League & Stress

Cgaan·2/28/2016, 3:33:29 AM·2 votes·699 views

Today, I went Kennen top against a yasuo. Not an easy matchup, but on top of that I was learning kennen. Gave up first blood to a super tryhard yasuo, make a "yas has no chill" comment, and the rest of my group that was premade starts flaming me, the jungler ignores my calls for help because of his buddy, and not to mention enemy yas is acting tough cool guy saying "git gud" etc. At the 0/4/0 mark i realize this will be one stressful game. It made me thing about how stressful league has come to the casual player. I don't play alot of ranked, just normals and it really sucks to be someone who just isn't a hardcore 13 year old who has hours and hours to play. Is there any data for how stressful the MOBA's are? Because when someone is feeling emotionally stressed in a video game competitive or no it's not even a "game" anymore.

4 Comments

Jack Jack Attack2/28/2016, 3:52:37 AM1 votes

I understand where you're coming from. I don't play ranked that often. I got placed in silver 2 last season and didn't really move. This season I placed bronze 2, and now whenever I make a mistake, even if I own up to it, I get flamed and passive-aggressively bullied, saying "You are literally bronze" and "absolute trash". Keep in mind I don't suck every game. I think it's really just power moves from the players flaming you. They either aren't feeling too good about themselves so they blame someone vulnerable, e.g. when you give a few kills, or they aren't doing well either so blame it on you rather than just going through introspection. You can't change their minds, even if you are being rational and nice. You just have to play your game, split push, tp in to team fights. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just don't feed the fuel with more hate. I've tried every tactic available and ignoring it and playing smart is best (for me at least).

Raw2/28/2016, 4:05:08 AM1 votes

Play normal > Feed lane > Call someone a super tryhard/13 year old just because they are better than you in a video game...Classic. This thread is very mature. http://www.auplod.com/u/uopadl6d63e.png