You Know What Never Ceases To Amaze Me? [semi-rant; read as you please]

Tentacle Advisor··5 votes·472 views

How players could be in a losing game, and then flame their teammates with stuff like:

  • "this [insert teammate's role here], though" or

  • "always trash teammates" or

  • "I win every game til I get kids like you on my team" or

  • (my personal favorite) "no wonder you're so bad at this game. you're silver. i should have known."

All the while, the game they are in, during all of this, is a normal game. Not ranked. Normal.

It baffles me that they mention how they "win all their games", yet immediately afterward say, "i lose every game i've had kids like you in them"

It's almost like these players can't stand the idea that it's inevitable that you'd lose games. It's almost like they believe they're entitled to a victory just because "their rank has earned them that right."

And what baffles me more than that is the idea that they seem to forget that they were once unranked. Like, they forget that there was a time where THEY were once the new player who had no idea what they were doing. That THEY were once the one not knowing jungle routes, and vision options and the like. That THEY were once in the same elo as the players they now harass.

Seriously, is it even possible for these players to give actual advice to their teammates? Is there no possibility of these players actually fixing 'the problem' rather than make it worse?

end /rant

6 Comments

ReadyxPlayerxOne2 votes

Honestly, most times I would agree with you. But Im the exception. What baffles me is how consistently terrible my teams are and that no matter what I do its not poasible to carry them. Even if im 21/4.

Do most people say this stuff as an excuse. Yes. Does it mean there isnt truth to it? No.

Tentacle Advisor1 votes

In terms of ranked, this is understandable. (To some degree.) However, in a normal setting, it should be expected. Honestly, in normal games, a lot of players tend not to care about victory/defeat, and simply wanna have fun learning, experimenting, practicing, etc. I'm totally fine with that. I just hate it when certain players go into normal games and, rather than give advice on build paths, specific item choices for bad situations that arise, positioning, etc, they choose to flame their teammates instead. They give comments that do the exact opposite of helping the situation.

Ranked would be a much less toxic area (not completely, but definitely less) if player wouls stop harassing people in normals when they perform poorly, and just help them out with ACTUAL advice rather than flat out criticism. At least, that's what I believe.

Auturgist2 votes

This baffles me too. I try hard af when I queue for ranked, but Normals are for experimenting, practicing, or just fucking around with friends who might be in a much higher or lower ELO.

Tentacle Advisor1 votes

Right?! I'm just here to relax and learn. Like, leave me be. T_T

It's almost like they'd rather me go to ranked and screw up their games there. I'm doing them a favor by learning. They just seem so backwards.

KVbqbFsC8e2 votes

I find it rather odd too, but people tend to get pretty upset over the phrase "its just a normal".

Tentacle Advisor2 votes

I mean, yeah, I get it. They want to win. Like, we all do. But, it IS a normal game. The thing is, those same players who get mad at people saying "it's just a normal" are the same ones who flame players in ranked and say "get out of ranked and go play 'normals'. you're trash." Like, how can you yell at us for doing you a favor by actually practicing in normals so that we don't mess up another one of your ranked games? I just don't get it. It's like having black parents, there's just no winning. (Not trying to be racist here, as I'm actually speaking from experience of having black parents.)

Those players need to understand that not everyone is going to come into this game (or any game, for that matter) a League of Legends expert. What they need to remember is that they were once at the level of play that they complain about. But if you call them out on that, they just come back at you with, "I do remember being there, then I played and climbed out of that [insert derogatory term here] elo."

Like, cool beans, bro. Them talking about how they climbed is like an oreo with no creme filling. Sure, you climbed, but what about the actual details of that climb? What did you learn? What did you practice? How did you practice? How often? How did you learn about your mistakes? When did you realize you were making mistakes? What items did you avoid building and what did you build instead? What roles did you learn? The list goes on and on.

Don't give players that whole 'play and you'll climb' crap. Give them specific details on HOW to get better and HOW to climb. Don't flame them for a mistake that ANY player is capable of making.

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