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Losing is fun?

TheSeltzerBaron·7/15/2016, 5:16:34 AM·7 votes·1,301 views

Something I never understood was how people think losing is fun. How the hell is it fun when you've lost both outer turrets and the inhibitor and your team can't do anything? How is it fun when you're getting steamrolled and you haven't even damaged the first enemy turret? How is it fun when your team has no tank or the tank sucks and the other team has two which basically lets them walk all over you?

There are some marginal games where it can go either way, I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about games where you're getting stomped.

I don't understand the logic behind not surrendering when the match is obviously hopeless and your team is racking up more and more deaths. I want to know what other players are thinking/doing/experiencing that is causing them to have fun while getting their asses thoroughly kicked. Someone please explain it. Are you having fun watching your champ move, buying shiny items and going clickyclickyclicky?

If I'm floundering and/or my team is sucking and going to lose I would rather just cut my losses and surrender at 15 so I can move on to the next hoping for more favorable comp and better players yet in the majority of those games players won't surrender. I don't get it at all. If you're thinking of that 1 in 100 comeback how is that 1 victory worth the 99 losses where you struggle vainly to do anything? Surrender at 15 and move on.

I'm not playing for money on ARAM, my life's not depending on it. There's no benefit for me continuing to play when the score is 2:1 or worse against my team. Wasting an extra 10-15+ minutes pretty much just feeding the other team isn't fun. Do people get enjoyment out of the other team kicking their asses?

I can't enjoy getting my ass handed to me. I can't enjoy getting chain cc'd while the rest of the team runs away. I can't enjoy getting poked so hard I can't get close enough to the enemy team to do anything. Losing sucks. I can accept the idea that I'm not going to win every game but I cannot understand or accept the idea that I should commit the gaming equivalent of slamming my head up against the wall by continuing to play a game with hopeless odds. That 1 in 100 chance is not even remotely worth it. Why are people so hung up on the idea of not surrendering? If it's "ARAM" and it doesn't matter what do people get out of staying in a horribly lopsided game?

15 Comments

Magical Player7/15/2016, 5:53:41 AM7 votes

losing is fun cause it means there is someone better than you and it gives you a reason to get better. Imagine how boring it would be to just win games

proud and bronze7/15/2016, 6:59:38 AM2 votes

its not about fun at that point. its about punishing your teammates for sucking.

i have heard people admit they are refusing to surrender because they want their teammates to suffer more.

ZT Xperimentor7/16/2016, 7:36:57 AM2 votes

It used to be fun, before riot got impatient and turned minor snowballing into avalanches; and when the community were as a whole, more respectful.

Tyrone Lannister7/15/2016, 5:18:59 AM2 votes

The reason why is that throws are a part of league. Overconfidence is a slow, insidious killer.

TrulyBland7/16/2016, 2:23:30 AM1 votes

Losing isn't fun. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun while losing. The game, surprisingly, consists of more than just the victory/defeat screen.

I understand that you don't enjoy such matches... I do. Not necessarily because of the chance for comeback, but because I simply still enjoy playing the game, regardless of the current score.

Reaper Soraka7/16/2016, 2:25:48 AM1 votes

I usually just play for fun. Quinn it to win it on support (or is in In it to Quinn it?) But I feel forced into tryhard mode because both the enemy team and my own are playing like there's money on it.

I wish they would make more fun game modes and perhaps combine a couple, just to switch up the game. The meta is terribly boring after like 3 years of it. 1top 1mid 1jng 1adc 1sup all day long

Nik Nikerson7/16/2016, 7:29:38 AM1 votes

No one thinks losing is fun. People just have fun in different ways, and for some people the outcome isn't what determines the amount of fun they have. This can be a difficult concept to grasp for people who only have fun if they win.

Tahminatrix 7/17/2016, 5:12:47 PM1 votes

Ofc its gonna be fun to be on the losing team when your playing as Teemo Heimerdinger or even Poppy thanks to their team killing traps turrets and nexus saving ultimates lol.

Losing isnt fun but you can have fun while losing and from losing *Team wont push to your mushrooms or encampments otherwise.

Dolasaur7/18/2016, 11:18:53 PM1 votes

I don't think winning or losing are fun on their own. I find enjoyment in playing well with the tools I'm given.

If I'm losing the game, then I have two options:

A) Try to do well in a losing situation, experimenting with skillshot aiming, team synergy, communication, warding locations, predicting enemy skillshot dodging, and many other things that I can't afford to analyze when I'm focusing hard on execution (i.e. winning). B) Think about how much more fun it would be if I wasn't losing.

A is fun. B is not. I choose A. It sounds like you (perhaps subconsciously?) choose B.

4th Chiming Lamb7/15/2016, 10:17:51 AM1 votes

When you just don't give a fuck. See my latest Bard game for an example.

Sometimes Akali7/15/2016, 4:53:39 PM1 votes

I think people do it because they believe they can still win, or they want to punish their teammates which is a bad thing that a lot of people do, the thing is nothing can stop them from wasting your time.

Athenes Lulu7/16/2016, 2:21:18 AM1 votes

Some people know how to make losing games not feel as bad.

Some people want to take "breaks" from trying to win, because trying to win all the time to them isn't always fun.

Some people just know how to make mini-games out of losing games, and suck in fun from that.