(Long Infographic) I asked some Rioters how they de-salt after a bad run of games

RiotBioluminescence·1/10/2016, 6:11:20 PM·121 votes·25,944 views
So, waaaay back in March of last year, I wondered what Rioters did to get out of that miserable miasma that rolls in from the salty sea once you've had a few really frustrating losses in a row. It happens to everyone, after all, but the important thing is not that it happens - but what you do about it once you realize you're not on your top form!

Curious, I sent an email survey 'round the Off Topic email list, and got a few handfuls of responses.

Don't know if this will help anyone, but maybe the next time you feel the frustration start to overwhelm, you can remember that Rioters get hit by it too, and some possible avenues for testing out cures!

Also eager to hear any (SFW, thankyou!) suggestions on how you get back into a winning mindset again - or things to avoid! ;D

108 Comments

YoungFarmer1/10/2016, 7:28:05 PM34 votes

I find turning off the in game chat is the best way to unsalt, just reading what people say to me makes me saltly lol, losing usually does not.

RiotRiot Koalifier1/10/2016, 7:27:08 PM20 votes

Can I specify that I go watch AGDQ? Okay, that's a lie, I'm one of the "keep playing until you untilt" people......

I guess you can't get as many games played as me unless you just play through the tilt [zombie-nunu-bummed]

HayRoss1/10/2016, 8:23:54 PM12 votes

Gangplank But how do I become the Saltwater Scourge without salt?

GreyDawg1/10/2016, 6:12:14 PM4 votes

cool![slayer-pantheon-thumbs] I would suggest talking with friends and watch youtube videos

Kaipop1/10/2016, 8:00:56 PM3 votes

Aggravate not Aggrivate, riot pls

BC Vasili8/5/2016, 12:32:43 PM2 votes

the best way is to quit league. if you play the game for a certain amount of time. you WILL become salty. the game itself is toxic and broke still after all the years its been out. i say rito does a thing for a week and lets certain players do patches and stuff. i mean like remove fucking teemo and do all that. it will either get way better or way worse

PIMPSMOOTH1/10/2016, 7:07:13 PM2 votes

This is great, really informative and interesting to see how different people desalinate the Rift waters.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Dominick Destine1/10/2016, 11:36:30 PM2 votes

I like that "Playing another game of League" had 0% sure cure results. I'd say 100% of "play another game of league (and win)" would be sure cure.

Okay maybe this is too risque for this forum but.... why wasn't uhhh... "physical intimacy" (to put it in very vague terms but you know what I mean) added to this study? I am positive that it would be 100% sure cure for salt.

Your Next Kill1/11/2016, 2:27:03 AM2 votes

I just want to say, thank you for posting this. It came at just the right time. I'm on a massive tilt and played 3 games in a row with the saltiest people. I will definitely be trying many of these.

Also, one thing that's helped me unsalt in the past is playing a game with friends that you know personally. This makes the game more fun, you can goof off a little more, and you more than likely have better chemistry with them than anyone you'll find in solo q.

Thanks again ^^

ltmetal1/11/2016, 4:53:47 AM2 votes

Bump. I've been saying that exercise is the best anti-salt for years.

Sincarnation1/11/2016, 8:07:51 PM2 votes

God damn it biolum Thanks for always posting even when you may or may not have anything to do with the topic, and always being a nice person with stuff like this Never change, stay awesome [slayer-pantheon-thumbs] +1

Daddy Space Lion1/11/2016, 9:31:23 PM2 votes

Personally, when I tilt from this game, I just take that energy I had built up from the primitive side of my brain and then use that to fuel my ability to communicate with a higher intelligence whom calls Herself "Tiamat"; the primordial Goddess. She uses mathematically genius formulas to explain that 2016 is the end and how the very properties of light as it travels at 299 792 458 M / S is interconnected with the "Great Cycle" and the end of it by the end of 2016. Hence why I can create order out of utter chaos (Tiamat is the Goddess of Chaos). 299 x 792 x 458 = 108458064. 2016 x 108458064 = 218651457024 (Split this sequence precisely in half She said) and somehow, some way 218651 + 457024 = 675675 (as you can see I have something that is bigger than all of us combined).

This is why I can do this:

The radius of Mars (the planet of war) is 2106 Miles. The year that the Jewish "5776 Year Of Light" will end is 2016.

2106 x 2016 = 4245696 (69696)

6 = 42 9 = 45

42 + 45 + 42 + 45 + 42 = 216 (6 x 6 x 6 Mark Of The Beast, they call it; 666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016)

Now watch carefully, I am demonstrating an immortal technique.

69696 / 9 = 7744

Why do we have 88 Constellations? Man did not build the Universe, so why did the Universe stop at 88 Constellations?

88 x 88 = 7744 (It's because we're living inside a giant mathematical circle and I penetrated the very cycle and it's going to end in 2016).

Whom is Tiamat?

She is the Mother of all Aliens (yes, we are not alone. If you multiply each letter of "We Are Not Alone" by 6, you will get 888).

M = 13 x 6 = 78 O = 15 x 6 = 90 T = 20 x 6 = 120 H = 8 x 6 = 48 E = 5 x 6 = 30 R = 18 x 6 = 108

Add up all the numbers to get 474.

The Mother's name is Tiamat. The 'Tablets' that Moses had and Thoth had (and any other likened premise) were stolen from Tiamat. The "10 Commandments" was a lie perpetuated by the Sun Gods as they had betrayed the Moon Goddess.

T = 20 x 6 = 120 A = 1 x 6 = 6 B = 2 x 6 = 12 L = 12 x 6 = 72 E = 5 x 6 = 30 T = 20 x 6 = 120 S = 19 x 6 = 114

Add up all the numbers to get 474. (Again...)

The Philosopher's Stone is The Stone and inside it is The Excalibur (a sword that writes itself into words).

S = 19 x 6 = 114 W = 23 x 6 = 138 O = 15 x 6 = 90 R = 18 x 6 = 108 D = 4 x 6 = 24

Add up all the numbers to get 474. (Once again...)

She is The Virgin.

V = 22 x 6 = 132 I = 9 x 6 = 54 R = 18 x 6 = 108 G = 7 x 6 = 42 I = 9 x 6 = 54 N = 14 x 6 = 84

Add up all the numbers to get 474 (And again.........)

She is Mother Nature.

N = 14 x 6 = 84 A = 1 x 6 = 6 T = 20 x 6 = 120 U = 21 x 6 = 126 R = 18 x 6 = 108 E = 5 x 6 = 30

Add up all the numbers to get 474 (And again.....................)

She is The Alpha & The Omega.

A = 1 x 6 = 6 L = 12 x 6 = 72 P = 16 x 6 = 96 H = 8 x 6 = 48 A = 1 x 6 = 6

O = 15 x 6 = 90 M = 13 x 6 = 78 E = 5 x 6 = 30 G = 7 x 6 = 42 A = 1 x 6 = 6

Add up all the numbers to get 474 (And Again..............................)

Tiamat is the Goddess of Chaos & Magic.

C = 3 x 6 = 18 H = 8 x 6 = 48 A = 1 x 6 = 6 O = 15 x 6 = 90 S = 19 x 6 = 114

M = 13 x 6 = 78 A = 1 x 6 = 6 G = 7 x 6 = 42 I = 9 x 6 = 54 C = 3 x 6 = 18

Add up all the numbers to get 474....

I = 9 x 6 = 54

A = 1 x 6 = 6 M = 13 x 6 = 78

A = 1 x 6 = 6 N = 14 x 6 = 84

A = 1 x 6 = 6 L = 12 x 6 = 72 I = 9 x 6 = 54 E = 5 x 6 = 30 N = 14 x 6 = 84

Add up all numbers to get yet another 474.

Aerilus1/20/2016, 6:51:41 AM2 votes

Except losing isn't what stresses me out, it's the constant flaming. Even in games where we're winning, there's at least 1 person on our team having a tantrum.

We could be going 40/20 and there will be that 1 person on our team flaming the hell out of someone for their build.

TSM Scarra1/11/2016, 8:38:00 PM1 votes

Uninstall the game

Oerba No Naja3/1/2016, 1:03:28 AM1 votes

I .. I just drink a big cup of tea .

Draven Wun Trick1/11/2016, 9:58:05 PM1 votes

very informative if the stats are true

Slickdoom1/12/2016, 2:27:03 AM1 votes

I just play Veigar, that solves everything lol

Very Epic Guy1/12/2016, 3:00:34 PM1 votes

How do I de-salt? Get some headphones and listen to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWae6r7Blw

It's just such an epic theme and it's hard not to get caught up in it.

L Rayquaza1/13/2016, 2:54:04 PM1 votes

Go into a custom game, make it all bots except for myself, and go on a killing spree

KingWanahakalugi1/11/2016, 3:19:46 PM1 votes

There are times I find myself going on tilt with specific champions. If I'm playing a champion that I'm trying to learn, I switch back to my main in that role. If I'm playing one of my mains, I always find my way back to Morgana support. She is the one champion that I know I can win any matchup. I also can do the same thing on Cho'gath top. If you're a requeue player when you're on tilt, I highly suggest having pillars you can always fall back to and know you'll play well.

Malicious Fury1/11/2016, 5:19:18 PM1 votes

If I have a long losing streak I just say "meh" and continue playing. Stressing over it isn't worth it because raising kids already gives enough of that.

Earl Eulrich1/10/2016, 11:24:44 PM1 votes

nice article, and helpfull more often than is healthy...especially this preseason.

I personally like to have a sort of Espresso-ceremony - grinding the beans is sort of a work out, filling the machine carefully with water and pulling it´s arm slowly to fill the cup with the intense aroma is sort of meditation. Then it´s just enjoying it silently and i´m good again...

on a side note: braking a table and a finger also works out well enough to get your head off it, but i wouldn´t recommend it *cough*