PSA: IF YOU'RE RECRUITING PEOPLE FOR RANKED

If you are looking for people to play ranked with, there are some things you should probably do:

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1: IF you plan on doing ranked, especially if you have a full team, make sure EVERYONE is in a call of some sort, the same call, and ready to go. It's never fun if 2 people are in a call, and the other 3 are waiting for an invite. This will increase chances of winning because communication is key.

GET IN A CALL

2: IF you are using Curse Voice, and you are the one finding people, make sure you know how to make a "Temp Call", and that people know how to join said "Temp Call". It's really simple, with the curse update, go to the toolbar to the left, 3rd icon down should look like a + with a circle around it. Click that, and you will get 3 options: "Find a Friend", "Make a Temp Call" (or join one which is right under the icon), and "Form a Group". Once you, or someone in your group has formed a temp call, there should be 5 icons at the bottom of the call. The middle one is the red hang up button and ONE TO THE RIGHT is an icon that looks like chain links. That one gives what is called the "Chat URL". Give this to your group, and have them do the same thing you did, except instead of clicking "Make a Temp Call", have them click the little box under it that reads "OR JOIN ONE". Once they click that, have them enter the code you give **NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT NEED THE "http://cv.gg/" PART, YOU ONLY NEED THE PART AFTER THAT.

KNOW HOW TO USE CURSE

3: IF you are using Skype, make sure that when someone searches for your Skype name (the name you use to LOG IN to Skype), it doesn't come up with a list of results, and if it does, make sure you clarify which one is you (e.g. "The one from New York" or "The one with the picture of a guy and a fish"). Once they're added, make a group call with them (or a solo call if you're just duoing).

KNOW HOW TO HAVE PEOPLE FIND YOU ON SKYPE

4: IF you are using Team Speak 3, make sure you walk them through the Server Address, the password (if there is one), and to set their Nickname as their in-game name. After which, you should probably tell them what room you are in. Personally I've had the lest amount of problems with TS3 because the people that use it constantly know how the program works (unlike skype/cv), and typically can help anyone get into the place they need to be.

UNDERSTAND YOUR CHAT PROGRAMS

5: IF you pick someone up for a solo role (Top/Mid/Jungle), make sure you know that they may or may not be good. Sometimes they're that friend that you ask why they aren't in Challenger, while others feed really hard in 5 minutes. Understand that SOMEONE CAN BE GOOD AND JUST HAVE A BAD GAME especially if you make a request ("You're a top main that plays a lot of Fiora? could you play Malphite to rock this Yasuo composition with us?"). Bad games happen, and that's OK. If you're going to tilt every time you find someone and they get countered or have a bad game, you probably shouldn't be looking for groups on the forums... you're going to have a bad time

PEOPLE HAVE BAD GAMES

6: IF you pick someone up for the duo lane (bot's ADC/Support), and you are the other half, realize that YOU TWO MAY NOT PLAY WELL TOGETHER. Some people are passive, some are aggressive, some just happen to think "Go in" while you're thinking "Get out". Some people like to be ballsy, and just "go for one more tower" while others say "let the minions get it, we can come back if we need to". There are plenty of things that go into synergizing with your laner. If you happen to not do well with someone, THAT IS OK. Just wish them luck, and be on your way. Be patient and you may find that person who you will climb far with.

YOU MAY NOT PLAY WELL WITH THEM

7: IF you lose your first game with someone, BE PATIENT. Just because you found someone on the boards that will play with you doesn't mean you're going to win your first game together 100% of the time. If they're clearly bad like flashing under tower at level 2 on someone half health, then yeah, ditch them, but if they're a Vel'koz into a LeBlanc, give them a break. Have faith in your community, and it will pay off, I promise.

BE PATIENT

8: IF you find someone that you enjoy playing with (they're good, they're funny, they hate Donald Trump with you, w/e), and you lose a game, TALK ABOUT IT. If you lose a game, talk about what went wrong. Did you keep pushing when they all went missing? Did you not ward as much as you should/could have? Was your itemization flawed? Did you try to solo baron as Braum? All these things can cause a lose. Maybe you needed to focus better. Maybe you should have roamed more. Maybe you should have followed your laner or shoved the lane while they were gone to make it worth them roaming. Who knows? It was your game, so TALK ABOUT IT.

TALK ABOUT IT

9: IF someone is doing bad, remember that raging at them doesn't help. ~If they're feeding, encourage them to play safe under tower, and try to freeze lane, or go and gank their lane if they already are under tower or just flat out ignoring you. ~If someone keeps getting caught out, encourage them to have a "hip buddy": someone they stay at their hip at all times so if they happen to get caught out again, it's their hip buddy's fault. ~If the game goes poorly early, it's not a lost cause. YOU CAN STILL WIN. Try focusing more. Try working on objectives. Try making picks. Try avoiding getting picked. And if all else fails, turtle hard until the late game.

YOU CAN STILL WIN IF YOU TRY

Remember, every game is lost if you don't try. Keep your up, to victory, to each other, and make sure you can honestly say, "ly tried". No one will win or have fun if everyone wants to be , trying to make y plays to seem like a tist with all of the "calculations" on the spot. Be a team player, and no one will need to .

Stay positive, Stay strong, Stay Victorious. GL;HF