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The "Climb" bull**** is exactly that, BULL**** because of players

Miirik·10/14/2018, 6:11:07 PM·4 votes·2,226 views

I been playing since winter 2009, I was gold once during season 3, and that's it, gold one single time. You keep talking about "OH DON'T GIVE UP YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!" It's a bunch of bull, climbing in the most toxic game ever made is nigh-on impossible unless you're some sort of god at this game.

Imagine being silver for every year of this game except 2 (was bronze season 1), and you learn and practice and practice, but nothing changes

It's been said even by the law of friggin averages, one should just be able to climb by playing, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, heck, even law of averages should at least have me up one year, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT

Oh I got what? 28? 29 days till rewards and i'm silver 2, well guess what, there is no chance in this life I'll hit gold, even though it's not that far away. Let's discuss why.

Last night, play my first game in like 2 months maybe? Win, nice, I'm roughly one win (depending on LP given) from getting into promotions Next day, FIRST GAME OF THE DAY OH LOOK OUT IT'S SYNDRA ADMITTING SHE'S TILTED AND JUST FEEDING IT AT MID 0/13/1 HAVE FUN WITH YOUR GAME GUYS

You guys need to become far more strict in your feeding/afk punishments, because to this day people still don't believe anything is going to happen to them.

The worst part about it is I still ocasionally get that whole "You helped get rid of a toxic player!" announcement from your reports, which is great, BUT THEN A PLAYER IN YOUR VERY NEXT GAME DOES THE SAME CRAP!

How in god's name am I supposed to climb if you keep allowing this to happen, riot? Despite yourselves lauding how much you've cleaned up the game from "toxic" players, I see this crap happen literally EVERY. SINGLE. DAY, there is not one day I'm reporting someone, every day, EVERY DAY. I can't stand it anymore.

This is coming from someone who used to be toxic as all hell and I freely admit it, heck I was banned for 6 months or so some years ago. But can you not see why maybe people get fed up with your game? I go on various discords, whenever league is brought up, it's NEVER in reverence or praise, it's always just how god awful the players' attitudes are in this game. It's continued since the game began and still has yet to ease up. The only thing you've done right in this regard in the last few years is allow remakes when someone doesn't show up at all, and that's frankly all that you've done to address this garbage playerbase.

Now am I blaming every loss on this stuff? Obviously no, but I've been making a note that, again, it happens far more frequently than it should, I should like to have a day where it doesn't happen. This game literally makes me angry and I've taken multi-month breaks from it because of how garbage the playerbase is, their "toxicity" makes me toxic as well and so I have to step back, take a deep breath, and just walk away from it for a while.

I come back thinking "Maybe it's better!" AND I AM DISAPPOINTED AND HORRIBLY PROVEN WRONG EVERY SINGLE TIME.

The gameplay itself is fun! I like the game itself, but the players are exhausting and frankly you guys spouting about how you're going to climb frankly makes me laugh in hysterics cause of how utterly wrong it is.

23 Comments

Faneseeker10/14/2018, 6:17:52 PM6 votes

looks like your elo is settling as you play. Just because you made gold once doesn't mean you are gold. Just mean you gotta work to keep the expectation as your peers improve too.

It's never easy to climb man. The sooner you get that into your head the quicker you can focus on what you can control to help with the climb. How other people play is one thing you can never control.

MyCatSaidMeow10/14/2018, 6:32:42 PM4 votes

you need to invest time in the game dude;)

Hooksus10/14/2018, 8:37:37 PM3 votes

As someone who has been Bronze for over 3 years and just recently clawed my way out into Silver, I couldn't disagree more. Sure you get people tilting every like 10 games but its pretty infrequent as far as I've seen.

Normal people who play the game are not toxic. Riot even states something like less than .0001% of players get a lifetime ban or even more than a weekly one. Don't quote me on that I don't know the exact numbers, its just in the ballpark.

3 seasons ago I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you. Now I realize it was mostly my fault and my tilting that got me lower and lower on the ranked ladder.

It gets better.

And If you want a break from the toxic, add me bro, we can play some norms and do some stupid shit like ADC Rakan (which is hilarious btw).

BeatleZzz10/14/2018, 7:08:02 PM1 votes

Take my advice.

  1. /fullmute all at level 1. EVERY SINGLE GAME.
  2. disable crossteam chat.
  3. disable enemy emotes.
  4. report your entire team in any blowout loss if they are flaming each other (remove the mute right before you lose for proof).
  5. enjoy the random ban popups and people losing their rewards, take a rest and play again.

Do this every game.

MahouSenseii10/14/2018, 7:14:33 PM1 votes

Don't listen to these ppl they wont give you a good answer they will say bullshit like it's your fault which could or could not be true I've went many games where I'm 7 0 or more only to have ppl troll or feed things happen doesn't mean you're bad if you carry a game means one your not playing in your rank or someone misplayed badly

and yes this game and forum will make you toxic they are only here to kiss Riots ass and roit being the shitty company that it is likes it they don't care about trolls or feeders

OniZetsu66610/14/2018, 7:27:57 PM1 votes

Things that drive me nuts in ranked: Uncooperative teammates (like a farmville Nasus that never groups and just lets us die and says fuck you to the entire team) Jungles that just afk farm then go in late game just to swipe in last second kills do nothing with them so they cant get into trouble and say "oh we didn't have a chance"...MAYBE BECUASE IT BECAME A 4vs5 YOU FUCKSTICK. Adc's that cant get a kill without you shoving it in their mouth and even then the choke. Malz (personal preference...just feel like he does nothing for a team) Top laners that do nothing but brain dead push top (unless if they are an insane split pusher like jax then please carry on and backdoor win us the game) Players that keep running in and doing the same dumb shit (I am included in this not gonna lie I often go in warding by myself get caught out and die and I even bitch at myself) Players that don't focus objectives and just want kills and get caught out going for picks. TEAMMATES THAT WOULD RATHER BITCH ABOUT MINOR FUCKUPS FOR MULTIPLE MINUETS INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE GAME AND SCREAM REPORT. I have played multiple other games with ranked systems and I make it to high elo (for the most part) this game has to be the most difficult to climb. AND ITS NOT EVEN THOUGHT INTENSIVE. That's what kills me. I have played fps games that had more mental challenge than this so called "Strategy game" I would love to see what the old league was like. The one that the veterans and old timers tell me about. Cause that seems a lot more fun.

Lunar Strain10/14/2018, 9:03:40 PM1 votes

lol

mlm olo mlm10/14/2018, 10:32:27 PM1 votes

I should like to have a day where it doesn't happen.

The Dream.

Miirik10/15/2018, 12:14:58 AM1 votes

OH LOOK FINALLY GET TO PROMOS

LOSS OK FINE NEXT GAME W/E IT HAPPENS

OH LOOK ANNIE KEEPS WALKING UP TO SYNDRA MID, ALREADY BEHIND, TRYING TO FIGHT AND DYING OVER AND OVER, NOW IT'S 10 MINUTES IN AND SHE 0/4/0 AND SYNDRA IS JUST GOBBLING UP OTHER LANES NOW, THANKS ANNIE FOR THE FAILED PROMOTION!

Miirik10/16/2018, 1:34:10 AM1 votes

OH LOOK FIRST GAME OF THE DAY SUPPORT VEL'KOZ LITERALLY BLOWS ALL HIS mANA OVER AND OVER AND LEAVES THE LANE, LITERALLY HE DOES THIS, AND HE LITERALLY NEVER TALKS OH LOOK HE LEAVES THE LANE AND GOES TOP AND FEEDS SOME MORE

THANKS RIOT I CAN SURE CLIMB WITH THIS SHIT, WHY IS YOUR GAME AND IT'S PLAYERS SO FUCKING TRASH HOLY SHIT

LIKE HONESTLY, HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CLIMB WITH THIS SHIT

LITERALLY EVERY FUCKING DAY

EVERY DAY EVERY FUCKING DAY

Xidphel10/14/2018, 6:19:52 PM1 votes

Why are you censoring bullshit?

Loboshl10/14/2018, 6:28:09 PM1 votes

i can almost without a doubt tell you that you're doing some macro plays wrong my dude. You also might not understand to the full extent what exactly you are doing wrong. This is not your fault it's the fact you played this game so long and became accustom to bad habits from the early stages of the game creating poor muscle memory habits. the game has changed so much and you're strat from last year might not be viable next meaning you have to adapt or fail.

for example i started this game bronze 3 season 2. finished bronze 1 ffs was literally trash (bronze back then was a whole different level of bad holy fk.) i stayed this elo until season 3, i seen one of my friends get diamond and he used skill capped (a teaching program back in the day that was very educational to lol micro and macro play) so i did the same i hit gold 3 that season only playing vayne and my friend said id never get out of silver. next season i hit plat 2 only playing full ap maplhite support and nuking there bot lane at 6. and now im Plat v because i dont invest the time to learn now and build the good habbits. id suggest looking at some guides on what you feel you are doing wrong. id also being willing to sit down have a 1 on 1 with yyou and see if there is anything i can see maybe ur not able to :)