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To all those who think the game is only fun if you win...

ahferroin7·11/30/2015, 6:16:01 PM·3 votes·5,079 views

This behavior says to me one of three things (this behavior alone is insufficient information to determine which in particular):

  1. You have serious self esteem issues.
  2. You have no success in real life. or possibly:
  3. You're a jerk with (possibly latent) sadistic tendencies.

A game is meant to be fun. A team game is meant to be fun for all individuals involved, not just you, not just the winning team, but everyone. If you can't stand not winning, then you should be playing a solo game against AI, where you are guaranteed to win. There are exactly 2 teams in a game of league, which means that if you're against equally skilled opponents, you will win on average 50% of the time.

I understand that League is meant to be competitive. This does not excuse being a jerk just because someone made a bad play or is having a bad game (and yes, people do have bad games, just because they're dying a lot doesn't mean they're trolling). If you want to win, that's fine, I do too, that doesn't mean I'm going to tolerate you being an absolute jerk just because I missed a skill shot, or don't have as many stacks on Nasus or Veigar as you think I should have., or got caught out in a bad decision. I'm going to be even less tolerant if you have a worse score than me, and aren't playing smart yourself.

In general, this behavior is also going to have a negative impact on how much fun you have as well because:

  1. It encourages trolls. Trolls want you to react, and if you're flaming them for trolling, that's a reaction. In turn, this makes it less likely that you will win, because they'll just keep trolling.
  2. It discourages teamwork. Shouting at your teammates for bad plays doesn't make them play better, period. And unless you're in a way lower ELO than you should be (that is, where you really should be, not where you think you should be), solo carrying is almost impossible most of the time. THis in turn also makes it less likely that you'll win.
  3. It has a high tendency to get you banned for being a jerk about people making mistakes or not meeting your standards.

If you want to improve your winrate, the way to do it is not to beat people up over poor decisions, it's to work with your team. Look at how the pro's interact. They don't shout at each other for bad plays, they don't try to carry games solo, and they actually work together as a team. Just because you're queuing up solo doesn't mean you can't work with your team.

10 Comments

Xrusa11/30/2015, 6:18:06 PM3 votes

Personally, right now, winning is hardly fun anymore...it's mostly just pubstomps every game. Games are usually decided by the 10 min mark these days, gets tiring.

Korillo11/30/2015, 7:18:52 PM2 votes

You don't have to enjoy losing to enjoy playing a game either. I agree that you shouldn't be a jerk just because you are losing (there's really never a reason to be a jerk), but your argument falls pretty flat with your opening.

You say things like "the way to do it is not to beat people up over poor decisions" yet your opening is insulting these kinds of people and making erroneous decisions about their personality. If you would like to promote better gameplay you are going about it in an odd manor.

Blade of Justic11/30/2015, 6:16:21 PM2 votes

But it's not fun to look at the respawn screen more than actually playing.

So, yeah. For me, losing isn't fun.

AmatKennen8/5/2018, 2:00:38 PM1 votes

Do we need a dramatic defeat to learn something? In real life do you need to have a car accident to learn how to cross the road properly?

kaellidor12/3/2015, 9:17:28 AM1 votes

i see what your trying to say, but the comparison for the pros i feel is a little unrelated. they don't have to shout at each other because if they fuck up or aren't good enough they can and have been easily replaced. just look at C9 meteos, doublelift ect ect.

Lune20158/10/2017, 7:28:59 PM1 votes

It's fun if I win with the good team. It's less fun if I win by chance. It's not fun if I lose! Understood? It's I not you!

TrulyBland11/30/2015, 7:05:22 PM1 votes

Don't know how you conclude the latent sadism. If somebody believes that a game is only fun when they win, and they still play a game with a matchmaker that, if working perfetly, gives you matches with only a 50% chance to win, that strikes me more as masochism to be honest.