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Sometimes your game is beyond terrible, and it's 100% because of the people in the game.

Dreklie·1/6/2017, 3:02:59 AM·1 votes·546 views

Three games in a row now I have had at least one player on my team die 3 or more times in the first 5 minutes, when I ask why they are tower diving at level 3, or why they are in the enemy jungle when they have no idea where mid or top is, or if I ask why they flashed on cait to gank her knowing she has e + flash + heal, I get bitched at and trolled with afkers, how is that even remotely fun? The game itself is amazing, absolutely LOVE it, some of the players though royally fkng SUCK.

I report each of them everytime, but I'm pretty sure nothing will happen, then when I get so tilted and fall into their little trap and say something back I'll be reported and suspended, that's how it goes.

I'm not saying I'm perfect, I have plenty of bad games, but you can't suggest anything to people in silver, because they are apparently all challenger and the best players on the game. I play pretty decent most of the time ... but as soon as I get tilted I turn into a wood 7 player and do the dumbest stuff imaginable because I'm frustrated, obviously I need to fix that, but people purposefully trolling and dying isn't helping.

I hate this ELO, I hate a lot of these players, and I'm starting to hate this fkng game.

3 Comments

Chamuel851/6/2017, 3:05:24 AM2 votes

How is pointing out people's mistakes going for you then? Positively or negatively?

o TripleM o1/6/2017, 3:40:33 AM1 votes

Don't forget, you're one of "the people in the game."

I've been play League since the week Graves was released and I didn't get real life angry until I started playing ranked. I suppose that was because I felt I actually had something riding on the outcome of the match (cause we all know an LoL ranking is among the most important things in life).

Two seasons ago I found myself starting to become very toxic and flaming other players in matches. Sometimes I was downright mean - mind you I rarely cursed and never called inappropriate names. But I flamed and harassed other players I felt were performing poorly. Funny thing was the more I did this the worse they performed and the worse I performed. Somehow I managed to make it to the upper Silver ranks those couple seasons despite my poor behavior. It is a wonder I was never banned.

One day after a particularly frustrating match where I had been flaming my support and jungler (I was ADC) I was called out by our team's mid-laner after the match was over. This person was critical of me, but in a positive and non-threatening/non-blaming way. They basically helped me see how my anger was affecting the entire team's performance. We discussed it at length. He/she gave me some tips on how to HELP my team perform better or recognize when I needed help.

But in game situations I found it very difficult to put the ideas into practice. The outcome: I quit playing LoL for a long time. I realized I was being a jerk and was tired of feeling angry and frustrated and taking it out on others and making them feel just as horrible. I decided not to come back until I could better control my behavior.

Well, a few weeks ago I came back. I'm still not perfect. I've gotten upset and been overly critical of other players a few times these past weeks. But I haven't flamed or harassed anyone, nor been even remotely toxic. It takes a CONSCIOUS effort each game to keep from tilting.

I wish I could say the outcomes of my matches have been better as a result, but I'm still stuck in Bronze III and have twice as many losses as wins. But I'll keep trying, and keep trying to help my team by staying positive and performing my best.

Here's hoping for many tilt-free, non-toxic matches this season!