When People Are Supportive in Ranked

When people are supportive in ranked, it feels amazing, especially when you're in a community that is notorious for people who can be toxic. I just finished a ranked game, and even though I made mistakes (I'm still learning after all) the people in the team either told me politely what not to do or laughed it off. For example, when I got caught out which resulted in a lost team fight, the MF just said "try not to get caught out" in a friendly way instead of something like "wtf are you doing are you stupid?" When I got executed while we were doing Baron, the Leona apologized for not tanking it even though I told her it was my own fault for being dumb and not backing up.

It feels really nice when people in a ranked game are friendly. The point of this post is just to say, I believe you get better results when you try to lift people up instead of berating them over every single mistake. When people insult me over making a mistake, instead of me becoming better after it, I'll either become self-conscious and in turn end up making worse mistakes, or my mood will turn sour and in turn my attitude towards the game does as well. But when people are kind and politely encourage me to not make mistakes, I feel more willing to take their advice and I play better as a result because I don't feel like I'm being attacked and I actually want to do well because those people are so nice.

In summary, what I'm trying to say is, I think if people try to uplift others instead of bringing them down, there will be more positive results. Like a quote I think applies very well, "It's not what you say, but how you say it." When people say things that upset me, it's usually not because of what they say, but how they say it rudely. There's a difference between "try not to get caught out" and "you're so bad stop getting caught out"; they both have to do with getting caught out, but one is more of a constructive criticism and the other is a blatant insult and demand. People in ranked are still learning no matter what ELO they are in, so mistakes are to be expected.

I typed more than I meant to, that game put me in a really good mood. If you read all of that, thank you, and I hope what I said made sense because I kind of ended up just rambling.