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As a JG main, how do you not tilt?

Stoned Reaper·10/18/2017, 5:48:29 PM·2 votes·988 views

I am legitimately looking for tips. I main JG, and I don't necessarily tilt when all my lanes feed. It is more the stupid comments like if my top lane loses 1v1 and expects me to go in when he's 3 kills up with no enemy JG pressure. They call me shit, call me garbage for not diving into a Garen that's 2 levels up with a massive minion wave behind him. The lack of intelligent decision making and calls is what triggers me. A mid lane that wants me to go in on a Diana that they fed 1v1 (if they are getting ganked, I can at least understand this situation) 3 times and will just clap me and most likely 2v1 us because the mid lane is a braindead monkey to begin with...

How do you JG mains deal with it? I know mute, etc... but pinging and communicating is pretty crucial to ganking and JGing in general. How do you not tilt from the abrasive and painful lack of game knowledge and obvious poor decisions that laners think are good.

(This happens mostly with solo laners because Supp get the brunt of the ADC if bot is going poorly or vice versa.)

9 Comments

Marshbouy10/19/2017, 2:47:18 AM2 votes

As a jungle main. I'm always tilted.

Jo0o10/18/2017, 6:00:48 PM1 votes

I virtually never play jungle, but I think each role has its version of this sort of nonsense. I'm almost always either top lane or support, and for example, as a toplaner I'm frequently admonished for split pushing even when it's correct, and as support I'm gonna get blamed any time the ADC dies (as you pointed out).

Honestly... easiest solution is to care less and just focus on your own performance. Folks are gonna be ignorant and flame you. I'll get a ? ping spam for not initiating a team fight as Yorick when I have zero ghouls and no ult, or get blamed for not healing as Bard (as if Bard is a real healer), or any number of other things that folks just don't understand.

Kuronii Lumiira10/18/2017, 6:19:55 PM1 votes

Honestly, what it comes down to is personal skill and knowledge and how it correlates to your teammates. Your calls are not always going to be right. You're going to make shitty calls that get you killed or some of your team killed if they decide to help. Regardless of that, you are the only person who knows what's right for you, in terms of how skilled you are in the jungle and on any champion. If you think you can dive, and your top laner thinks you can dive, then go for it. If your mid thinks you can dive, but you don't, just ping them back and hope they listen. In the end, you cannot control other people; You can control only yourself.

That being said, muting is the best option, and communication with pings is the way you should be doing it. If there's a person that's being rude, mute them. You don't need to listen to them. Tilt is the end result of focus in the wrong direction, and you need to focus on the game, not what your team is saying about you. And, you can only do what you're capable of. If you can only clear camps, then clear camps and look for telltale signs of where the enemy jungle might be so you can countergank for your overpushed lanes. Counterjungle where you can and when you can. Enemy jungle's ganking bot and you're topside? Nab his camps. Put yourself in the best position to help yourself and your team later if the rest of your team falls behind.

tl;dr: tilting is a frame of mind, and as long as you mute rude peeps and work to put yourself in the right frame of mind, you'll be good.

Metleon10/18/2017, 7:33:40 PM1 votes

Best thing to do is ignore that lane and get someone else ahead. If all your Lanes are feeding, I guess you could farm for late game but, honestly, you're not going to win unless you have late game teammates and they know they're playing late game champs.

Dragfin10/18/2017, 5:56:03 PM1 votes

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I am legitimately looking for tips. I main JG, and I don't necessarily tilt when all my lanes feed. It is more the stupid comments like if my top lane loses 1v1 and expects me to go in when he's 3 kills up with no enemy JG pressure. They call me shit, call me garbage for not diving into a Garen that's 2 levels up with a massive minion wave behind him. The lack of intelligent decision making and calls is what triggers me. A mid lane that wants me to go in on a Diana that they fed 1v1 (if they are getting ganked, I can at least understand this situation) 3 times and will just clap me and most likely 2v1 us because the mid lane is a braindead monkey to begin with...

How do you JG mains deal with it? I know mute, etc... but pinging and communicating is pretty crucial to ganking and JGing in general. How do you not tilt from the abrasive and painful lack of game knowledge and obvious poor decisions that laners think are good.

(This happens mostly with solo laners because Supp get the brunt of the ADC if bot is going poorly or vice versa.)

It's what we have when player behavior grossly exceeds player improvement and accountability on the priority list. (In a MOBA, both of these should be a very high priority or the developers are just lazy and satisfied). You just have to learn to deal with the fact that a player can be horrible and never improve their play but if they behave themselves they will be allowed to continue to ruin games forever. That is the cancer of the casual player trying to play in a competitive atmosphere. It's something we have to tolerate or just stop playing because it's not going to change when the casual player brings in so much money.

Lizzyonethree10/19/2017, 1:33:10 AM1 votes

i tilt instantly ;D. dont even give it a second thought! If someone's going to be a jerk beyond what muting can fix i just leave

Telephone Booth10/19/2017, 2:45:51 AM1 votes

Lol ya my "ohhh I'm gonna be a jungle main" phase didn't last long. Jungles get treated the worst. Fuck jungling.

Incognonymous10/18/2017, 8:49:47 PM1 votes

Mute your entire team, don't gank losing lanes (so basically ever), focus objectives, don't chase kills, and ward because your incompetent teammates likely won't.