Need Help with Improving Mindset

Howldoom·Jul 30, 2015·1 votes·780 views

I go on losing streaks, I move from champion to champion after losing too often as one, I get upset after 1-2 losses and, if it's a bad day, imagine myself using a cane or some other implement to cripple or maim anyone I don't know who may irritate or set me off next (Not that I actually do that, I can at least rein in those extremes). I then rant on forums about what I'm doing wrong, what I need work on, why it's my fault I couldn't save the win, etc. If there are little things or bigger picture ideas that I need to work into habit, then I'm in no mood right now to implement them. I don't want to grind bots, I don't want to take notes on long streams (especially not now), and as much of a douche as I must sound like now I just want Gold for the Victorious skin so I can feel like I accomplished something. Every loss puts me behind, every game of the gold disparity being too far apart for me to do anything anymore or the public places I use internet in shorting out ping-wise keeps me away from that (And speaking on that subject, lag happens at such an unreliable frequency that games I enter into with pretty good latency have a chance of becoming unplayable. Already ditched a game on that basis, currently have three more low-priority games to complete. And no: 1) I really don't want to effectively pay $60+ a month for a free game; 2) I'm of the opinion that my mindset and mechanics take precedence in importance over the internet here).

BONUS: Things I don't do - Flame in game, since blaming people does nothing for my win rate. Troll in competitive games. Actively take out anger on anything other than a non-essential inanimate object, or myself in a non-suicidal or mass-public manner.

7 Comments

Valderis VandalaJul 31, 20151 votes

Stop playing for a few months, get away from LoL completely for a good long time.

Sounds like you are having a bad time, you need to get away from all this stuff for a while and realize its just a game meant to have fun with or a sport meant to be taken serious. You are not having fun but are unwilling to take a professional assessment of your own faults or take advice from other people, or work hard to gain the skills needed to better yourself, then you can only fail either way.

I think you either care to little or too much for your own good. If you get away from it all it may help you clear your head and one day come back with a better attitude.

HowldoomJul 31, 20151 votes

So going off of your suggestion, the last six months have been a waste, then. The main I went in with (Vi) got nerfed by tanks, and since then I've tried all of the roles looking to find someone to climb with.

Valderis VandalaJul 31, 20151 votes

Playing is not a waste but getting away from it all can do wonders for a persons attitude. Sometimes you just gotta clear your head so you can come back with a better attitude.

Keeping on trying and failing all the time can be really draining and will just keep you angry and more likely to fail.

HowldoomJul 31, 20151 votes

Okay, I have a sense of direction now. But it's gonna take a lot of work, and time off now and then.

Valderis VandalaJul 31, 20151 votes

Everything takes a lot of work and hard work is far more important overall to attain success no matter what you try to do. But people often forget to take a break once in a while, and I haven't seen anyone else giving advise like this so I thought I'd do the nice thing and mention it. It certainly has worked for me with this game, I found I was getting upset with other players and not having as much fun anymore and only cared about winning, because of that I started to play worse. I stopped playing for like 4 months or so until I got back just recently, I'm having so much more fun now and I'm playing a lot better. I'm still a noobie mind you so I'm still bad. XD

I don't play ranked so I have no idea just how bad the negativity is in those games, but I'm aware of the general consensus.

I have of course no idea what your exact situation is, I don't know if you are under any kind of time constraints like having to adhere to seasons for placement or what not. All that stuff is up to you to figure out.

Mexican PharaohJul 31, 20151 votes

I'm in the same boat man

CrukJul 31, 20151 votes

Seriously just grind the shit out of ranked until youre better, play match and match again, and every time you died, seriously look at where you were, where your teammates were, and where the enemies were. Best way to advance is to find out what is killing you, lack of vision, roaming, mechanics, and then you have a sense to know what to work on. If you arent gold, grinding games and losing elo really doesnt matter, the difference between silver and bronze isnt much, just a border. Dont play against bots, play against people over and over, ANYONE who grinds this game hard enough, and just fixes their deaths, will advance.