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Hatred for Bronze Ranking

JDJ··6 votes·777 views

Having played League of Legends for around a year now, on and off, I find that since I have played my ranked games and got my ranking (Bronze II) I've come across so many players who have flamed me for simply being in the division. I am constantly hurled insults such as "Bronze trash" and such and mostly coming from people in gold and silver divisions. It really pisses me off due to the fact that I love playing this game this game but with attitudes like this floating all through the community, I don't want to play as much.

I am by no means a good player, I wouldn't even consider myself average. I want to be able to play the game, having fun doing so while also being presented with the challenge of competing against players of a similar skill level. I openly embrace my ranking and was rather proud when I got it! (I thought it was going to be much worse) and to be absolutely abused for something that I had to work hard to get is really demoralizing. Without players such as my self everyone above would be the new bottom of the barrel. Its those kinds of people that ultimately ruin my experience in League.

13 Comments

Kei1431 votes

average = bronze. And i'm not saying this is a rude way, its just how it was made.

Plus everyone around you are in bronze. So you can definitely let them know that.

JDJ1 votes

I know what you mean, a bar has to be set. A standard level of skill if you will.

disregardable1 votes

People don't care that you're a certain rank, they just care if you play well or not.

Shenmue1 votes

i have a solution for you, actualy that solution works for many many people in your situation go into normal queue and don't visit ranked ever again

aj502 Oneill1 votes

and such and mostly coming from people in gold and silver divisions.

Those divisions are barely better than bronze....The main differences are better teamplay and people buying pinks....The individual skill ain't so much better.

Silvers are funny tho, they think they are LCS. :D

Zoaiy1 votes

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Those divisions are barely better than bronze....The main differences are better teamplay and people buying pinks....The individual skill ain't so much better.

Silvers are funny tho, they think they are LCS. :D

It gets even better when they are actually boosted to their rank :P

aj502 Oneill1 votes

Don't get me wrong. I know plenty of Golds and Silvers (bronzers too!) that are cool....

Some of these cats tho...Wow... :D

I can only imagine a "boosted" playing in Gold that plays the Bronze type of game tho...And Them complaining to their team? :D

Madö1 votes

ik what its like ive been there used to be bronze 5 now im g1

if you need some help getting to silver id be happy to help, no shame in wanting to improve

x2Master Mind5x1 votes

How do you improve? I know i make mistakes in games but more than half the time i get stuck with trolls in matches and i constantly lose. I first started playing ranked a week ago and i got bronze 2 and then i won like 7 of my next 9 and was one win away from bronze 1 and now im bronze 3 because people are insane and when things arent going the way they want it to they get super pissed and just ruin the match. I was one win away from getting bronze 1 and now im one loss away from getting demoted to bronze 4. It doesnt make any sense to me. How is anyone suppose to get out of bronze?

Madö1 votes

The truth is that that until you stop blaming others, you cant truly see your mistakes and how to improve. Trust me when I say this. I had the same problem when I was in your elo, I was there too. The trolls/afks/ etc.. that isnt a special thing of bronze elo. I still deal with it in Gold. Youre going to run into negative people all the time, and you have to accept that, and just look at yourself, your own play and how you can improve. I guarantee you if I spectate a game of yours I can point out a ton of things you can improve on. The same is true for me. Dont think of ranked that way. Every time you lose, instead of hating everyone for playing like crap and flaming, ignore it, whether its hard or not, just do it, hit the mute button even if its muting your whole team. Accept that a lot of players will be that way. Focus on what you could have done better. You are playing for yourself, not for them. If they want to rage, that just means they will be stuck in bronze, while you climb out. If you'd like me to spectate one of your games, add me and send me a message. Id be glad to give you tips on how you can improve your own play.

JDJ1 votes

Thanks for the offer! Not so much the rank that bothers me just want to improve :)

Unpaladin1 votes

It sucks to have someone call you bad just because of your name tag. However, it's really not so bad. I've never considered /mute all ingame before but now that you mention it, using it in Bronze-level games is probably the best way to go.

I am by no means a good player, I wouldn't even consider myself average. I want to be able to play the game, having fun doing so while also being presented with the challenge of competing against players of a similar skill level.

If you're aware you're not a good player, you're already doing better than most bronze/silver players. A lot of players stuck in this bracket tend to throw themselves at the game expecting something to change. Everyone knows about those low ELO players that say they are the best and believe they are totally infallible, too.

Working on your gameplay to improve while simultaneously looking up what you're dealing with is important. Ranked plays differently to normals, and Bronze/Silver are easily punishable and can easily forget key elements in the heat of the moment. If you're against a low Gold player you should keep up your focus at all times and make informed decisions on whether plays are worth it or not should they be playing their main/best lane. Anything higher will generally know all kinds of shit about the champions they are playing and you need to be weighing your options non stop. In comparison, the effort you need to put in to fighting low ELO opponents is much lower if you know what you're doing ingame.

What I'm saying is, don't give up. If you have just a teeny bit more game knowledge than the average bronze about the champion and lane you are playing (read: almost none, "this champion does this sometimes"), you should be able to climb out just by playing many games on a schedule. Ever looked up any guides/streams to see all the little details in how a successful game plays out with a certain champion? It really helps.

Zen Matrix1 votes

ur not hated for being bronze your hated because ur bad get the facts straight.

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