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FiendOfOne·12/11/2014, 9:44:01 AM·11 votes·4,066 views

Don't give up hope. I just had a game, and we lost because of something I did. Well, maybe.

So, we didn't have a great start. FB to the enemy team, then we traded kills. I was running Rengar, and was 1/0/2 at about 10 minutes. Not bad, but we weren't winning. We weren't LOSING either, though.

Then my sick 2 year old daughter woke up screaming. My girlfriend has to get up early, her sleeping medication had already kicked in. So I went to go deal with that. Almost nothing could console the poor toddler, and all in all I was gone for about 15 minutes. I came back into game and requested that they report me for AFKing - I had AFK'd, it had affected our game. We might have won, we might have lost, but we were DEFINITELY losing because of that.

My team told me they weren't going to report me. It was okay, my daughter was more important. In a few minutes, I requested a surrender because she woke up again, but I didn't tell them and it didn't pass. I informed them what was up, and they told me to leave the game and it was alright.

This was in a ranked game. Notably, I chose my time to play ranked based on the fact that she's been sleeping soundly through the night for the past few days.

I honored my whole team for that. And it was a shining example that there are still awesome people in this community.

25 Comments

A Bad Ahri12/11/2014, 1:28:05 PM4 votes

Honestly, the way I see it, there are trolls and toxic players in the game, but you can't let them get to you. 'Cause all you'll ever expect is those players, and when a good player comes around, you'll just see them as another player.

Don't let the game corrupt your view on players. If you can't handle someone rude, mute them. There are always going to be good players, and one of the best things you can do is be one of them.

+1 For happy ending.

FiendOfOne12/11/2014, 11:32:45 PM4 votes

So. I'm just going to lay this out there:

Seriously, guys, don't downvote the people that are trying to offer advice. You may or may not agree, but they also aren't necessarily wrong.

Let me lay this down: I asked my team to report me because I felt like they should. I AFK'd. It hurt my team. That's the point. I made a questionable decision to try and play, and it backfired. That backfire hurt my team and basically ensured a loss. I not only would have been okay with getting reported but would have supported it.

But that's not the point. The point of this post is not that I messed up: The point is the reaction to me messing up. People were understanding and awesome, and genuinely nice despite the fact that I messed up. The point is that this community has awesome people in it, and I really felt like for all of the poison I see happening that we take a chance to look at the positive things that happen too, you know?

Yes, I messed up. We lost.

But the point is that my team was awesome, not toxic, didn't harass me, and we continued to play and have fun for as long as we could.

NIEKUH12/11/2014, 10:48:25 AM3 votes

and then u woke up and pee'd the bed? lol jk

Trinityunicorn12/11/2014, 11:13:53 AM3 votes

Best words in the game........"Its Okay!"

SexyTaylorSwift12/11/2014, 8:54:54 PM3 votes

Wait, you have a sick 2 year old and you decided to try and play League? Ranked League? Did it really not occur to you that there is a higher than average chance your child is going to wake up? Yes, your daughter is by far more important, however I would have reported you. I understand your daughter is more important, but no offense, you need to have more common sense than that. At least play normal matches...

Zakennayo12/11/2014, 6:37:03 PM2 votes

DONT

PLAY

THIS

GAME

Dude you have freaking KIDS! You should stay the hell of this game and go play something else that requires less attention.

WoW's new expansion is pretty good, TF2 BF4 Titanfall Defiance of the shooting category are pretty enjoyable for long periods of time, any Cid game, Minecraft, Dark Souls isn't replayable but it's fun as hell, Starmade is insanely enjoyable (Space Minecraft).

Just not this game.

Sachabot12/13/2014, 10:24:44 PM1 votes

I upvoted this because of your team members. Despite everyone missing the point of your story, word needs to get out about the people who understand when stuff happens. We need to hear more stories like this.

76Summers12/11/2014, 9:56:10 PM1 votes

it seems lp is more important then this guys life i guess.......

Dr Robosnail12/13/2014, 9:20:04 AM1 votes

Hmm, I'm sorry, but you are one of the people i despise in this game and its not cause you choose your daughter over a silly lol game, its because you started the ranked game knowing you are a parent that needs to get up and do things for your kids constantly. This game has a casual mode called normal draft pick for a reason. Its designed for people that are casuals and have important things they need to take care of outside of lol.

I have a friend just like you and i hate playing with him. He convinces me every time that the kids are asleep and he wont be interrupted and every other time his son wakes up because of nightmares or his wife needs him to do something. I literally just lost my second series in a row because of leavers and AFKs and i can say it is fucking unforgivable. There is no way not to be upset, angry and toxic after investing a huge amount of time to make it to a series just to have some fucking asshole go AFK because he didn't consider that his 4 year old daughter would wake up and need him. I'm sorry, but you are the problem and i'm probably going to be down voted by a bunch of bleeding hearts but seriously fuck you.

It's not the first time you've chose to play when you knew you had other responsibilities and it wont be last. You will continue to ruin peoples games because you are selfish. You are the problem with ranked solo queue, if i was part of your team i would have definitely reported you for AFK, before you ruin someone else series.

Sorry if this seems personal its really not, i'm sure you're a good dad and overall a good guy, but please think before you queue. Don't make your responsibilities someone else problems and for the love of god don't use them as excuses. Again i'm coming off 2 series losses because of guys like you who have more important things to do so i admit i'm a little heated.

Bresn12/11/2014, 8:50:04 PM1 votes

Extremely rare chance you find adults/mature kids.

10/1 I cri everytime...