How should I play my next game?

miightofdemacia·2/2/2020, 3:53:17 PM·7 votes·4,720 views

My past 3 games in a row, which were my first three games of the day, I have 2 or 3 people on team with 2 digit deaths while I have 2 digit kills, and less than 5 death in each game. I'm not here blaming anyone but those are some facts and my question is that, I'm assuming the next game there is a high chance it will be the same thing over because I usually have good kda and gold so match making puts me with players like that to balance the match making. So since I already know it's highly likely to happen again, what should I do as a player? Give it my all on the fourth game despite knowing I'm gonna get a 12 death graves jungle? Try my best knowing I have an olaf who keeps trying to fight 1v3 1v4? Or should I just start playing bad so that the game recognizes that I'm not a good player and will put me in a team with people who are meant to carry? Because most of the time I get put with teammates who are good when I purposely play like I'm bad a few games. It's the algorithm or something. What should I as a player do for my next game?

By playing bad on purpose, I mean stuff like -purposely missing lots of cs -building nonoptimal builds like buying sunfire cape, arden censor, infinity edge, mobility boots, rabadon's death cape, frozen mallet -buying max pink wards and warding at enemy so they get free gold -afk for 2-5 seconds during team fights -not looking at map or playing as if you don't look at map

These things are not against the rules and I have to deal with players who play like this each game. I don't know how much longer I can stay positive and keep trying my best in downhill games when stuff like this isn't against the rules persay or hard to detect that it's intentional yet players in my games are constantly doing this.

10 Comments

GatekeeperTDS2/2/2020, 4:02:23 PM10 votes

How should I play my next game?

By keeping in mind that ultimately, this is a video game. If you're grinding game after game and not having fun, stop playing for a bit.

Posui Gart2/2/2020, 3:57:23 PM8 votes

What should I as a player do for my next game?

Take a 1-2 hour break first

ForgedPatriarch2/2/2020, 7:17:49 PM2 votes

i only play every other 30 mins and watch a show or sum in between. if i took an L then its rest time and if i got the W then i get to enjoy it before taking an L. makes the game feel smooth. its not a quick game that goes fast so if ur team is bad ur probably spending 20-30 min with a bad team. (15 if lucky) so its good to take a break. i know when i do good (as a sup) if my kill par is high or atleast i see it that way. thats a good win for me even if we loose. i just see that you should always give ur all. some people might make mistakes and cost the game but thats not on you. always do ur best because you cant expect anyone else too. as simple as that. loosing sucks but being the reason u lost is alot worse.

zPOOPz2/2/2020, 4:21:57 PM2 votes

Because most of the time I get put with teammates who are good when I purposely play like I'm bad a few games.

In one breath you complained about having bad teammates and in another breath you admitted to purposely playing bad in some of your previous games. Do you see some irony here?

5 Dollar Holler2/2/2020, 5:07:00 PM1 votes

Last season I realized I could consistently win not in my preferred role, but by playing a champion I didn't have to rely on my team (as much) for. Like you, if I did independently well in Mid, but top and bot fed and jungle didn't contest objectives, it was frustrating to lose. Obviously, if you're a jungler and all 3 lanes are hard feeding, you probably can't win.

But depending on your rank, you can tip the odds in your favor. Most team's dont have the coordination in Silver/Gold to stop a split push Yorick, for example (they'll either send 4-5 people to stop him, which allows your teammates to take objectives elsewhere, or they react too slowly and you get objectives).

For me, last season, it was Amumu (mostly AP but 1-2 tank items). I realized that incapacitating 3-5 enemies for a full 2 seconds is as forgiving as the game can get in terms of helping my teammates win. Was it fun? No, it was a grind, but my win rate exceeded 80% until I got to the rank that I wanted to be. At that point, once you hit S4, D4, P4, whatever, it's hard to fall back to the lower tier, so you can be less anxious about winning.

Kendren12/2/2020, 10:52:53 PM1 votes

Stop playing normals? Normals are pointless, no one is going to try in them and no ones being punished for not trying.

Ph03n1xb1rd2/3/2020, 12:59:35 PM1 votes

How should I play my next game?

  1. Uninstall LoL
  2. Install anything else
  3. Play
  4. .....
  5. Profit!