Ranked Attitudes for "Non-Toxic" Players

Let me preface this by saying flaming and trolls are inherently a part of ranked, whether you like it or not, and there's nothing you can do about it. Let me say it again. There is NOTHING you can do about it. This post is for you hero's who try and talk to the flaming 0/5 top laner, because most of my friends are like you, and it certainly works 0% of the time.

I understand when you have a "non-toxic" attitude, you feel as if you are the good guy, and saying positive things, or giving advice to a player doing poorly is going to instantly untilt them and make them stop dying. I get it, it makes sense, right? Wrong.

Think about the last time you played a game, and you're sitting in lane and you get ganked, you get solo killed, you just get outplayed. You think to yourself "oh no, I'm screwed." Fine, you wash it off, you come back, happens again. 2, 3, 5 more times. You're tilted. You're angry. You're embarrassed. You look down at your chatbox to expect flamers telling you to get good, or "gg" spam, but instead you find yourself bombarded with "play safe"'s , or "try doing X, Y, Z differently". You feel like you're being talked down onto like a child, that you don't know how to play the game. Multiplied by the fact you're already tilted from feeling helpless.

I've found myself in this place before. Many times. I write this post to convince you "hero's" that the best thing to do is be quiet. It's obvious whatever you say to the person is going to be retaliated against, and sparks more conversation and typing and taking away concentration from the actual game. Ranked is more solo oriented than people want to believe, you need to be thinking to yourself what YOU can do to remedy the situation. The other 4 people on your team are NOT your pawns to play with.

Yes, shot calling is a good idea. Yes, good shot calling can swing a game greatly, and making good rotations can throw a 15 kill deficit into a win. But if your team isn't on board, you need to mold your plan to what your TEAM is willing to do. Problem solve. You can't change them. You can change you. Stop blaming your teammates. If you lose a game, your teammates didn't lose it. You lost it. Shake it off and play again. Live and learn.

"This is over!"