Please, for the sake of your teammates, be quiet.

Radiant Wukong·7/20/2018, 5:30:39 PM·4 votes·2,254 views

More often than not, your teammate isn't dying on purpose.

You're not being helpful by pointing out obvious strategies.

Nothing is more tilting than getting told to, "Stop fighting, stay under your turret," when you've been under your turret, missing experience and farm, getting poked for the past 3 minutes by a ranged, manaless champion with wave clear and sustain.

So please, keep the "helpful" comments to yourself. Typing is distraction as is, unless you're typing something a ping can't communicate, that puts your team in a better position, there's probably something you could be doing. Even if you're just walking back to lane, instead of typing, pan the map. See where everybody is, you might be able to get a number's advantage.

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Mr Yedi7/20/2018, 6:00:17 PM3 votes

The #1 thing that I think smurfs SHOULD type in-game is say "Can you please buy this item against so-and-so? TY". The phrasing is short, effective, non-derogatory, and helpful. Not everyone relies on Probuilds or related sites for builds since every game is situational. Every. Game. Is. Situational. THAT is why a SMURF on YOUR team should be the most qualified person to tell someone what to buy this game.

I have literally had games where I have been torn between 2-3 items (if enemy had a mixed team composition) and my team would not reply to me asking "So do you want me to get mikaels, athenes, or locket first versus this particular team" or "so should I get Mortal Rem for a Zac or just get a cleaver for early armor shred versus their squishies?"

Sure, prepping items before a game can be easy. Doing items on the fly when you are a natural worrier is freaking hard. A note to all you smurfs out there: this is one area where you could actually make a difference instead of just wasting your time in lower elo playing for kills.

Lost R7/20/2018, 8:32:51 PM1 votes

People spend all their energy pointing out the obvious because that is the peak of what most will ever be capable of.