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Conflicted and afraid of losing account.

Skellybelle·10/6/2019, 3:49:36 AM·6 votes·12,330 views

Okay so starting this off, I am not the best player. I love playing this game because it gets my blood pumping and I generally have fun. But what really irks me is my ability or lack thereof, of playing PVP. I do play TTL because it's less complicated in terms of looking for area's that champions can ambush you in. But when it comes to SR, I pale at the thought of playing.

Today I decided to go against my fears and play SR Draft, but I was awarded with insults and reports at the end. I haven't played SR Draft in a very long time. I mostly stick to bots when I do play to get a better hand at things when I am rusty.

I was playing Xayah and had a Yuumi on my bot lane, there was a Twitch and Braum on my lane, Graves on the right low part of Jungle, Ziggs in mid and Ornn on top. It started out slow but alright. But it became very iffy after that.

I do acknowledge the fact that those whom I was fighting against are extremely better at the game then me, and I wanted to compliment them even if I was the biggest feed on the team unintentionally. But most of them were the flamers.

They kept coming from behind me and killing me and I wasn't mad. It was extremely clever, and I am a low process type player sometimes. But it kept happening even when I tried my best to fight back. I asked for help several times but the only person that came was the Graves and he wasn't the best player either. The Ziggs came maybe like twice in the whole match and the Ornn didn't come at all.

There were a few times that the Graves asked for help and only either me or the Yuumi came the most. One time the Ziggs actually came but we were slaughtered because the whole team was there. Then everyone decided to leave me on bottom lane alone, even my support. I decided after that point that I should defend my tower but even then I kept getting killed. I knew I didn't have the ability nor gold to fight them off and kill them, and I had expected even a little bit of help. But it was extremely sparse.

It got to the point where the whole team was just feeding off me because they knew that I wasn't good. And might I add that I haven't played SR Draft in months. So I hardly knew what I was doing in the first place and I was trying my hardest to be as quick enough to get out which didn't work.

It ended with us surrendering and then almost half of the team decides to roast me. I had 12 deaths. I admit that I was bad but I had hardly any help in a game that depends on teamwork. People said they reported me for feeding and I pale at the thought of losing my account of which I put so much money in regarding champions, skins etc.

I want to be able to play SR or Ranked, or even something PVP, but not if it's going to lose me my account. I'm not a toxic player either. I don't like talking crap to others, I try to give out tips even though I know they are better than me. I don't want to fight or call others names because that would make me feel bad. I don't like to mute either because what if that teammate needs help and doesn't ping?

I know I am bad, but I don't think I deserved what I got.

39 Comments

Hotarµ10/6/2019, 4:21:40 AM10 votes

So right off the bat, you will never be banned for underperforming.

As long as you're genuinely trying you have absolutely nothing to worry about and you can play for as long as you'd like without the risk of punishment, regardless of what people say to you. False reports and mass-reporting have no effect, so you're completely safe.

If you're looking to start playing PvP games, I'd suggest playing with friends or premades. They'll be more understanding and will try to teach you (or learn alongside you.) Some great places to check are:

Hell, if you're just looking to play casually, my friends and I usually party up for normal blinds/drafts. If you want to join us, let me know :p

Either way, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Everyone had to start somewhere and everyone has room to improve, don't let toxic players discourage you. If it's getting really bad just mute them and/or the chat feature in the settings menu. Keep your head up and you'll be fine.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

zPOOPz10/6/2019, 4:06:12 AM5 votes

You cannot be banned for being bad at the game. Rito gives very generous leniencies when it comes to detecting game play trolling and intentionally feedings (as you can see all the complaints on this board regard to their "generosity").

From your descriptions, I feel you don't really understand the dynamics of SR much or when laning phase is over. I suggest you try reading some online guides for playing SR for all 5 roles even if you don't play them all so you understand what they are, what they usually do or don't do. In most low mmr games, you probably shouldn't expect top to come all the way to bottom to help (it's very nice when they do, but I generally don't expect them to tp bot to help. As long as they keep their top opponent from tp bot to kill us, I'm okay with them staying on their top island). Or mid if they don't have the opportunity to roam. If you keep getting ganked from behind, you should play defensive and don't shove minions too far from your turret (read guides on how to last hit only, how to freeze a lane, how to not shove minions), ward your behind brushes, and wait for help or wait for laning phase to be over (definitely read guides on when that is). I probably wouldn't be happy either if my adc doesn't leave bot when laning phase is over and the team is out fighting over objectives (it's the reason everyone left you alone bot, even your support).

If you are getting flamed, make use of the /mute function and report after game.

Silent Gravity10/6/2019, 4:02:18 AM4 votes

When people start flaming you, they're unlikely to say anything useful for the rest of the match. I suggest muting them. You can still watch the minimap to support them on invades, rotations, and dragons/baron.

Don't worry about losing your account. If you're not intentionally losing the game you won't be punished.

To improve, I'd play some more bot games and focus exclusively on last hitting. On everyone but MF, you're quite low. One of my friends had a really hard time learning how to last hit, but when playing MF they focused on using her passive properly and were able to learn how to CS. So, maybe play her some more till it becomes second nature?

Inkling Commando10/6/2019, 5:31:47 AM2 votes

stay away from draft. draft is just as bad as ranked. draft has allot more things to it and that means more excuses for your team, and enemy team, to report you. stick to norms and bots.

Buckeye200210/7/2019, 8:38:34 PM2 votes

Well a few things in this. First don't give up. You need to practice. Start in the practice tool and get your combos and builds right. Next work on csing, you want 30+CS at 5 min, if you can do that, SR will not be nearly as bad. Also, people will flame, I have done it before and I have been flamed before, it's life, you need to get mentally tough and move on. A bad game happens, just work on your playing and you'll improve, if people get on you, just /mute all and try your best. you can also review your game and see what went wrong.

Light of Madness10/6/2019, 12:39:19 PM1 votes

Sometimes I wish riot ban me so I can stop playing this....

ΛrπζrιΠ10/7/2019, 1:57:36 PM1 votes

If you value your account for whatever reason, I suggest you create a second account for training new chars, and for understanding that as long as you say nothing and keep playing normally (trying to win even if you die a lot), nothing happens.

RayleighTT10/7/2019, 9:47:47 PM1 votes

If you feel you ain't prepared or good enought ,there is a trainment map ,where you can train and play few heroes , farm and play among that with bots alone ..., then you can take what is good and put it into normal drafts SR , there are custom lobby games , where you can play custom games against other players... etc...

The point is to chose a hero you can master and play very efficient , then extend and learn multiple heroes , in cases you are placed support or any other role autofill ,so you master a hero step by step , learning to farm efficient with it , builds ,runes which are best for him , then you have to think about what kind of hero is what you play ,weak and strong points of it , where he is weak and what you should avoid to do , then you figure out summoner spells using them efficient ,then the way you control your advantage ,if you killed enemy , to don't give enemy extra gold from being too good for nothing , measuring your damage ,when it comes about aggresive plays ,and much more , i know is a complex game ,and it my sound difficult to get in line with those for start , but you will get in line with all of those values , if you take them 1 by 1 and learn them.

Busty Demon10/8/2019, 3:03:19 PM1 votes

It took me 3 years to have the courage to switch from ARAM to SR. 3 years trapped behind a wall of fear from toxicity. It's normal to feel that way. It took me alot of cheering from my brother to switch. I muted all and played. I saw a lot of vids about wave management, laning phases of certain champs, how to cs under tower... Etc.I put mini goals to achieve. One thing to start is CSing then all will come down smoothly. And by time and through lots of hard games, You will pick up experience.

Mute all or mute the flaming person . And focus on your mini goals. Have faith. We all sucked at the beginning.

KVbqbFsC8e10/6/2019, 3:59:59 AM1 votes

You aren't going to get banned for feeding.

C9 Aphrolift10/8/2019, 5:19:43 PM1 votes

Play TFT instead.

Summoner's Rift is actually an awful experience. People flame for anything and everything. They don't like your pick, your build, the fact that you took a few cs here or there when they weren't even in lane, how good or not good you are, etc. And if you try to respond back explaining your situation or why you're doing something you eventually will get a chat restriction of some kind. If you don't explain then you'll eventually get a ban for "not communicating with your teammates".

vyoda10/6/2019, 5:10:27 AM1 votes

First of all, I'm sorry you had to deal with those toxic & immature players. Feels bad, and I hope you know not everyone will be like that in PvP. :)

I used to "feed" A LOT when I first started playing (I didn't understand gold/item/experience/level difference back then). It took me about half a year to actually start taking the effort to understand those mechanics. However, never once did I receive a ban or other punishment for intentional feeding. I think it's b/c under-performing is actually quite easy to distinguish from inting: after all, I never ran it down mid or rushed under enemy towers after every respawn.

You feel like muting hinders team comms, but imho it's so rare a case that muting a toxic teammate decreases your win chance rather than _increases _ it. Chat is almost always used for banter or distractions in my experience. If someone makes you uncomfortable (by spam pings or flaming), just mute. It'll make your game experience so much more enjoyable.

Source: I climbed from low Silver to Plat II this season just by making use of the /mute all function.

glhf!

Moonblight10/6/2019, 5:14:25 AM1 votes

Most of the people you end up going against in TT are bots leveling accounts so they can sell them, so playing legitimate summoners rift is a very different experience. If you want to add me, I'm happy to catch some games with you and try to give you some tips and pointers. Norms is always better with people you enjoy playing with.

Yordle Xayah10/6/2019, 6:08:22 AM1 votes

/mute all

Spooky Skeleton10/6/2019, 10:42:29 AM1 votes

Honestly you shouldn't worry about it too much, people very rarely get banned in this game, and everyone can have bad games. But if you're really worried about it, dont type and hit /mute all. It kinda sucks to play like that but League is one seriously toxic game. (you do miss out on quality insults in broken english this way though.)

I've been shittalking and getting flamed at for like 10 years now and i havent gotten anything.