This is where you really suck as an advisor and don't deserve your job... you don't bother reading and LISTENING because you don't like someone else's stance and won't actually consider their argument. Unlike YOU... I actually READ and CONSIDER what others say... even if they're being inflammatory.
Here's where YOU are wrong.
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Pulling enemy jg pressure consistently and/or pressure from another lane while going even or WINNING despite that is helping your team massively. Listen to any high elo player. Look at how analysts praised Flame and Impact last year for absorbing so much pressure for their team and not falling behind. They are literally giving their team 3v2 2v1 or 4v3 pressure elsewhere on the map. Pressure that means TOWERS, DRAGONS, JUNGLE CAMP STEALS to put the enemy jg behind in farm. That IS HELPING your TEAM. IF they actually act on the fact that there's 2 people or more camping one teammate of theirs.
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Splitpushing and pulling 3 people to bot lane? That makes it 100% easy for a team that's too far behind to teamfight to group 4 and 4v2 either stall at tower (if they're hopelessly behind) or push towers 4v2 and get kills to catch up. If you're team isn't far behind... it means easy ability to force baron fight where you can 4v2 or 4v3 snag some kills and start building a massive lead. That's the opposite of being selfish. That's saying.. you know what guys. I'm gonna trade kills and die so YOU can get ahead.
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I teamfight - better than the vast majority of players at my elo. Largely because - unlike them - I don't run in and blow everything to kill whomever I see w/o any vision control of an area and consideration of where their team might be. I take fights where it's advantageous for my team. Hence why... when my teammates actually listen to me... even though we're often behind we can get a 4 for 1 teamfight victory and objective(s) afterwards. And since I'm generally having to frontline for my team... the person dying is quite often ME. When I die but we win a fight we had no business winning, I'm the first guy to say gj and cheer my team on. If I were the selfish person you claim I am.. I'd be waiting for our squishy janna support to start off the fight and I'd be screaming at the team for letting me die. But the opposite is true.
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Does a selfish player tp bot level 2 when his opponent can freeze the wave and screw him over in order to save his bot duo from a cheese gank? Well if I'm the selfish player you claim I am... then yes - that's what a selfish player would do.
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Does a selfish player save their tp for a potential teamfight and walk back to lane knowing they will miss half a minion wave? No. But I do.
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Does a selfish player save tp for the dragon spawning in 40 sec when he could tp top and get a giant 30+ cs wave before basing and show up late to dragon fight because he'll have to heal and buy before going to dragon? Or would he ping his mid or adc who's just shopped to grab the top wave while he bases to set up for dragon? He'd tp top and take all the cs for himself. Me? I ping mid/adc to snag top wave and get it pushing before they rotate to drag... while I base and save tp for a play at dragon.
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Does a selfish player facecheck for his team when there's no option except to facecheck? Nope. Do I do this for my squishier teammates when it's somewhere we must facecheck? Yeah - so long as they don't rush in there suicidally before I can get there.
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Does a selfish player sometimes overstay to try to protect their teammate when they need to retreat because their teammate isn't backing off quite as quickly as they should? No, but I do. Not because I'm not smart enough to leave (i'm the one pinging we need to back off and not get caught 3v5 when we're all low hp and low mana), but because I value a decent teammate and want them to KNOW that.
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Does a selfish teammate look to gift their midlaner the enemy blue buff that they can steal off their own pressure - through no advantage earned by mid? No, but I do.
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Does a selfish player give some enemy red buffs to their adc even when they could really use it and possibly make better use of it than their adc? No, but I do.
Please... enlighten me oh wise one on how this is being selfish.
I am the FIRST person to help my team if it is at all logical. If you're 2 aa's from dead and can't 1v1 enemy jg and I'm being shoved in by an opponent with ignite and level advantage... I'm not going to typically run in and die to try saving you. I realize there is no saving you and save my flash an hp bar for some other time when it might actually matter. Usually. When you get invaded 1.5 min later and I'm in a position to rotate w/o dying 1v1 if my laner follows... I'm the first guy to be there helping you. Even when it's 2v3, I'll stay if I think we can win or stay long enough for you to escape w/o giving them a kill in addition to the buff they are trying to steal.
When I shove my opponent in but he's too healthy to safely tower dive since the enemy jg is mia, I'm the guy that pings you away from potentially suicidal tower dive and suggests we ward up enemy jg and steal any camps instead... having your back the whole time. Hmmm... sounding real selfish aren't I? And no... I'm not making these scenarios up. Just check out some of my vids on YouTube if you don't believe. They can speak for themselves. Whatever team gives me... I give back 10 fold whenever possible. You leave me on an island to 1v3 and you all feed? Why should I leave my island to help you in a suicidal play? You take advantage of me being double teamed? I'll make sure they NEED to double team me while you have the best kda game of your life... even if my kda looks like shit and half our team doesn't realize their amazing game is due to 0 pressure on them from enemy top and jg. You give me a lead? I'll take that lead and shut down the fed enemy bot lane in a way that helps MY bot lane in the process - not just helping me.
Because the thing is... my micro might suck - hence why I play easier champs - but my macro is closer to challenger level than some people in higher elo than me. I see plays others don't. I know when to rotate to defend a tower and when that's a lost cause and trading UP (getting more elsewhere on the map) is a better call. Whether I'm the one losing a tower and my bot lane is getting inner tower elsewhere or I'm getting inhib tower while my teammates lose mid outer. No, my macro isn't always perfect, but it's a damn site better than most others in near my elo. So when it LOOKS like I'm being selfish... I'm generally not. I'm doing what's best for the TEAM. It might suck for an individual (me, or any other teammate), but overall our team stands to benefit MORE if we execute properly. I spell things out nicely, I have patience when people want to try a different strat - even if I know it will fail. I'll go along with them and try it several times so maybe they can realize it's not working. But when it does fail several times, I expect they show me the same courtesy and give my suggestion a try. And when it works... maybe don't run right back to their failing strat the next fight. Because that's what being a good teammate is.
A good teammate looks for what's best for the TEAM... not just themselves.
A good teammate communicated strats with their team and is willing to try other's suggestions even if they don't think it will (or know it won't) succeed.
A good teammate uses such failures to learn and help their teammates learn BETTER strats.
A good teammate will sacrifice their kda, their farm, etc. to best enable their TEAM as a WHOLE to win.
When your whole team refuses any semblance of teamwork aside from suicidal engages on anything that moves while being far behind and having no vision, a good teammate recognizes their best shot to help their team is to become a solo carry threat and hope they can carry harder than their team throws.
League 102 - how to be a good teammate session 1 is now over. Please review the material and be ready for tomorrow's quiz.[sg-ahri-1]