Does Elo Hell Exist? - A Silver Player's Perspective

If you don't have the drive or hunger to be a better player, leave this thread. You belong in your rank. If you want to handle your situation like an absolute boss and start your road to that shiny diamond border, read on.

Okay, now I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Don't be startled by what I'm about to say, and make sure you keep an open mind.

You are trash at League of Legends. Seriuosly, really fucking bad.

Which brings me to my first point. To become a better player, you must first recognize that you don't "deserve challenjour". If you deserved Challenger, you would be Challenger.

Questions to ask yourself: How did Doublelift become a pro? How did Pigglet become a pro? How did anyone in challenger and beyond, gain the recognition and respect they have today?

Everybody sucked at League once. Everybody has had that feeder on their team. Everyone has had that afk'er. Everyone has had losses.

And that can be applied to every walk of life. Did Michael Jordan become a master in his sport by giving up after a loss? Hell no. He got on his feet and practiced shooting at the court.

Did Bobby Flay become a master chef by throwing a plate full of burnt sushi in the trash and wallow around the kitchen full of pity? Pfffft,** absolutely not!**

I began playing league about a year ago. And I sucked. Right when I hit Level 30, I jumped right into ranked, expecting Gold, and got Bronze V. Like any other average player, I gave up and played normals for the coming months, convinced that ranked was just a waste of time, I obviously deserved a better rank than Bronze V. I mean, I go 16/2/14 as Diana in normals, that surely means I'm good at the game, right?

Wrong. I was not that great at the game. But once I realized that fact, I got so much better.

I started to listen to critique, I started to soak in more information, and most of all, I started to learn. You could have thousands of games played, but if you don't learn anything from them, it all means nothing.

I learned to respect every role, I learned to ward, and most important of all, I learned to not give up. And when I was ready, I gave ranked another go. And in one night, I obliterated 4 divisions and got my silver title.

How? I trained myself to be a better player. After I got what I had came for, I retired from ranked, and now with a new season, I'm faced with the same daunting task. My new Bronze is Silver. And I can promise you and myself, that it'll be a piece of cake.

Elo Hell exists in the player, not the game.

If you have the same drive to defeat Silver as I do, add me in-game, we'll Duo sometime. ~ ScRappY