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Should I play to get better, or to have fun?

reaper4042·8/30/2018, 8:11:20 PM·1 votes·2,395 views

Hello!

A while back I asked for advice on how to climb, got great responses and climbed from s5 to s2 in about 2 weeks, using warw. At my peickak, my mmr was g5 (supposedly on op.gg), and I had a 70-80% winrate. Literally as soon as I got to s2, my games got way harder. And I dont really mind playing against higher elo players, I do enjoy flex que only for that reason, because gold and plat players are better, and I can improve my lane mechanics. In solo q, I noticed that I would get someone who tilts and ints the game, an afk, or my personal favorite, some unranked scrub who has no idea what to do. I dropped to s3 and i played a little bit more ( which was a mistake) and got to s3 30 lp. Even in flex que, lately ive been getting more of the same, afk, inters, or unranked. So that leads me to the question, should i get really good to the point where i can 1v9 every game, or should I give up and play for fun because there is little point in climbing. Let me know what you think. If your advice is to get good, please tell me how, dont say farm better, because in lane i shoot for 70cs in the first 10 minutes, in jg, i tend to farm when i cant gank. How do you get better mechanically at the game, and please dont say smurfs do it, they are smurfs, they are good at the game, I am not. Lately I've just been getting more and more toxic and I feel like I should take a break to actually have fun while I game. Maybe I'll play overwatch or bloodborne till Smash Ultimate comes out lol.

16 Comments

TheKingOfBiches8/30/2018, 8:32:27 PM3 votes

In ranked play to get better.in normals play to have fun

Shukr4n8/30/2018, 8:13:16 PM2 votes

100cs @10mins is the score to aim at.

Play for what makes your liver not hurt

Xidphel8/30/2018, 8:12:58 PM2 votes

Why not both?

DuskDaUmbreon8/30/2018, 8:20:42 PM2 votes

Both. Have fun while getting better.

Note that climbing and getting better are not the same thing, however. You can get better without devoting time into actually climbing on the ranked ladder.

PurpleYukari8/30/2018, 8:18:30 PM1 votes

Play for whats fun for you. In terms of climbing or not, the real question is do you have fun climbing?

Telephone Booth8/31/2018, 1:35:05 AM1 votes

Play to have fun, and you will get better in the process. I've never played anything "to get better" but after 10 years of starcraft I was a beast and got placed in diamond in starcraft 2. Never really tried to get good. Just got there having fun.

With this game, I wanted to be good asap. 3 years later, still in silver and not feeling any improvement, which leads to disappointment and discouragement. I dont play this game that much anymore, except on weekends when my friends are on and we play strictly to have fun.

hrooza dota 8/31/2018, 11:54:53 AM1 votes

both or have fun (getting better and playing with the better can be fun)