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I Just Played My First Ranked Match...

Kallian·4/19/2016, 3:37:53 AM·5 votes·997 views

I went in hopeful, joyful and ready to face anything the other team threw at me. My team consisted of 2 gold players, everyone else was unranked. The first thing I typed into pre-game chat was "first ranked match!" I was filled with utter glee that I was finally able to test my skills against people who also wanted to get to the top. I was the last pick so I knew who I would face as the ADC. It was a Jinx, so easily countered by Sivir right? So I locked in Sivir, with the usual spells I took, Heal and Barrier.

Throughout the pre-game chat was a player telling me to go back to normals, I wasn't good enough. I ignored his comments and stayed happy, I wasn't going to let a player put me down in my first ranked match. I was so ready for the match to start, there wasn't a doubt in my mind that anything would go wrong, it's just my qualifiers right?

The female voice I heard many times before echoed through my speakers "Welcome, to Summoners Rift!" I was ready. We decided to invade the jungle early game, I didn't really want to, but I went along with it. It was a smart move right? It didn't really go that well, all that happened was we lost HP and our mid laner got first blood, there wasn't really a good point to us doing that. My first death was because I thought I had creeps in front of me, but I didn't. Morgana snared me, giving Jinx her first kill. I brushed it off and so did the rest of my team.

Before long, Jinx had snowballed into a monster, and everyone blamed me, making comments like, "Sivir, please go afk" "You being in the match is making this worse". I wasn't exactly that happy after everyone decided to flame me, but they had a point. Either way, I decided to farm, that was my only option, I couldn't do anything in fights but feed.

Then everyone from the other team ran to the bot lane, gank after gank, and with that more flaming.

Needless to say, after everyone pitched in their "comforting words" we lost. I had cost us the game, I didn't mean to, but that was the way the cookie crumbled. In the after game chat, I only put in 2 words, "I'm sorry". No responce was given, but I didn't need one, I knew they were all mad at me....

Before this, I thought everybody over-exaggerated all the saltiness in the fandom, but now I believe all of it, I would never have thought that people would get this mad about a game. But I deserved it.

Did I report them? No, because they had a good reason to be mad at me. Am I still inclined to play ranked? No, not really. Teams should communicate beyond "get cancer you feeding fuck" Do I still want to play LoL? Yeah, just tomorrow.

RANT OFF

8 Comments

SrbLud4/19/2016, 4:01:22 AM4 votes

Well as you said they had a good reason. They reacted in a bad manner but they had a reason.

Flash is a must have. There are exceptions of course for some champions, but it's a general rule and flash is the most usefull and most used spell ( 96% of players use it all the time according to riot).

Runing barrier instead of flash and telling them it's your first ranked was why they flamed. People take it for granted your ADC will take flash, so when they saw that coupled with "first ranked", they had to react. Instead of giving you advice they chose to flame you so that's bad. You should have reported them since there is no reason to flame someone, even when it's out of reciprocation ( it wasn't ). I wish you luck in your future endevours my friend.

FractalM84/19/2016, 1:23:22 PM2 votes

Don't be too hard on yourself, you can't lose a game on your own (if you're not intetionally feeding or trolling/afk). It's a team game and if bot fails while you get 4-man ganked, and you don't get any ganks, you can't really do much about it. Also, flaming is unacceptable for anything, so always report players with bad manners, because they will spread like plague if they get away with their negative actions. (Tip: you can write "/mute all" in chat if you feel like your teammates are tilting you with their unnecessary toxicity)

If you are playing solo, play safe, don't overextend, don't push without wards, care only about yourself and your own mistakes, don't count on anyone, you can't improve other people, especially with flaming them and never try to argue because you will just lose focus on the game and probably a lot of time you could've used for farming instead (you know the saying: don't argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience).

Also, if you are new to ranked, play champions that are currently strong (you can see all the details on www.champion.gg, champions with high winrates are currently strongest) and somewhat safe (or/and have dashes, ADC's: Lucian, Ezreal, Caitlyn, Vayne; you will have to practice a lot ofcourse), because Sivir is hard to carry with in lower elo without godlike mechanics. Same with Twitch, Ashe and the rest of currently mediocre Marksmen.

The Deckowner4/19/2016, 4:21:00 AM1 votes

I think the important reason why your team is flaming you is the fact that you took heal barrier instead of heal flash. combine that with the fact that u said it is your first ranked game, your team probably assumed that you have no idea how to play this game.

don't look down on urself, good luck.

Drider4204/19/2016, 1:37:26 PM1 votes

get good and stop feeding your the problem with playing ranked

Flame of Passion4/19/2016, 5:36:04 PM1 votes

It was wrong of them to be so cruel, you're just a beginning rank and WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU INVADE ENEMY JUNGLE LVL 1. That was their dumb idea that was all their fult. you should have stayed at your lane and got farm and atleast tried to carry your team it is not all your fult not by a long shot.

themachamp4/19/2016, 6:07:39 PM1 votes

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I went in hopeful, joyful and ready to face anything the other team threw at me. My team consisted of 2 gold players, everyone else was unranked. The first thing I typed into pre-game chat was "first ranked match!" I was filled with utter glee that I was finally able to test my skills against people who also wanted to get to the top. I was the last pick so I knew who I would face as the ADC. It was a Jinx, so easily countered by Sivir right? So I locked in Sivir, with the usual spells I took, Heal and Barrier.

Throughout the pre-game chat was a player telling me to go back to normals, I wasn't good enough. I ignored his comments and stayed happy, I wasn't going to let a player put me down in my first ranked match. I was so ready for the match to start, there wasn't a doubt in my mind that anything would go wrong, it's just my qualifiers right?

The female voice I heard many times before echoed through my speakers "Welcome, to Summoners Rift!" I was ready. We decided to invade the jungle early game, I didn't really want to, but I went along with it. It was a smart move right? It didn't really go that well, all that happened was we lost HP and our mid laner got first blood, there wasn't really a good point to us doing that. My first death was because I thought I had creeps in front of me, but I didn't. Morgana snared me, giving Jinx her first kill. I brushed it off and so did the rest of my team.

Before long, Jinx had snowballed into a monster, and everyone blamed me, making comments like, "Sivir, please go afk" "You being in the match is making this worse". I wasn't exactly that happy after everyone decided to flame me, but they had a point. Either way, I decided to farm, that was my only option, I couldn't do anything in fights but feed.

Then everyone from the other team ran to the bot lane, gank after gank, and with that more flaming.

Needless to say, after everyone pitched in their "comforting words" we lost. I had cost us the game, I didn't mean to, but that was the way the cookie crumbled. In the after game chat, I only put in 2 words, "I'm sorry". No responce was given, but I didn't need one, I knew they were all mad at me....

Before this, I thought everybody over-exaggerated all the saltiness in the fandom, but now I believe all of it, I would never have thought that people would get this mad about a game. But I deserved it.

Did I report them? No, because they had a good reason to be mad at me. Am I still inclined to play ranked? No, not really. Teams should communicate beyond "get cancer you feeding fuck" Do I still want to play LoL? Yeah, just tomorrow.

RANT OFF

Who gives a crap if they are mad......don't play league to make other people happy.

SikhRS4/19/2016, 9:01:56 PM1 votes

Oi M8 Chin Up! It happens :P Everyone has had bad games where they didn't play so well/fed. We're all just really hypocritical (I'm guilty of being salty at feeders sometimes as well, but I wouldn't flame them for it xD). As long as it wasn't intentional, take the game as a learning lesson. The most important thing is to not let it get you down. They were wrong to be so mean to you (no matter how bad you were), and not EVERYONE (though a bunch) are like them.

Shamèless4/19/2016, 4:15:18 AM1 votes

Flash is a key component to any role, especially an ADC. You want as many escape as you can, it is not common for players to not take flash unless they are very confident in their play style lol. As a support main I would assume my ADC is not going to do well if I don't have good enough peel. So I see why they would flame you, but don't take it to heart. It would just be more wise for you to take flash especially as the ADC. Usually if you want something done, you do it yourself. Ask them to communicate, or even suggestions. Being comfortable with a team of strangers is the best way to go. If you do not break the stigma you are more likely to lose. Even if they don't come to reasoning then all you can do is mute & report. But don't let this one match discourage you from ranked. You're more likely to find toxicitiy in ranked regardless. It is competitive, and if you make a mistake or two. You will definitely be called out for it, so you can't do much but learn from your mistakes and build on them. I usually win games by not speaking to the team if they're pissed off due to someone, I even try to bring them together sometimes but some people are just to stubborn. Lol