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When Should You Take a Break From League?

Water of Eden·6/6/2014, 6:21:19 AM·1 votes·511 views

Today was a really stressful day for me. I was kind of anxious and in a bit of a mood with my parents when I played this morning. I played a few games by myself whether it was ARAM or the Mirror Mode or whatever. After a few games, I played with a friend and 3 of his friends. They chose off-meta champions and I was really tryharding in the jungle (I'm a jungle main, its kind of what I spam in solo queue). Anyways, we got into a few bad fights and before I knew it I was raging at my team and at my friend. We're both normally very laidback people but we were arguing in private message. It's also really frustrating to me how many changes the jungle has seen these past few months and how it's really in limbo right now.

Anyways, I ended up almost leaving and losing my friend over a game that was just us goofing around. I feel like I could have done several things differently but I don't know what I should do. I'm thinking I should apologize to my friend over whatever stupid thing we fought over. But on top of that, maybe playing League of Legends when I'm not in the best mindset isn't a great idea. What I really think I should do is play some other role for a while, like marksman or mid lane that I can play but I haven't played in a while.

This is kind of a rant post but I'd really appreciate suggestions. What has worked for you when your favorite role is up in the air? Do you make sure you're in a good place before you play League of Legends? What are your experiences with this?

8 Comments

ModWuks6/6/2014, 6:43:59 AM1 votes

I think whether you need to take a break from League or not is dependent on how you perceive the game and the experience. In my opinion, playing League should be a break and a relaxing experience, but when you take the game more seriously than your friendship, I don't think you're taking the most out of the gaming experience.

It's not an attack on you, I'm just saying that some people play to win, and others play to have fun. You just have to keep in mind which one you'd rather have before you enter a game.

-MC

Sir ArmaMalum6/6/2014, 7:36:10 AM1 votes

I am at an unfair advantage because I always have other people in my lviing room playing games of their own, with or without me, so if I get loud (which is what I do when I get pissed, like REALLY loud) they point it out to me. Now I'm one of those people that once I recognize that I'm angry I can calm down immediately but that's the trick, realizing you're pissed.

One funny thing I've noticed is I get pissed much easier when I am actively talking to people in the game. I know consciously that my friends don't care, but the fact that they see me doing badly/not perfect makes any mistake I make (or they make in the reverse of things) that much worse subconsciously. Sometimes the best thing you can do is mute yourself and force yourself not to talk. Once the talking stops it's easier to ficus on the game and keeping yourself in check. At least that's worked for me.

As for getting your friend back, I highly suggest apologizing. If you're friend is mature enough to realize that you were frustrated and as a result said things you didn't mean then he should be able to forgive you. And maybe even apologize him/herself if they mirrored your anger in kind. I've had several vocal scuffles like what you've said and I can say most I've gotten back with an even stronger friendship because they've seen me at close to my worst and it's easier to be 100% honest with them, and vice versa for them. Cheesy I know, but it's true.

Best of luck!

The Neverworld6/6/2014, 10:51:58 AM1 votes

To be honest, I'm like always pissed off - not in a toxic way, even though you can put that word pretty fast when I'm pissed off.

Due to other toxic people and their.. how should I put this.. extremely worst decisions, I've been pissed off all the time. You think of the worst-case scenario and they actually do it right in front of you..

However - Because of my experience, once you're pissed off wether if it's because of the League of Legends community or in real life, I recommend to play a singleplayer game. If you think that you're not in the mood to give your friends the best treat, then just play for yourself and try to calm down. When you play singleplayer games, you don't only play alone but you have time and silence to think about what makes your worry and perhaps you or time itself can solve it.

Linna Excel6/6/2014, 4:02:23 PM1 votes

You know when you are getting fed up with league. At that time, either pick a different map or take a few days off.

Silverthane6/6/2014, 6:56:56 PM1 votes

i think it depends because ive played league when im a bad mood and if i win it cheers me up but when team trolls then yeah it only makes it worse. GP support is so fun though.

BLU Medic6/8/2014, 4:17:49 PM1 votes

If you're angry or in a bad mood, playing League, ESPECIALLY Ranked, is a horrible idea. Losing will often make your mood even worse. Then it turns into a vicious circle of anger. You lose a game, you get angry, you lose more games, you get angrier.

Play some music or mess around VS AI bots or something. Do something brain dead in which you're definitely going to win.