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"Oh you're gold" Vent Thread

SirShaggy·8/31/2015, 11:57:41 PM·35 votes·3,554 views

What the hell is wrong with people? Honestly. I want to know. Why is this community made of so many sociopaths? And what's with their fixation on people being gold?

So my ping decided to be stable today so I wanted to see how playing a normal game by myself would go. It's rare I have a nice day where it isn't going up and down from 60 to 200. So I'm just playing my game as Quinn ADC. We're having fun. Nice jungle pow-wow with the enemy team before the game starts. And then I get screwed over in bot lane by the enemy Zed with no MIA. Me and my Thresh die and the tower goes with us. Ok, whatever, it sucks but it happens.

I'm farming trying to catch back up and my team starts fighting in mid. Our Azir's laughing saying I'm on "tilt" for not joining. When I told him I was just trying to farm back up he goes "Oh, you're gold. That explains it."... This happens to me in like half of my normal games. My NORMAL games! Why the hell do people always pull this card? Why do they look at rank in the first place? It's so damn frustrating.

Of course I'm pretty pissed now but me and my Thresh explain to him that I was just going to farm to be relevant again. He of course replies to this with more douche-baggery. Then his buddy Darius chimes in with "You don't get it Quinn. You don't get it. You don't have enough experience. You don't know how to make plays that aren't completely r%%%%%ed." This is quickly followed by a circle-jerk between him and Azir about how shitty I am for being gold.

I got fucking mad. I ragequit. I told the enemy team to report them and myself for leaving. I know, it isn't fair to the other people playing, and I could have muted them once they started talking shit, but I just can't stand playing the game like that. As a sensitive guy who got bullied growing up it seriously makes me shake, heat up, and gives me a migraine. I just can't deal with it. What the hell is wrong with the people? Why are people in my blind-pick games always screwing with gold players? This just makes me want to finish my promos to platinum so I can never hear this bullshit again...

Sorry for the rant... I'm just so tired of running into people like this. I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but it puts me into a really shitty mood. Like I've been typing this for twenty minutes and I'm still stressed about it. Please people, stop being so damn mean for no good reason. My anxiety would really appreciate it.

TL;DR Community sucks. Especially to gold players. Giving me grey hairs.

78 Comments

Big Lincoln9/1/2015, 2:47:13 AM16 votes

team bans Mordekaiser despite me asking for him

"alright, i'll support Bard then"

"lmao, really gonna rage because i banned mord?" bunch of posts about how childish league players are, the irony lost on him

"no, bard is my second main"

"that must be why you're gold 5 LMFAO"

???

Aatrox Herself9/1/2015, 12:09:51 AM14 votes

Its worse for silver players.

Only Play Darius9/1/2015, 3:41:40 AM11 votes

If you're gold and you are being matched with plats and diamonds, that means you play above your rank. Don't worry about those idiots. I get rank bashed in games too and it gets on my nerves.

I have it pretty bad too, I am low Bronze and haven't played ranked in months so my normals MMR is much higher than my rank, I am matched with golds and silvers every game who often treat me like I don't belong there and i'm useless.

redniwediS9/1/2015, 12:26:59 AM9 votes

Some people don't get the recognition in their real lives they think they deserve, or have stresses they need an outlet for, and so showing their "superiority" over another human being over a meaningless title actually means a lot to them. I'll never understand why they do it, but this explanation seems to fit the bill and has helped me get over it.

Just know that while these people, along with trolls and the like, show up quite a bit they are actually the minority here. Most players are normal people and don't have to stroke their egos to make up for inadequacies elsewhere in their lives. Just mute them and do your best to ignore them, and write a report after the game. It's not a perfect system, but it's the system we have.

Doctor Dyment9/1/2015, 3:37:01 AM7 votes

Once again, I've been playing this game for FIVE YEARS. I have never played Ranked by myself, and only with friends for giggles. I've played games with Diamonds, Platinums, and other less important ranks. (just kidding please don't sue me.) I've managed to beat them all. Just because I choose not to play ranked does not mean that I am bad at the game, far from it. In fact, just through five years of experience alone I feel I deserve at least... SOME kind of minor respect. Nope.

Downfall9/1/2015, 9:20:01 AM4 votes

"Oh, you're in the top 32% of players, better use it as an insult" I Don't understand it either man.

LaceUp239/1/2015, 2:12:30 PM4 votes

You know what is really amazing? The fact that you could have muted them as soon as they started and avoided every single one of your problems!!! Wow!!!

Meanwhile, you just fucked over your jungler and support for doing absolutely nothing wrong because you wanted to be a little baby.

AirSonance9/1/2015, 2:55:34 AM3 votes

Were they even ranked? If they weren't, or were below gold, I see no reason why that should've started in the first place. Even if they were higher ranked, they were at your rank before.

Toxicity is practically what this community is known for, unfortunately. Actually, I just got out of a game where my Ekko was absolutely trashing the other team's Miss Fortune for experimenting, saying it was a bad decision that should never have been made. Sure, Devourer on an ADC doesn't seem like the best option, but hey, it's got some merit on an adc with a passive that stacks (W passive). Ekko didn't see it, I guess, because that was the first thing he mentioned after the game was over.

Me? I just look at ranks to see about where my MMR would place me if I played ranked (I'm taking my time to learn and gain experience before I hop into season 6). If you want my opinion, I couldn't care less about what rank you are so long as you can play your chosen role and champ, justify your decisions, and step up when you make mistakes, which it sounds like you do if you asked your team to report you when you left.

Just a tip. If all else fails, just hit Mute and keep playing as if nothing happened. Unfortunately, without knowing how you deal with toxicity, that's all the advice I can give.

Good luck with future games!!

NewFoundAbility9/1/2015, 6:21:46 AM3 votes

My response to the whole post: I agree completely, and I've yet to have this happen because I've just been playing bots. (I actually played some PvP recently, and I was happy that I was. But slowly became depressed again after the enemy was spamming laugh & focusing me) But because I have depression now and become tired whenever I play actual PvP game besides customs with friends.

My response to:

I'm farming trying to catch back up and my team starts fighting in mid. Our Azir's laughing saying I'm on "tilt" for not joining. When I told him I was just trying to farm back up he goes "Oh, you're gold. That explains it." ...

I have a sad story, that I will try to cut down in length. Please tell me if this is okay to you.

So here I am Queuing up for Solo-Que, and I get into a game. The enemy team (which I did not look up, unlike them.) have one Gold and one Platinum. This means the Platinum player had Que'd up with lower levels. Which is not okay because the MMR is split and I have to endure this game. They didn't say anything until their Yasuo walks into my blue and tries to take it, and we get first blood. I said ''Okay?'' - I knew I shouldn't but I wanted to know why. The response was something along the lines of ''You aren't allowed to type''. At this point I thought he was just an asshole because maybe something happened on the enemy team. But that wasn't the case... I also didn't mute him and here is why:

The Plat and Gold start harassing me ''Because you are Bronze haha you don't get to type.'' --- this butterfly effected all the way to my Ally Top Laner, and he starts saying stupid things like ''Wow they are right" and "You move like Bronze player''. What the hell does that even mean? That legitimate, if I read that out loud, sounds like what a 10 year old would say.

Now of course I have someone (who is Silver 5 by the way) telling me I play like a Bronze player. I feel like garbage because I can't say anything without being harassed on both sides.

The enemies are purposely dying every so often, then saying that it doesn't matter if we are fed because I'm bad.

So what really threw me off the edge, is that I get top fed early on, around 3-4 kills. But guess what he builds against 4 APs and 1 AD? ... armor... The Plat notices this and asks why, then saying ''#JustSilverThings'' --- okay, that's awesome. I then ask why and what he says just made me rethink my life ''I don't even care for this game.'' ... I felt like I was back in Pre-School again. I can't even react to that! That is borderline harassment on multiple levels. I did the best I could and we were doing fine, but he insists that we lose because ''ur bronze.''

I needed a hug and I felt like crying. I'm pretty sure ranks are a badge of skill and effort, not a birthright. :(

[Vent] ##Serious question: ##Why does rank matter? If all I see from higher Elos are just a bunch of Egotistical jerk-offs?

I honestly can't and don't want play Ranked for 4 reasons.

  • Everyone is on tilt; the last time I played ranked, it took one person freaking out just because I didn't take Flash to mess up the whole game spread the unnecessary hate for everyone.
  • DuoQue, I'm not gonna repeat that. - ''We want bottom. Doesn't matter if you are first pick.'' - something along those lines.
  • Why should I play ranked? If I can just play normals and have FUN. You know, the thing that video games are for? I get that there are people who have fun in Ranked but I just can't.
  • What is the point of getting a higher rank? I've had countless people say/act to not want to play with me, because of their superiority complexes, just because they are a little bit higher in ranked? Why does it genuinely matter? If anything, teach me how to get better, don't tell me I'm garbage just because ''You bought X/Y/Z item you idiot, it's too late. It's over.''
T RexHasTinyArms9/1/2015, 6:37:56 AM3 votes

Also you're not over 6 ft tall. Fuck you for being average. (Gold means you're in at least the top 25-30% of the NA ladder which once you account for multiple accounts means you're probably slightly better than average. Not sure why suddenly everyone thinks this is terrible. Not sure how many people graduated from ivy league schools but I'm guessing it's less people than the plat + of the ladder, so let's just all get back to being okay w/ being average.)

ElegantDoge9/1/2015, 10:52:38 AM2 votes

No matter what league you are ,idiots will still be idiots. Oh you're diamond and loosing lane?GG nice eloboosted account. Platinum?wow you bought that account ? Gold ?Lol are your enemies were afk? Silver ?You're a silver why are you talking ? Bronze ?LOL SCRUB SHUT UP AND GO TO COOP VS AI GAMES.

So just for you op..i know you felt really bad with these guys.But please understand something:Online communities on games like this (Dota2,CS:GO,HOTS etc..)are always full of stupid idiots who should never get near a keyboard consdering the amount of shit they writte.But too bad..they have this possibility. Just ignore them straight away next time.Ignore and play your games.YOU don't need anyone to talk to you if it's to flame you.Nobody needs that.

Assholes will be Assholes,no matter what.If you have won the lane and he lost,he would probably flame someone else ,even you for "being a pussy"(whn you play adc..)

TLDR:IGNORE the idiots and don't let them ruin YOUR game.

Wheatloaf9/1/2015, 4:34:48 AM2 votes

I only play ranked so I can say "Yep, still not bronze this season."

Then I go back to normals where people (usually) don't look up your rank before the game, so I can tell everyone I'm a plastic XVII smurf when they ask.

Straley9/1/2015, 10:02:37 AM2 votes

Doesn't matter what rank you are you're always gonna get crap from people. A gold and silver on the enemy team called be a trash Twitch even though I carried the game and backdoored their base for the win and I'm Plat lol. There's always gonna be those trolls/ragers. They even reported me despite me not saying anything all game lol.

TheScholarlyDude9/1/2015, 2:40:07 PM2 votes

To be blunt "let me just farm" is almost an adc meme...you can't miss team fights to farm I think is what they are getting at.

insaiyanbacca9/1/2015, 7:15:16 PM2 votes

you know i would say i feel your pain here except im just to lazy to play ranked this season and go for gold. but still i can see how that would be annoying

TwoD9/1/2015, 9:15:46 PM2 votes

gl getting to plat and staying in plat

🎭

Deckbarb9/2/2015, 1:40:13 AM2 votes

Regardless if you are bullied in game or harassed, there is no reason to ragequit a game. Many a time I have been flamed, with much much worse then what you wrote out. I was much more mature than you and I just muted and reported. Don't ragequit.

Ràinbow9/2/2015, 10:28:11 AM2 votes

League player's are shitty human beings. Not all of them, but many.

bobwillneverdie9/2/2015, 10:16:21 AM1 votes

You shouldn't care what your team says or does. Make the best of it and try to win. Chances are that the other team is having similar problems, so by simply being nice to everyone regardless you put your team in a better position. It's a video game, have fun,

ADepressedLeona9/6/2015, 11:37:57 PM1 votes

It's no just with league, it's the anonymous factor of the internet. People believe they can just treat others on the internet however they want because the likelyness they ever meet in real life is almost 0. The fact is you can't do that.

I'll admit.. I have gotten to into this game and have been a flaming rager to people. Mostly because it's easier to be hateful towards someone, especially if they're feeding/threw the game. But every day I'm trying hard to control myself and just be nice, because hurting someone else isn't going to make you less angry, and getting that angry over a game that has very little impact on your actual life is silly in the first place.

TL;DR Just be nice.

Elizasleyn9/2/2015, 12:47:27 AM1 votes

I once got a complaint from an enemy laner saying that I "bought my account" even after he went 0 - 5 in lane and proceeded to win because our jungler had internet issues. I didn't even typed a single word into /all chat that game and he just started saying "nice bought account", "how much did you buy it for?", etc. during the last few minutes of the game. The irony is, he was a plat player and I was in diamond. I still got trash talked, it happens. My advice is just to shake it off (sorry I just had to make a tswift reference) and to try maintain a positive attitude. Because sure what he did was wrong, and deserves every punishment he is entitled to, but you still have 3 other members of your team counting on you. And not everyone is a jerk, and sometimes it also helps if you have someone you know who is very supportive and cooperative to play with you. I hope that alleviates some of your anxiety, and I wish you well in your future games.

TL;DR: it sucks, it happens, try to stay positive, there are plenty of other nice people you can play with, and choose them to play with you!

PaladinNO9/1/2015, 7:26:35 AM1 votes

From an ARAM game, where the enemy had Teemo, Vayne and Kha'zix: Velkoz "taric, can you please get sweeper - their stealth champs are killing me" [so frequently getting assassinated, oracle would be a waste of money] Taric "what rank are you?" Velkoz "gold III - how so?" Taric "exactly, so why do you go around teaching everyone how to play?"

Did I miss anything here? He played tank (was platinum V), and I was the only AP on the team (which I assumed was why I was focused so badly), so I didn't understand his utter refusal to help me, and in turn, the team as a whole. I soon got so far behind, I even had to resort to Twin Shadows in an attempt to protect myself (which already was futile at this stage).

And specifics aside, are us gold players suddenly not allowed to suggest how to possibly give the team an edge? What I (politely) requested seemed - and still does - valid to me.

And yes, I was playing as Vel'Koz here.

Hyrum Graff9/1/2015, 11:37:04 AM1 votes

It's funny because gold is in the better half of the player base... they're literally insulting you by telling you you're better than most players.

GuiltyGecko9/1/2015, 5:25:56 AM1 votes

Gold is nothing to be ashamed of. If OP.GG is to be believed, then gold contains approximately the top 9-22% of players. People think Gold means middle just because it's in the middle of the tiers. People think each tier has an even distribution and that makes it look like Gold is just average.

Bronze: Bottom 100-80% Silver: 80-60% Gold: 60-40% Plat: 40%-20% Diamond: 20%-1%

^ That is what people think.

Häßlich9/6/2015, 11:24:17 PM1 votes

Honestly, this is a good reason to ignore ranked entirely. I'll admit that even unranked, I'm more secure about my play and find most players that aren't at least Gold 1 to play very poorly. I constantly see teammates and enemies alike that commonly have the same bad play habits, and those don't usually disappear until Plat/Diamond for most people (and even then, some of the "high elo" streams I see just make me facepalm). The point is that you should expect this kind of thing. Not just for being under Plat, but also because it's the internet... and LoL... and this community. Just gotta thicken up that skin and shrug that sh~t off.

One last thing. Don't rely on MIA pings or chat. Only rely on yourself. Watch your map constantly. If you go 5 seconds without glancing at it, you're doing it wrong. That isn't just "elitism" either. That's one of the fastest/easiest ways to improve your play (along with proper warding, since it increases the value of your map awareness).

ArkenStorm9/1/2015, 4:47:10 PM1 votes

Everybody thinks that because you aren't challenger/ranked higher than them, you must be first match out of downloading the game. Or have the knowledge as such. It's ridiculous.

"oh that only worked because you're in gold" "oh once you get higher you can't play that champ, it only works up to gold"

their excuse is that everything you do only works because "you're in gold" and I hate it.