How are people supposed to reform when...

The Highest Noon·10/10/2017, 4:43:48 AM·4 votes·489 views

"Hey, most of them are dead. Let's get dragon while it's free"

FULL HEALTH JUNGLER GOES TO FIGHT WOLVES WHILE FULL HEALTH ADC GOES B

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

"Ace! Now let's push mid and win!"

TOP GOES BOT MID GOES TOP ADC GOES JUNGLE

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

"ok their jungler and adc are dead let's get baron"

EVERYONE ELSE AFKS AT FOUNTAIN AT THE SAME TIME!?

[sg-janna]

It's just...so difficult to not shout at teammates, sometimes. I manage to not, but man. It's just so frustrating to know that the reason you're losing is because of other people's choices. And no matter what you do, it's those choices that decide your standing within the ladder.

15 Comments

Wasabi Kitty10/10/2017, 6:25:05 AM4 votes

By focusing on yourself.

If you're at an elo where people make these kind of mistakes frequently then you have a lot of improving to do as an individual. If you focus less on your team and more on yourself, you'll not only avoid getting banned, you'll also climb.

MadMad Sickness10/10/2017, 5:07:03 AM1 votes

well you can also scream at them from wherever your playing at, or in your own mind while maintaining your own self-control in-game.

Real-life (directed at the computer screen) response:

"WHY, WHY, WHY. WHY DIDN'T YOU BACK WHEN I TOLD YOU TO, NOW WE BOTH DIED... WTF -insert verbal abuse here-"

Actual In-game response:

"ugh, don't worry about it" "we got this"

Continual in-game response:

"we got this" "it's np" "we can come back" "we'll try again next time"

As long as you aren't directly, negatively affecting another person's game-play experience then your all good. Maintaining positivity and composure in the face of adversity are all things that contribute to a having a mature outlook in life and it's something you'll continually do throughout your life.

There are places and times when it's ok for you to let out your stress, such as making a thread on boards LOL.

Lord of Math10/10/2017, 5:14:08 AM1 votes

I will often make passive aggressive comments, but then make it clear that It is also my fault for those situations. Also, full health does not mean the same as ready to fight drake or baron. Cooldown on smite is one thing, plus mana at the moment impact the decision. For example if I am jungle and we just killed the enemy jungle and midlaner and I am oom and have no smite while we lost our top, I am not going to want to engage the drake asap. A back fr me to regen Mana plus the ADC to buy a lifesteal item to sustain the damage. Otherwise the attempt to baron may very well fail due to it out damaging you, then you wasted time. Also if you think that the team should take drake, then start punching it. If people do no start following you soon, then leave and complain that your team does not follow up in all chat. Then next time they will ignore you even harder and your enemies will notice and try to take drake while your team ignores you asking for help in contesting drake from the enemy team, while you can just jump in take drake, and lead the enemy team into your adc and support where they proceed to wreck faces because they chased you.

Drugoth10/10/2017, 7:18:17 PM1 votes

Alright, now that you've identified the problem: You can't control your teammates. It's time to focus on the solution.

So what is the one guaranteed constant in every one of your games? You're in it. You can control yourself.

Imo focus on what you can change and forget about the shit you can do nothing about.