Was enjoying the game until I hit Gold

Thanós Car·4/21/2016, 6:24:00 AM·2 votes·533 views

Was having a lot of fun climbing through Silver to get to Gold. Once I had climbed my way out of Silver I've felt that I've had no impact in any of my matches, and my teams usually refuse to work together. This most often comes from either one of the lanes losing or team fights lost, and the person who is doing poorly or someone else berating them spends most of the match typing instead of playing. I feel like I've been clamped after a few games of it, and the frequency that I get these players that spend most of the game flaming is 2-3 per match.

How am I supposed to overcome the flaming and people who stop trying? It's starting to get to me, and I have always been able to shrug it off. After basically losing over 10 games in a row through this I am at the point where it's starting to actually mess with my head: Am I even decent enough to climb more etc.

I mainly play support, so the team aspect of the game is what I am the most invested in every match. I do fine laning, but once people start to break down I just don't know what to do any more.

2 Comments

SeekerofSilence4/21/2016, 8:11:29 AM1 votes

Gold V is a bit of a tricky place to be, since you get placed with either Silver I's who are desperate to get onto gold, or with the ones who got gold and don't care for the rest of the season as long as they stay in gold. Or a mix of both, which is probably the most deadly combination ever.

Fact is, the Vth division of each tier is always the hardest. Personally I was lucky enough to be placed in gold V after provisionals during my first season (s5), so I got to play with people genuinely trying to climb. Now I'm facing the same problem in playing with high golds/low plats. Either they think they're supreme or they are desperate.

I'm a support main as well, and it should be possible to climb despite the conflict of interest. Just play your best, keep a positive attitude throughout the game and just relax with it. You often get on a tilt when you start thinking about these things, and that definitely won't help you climb.

Good luck!

Horse Grenades4/21/2016, 8:10:18 PM1 votes

I switched back to ADC from support when I hit gold v and hit a wall. I am now Gold 2. SWITCH ROLES