Thank You

To the top laner who taught me, rather than ridiculed me.

I have been playing league for about seven months. I can honestly say that I am terrible at the game; however, League has become a part of my daily routine. I love the team tactics, fast paced action, and different outcomes based on the smallest decisions. League has been one of the most rewarding games I have ever played. Unfortunately it has also been one of the most hurtful experiences. I think we have all been there when it comes to toxic people. Folks picking on you because you did poorly in a match. Or your team ridiculing you because you fed. We all have those matches.

But onto the real point of this post, I played a game awhile back with a top laner who's main role was Marksman (which is what I was playing). Almost immediately I began to feed the enemy team because (as stated before) I'm terrible at the game. My support left me and went mid because I caused him to die a few times as well. The support and jungler began calling me names and ridiculing my skills (the common toxic person crap).

After we had finished the laning phase. I had lost 2 bot lane turrets, and was defending my inhibitor trying to get farm. Our top laner decided to come bottom and help me push. As we played he always alerted me when to back off or push lane. He never took my farm and never left my side. Some would say this was unintelligent as he was far more valuable to the team than I was. He had taken both the first top and middle turrets alone. As we pushed lane and defended, I noticed something, he never said a world. He simply pinged and played. By the end of the match; we had lost, but not by a lot. With the help of the top laner I was able to make a substantial come back having a just under 1/1 kill/death ratio.

In the end, the support and jungler flamed me, asking the other team to report me for feeding. The top laner then sent me a friend request. I was expecting to get a private message about how much I sucked, instead I got a message saying something along the lines of,

"Hollywood, don't worry about if you did bad or not, there is always room for improvement. I main ADC. While playing Quinn make sure to hop in and out of battle and stay on the move, as she is squishy and will melt under the enemy mage or marksman. Pick your targets wisely. Rather than focusing the tanks, target the mage or marksman. You do a lot of damage to them if you have built properly. Finally, don't listen to those people who say you suck. This is a game and everyone who plays has to learn one way or another. Just keep practicing. Also, you might try support instead. Your play style is pretty passive, which works for champions like soraka and sona. Anyways, GLHF."

Now these weren't the top laners exact words but they are fairly close to what he said. And because of him, I now main support and have seen my game play improve dramatically.

So to that top laner that gave me advice, To the top laner who helped me out when I was failing and nobody wanted to help, to the people I have met who are like that top laner and make League a more enjoyable experience for the rest of us...

Thank you