The Blame Game: an ADC's trap (Bronze Logic)

Another post in response to one I saw. Specifically, related to blaming others for loosing the game.

Blaming is easy You can only do so much damage. You can only push so hard when your jungle fails to make an appearance while theirs is making s'mores sound like a fantastic idea. Your support keeps accidentally (or deliberately) taking the minions, or knocking them too low for you to catch in time. There was a troll/afk/support failed to connect at all. No wards on the map. Team mates walking through a dark jungle while there is not a single enemy seen on the map. Support attempting to gank a team from behind. The enemy ADC or Jungle or Mid or Support was a Plat smurf duoing with a friend. First pick REFUSED to ban that Akali/Zed/Blitz/Fizz/Darius/Draven/Vayne aka whatever champ is the bane of your existence and instead troll bans Urgot/Lulu/nobody ("oops my bad"). Support left you in lane to roam while their jungle is close to bot and both bot laners are in lane.

I've seen it all. I feel you, really really feel you. Each of these excuses are actually extremely valid. They hurt. They don't protect you. You can carry a game and still loose horribly. You can win lane early and still have the enemy ADC super fed off other lanes / failed ganks. You can do awesome and still get raged at for not having MORE kills that would win the game.

But that doesn't make it right Here's my reasoning: is what I'm blaming something that could be improved upon for a better game immediately after? Can I fix what I'm blaming the loss on?

If not, then I HAVE to resolve myself to loosing or to chance - and this just doens't seem like a great idea for a positive gaming experience.

Sure, my complaints are completely valid (some of the time). I really did have an idiot support or a troll jungle or two AFKs.

I'm not leaving my games to chance The validity of my misfortunes are not the end all. They are the start of my scrutiny - and where I begin with others, I am reminded to end with myself.

1. The MOMENT I find myself wanting to ping that DANGER ping fifty million times after a team mate has already died, I look to my CS. Did I hit 100 in 15 minutes? (because I obviously can't get it in 10 minutes, baby steps people!)

2. If I did actually get the CS, and am still behind to the enemy ADC, is it because of my deaths? It probably is, and if that's the case, then where did I over extend without vision? What ward did I ignore? MIA's, though helpful, should never be mandatory - that's what map awareness is for. I make a mini-game of trying to get warning/mia pings out before the people actually in that lane.

3. If deaths are not the issue, then what kills did I give up and why? Where they "really" out of reach under tower? Did I need that last minion hit just a little too bad? Was I out of position during a gank/team fight that I should have been able to reach? Did I misjudge my ult or constantly waste my mana?

Usually the buck stops on one of these three points - and most commonly on the first point alone.

My charge to all fellow ADCs It's okay to inwardly rage and blame. Sometimes what you are stuck with just STINKS. But don't let that be the ending, and NEVER let it reach the chat (outside of positive reinforcement where possible). The moment the thought "this person's an idiot" crosses your mind, look at you CS, then your Deaths, then your Kills. And if you pass those three tests, don't look back. You did great. You did your best. Now help your team mates get to that point.