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MikuTheWanderer ··3 votes·767 views

So I have a friend. Let's call this friend Bob (Not real name). Bob introduced me to league about 1 year ago. After school and on weekends, me and Bob would play League together and talk over skype. On occasion, I would notice Bob get angry in some games. He would either get mad because we lost, because a teammate was shit, because an enemy was broken (Usually Yasuo Caitlyn Zed and Lux were called this), or because he made a bad play.

Bob's rage went on. Eventually we started playing custom games. Bob and I would 2v5 bots as whatever champion we wanted. We always won these games and got incredibly fed. Even in some of those games, Bob would rage. Why? If I ever played full AD Shaco in a bot game, he would rage. Pretty much if I ever played a champion that is OP when fed, or If i stole a kill. Then we started playing Break the Meta 1v1's. The first one we played was really fun (Full tank Lulu VS Full Tank Katarina). Then we played more and more. The first couple ones, Bob won. Then finally I won playing full AP Nocturn, and BOY did he rage. Early game I was doing SHIT, but late game I rekt. Instead of accepting that I was winning, he decided to start complaining.

JUST NOW I played a 1v1 with him. I played full AD shen and he played full AD Kassadin. Early game he got 3 kills of me. He was laughing and bragging. I was chill every time he killed me, in fact, I laughed! Then as the mid game approached, I started getting kills. The first kill I got, he was SO upset. I don't know why, he was still 2 kills ahead. As the game went on, he became saltier and raged more. I built life steal and attack speed, and with my Q, I barely lost health. I starting trumping him. He just kept getting mad. He would yell and say things like "You have given me cancer." and "You are being so BM right now!" (Even though I never insulted him or said anything rude). Then at one point I was trapped behind his towers. He was on death timer, and I attempted to get through the tower without dying. I was low health, and my plan was to W shield and E to get through the tower. I W'd, but realized I didn't have enough energy to E. I was executed. I Laughed and said "Damn, I thought I would make it >.<" and Bob said "No you didn't, you wanted to get executed." Then I tried to explain that my plan was to live and make it across, when he yelled. "SHUT THE FUCK UP! You think I'm stupid and I didn't know you were going to execute just to make me angry? So shut up, you're never going to convince me that you didn't mean to die." After that It was silence in the skype call. I continued to win and Bob continued to rage. By the time I made it to his Nexus, he said "Screw this, you have legit given me cancer with your BM and choice of champion." He then disconnected from the game and left the call. Now I'm writing this.

In conclusion, Bob has more salt and rage than the average Joe. He has been playing League for a couple years, so I understand his hate for some champions. He also has an abusive mother (Not physical abuse, she yells at him, swears at him, punishes him for doing nothing)

I want to know where this rage comes from. Does Bob have a mental Illness? Is he bipolar? He also talks about suicide during games. He says things like "I would rather kill myself than continue playing this game." and "Please excuse me while I go drink some bleach." often. So can someone please tell me what is wrong with him? Or is he just the kind of person who hates losing, hate winning if he gets killed, talks about suicide, and hates his friends when they beat him?

Someone please tell me how I can help him.

Thanks

5 Comments

RookCauldron1 votes

I would say that mental illness is certainly a factor. It is possible that his rage comes from trolls, AFKs, intentional feeders. Has he been like this outside of League of Legends? He could be addicted to the game.

The best thing you can do is talk to him, really. His rage can come from so many factors that not a lot of us here can pinpoint. So ask him why he got so angry when you played with him.

MikuTheWanderer 2 votes

Yeah he acts like this outside of League (Other games, real life). Honestly I find trolls annoying but I don't get mad, afk's upset me, and feeders only upset me half the time. Those three people are hated by everyone. Mostly he would rage if he was laning against a Yasuo that ended up doing really good. Instead of complimenting the Yasuo for being 12/0/9 until 30 mins, he instead hates them and insults them for playing a "No skill OP champion"

He has uninstalled twice, but always comes back. He has started playing a MOBA called Robocraft because he says he doesn't get salty when it plays it (Which is a lie, I've played it with him and/or heard him rage) and says he has officially quit league. He still plays and then has a bad games and doesn't play. Then the next game he plays. He has spent about $500 on the game and has 521 wins and, like i said, has been playing for about 3 years.

Once I did try talking to him and asking him why he was angry (I went all therapist on him). The enemy Yasuo was fed and he kept getting caught out and killed. When I asked him why he was so upset, while reminding him it was only a game, he said "You wanna know why I'm upset? BECAUSE YASUO EXISTS! This %%%% has no skill in the game and just plays Yasuo so he can win. I swear I'm gonna start cutting after this. I'm upset because I just wanted to have fun and play the game, but NO, YASUO had to RUIN THIS GAME FOR ME." (Note: I had fun that game, even thought we lost). I often find myself telling Bob that it's "Just a game" and "Will this game really affect you in the long run?" He just continues to rage and get mad.

I even asked him "Do you remember the bad games that you've had in the past?" and he said yes. Then I asked him "Well, do you remember the details of these bad games? Where they so bad that you remember them perfectly?" and he said "No, I just remember they were BAD FUCKING GAMES with people like Vayne, Yasuo, Lux, Blitzcrank, and other skilless %%%got champions that deaf blind 3 year old's with nothing but feet could play and win with."

I also had him watch Aigeys Rage video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIqKQCHxaLA At 0:24 he says "And for others it's like trying to have sex with a blender." Bob said "Yep, that's me." Afterwards we played a game that was bad for him (Like 90% of games) and he was like "Yep, that video was right, I'd rather put my dick in a blender than deal with this shit." to which I replied "No you wouldn't, it's just an expression." He continued to say he would legit rather do that then play the game. I kept telling him no he wouldn't, but he kept saying he would.

Another one of my friends that we play with (Let's call him Greg) agrees with me that his rage is out of control. We have played games the three of us and the friend and I message in skype about Bob's rage. Greg and I have fun in every game that Bob rages about (Okay, except for maybe like 2).

So yeah, that's about it. I don't really want to talk to Bob about it because he'll probably just rage and either "Quit League" again or say we are not friends anymore.

RookCauldron1 votes

I'm curious, how did you guys become friends in the first place?

Thund3r Ang3l1 votes

I can't really help you but... I feel sorry about what you may endure and by posting this, it prove how you like your friend and how his rage afect you. To every rager reading this need to understand that rage affect EVERYONE, epecially your friends !

Tokogawaruf1 votes

I got a Friend who also is kinda the same (really just kinda, not even half this strong). He normally gets mad whilst losing or playing against champs that are just unfun to play against. After the game (doesnt matter Win or Lose) hes chilled again and says sorry when he was raging once or if he was to passive aggresive. Maybe try to play less games with him, like just 2 or 3. Maybe he cant reach this much rage. If this doesnt help and his behaviour botheres you, dont play with him anymore, but tell him why. Maybe he makes a 180 Change once he hears how he sounds like.

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