Not sure how I'm going to move on.

SneaselSawashiro·8/28/2017, 6:08:00 PM·1 votes·555 views

Note: This is a repost of my prior one I deleted.

Would I make a smurf? Would I be able to get back to my life now that this happened?

Would I be able to post on my deviantart as a subpar hobby-artist? (My dA name is the same as my username here btw; go and mock me if you will)

Perhaps. But enough of that.

Me looking at a Tales of Graces f walkthrough all over again for some 1-3 year prior nostalgia sake made me realize this (I feel like how Asbel Lhant felt earlier in the game past the seven year timeskip).

First off, I ended up back in Bronze 5 recently after so many tilting losses. I figured, one loss in Bronze 5 was enough and that enough was enough, and I decided to get boosted out of desperation to Silver 5.

But alas, I ended up banned, stuck at Bronze 3 at the time. I was even planning to look at all the replays of my booster via a long break from actually playing just to study his tactics.....but too late now. I as usual, shot myself in the foot.

Looking back, I've started to play this game in Season 3, just when Lissandra was released. With me being a typical Chinese American with Journey/Odyssey to the West composing his childhood mixed in with Dragon Ball (Z), Wukong AKA Gokuu (悟空) was the one push I needed to decide playing League.

I clearly remembered my noob days where I had no idea that there were abilities that scaled with AD instead of AP, and that AP Master Yi was a thing (but I had no idea how his playstyle truly worked since a former friend of mine just said "his Q does a lot of damage and his W heals a lot" and that was just it; didn't realize the math with his ult resets).

However, I didn't start to play competitively until around Season 4 to 5, where I ended up in Silver 3. A season reset however, shot me own back to unranked. Since then, I've somehow ended up in bronze elo for god-knows-how long.

For a good majority of the time, I've saw so much negativity and shaming of bronze elo in that added in with my past of being criticized by my mother and sister, being bullied, being in special ed + IEP meetings and all that jazz that shaped up my anxious mentality, I grew desperate. The blanket statements could all easily be applied to me, no matter what I say....because I'm bronze.

And I tend to be someone who self-deprecates himself A LOT, especially when it comes to expecting something good but failing to realize I'll only get shit in return due to bad karma and arrogant expectations of myself.

Due to me knowing so much about games and different media through the internet and YouTube, League (and by proxy the horror that is Smash Bros. 4 For Glory) was one of the few competitive things I could easily access, despite me being a huge fighting game fan (and thus I can't really play traditional fighting games too well despite all those old a-cho and Gamechariot vids; hell I even have a wad of over 500 OC's inspired mainly by fighting game characters).

I didn't want to simply spend a lot of time on dumb single-player against CPUs that were meant to be beaten per programming.... But in the end, my quest for validation via gold elo (and then silver) made me very impatient and anxious.

Via that part about my childhood and the fact that I'm still going to college, I felt I had very little time to improve due to various difficulties in learning in school in the past. I fail to take in advice, I whine because I don't know any better, and I get very envious of people better than me because they have every right to say I should go kill myself.

From there, I've made countless self-shitting jokes about me ending up as an old man by the time I learn to climb solo queue (or master anything competitive) due to how impatient I am and how much I've struggled with learning shit in real life, especially when compared to the average player, making feel as though others will laugh at me for going so slowly and falling behind while they climb at the "normal rate".

I also wanted to avoid normal games due to the fact that I've been in normal games for a good amount of time where everyone screws around and doesn't close out the game for possibly over an hour or way more (which in turn, makes me feel like I'm wasting time). I also felt that there was some god that told me "go play Annie to climb or else I'll make you tilt further", even though as you see via my match history, I enjoy and have played A LOT of Wukong for years.

Quitting didn't feel like an option for me due to the fact that I would be forced to carry my bronze label, hence the usual elo-shaming stigmas (or memes). Indeed I care about my rank even when I'm forced to quit, since it's basically a badge of rights. Plus, the fact that elo-shaming has existed even once made this an apparent impact on my self-conscious ego.

If you ever met me in solo queue where I assume you say and/or think shit about me because you beat me for freelo...well, it's just that I somehow have to expect Call of Duty fanboys to pollute my rank.

The only highest in Bronze I have ever been was Bronze 2; that part was the biggest wall for me.

But alas, in the end, the validation I really wanted from being anything but Bronze has made me realize how much of a fukwad I was.....and now I can't go back to ever fix it.

I would make a smurf...but I'd have to spend a lot of money and time and find a way to either create a good new name, or to simply find a way to transfer this account's name to my old one despite it being banned.

I realized I spent so much time and energy on this game, and all I got was me being a dogshit fool. A weak dogshit fool who's opinions can't matter due to him not being a high enough rank or at least average (where even average is still considered weak as fuk).

And I know I make excuses....but even though people say it's okay to be bronze and that everyone makes mistakes.....most of my life's mistakes have only triggered others.

What's worth messing up with people will kill you out of rage over it? Like they depended on you to do your duty?

That's why I can't have faith in myself to say "yes" to a request or promise that I know I have a high chance of failing, hence why I'm bronze (bronze players break promises and simple requests from more experienced players).

It took so much time away from even my other hobbies too.....

Wukong/Gokuu.......despite me having no damn right to say so....I'm sorry after all these damn years.

Note: This is a repost of my prior one I deleted.

Also, to clarify again, I got perma banned for getting boosted; I was that much of a desperate weakling.

"Here lies SneaselSawashiro, former bronze veteran dogshit. Dismiss all of his input if you will, for it's all lies since he's bronze."

16 Comments

PlsTouchMeGently8/28/2017, 6:18:18 PM4 votes

Erm. Bro, no offense, but maybe you just shouldn't play league. It sounds like it's affecting you mentally in quite a negative way.

Drugoth8/28/2017, 6:16:40 PM2 votes

As my father always said:

Nice to have, Fun to use, If you abuse, You will lose.

Silly Neeko8/28/2017, 7:10:04 PM1 votes

I would suggest taking a gander at my post here

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/jnRisMPJ-tips-and-tricks-to-help-destress-and-deal-with-some-common-problems

If you choose to continue playing.

I have found, and others have also found, music is an awesome way to stay destressed and improve gameplay. You will have to deal with jerks and "people just wanting to have fun with their friends" in lower levels due to these diamond players with low mmr in normals playing with their friends who create a smurf account thats level 1 and so that diamond player plays like Yasuo and Ekko etc.... hard carry champs. They will 1v5 your team. It will happen. It sucks but it will.

Eventually however you will get out of that range and play with people more around the same rank as you. Either bronze or silver or unranked. There will be smurfs here but less likely.

The tips i have in that post should help you relax while playing and stay relaxed. Practice is good. Trust me, the rank shaming never actually leaves. Bronze, silver, gold, plat, and diamond are all rank shamed. "God, your so bad for being a "x" rank" or whatever. People always spill out their bs because they want to make people tilt because they find it funny. Just mute them and be done with them.

SneaselSawashiro8/29/2017, 1:40:04 AM1 votes

Just to throw this out there in case anyone has missed it:

  1. I'm perma banned.
  2. My account is still stuck in bronze.

From there, I doubt I might make a smurf and I might be forced to be remembered as a bronze veteran (the sole reason why I didn't want to stop playing in the first place).

SneaselSawashiro8/31/2017, 2:57:22 AM1 votes

Update: I'm going to plan on making a new account and taking a complete break from ranked, but only when the preseason hits so I can save up money through the new runes.

I also need to know if I can name-transfer from this perma-banned account to a new one.

Zero Shingetsu8/28/2017, 6:51:12 PM1 votes

I suggest varying your hobbies in general. Being able to bounce from one to another and keep everything fresh goes a long way. Plus, when you invest too much in something and the worst happens, you have no fallback. It's like the stock market. Always hedge your investments.

o0O Madoka O0o8/28/2017, 6:49:52 PM1 votes

The game is a trigger, not a cause. If you are frequently frustrated and disturbed by playing this game, yet unable to quit, you probably have some other pressure in your life. I don't know exactly what that was for you, but my temper in game was heavily influenced by my life IRL.

If you want to use the rank climbing as a discipline for yourself, go ahead and do it. Find your flaws, make a training plan and follow it. Experience trials and errors (don't just play blindly, don't 'auto-pilot' when you play), and you will improve. The habit helps you out with other things in life too.

If you want to use league to escape the pressure, don't be bothered by the rudeness of other players (or get over it as soon as you can). Use mute where you need to. It's a still fun game if you take the social aspect out of it.

If you are being shit-talked by others in IRL, tell them you are annoyed seriously. If they don't stop, stay away from them, they are not worthy associates.

Sorry I can't play with you to chill you out now, cuz I'm working and quite busy. It's the emotional thing, and don't get too upset about it.