes

League: All women are crazy and want to kill you/take your soul away/burn you/spear you/shot you/ and do bad things to you in general. IRL: Same.

Rrett7/28/2015, 12:41:55 AM1 votes

Well I think all your points are garbage and have no transference to real life.

One that does is reaction to trolls and just generally unpleasant people. I find I've dealt with them so much, when I see them in real life I can't even get angry at them. I don't try and have pissing contests with people taking a shit anymore. I recognize the futility and don't even say anything most of the time.

Now onto the one I find is something should learn whether or not they play league. That is Correcting your mistakes and willingness to accept criticism. This is something that the majority of people and league players even more so don't have. THink about a situation and think of what the best possible out come is. I applied this to social situations and I feel I became much better at socializing because of it. Doing this also makes you more open to criticsm. How this applies to league is when something doesn't go well just think of how you could have done better. I actually got better faster than I could win games and climb, so I went from p5-d5 with a 70% winrate.

RottedApples7/28/2015, 5:17:10 AM1 votes

League: ask for ganks IRL: don't be afraid to ask for help

League: not everyone will gank for you for many reasons. IRL: you can't get help for everything./not everyone will help you. (ask anyway)

AirSonance7/28/2015, 5:33:54 AM1 votes

League: No matter where you are how good you think you are, there's always room for improvement IRL: Same

Wullf7/28/2015, 8:46:25 AM1 votes

League: playing champion to know their weaknness is best way to defeating them and gives you good foundation for marcomanagement. IRL: Being able to think from others people perspectives gives you power over them and may make you a good leader.

League: irrationally getting blamed for not helping IRL: people tend to think their problems are also problems of others.

Hell Week7/28/2015, 6:10:07 AM1 votes

League: Never surrender, never give up because there's always hope.

IRL: Same.

CharQueen7/28/2015, 6:11:28 AM1 votes

Lessons: Get off the internet You're always right Complainers need therapy and pills, not games Tuning people out or physically impaling them does wonders

FluxBound7/28/2015, 6:22:16 AM1 votes

League: Off meta can work IRL: Try new things

Alleo7/28/2015, 1:01:39 AM1 votes

League: You only need 1 boot to go faster IRL: You only need 1 boo.....wait...nvm