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hi im Godric·12/20/2014, 2:57:25 AM·1 votes·4,083 views

When i first started around Jan 2014 i fell in love with league it was so much fun a lot of fun actually.... Now, I can't stop raging. I have been having many chat restrictions and rank queue restrictions. What do I need help with? I need help with getting back that joy of playing and getting outplayed, I remember i used to get outplayed and i get very excited instead of very angry. I used to think: "Wow that dude rocked it" and i actually learn from it. Now i am more like: "fuck you, you cunt shit bitch ass fuck face." I wanna know, HOW DO YOU STAY CALM AND NOT RAGE when you play, how????

Why do i rage? I mostly rage in rank... I rage because I keep thinking players I q with are bad. I am sorry I said that and I know i am not good either maybe I am even worse, I make a lot of mistakes and try to learn from them but when you have a whole team feeding... or for example this morning I was playing adc and my support (karma) did not land a single Q. I am not exaggerating, I swear not a single Q. she would always miss and hit my CS and I end up messing up last hitting. Also she did not use her free ward, i swear i kept my eye on everything, not a single ward. Although when she bought sight stone she warded around a lot.

LoL MAKES ME SAD I open League, I play one game, and i get all worked up, I keep feeling sad for sucking up... for being bad and playing like shit and to top it, I hate the way i feel after every game, so mad and angry at the whole world.

CHANGE ME SENSEI I really want to change and start enjoying playing LoL again because of 2 things;

I don't like the way I feel, angry and mad all the time and on edge.
I don't like the way I make other people feel (flaming etc. I am a nice guy, truly).

WHAT I TRIED SO FAR Music: did not really help, I find it too distracting. Muting All: I still rage even after muting.

***Thank you ***for taking the time to read this and PLEASE help me, how do I enjoy playing league and laugh even if i lose...

[This is a screen shot of a game I had today, Everyone fed under 8min + afk Kha / I was Akali top]

14 Comments

OhBoyItsaMegaman12/20/2014, 4:21:15 PM5 votes

Download Candy Crush.
Play until you get to the levels that are legitimately bullshit.
Realize that many of these levels come down to luck, because sometimes you're given a series of candies that could not under any circumstance be used to beat the stage.
Realize that the game is still testing your skill because in the situations where you can win, someone who's good at the game is a lot more likely to beat the stage.
Realize that League works the same way. The people who got placed on your team and on the other team got placed there purely by chance. Did you get the good ones? Maybe yes, maybe not. Try to win regardless. It's fun.
(Optional) Realize that you may not have played a single unwinnable game yet. If you did absolutely everything pixel-perfect, even really really difficult games could have been won. Therefore, you should only blame yourself for those losses but you also shouldn't feel bad about losing if you performed at a respectable skill level.

Orangutanguin12/20/2014, 7:54:40 PM3 votes

Hi! I'm going to avoid the obvious troll is obvious comments because that would be silly and you seem legitimately interested in improving your 'tude.

So, the VERY FIRST THING you should remember, and this is a serious kicker to me--You're playing a game. It's there for your enjoyment. FOCUS On that when you're playing. My situation with league was the inverse of yours, I started the game - getting infuriated with every match, leaving each with a pounding headache of PURE FURY. Lol.

Very recently, however, I came back to league with a totally different mindset. I wasn't playing because my friends wanted to play, I wasn't playing because I wanted dat' purdy border around my loading screen portrait (because really, who cares?). I was playing the game because I wanted to play.

In FACT- I realized that I was playing to have fun when I was losing a ranked match as Lee Sin, and I actually LAUGHED at something stupid I did, and enjoyed the game up to the point where we lost.

So, I say it sincerely when I say this:

Remember that you're playing a game; I know that sometimes, it's easy to forget. You should be playing because the game relaxes you, not shortening your lifespan because it's so frustrating.
Laugh at your own mistakes. You're going to make mistakes. Oh, you didn't know? Yeah mang, it's going to happen. It's unavoidable. Just learn to laugh at the ones you make, and CONGRATULATE yourself on your victories. It was hard earned by you.
Learn from your mistakes. Every game you win is GREAT for your rank, but guess what? Often times, it doesn't teach you anything.
Angry? Don't play another game. Get up, get something to eat, go outside, go do something -- anything else-- just don't sit there and brood. Come back after you've cooled off.
Enjoy yourself.

As always,

Good luck and Have fun! I hope that my anecdotal story was relevant to you, and that my (sometimes not so obvious) advice was helpful. I know you've probably seen this before, but think on it. And when you come to the conclusion that you're playing for fun, the frustration will go away.

-Cap'n Crayon

hi im Godric12/20/2014, 10:48:32 PM2 votes

Thank you guys SO MUCH for all your advice. I took them and I have been playing much much better and i dont rage as much. this is a picture of one of my games where i was a very fed orianna vs akali. I did not rage once and the game went well, in fact, akali rage quit.

Dedrius12/20/2014, 3:27:50 AM1 votes

At the end of the day you need to remember that League is a game, which is a really annoying thing to hear. I used to hate when people would say this in ranked as an excuse for not doing well but after climbing up and down you really do have to realize it. If you watch good streamers, you will see that their games will go up and down and yes some games they will be frustrated but they are pretty good at moving on and forgetting about the problems that they had last game. Try to play champions that you think are fun and play some normals every once in a while just to mess around and see the fun aspects of the game.

If you lose a couple in a row just take a break if you start to rage, you will play a lot better and you will be much happier playing. I have had games where I have been playing great but just had no chance from other lanes feeding but you just need to move on and hope that the next game will be better because there will be games when you aren't playing that well and someone on your team carries or is unable to carry you.

TL;DR Everyone has bad games, but you need to remember that is what league is for a majority of the time, a Game. (Until you get up toward Master/Challenger)

Terraeclipse12/20/2014, 4:12:54 PM1 votes

Move chat off screen. You can't rage if you don't have the means. Also, keep in mind that no matter how much you rage, yelling at someone is -NEVER- going to make them play better. In fact, the time you spend doing that, the enemy is just farming and getting stronger. by being the rager, YOU are the one losing the game for your team. The others might not have been having great games, but as soon as someone starts acting like that, the game is OVER. there's no returning from that.

So, shut your mouth. Make smart calls with pings, and lead your team; not complain at your team.

Oh, and ward. Because everyone forgets to ward. And that's the dumbest, easiest thing you can do to improve games, add vision of enemies.

The Chin12/20/2014, 3:12:28 AM1 votes

smile

Beemo Mars12/22/2014, 12:04:59 AM1 votes

I used to have the same problem, i would get very upset about my team doing badly, myself doing badly, and just things going poorly in general. However i had a breakthough when I gave up, so to speak. I stopped trying to win, I stopped caring only about winning, stopped playing ranked. I don't worry about whether I win or lose, I just play to improve myself.

Someone feeding? What can I do to fix it? .

I just got 4 man ganked? What could I have done better in that situation?

It's so pointless to put the blame on other people, even if you know it's their fault. Take all the responsibility and try to improve your own game, instead of pointing out what someone else did wrong.

Honestly when my mindset changed from the one you describe, to the one I have tried to describe, my attitude, my game play, my skill, all went up dramatically. I learn so much from every game now, and I relish my losses because I learn the most, and celebrate victories because I can revel in the fruits of my labor. Hopefully this helps you in some way, so you can get back to having fun learning the game, instead of being upset by not winning it.