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[Serious Help] My friend; A new player, jumps into ranked because wants ''Gold Rewards''

NewFoundAbility·9/5/2015, 7:09:13 AM·3 votes·922 views
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My newbie friend, who looks up to me like a bro at times, hasn't played more than a month. Today --- he invites me to a ranked game, but I decline. I ask him why he is playing ranked and his response was ''I want Gold Rewards''.

I told him not to, since he has no runes other than generic AD. His champion pool is mixed bag; he has bought a lot of mystery chests during the week you could, and after he purchase he plays the champion right after he does and then asks everyone ''What does she/he do?'' --- get then gets bored and the cycle continues. Even though I told him not to do this, because I am 100% certain he will get Burn-Out like me. Eventually changes who he likes every 2-3 days... The champion he likes the most right now is Twitch. Which is the big problem right now.

Following up on the title; I told him everything he needs to know if and when he should be able to head into ranked. So of course, he does it regardless of what I told him. Comes out saying ''Renekton OP'' and that was it. Of course he lost... He got off after that. That is pretty much it. I don't know what to say to him with hurting his feelings.

Yesterday --- As I got on to see that his CurseVoice picture was Twitch this time, and seeing that he was playing a lot of Twitch recently. I asked him if he likes him and why. He told me he really enjoys playing him and his sneakiness is fun. I thought that was cool... But then I checked his match history... I don't know what to say. I ask him why play Twitch if you lose all your games with him? (The bots games don't count, considering they are with me; I have depression, so I play bots instead of PvP.) Why not just play Tristana (since he played a lot of Tristana before that and enjoyed playing her. Saying he felt safe playing her, while being good with her to boot.) At this point I tell him not to play Twitch if you want to win. His response, it almost made me cry: ''I don't care if I lose, as long as I have fun playing Twitch.'' How do I respond to that? He wants Gold Rewards, but doesn't care if he loses?

The last thing he asks me: ''It's just a game. Games are suppose to be fun, am I wrong?'' --- He isn't wrong. But winning is just as much fun... Which is why I played a lot of Heimerdinger.

##So the Question stands: What would you do if you were in my place?

32 Comments

Ionian9/5/2015, 7:23:06 AM3 votes

{quoted} I don't care if I lose, as long as I have fun playing Twitch.

Very honorable attitude. I also never cared about how much I could be winning in ranked if I played whatever's op right now, I always picked and will forever pick Ahri, because she's fun and I play this game for fun, it's not a job.

Deep Terror Nami9/5/2015, 7:24:48 AM3 votes

Instead of telling him he sucks, tell him getting Gold is way harder than he thinks for a brand new player. Encourage him to watch the LCS, read guides, and spectate/watch streams. A new player will learn a lot about the meta and how to play by watching people that know what they are doing. Check his runes/masteries and post-game stats to make suggestions on what to do better.

If he doesn't want to take advice then just don't give it. Nothing can be done then.

Yawnli9/6/2015, 10:46:03 PM2 votes

i like your friend more than i like you

Tilomentry9/6/2015, 10:43:00 PM1 votes

He won't get gold rewards this season and I doubt there was anything you could have done to change it. Getting to gold within the first few months of playing this game is pretty hard unless you have moba experience previously.

It's probably better to let him jump around on champions and help him out as best as you can when he asks for advice on how to play said champion. If he doesn't follow that advice you give then you just have to accept his choice to do so. If he doesn't have to patiences for this game then he'll eventually quit. If he keeps playing, then eventually he will find a champion he actually likes and get good at playing that champion (and maybe he'll start listening to your advice more)

You just need to do your part and let things play out

Brimaz The King9/5/2015, 4:05:11 PM1 votes

Unfriend him

Häßlich9/7/2015, 12:06:04 AM1 votes

Going to be honest. Only read the title and last line b/c "wall of text."

What I would do is: Encourage your friend to try. The worst that can happen is he will fail, but how happy would he be to succeed?

Edit: Went back and read it.

I'm glad my friends weren't that way toward me when I was new: What a disservice! Seriously, stop giving him bad advice. Let him play who he wants and help him improve at it if you can, but considering what you've said in this post (and others), I think you're just the wrong person to help him succeed. If you can't help him succeed, don't hold him back either. This game does have a steep learning curve, but most of it is gained by trying--not by being afraid to try. You would never learn how to swim if you were afraid of the water.

Phife9/7/2015, 12:16:15 AM1 votes

Are you scared he's better than you?

people should play ranked as long as they want to progress in the ranked system otherwise its pointless to play ranked.

D Bag9/7/2015, 3:28:14 AM1 votes

Seem like you harass your friend a lot for the game mode or champion that he choose to play. If I were him, I would tell you to fuck off and blocked your ass from my friendlist on the spot.

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AL0009/9/2015, 6:30:04 AM1 votes

give him some advices.. and tutor him if he is patient person... read guide the champion what he likes then practice in bots then normals... until he is comfortable to some mechanic... he also should try other adc to understand how and what they are...

twitch is not for beginning tho... get your brother to play ash... kiting, last hit, all in, etc etc

btw gold is no different than bronze... just said...