Humility in League

We have all been there. It was a long, hard fight. Towers were falling, the enemy was in retreat, victory was only minutes away!

"A Player Has Disconnected"

At this moment you start to pray you can end it before the enemy has a chance to catch up and over the next few minutes it looks like to just might manage to win a 4v5! Suddenly your team is aced and in less than 40 seconds your nexus has fallen. As the defeat logo rises from the ashes of your broken nexus you see it, "gg ez."[slayer-jinx-unamused] A moment later you check this little prick's stats; he has no kills and hundreds of deaths. Maybe you give him the benefit of the doubt and see how much damage he did or how much damage he took. Unfortunately, after you check his stats there’s no way around it. He was a massive feeder.

This just happened to me. It was a small thing he did. Just a little jab at the enemy before the players parted ways. I knew it didn't matter, "just ignore the little prick" my mind said. But I was mad. Those four little letters bothered me. "How dare that little snot nose claim that was an easy match!" I thought. And after I thought about this for a minute more I realized why this bothered me so much. There was no reason for him to say this.

The match was over, every player was about to go their separate ways never to meet again so why would he say this? The only thing I could come up with is that he wanted to annoy the other team, that he wanted to rub it in. Sound familiar? We have all been harassed and have likely harassed other players at some point. Why does this happen? Why is this apart of almost every single match? The point I'm trying to make is this: Why does league have such a negative community? I don't know, but I think I have a possible solution.

I think that the solution to fixing the overwhelmingly negative culture that is league of legends starts with humility. We need people to lead by example and be humble players. What is a humble player? It's someone who acknowledges what others do well. Humble players are a blessing for anyone that has the luck to play with them. Humble players encourage instead of tearing down. They choose to focus on what others are doing right instead of what they are doing wrong. They will give praise for good plays regardless of which team made the play. Humble players make the game more enjoyable for everyone playing with them. I'm no expert and this is all just my own opinion but I'll end with this: if you want to start acting a little more humble in your games here are three things to try.

1. Encourage your teammates when they make a mistake
2. When the enemy team makes a good play, tell them
3. If you feel the need to correct someone, try to do it in a loving way (and if they won't listen, ignore them. You can't fix stupid)

We have all heard the saying "Pride comes before the fall" but the less well known second half of that saying is "humility precedes honor."