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Good Times to Play Ranked in Low ELO

JC DarkOmen·2/23/2015, 3:20:35 AM·12 votes·2,917 views

So I just noticed a trend. I'm a college student, so I can be found online at literally any hour of the day (not every, just any. I'm responsible like that). Whenever I play a ranked game on weekends, 3pm-2am on weekdays, or any other time when kids under 18 would most likely be on, it's full of bad players. I'm starting to think the problem with low elo isn't low elo players, it's kids in low elo. Now this isn't to say kids don't have skill. I'm sure there are lots of kids who can dominate me. However, there's a few reasons why kids can't play as well. Emotional maturity, their brains' undeveloped decision-making skills, and , in some cases, just low skill levels make them less likely to play at a better level. Even in games that I lose when kids are occupied, I find there's more teamwork, less arguments, and closer matches, so that if you play at 1:30 pm on a Thursday, you're probably gonna be at it till 2:15 instead of seeing "[all] Hotshot69LOL [Zed]: gg. ff at twenty, report my team"

that's a random name, sorry if that's a real person

tl;dr: wait for the kiddies to go offline

22 Comments

BluePolarizer2/23/2015, 4:41:34 AM2 votes

its true, play in the morning or late night. Above the age of 18 ppl usually become more mature because college/real world toughens you up in a way that parents don't.

madness4802/23/2015, 8:14:43 AM2 votes

i hate to agree i play at night sometimes and i notic that i lose so much more lp during the day than at night

madness4802/23/2015, 1:24:19 PM1 votes

2 more tears ok tears wopdy do you called the entire thred dumb....dude get off your high horse dude its kinda annoying your the clasic bronze player fyi i was a silver 2 but 6 games with afkers and trolls in my proms and im b4 so you 2 teris abuve me im a whole skill ranke above you so learn your shit please thank you and go feed a game ok. bye felicia

Orangesilk2/23/2015, 2:20:37 PM1 votes

But but... I have a job, and office hours are basically longer school hours, is it hopeless for me?.

Dilitra2/23/2015, 5:34:54 PM1 votes

I noticed this too. I now only play ranked Saturday and Sunday morning before noon for the most part (since I work 8 - 5 Mon - Fri).

Pæan2/23/2015, 7:01:45 PM1 votes

I've noticed this too. I have no problem winning a promos during say 11am, but I have no problem losing every promo and going on losing streaks anytime passed 4pm.

Caoil2/23/2015, 7:39:04 PM1 votes

I avoid ranked between about 5pm (8EST) and 11pm because I end up with teammates whose parents pull them off the computer to go to bed. IMO that's the worst way to lose a game. You can't really tell kids to not play ranked until they are independent of their parents, but it's frustrating to have a teammate quit because his parents turned off the router, or simply told him to go to bed.

warpenguin5552/23/2015, 7:49:06 PM1 votes

i think you might be on to something. im in high school and get home pretty early in Thursday (my school is pretty on with schedules, i'd rather not go into it honestly) but im home around 12:45 then and can usually get some kind of momentum going for ranked.

chaosdrake1222/23/2015, 4:24:10 AM1 votes

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sealust2/23/2015, 10:53:03 PM1 votes

Definitely, I really prefer to play ranked after midnight: everyone seems a little more chill.

Poptart Evelynn2/23/2015, 10:05:57 AM1 votes

But then you have emotional man babies too... That are like 24 with no life...