Don't play when you are angry

Kikirino·May 15, 2015·63 votes·6,230 views

Life has been fucking me over the past few weeks and I have been super pissed lately and today I was easily more angry than I can ever remember. I thought League would be a great distraction... but when I got in game I found myself getting super pissed at the smallest mistakes I made. My mood just continued dropping and it resulted in more and more fuck ups. More and more deaths. More and more stupid mistakes that were costing my team. Played a Draven match and went 3/8/2 with 66 cs in 20 minutes. Played Lee and went 2/9 and Annie I went 2/8. All because I was in a shitty mood when I was playing.

Don't play when you are upset. It will affect your games in a very negative way.

To all my teams today... holy shit I am sorry for how bad I did. To my team last game thanks for not flaming me and making it worse.

41 Comments

RiotRiot Fairy FlanMay 15, 201531 votes

Hey hang in there, dude. Life can sure get rough sometimes.

KikirinoMay 15, 20155 votes

Yes it can. Thank you for the kind words.

CarteMay 16, 20152 votes

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Hey hang in there, dude. Life can sure get rough sometimes.

RiotNurseFlan-2015

Trick1FMay 16, 20152 votes

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Hey hang in there, dude. Life can sure get rough sometimes.

I'm curious. Is the flan the desert that has healing properties like a nurse could help with? Or is the nurse a piece of flan wearing a hat?

.....I just can't decide!

The EllimiistMay 16, 20155 votes

Old poker acronym to live by. (The L in the original acronym stands for lonely but is changed to fit competitive gaming)

H.ungry A.ngry L.ethargic T.ired

Anyways, it's pretty self explanatory. Any one of these can reduce your effectiveness.

AbrahamBaconhamMay 16, 20151 votes

But... the last two mean pretty much the same thing

The EllimiistMay 16, 20151 votes

The Lethargy part is suppose to refer more to mental fatigue than physically tired. Like if you play 8 games in a row and you're starting to make mistakes out of boredom or repetition. I personally would make the acronym.

H.ungry A.ngry L.ethargic T.ilted

But I didn't invent it nor can I change it for the masses but only for myself.

Dr EasterMay 16, 20154 votes

I'd rather play with angry people than with those that say "I don't care, it's just xxxxxx mode" when you simply ask them to ping the enemy annie is missing after she ganked you 5 times in a row and none of your teamates came to help. Those people make me angry :D angry people do not xD

COWmanLordMay 15, 20153 votes

This is good advice. I rarely play when I don't feel good about playing, especially in ranked. If you have some nice light-hearted games with friends league can be a good distraction, but the competitive nature of the game can also cause it to exasperate already stressful emotions. That why you must always remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

Good luck with whatever happens :D!

TeemoJenkinsMay 15, 20152 votes

Shot of fireball makes everything better on a Friday night.

Deep Terror NamiMay 15, 20152 votes

Anger is where you get your strength from. Haven't you watched DBZ? Sheesh.

JofeyyMay 16, 201511 votes

"Anger gives motivation without purpose" MasterYi

It will give you power, but you have to point it in the right direction or it will just explode in your face.

ScrimshäwMay 16, 20151 votes

way to butcher a great quote

Only Play DariusMay 16, 20158 votes

I'm pretty sure he accurately quoted Yi, word for word.

terkmcMay 16, 20152 votes

Or you could be a Sith Lord and channel that anger and hatred and kill the shit out of everyone

JofeyyMay 17, 20151 votes

I dont remember who exactly, but theres a sith lord from the old, OLD republic that dedicated his work to mastering anger into raw power. I would still consider that as channelling anger to something useful, so yes, i would probably do that too ;)

terkmcMay 17, 20152 votes

Darth Sion. He is effectively immortal as long as he can channel his pain, hatred and anger to hold his body together

JofeyyMay 17, 20151 votes

Yup yup thats the guy :D

FluxBoundMay 16, 20152 votes

I just prefer to play aram when I don't feel like dealing with people. After a while, the common charisma of playing super casually with super casuals just makes everything alright.

ThevgkLucyMay 16, 20152 votes

I feel for ya, we all go through some stuff but its a matter of perseverance.

Anyway I wanted to make a suggestion maybe if you played with frends than your experiences might be more enjoyable. Sucking in front of strangers sucks, but your frends migt not judge you, and if you don't have any frends chin up you can vent here in the boards. I main supports so I know a thing or two on how o help people eh he he he.

GrieferMay 16, 20152 votes

Being angry while playing can easily put you on tilt, which ultimately hinders your performance.

Troy242621May 16, 20151 votes

Hell, League is my escape from real life. If I didn't have League, I may have gone nuts.

TwitchInMyPantsMay 16, 20151 votes

What I do is when I'm pissed is I play a game that's similarly competitive but its one that's casual or I'm not good at. Like I played HotS alongside LoL recently and it helped my performance, atm my favorite game to play is smite and I do ok in LoL matches with a casual mindset towards it. It tends to rotate as LoL is something I played thousands of games of. But yea anger is something that will get in the way of your play so you need to make your environment casual to enjoy your game.

KrigjerMay 16, 20151 votes

I don't play poorly when I'm upset, but I have very little patience for my teammates. Specifically when someone makes a mistake and someone wants to berate them.

I normally defend someone when they're being harassed, but it's worse when I'm mad.

alaskaneagleMay 16, 20151 votes

54367

but that's why I play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYcntdAgvJg

WDTODMay 16, 20151 votes

When I am upset I just play bots. Its a Garen ted win, plus if you play a champion you're good with you can get super feed. Great way to blow off steam.

JazkoMay 16, 20151 votes

why

Vellich0rMay 16, 20151 votes

I agree, and the other team always ends up having some ass hole who wants to make your day the worst day ever. Friggin stupid community.

Joe DreddMay 16, 20151 votes

Don't feel sorry to your team. You need to be on that "sucks to suck baddie" mentaility. It's their problem if they can't carry.

lDontLiftIcarryMay 16, 20151 votes

I work in a kitchen I work when I'm angry all the time. Those assholes who order 5 minutes before kitchen closes.. They order something that takes 8-12 minutes to cook properly "uh I want a well done burger"

TwoDMay 16, 20151 votes

yup that's literally what i just did the last two fucking games i played lmao

haxboyMay 16, 20151 votes

I read it as hungry. 0.0

AbodyHUN666May 16, 20151 votes

And it would still make sense.

FebruAhriMay 16, 20151 votes

This doesn't matter to me, I lose every ranked game anyway no matter if I'm angry or not :C

BudupopsMay 16, 20151 votes

report for trolling

MatthevvMay 16, 20151 votes

I mean, it could just be "dont play ranked while angry". I can never get mad at a normal game. ARAM if you are a true rager.

LitoJMay 16, 20151 votes

I got upset when I realized I couldn't ult properly on my main each time I needed to after the latest patch. Lost some games. I want to play Rumble on rank again.

PrimaquariusMay 16, 20151 votes

Bro, let me tell you about playing while angry...for almost 7 months I have lost pretty much every single ranked match possible because the base player pool for Bronze 5 are people that know nothing about helping each other out and would rather rely on "Pick Order" and "follow the leader" which results in poor performance for the overall team. Me, preferring support anyway must always struggle to keep the balance of power with my team by getting AP items. This doesn't always work as planned and 9/10 matches are losses purely because of at least 1 of my team mates (witnessed, not simply complaints). What I'm asking is that the player match system is a little refined, since I can't simply ask RIOT staff to put me back in my original rank of Silver 5.