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Perma-tilt and Grinding Out of Bronze

The N1ckster·2/18/2015, 12:34:24 AM·1 votes·1,776 views

Hey all,

Currently I am a b3 and have been in bronze the past 2 season. All 3 seasons I've played ranked I've ended up in b4. Each season I have played about 100 or so ranked games and eventually getting on perma-tilt due to frustrations with team-mates, all the other tripe that comes with elo hell discussions, etc. until the next season rolls around. My ranked win rate typically sits around 50% - last season I was 56% win rate. I'm just curious on peoples thoughts and/or experiences with getting out of bronze and climbing the ranks. I have heard, and read, on numerous forums that it is simply a matter of putting the proverbial nose to the grind stone and play-play-play and eventually you will get out. Is there truth in this? I just feel that I am destined to remain in bronze forever. What are other peoples experiences on this matter? I know this is a discussion that people have been talking about for ages but just an up-to-date thought on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

8 Comments

Leti the Yeti2/18/2015, 12:52:01 AM2 votes

playing a shit ton wont guarantee you will get out of bronze if you "git gud" after playing a shot ton of games, then you eventually will

Kraigish2/18/2015, 12:53:53 AM1 votes

Hey man, I feel you, I was on my promos to Silver this season, and after failing to win them twice, I went on a HUGE tilt, and got dropped to Bronze 4.. i am currently working my way back up, but I can be the one to tell you that playing for countless hours IS NOT the answer... I feel that was the reason i dropped to Bronze 4. I just kept playing even when I was tired and didn't even want to play , just because I wanted to get out of that 'crappy title which no one wants' BRONZE. I took about a two day break, and started playing less games and ranking less, and I'm slowly finding my way back up. One thing i have changed is that, I am not going pro in this anytime soon, so just have fun when you play, the less you get mad the better you do, and the less you care the higher you reach, it's really stupid but that's just how it is. Good luck ranking to you, hope you finally find your steps out of bronze.

BluePolarizer2/18/2015, 2:41:58 AM1 votes

MasterYi

"Anger gives motivation without purpose." - stop raging.

"Do not let your pride blind you." - don't underestimate the opponent. Get knowledge of champion matchups or you will get wrecked and not know why. Know your own limits.

"Form before strength." - it is always better to have good strategy, even if it doesn't lead to you being fed, than to have trash strategy when fed, because a team with good strategy can pull out a win against a far more fed team, while a fed team that has trash strategy (mostly a team of lane bullies that chase for kills) loses objectives and gets caught late game, then loses.

"Doubt is the greatest enemy." - when your team commits to an objective (an early game dive, a dragon, a baron, a tower, etc), follow them. Its better to have all 5 on a bad call, and maybe still pull it off, than to have 4 on a bad call, you alone, and then 4 getting wiped and then losing the game.

"A true master is an eternal student." - don't think you're good just yet.

Spicy Rice2/18/2015, 4:12:20 AM1 votes

Best way to get rid of perma tilt, play only 1-2 games at a time (wait 3-4 hours in between each set). In the time between games, just do other things you need to do, or just relax.

Whenever you lose, reflect back on things YOU did wrong, nothing about your team. Once you figured it out, forget the loss and concentrate on the next game or on relaxing.

Lastly, if you only play ranked, and are going on tilt, stop and play normals. Play some serious one and some derpy ones, but be sure to improve something, be it cs, # of wards, reducing deaths, getting first blood. Once you get to the point where it feels that you can't learn anymore from the level you are at in normals, go back into ranked.

EzraTwitch2/19/2015, 12:47:14 PM1 votes

https://realelohell.wordpress.com/articles/ Read the articles, process the information, apply it to your games.