I need help with tilting

Memeguel420·9/20/2016, 2:01:44 AM·1 votes·630 views

So around a month ago I got a chat restriction from being toxic and I have to agree that it was well deserved. I need help reforming though cause I am starting to yell at my teammates again. I afk games when they just tilt me too much because I would rather not deal with them and be on the boards looking at memes. I just need some advice on how to not tilt. Usually, I mute my teammates when they get on my nerves, but I can't mute pings so they just spam them and it makes me not want to play anymore. I also try to listen to music so I don't get as angry but it hasn't been working recently. Anything you guys do that helps with tilt?

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ovrzealous9/20/2016, 10:21:45 PM2 votes

I used to tilt very frequently as well, and what helped me the most is taking a very, very long break from League of Legends. I stopped playing for a good six months to get my head on straight. I needed to refresh my perspective on league - I needed to make the issues I faced in there so much smaller than what I experienced every day. When you take the game as just a game, it's a lot harder to get mad at it, because it means a lot less to you as "just a game." But if you see the game as a way to win, or a way to get LP, or the way to get respected in a community, then the game means way more to you, so you get angrier at it.

The healthiest way to see the game as a game is to see it as self-improvement. You're improving your mechanical skills at a game, or you're improving your sense of the game, or you're improving your shotcalling ability - hell, even improving your attitude and communication - anything, as long as you see it as the improvement of a skill, will keep you from tilting. Even losing in that mindset won't tilt you, because you can still improve, and still learn as a result of a loss, just as much or even more than a win.

The attitude change also prevents other people from tilting you. That's because when you improve yourself, you're the master of your domain - you're the only one who can make yourself better after all. Even coaches, who will tell you what to do, aren't the secret to improvement - the secret to improvement is to adopt better and better ideas and implement them over time. The only thing a coach does is introduce you to better ideas earlier; you still have to implement them correctly. When the other person on your team is telling you "you suck yo" or "go die in a hole" or anything like that, it's easy to block them out as long as you focus on yourself, and your own improvement.

Hell, you won't even have time to respond. That's how focused you should be. Granted, still take your team comp, team cooldowns, enemy cooldowns, etc. into account, but what they're saying doesn't matter, because what they're saying won't help you improve. Unless they gave you an enemy flash timer (or something related, like an ult timer), or a strat like "let's bait baron," pay them NO mind. They won't help you. Only YOU can help you.

Another good option is just /muteall, if you know things will be bad from the get-go. Turning down ping volume will help a lot, if players are using pings to tilt you.

My final tip is to find a group of friends that will NOT take your bullshit. Queue up with them, and tell them that they have full rights to police you when you're being an ass. And LISTEN to them. If they say "stop typing and play," go against your gut instinct and LISTEN. It will eventually become a habit. Hell, even playing ranked with friends over Skype will help you, as you don't pay as much attention to chat in those situations.

Anyway. Focus on yourself. And no one else. Only then will you improve, and see results. In all aspects of your play.

Remnar9/20/2016, 2:05:08 AM1 votes

Probably have heard this before, but I just ignore people after awhile. I will respond to them, but never with a swear word or attacking them. In the end, if they report you and you didn't flame them, Riot will see and they will lose credibility with their reports. I would suggest maybe turning down the ping volume? You can still see them but perhaps the audio cues being dulled a bit will help?

Spookÿ9/20/2016, 2:09:21 AM1 votes

If you need help, get in touch with your savior Tyler MotherFkin 1 and he will lead you down the path of righteousness my dude. :)

Eternal 7 9/20/2016, 2:23:47 AM1 votes

lean the opposite direction ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Naa , but , idk i never tilt, , hiding the chat helps, focusing on yourself and how you can do better , rather than trying to point it out to others , you know .. the classic

[you] : ... can you wait for the team , and not go in alone ?

[your teammate] : FCK U !!!

Sometimes , staying quite , and just focus on what you can do , helps you stay calm and play better

ignoring everyone <<<<<<<

Turning the sound on pings off , i feel its more so the noise of the pings that irritates people when its spammed , rather than the actual visual

but uhh , yeah

[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Sir Fuzzi9/20/2016, 3:03:52 AM1 votes

Listen, if they're trolling they're either too young or too devoted to the act. If you're getting caught up in it and your play is being affected, you need to back the hell up and figure out why the hell you'd stoop to their level. You know you'll get busted (too) for it, so why bother? Especially since you've already had action taken against you.

Personally, I swear like a sailor and have never had action against me for it. I'd suggest trimming your vocab to plain jane swearing only and never, ever bring race or bearing/sexuality up non-objectively (such as, "This player does not speak English as a first language" versus "This god damn [race here]") and you should be fine. Or at least I've been fine, and I swear at everyone. Especially myself. Also if a player is gay, you probably don't need to care unless you got a crush on 'em. I see a lot of players slip up on the old race/sexuality cards.

What kind of infraction(s) did/do you get busted for?

FurriesAreHot9/20/2016, 11:02:21 AM1 votes

GREAT to hear you are reforming and knew your mistakes, that is the key to reforming properly! Now, what I do to prevent tilt is jam out to my favorite tunes using a PC program called foobar2000 or my phone. If someone is tilting you via chat mute them aswell.