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The Negativity of the Word "Carry"

Pryzum·4/21/2015, 1:53:04 PM·2 votes·549 views

Everyone has had at least one game where they played well, contributed to the kill counter by a good amount, and played a key role in the victorious outcome of their team. We, as a community, call this "carrying" a game. But is that really the right word for it? Did your entire team disconnect and leave you alone on the rift, up against five others, to fend for yourself? Undoubtedly, this would be a rare occurrence and would never lead to a win for the solo player, but it comes with a good message; Without your team-members, your so-called "carrying" could not have been possible. Teammates are what make "carrying" possible and they should be thanked for that. Yeah, the occasional 4 v 5 is won because of the item-wealthy (insert champion name here). But in a team game where cooperation and coordination play an enormously larger role than any individual skill, I think the correct term would be "make an impact". Now your job summoners, is to go out onto the rift and, with the help of your teammates, MAKE AN IMPACT on the digital lives and experiences of your fellow gamers!

10 Comments

Deep Terror Nami4/21/2015, 2:00:29 PM2 votes

Seems like an appropriate and neutral (as opposed to negative) word to me. If someone is making all the plays that result in success while I relied on them (even if I'm getting all the kills from it), I'd say they carried me. Played a match yesterday as Corki, and Leona was locking down all the right people and making great engages; if she said her shoulders hurt I'd give her a massage because she carried me.

Not everyone that says they carried has an overinflated ego.

Krigjer4/21/2015, 3:26:01 PM1 votes

I had a game recently with a Draven that got mad when I autoed the enemy adc (as support) and took the kill. I was desperately trying to save his life at that point, but he didn't appreciate the 'killsteal' so he roamed mid, died there, roamed jungle, taking cs from the jungler, sold all his items so far and bought five doran's blades. Basically it was like a 4v5 even though he was still technically in the game. Our Yi absolutely decimated the enemy team. Quadra-killed when we were all dead because we were dumb and facechecked the brush.

I understand your point, but there are some games where you legitimately get carried. x3

PolygonSymphony4/21/2015, 1:59:00 PM1 votes

Hmmm. Food for thought.

Extreme Troller4/21/2015, 3:40:58 PM1 votes

too short didnt read

Sincerly,

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Mecha MaIphite4/21/2015, 9:28:43 PM1 votes

Teammates make carrying possible, not because they helped you win but because teammates have the potential to do badly (as do you). If everyone on the team does reasonably well, nobody is carrying because nobody needed to be carried.

Carrying does not mean going 1v5 and winning. It means making up for your teammates' setbacks by abusing your own lead.

Eleshakai4/21/2015, 9:57:17 PM1 votes

I think Carrying refers to someone who is doing more than their 'fair share' of the work in ensuring a victory. But I do agree the term is used far too liberally.

ValyrianBlade4/21/2015, 3:27:47 PM1 votes

I don't think carry is really a negative word.

I DO think occasionally a person who claims they carried is a negative person. Especially when said person has a ridiculous score like 20/15/6 and 160 CS as a mid laner when I'm ADC as 9/3/23 and 310 CS, have a level up on him (even though he's a solo lane and I'm a duo lane) and the post-game interface says I have over 2K gold on him (and anyone else). Like, good for you, you got a lot of kills (most of which looks like it was just your burst doing the last hit rather than you doing it solo) and you also died a lot and probably didn't really help us much.

I made those numbers up but I've definitely had games similar to that (i.e. the 'carry' had a lot of kills, but also few assists and a lot of deaths, and less gold than me, and I outleveled them despite being a duo lane). I find it frustrating when they make those comments because I go in to the Victory post-game really happy that we made a good team effort and won a tight game (as his deaths gave them a lot of gold so it was close) and I made a lot of good plays down the stretch to secure the win and then some guy claims it was all him and it just puts a bitter taste in your mouth.

Simultaneously though, I've finished games where I'm 0/3/4 and an ally is 20/2/8 and he has the best CS on the map - most of the time there I'll thank him for carrying me (and mention the rest of the team didn't need it but he made up for my bad play that game) before he gets a chance to claim he carried. And most of THOSE players won't even say they carried, they'll just say thanks and that I didn't do bad I made X contribution here and there. People who actually carry often have a better attitude.