So...what is up with people in diamond rank?

StoryDuck·6/16/2017, 3:51:21 PM·2 votes·386 views

I'm happy I got promoted but holy jalapenos there is no team work and lots of trolling/raging/feeding/afks. I'm tempted to demote myself just because of how toxic people are. I've had two games (four if you count ones dodged) where a person in champ select said "I refuse to play X position" then sniped a position from another player (I might have seen this once in plat if at all). I've seen 2 intentional feeders that then AFKed (something like 4-6 for just straight up AFK). Every game it's like pulling teeth to get the team to work together as a 5 man unit instead of constant 131 setups because everyone and their grandmother is trying to solo carry the game (don't get me start on lack of wards). I notice the same thing happening on the other team too and more then once have seen item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3117 purchases. Every game has someone throwing out insults or raging about how x, y or z player is at fault. I haven't been in diamond long but Plat rank was way more friendly and people worked together a lot more then they do now. Hopefully the new honor system will help out but I must say I am shocked at how toxic and unhappy players are in Diamond. This really worries me because I only reached Diamond last week and this seems to be the common game and sure these things don't always happen to me but the frequency is startling.

9 Comments

Starcraft243ver6/16/2017, 4:26:50 PM1 votes

Diamond 5 is full of people who are okay with staying D5 forever and do not care at all, they are just playing their one game every 28 days to not get demoted.

Once you reach d4/d3 it's way better. (Well, it's my experience).

Martensitic6/16/2017, 5:06:31 PM1 votes

#welcome to the real ELO Hell.

I let you in on a little secret buddy:

"Up here in Dia, everyone is a superstar. Everyone is Bjergsen/Faker/Huni/Febiven rolled into a sparkling el33t-bun of pure, unadultered awesomeness. Master Rank 1 is only a matter of time! Everyone is A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

And everyone else is a worthless noob lowbronze killstealing towerdiving moron who is not worth the attention of the greatness that is everyone else.

_Consequently, all these lowborn scum are not worth attention, teamwork, help, coordination or sympathy from everyone else! Hell, it might be worth throwing a game while throwing a tantrum just to make them suffer! And of course everyone else other than everyone else is AWESOME!" _

This is the general mindset of a too large portion of players in Dia. And don't worry if this drives you nuts. It means you are a sane individual.

Mizuki Zahra6/16/2017, 6:33:28 PM1 votes

to demote urself? isn't that the same as int-feeding to lose a game? wouldn't that make you just as bad as the feeders you play with?