Getting close to the end of my time with LOL

Sumbuck·4/10/2016, 4:53:28 PM·13 votes·1,228 views

I love LOL. I've spent hundreds and hundreds on skins and champs. I guess I'm a terrible player as I've been stuck in bronze for a while now. Was silver last season. I'm having a hard time with the growing toxicity and the way games are just being thrown at my ELO. Its very hard for me to see continuing. No matter how hard I try, I end up with a feeder or an afk about every 2 to 3 games in ranked, and tumble back towards 0 LP and another demotion. Homophobia, racism and mean-spiritedness have started to take their toll. Don't know if I'm the only one that is experiencing this right now, but I really don't want to leave the game I love, and I feel like i might have to.

14 Comments

Fishlord4/10/2016, 5:19:49 PM5 votes

I know toxicity and feeders are a huge issue in league, and it makes me want to quit the game too. I've been trying to climb to silver 3 but I am getting teams who don't know what they're doing and it doesn't help when you have item 3931 item 3124 on XinZhao Jax MasterYi who just tear through you and have 4k health because of riot's poor balancing. I'd suggest playing with summoners who you enjoy to play with and if someone is irritating you just mute them.

GRVet3ran0sS4/10/2016, 5:00:26 PM3 votes

Same.

MasterSomething4/10/2016, 7:06:16 PM2 votes

Well, I don't have the issue. Just different experiences I guess. If Ranked is becoming an issue, play normals or the free game rotation. The stress of such a serious environment WILL hurt you.

APoetCalledLove4/13/2016, 2:29:01 PM1 votes

Honestly the ranked system is flawed. I mean it's been how many years and they still haven't handled this? I'm in bronze as well and I duo with a plat smurf who told me he isn't surprised that I can't climb alone, because he can barely carry even as a duo. I've had 9 afks so far this season out of 57 games. I'd be higher if they negated the 9 losses, but instead I've played 57 games to advance ONE division.

Reaper Review4/13/2016, 7:06:54 PM1 votes

I just want to have fun with the game the way it's meant to be enjoyed again and be able to demonstrate all my reform, but it's just so taxing.

I'm tired of how toxic pre-30 has become, I'm tired of blind pick, tired of having next to no champions because I need to buy runes at level 20, tired of not being able to get S ranks or having friends I can queue with (since said friends are level 30 and it wreaks havoc on matchmaking with my level 17 account)...

I can't even speak about the woes of ranked because I don't/haven't played it much, but those are my thoughts from where I'm at.

SFGG MamaBrendyn4/13/2016, 7:29:03 PM1 votes

I understand completely how you feel, it's become rather ridiculous. I'm a support main that gets an S rating almost every time I play, but I lose games more often than I win due to other players in Bronze just going on hyper-tilt and trying to belittle every little thing anyone on the team does, or you get players that want to always bark orders instead of just stepping up and biting. If you ever want to play a match or two, feel free to add me, I'm super relaxed and laid-back when I play.

Nazzadan4/14/2016, 9:50:39 PM1 votes

Real talk, stop playing ranked. You are just getting stressed and upset, which is completely understandable with what is being thrust upon you (afkers, ragers, etc.). You are bronze, and like you said you peaked at silver last season. There is no point for you to go through what you are going through in ranked, because your peak performance is silver. Unless you REALLY want to push for that gold for a single free skin at the end of the season, I'd suggest going and playing normies or customs and actually sit back and enjoy the game. Maybe come back to ranked when you are good enough to just blitz your way through bronze and silver and leave those toxic shitters in the dust where they belong. You seem like a nice guy, so for your own sanity, quit ranked.

Jet Sett4/10/2016, 7:39:24 PM1 votes

When people abbreviate as "LOL" it looks so ridiculously funny. I know this has nothing to do with the main topic, but I hope you don't have to put up with the toxicity in ranked anymore friend.

Lothàrs Edge4/11/2016, 8:01:06 AM1 votes

Yep. It's made me lash-out a few times (in turn making me toxic).