Does anyone else feel like they are only actually playing League one out every 3 or 4 games at best? It seems like most games, one team or the other has someone mentally belly flop and throw a 3rd grade temper tantrum, or trying to all chat flame the enemy team into understanding that they are the better player, definitely, but here’s the only reason they are losing.
What do we do? How do we change this?
I don’t even think it’s toxicity anymore, I think it’s just players’ emotions ripping apart at the seems and their only way to approach the situation is to pass it along to anyone and everyone they can. Like they believe they can convince themselves that they didn’t play poorly this game, if they just turn into a bitter excuse for a human-being and give up.
Is the best defense to this to remove chat entirely? Mute all immediately and pray? Is it to act like momma pup, always licking the fur and picking up the runt of the litter, providing positive support?
“It’s okay Jhinny poo. A lot of people lose lane early. You’re just as good as the other kids. You’ll find your friends once you get to college!”
Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Do they know what works? Can I just get myself to 50% decent games of LoL? I really don’t even care if I lose, I just want it to feel semi-competitive.
Please, oh based Gods of Reddit. Lend me your minds. What do I do?
Long gone are the days of best player wins and here is the worst player loses era. Unless you’re far and away better than you’re true rank, the games where you make a difference (assuming you don’t tilt) is getting smaller and smaller
Yeah, you might win a 4v5 but you will almost always lose a 5v5 where a team mate doesn’t want to win. Punishments don’t work because most people climb on throw away accounts. And ego boosting can just piss people off more who are unreceptive or aware of the fact you know they are tilted.
I don’t know that there is a good solution anymore. Riot has let toxicity spiral for so long that the very culture of the game has become this. I’ve even played with rioters who were toxic. It’s sad overall.
Maybe make new accounts in gold - emerald ELO and run down rioter games so they feel the need to change the system? Probably the only viable solution. As a whole I suggest just running down their games without saying a word anyways. They kind of deserve it since they refuse to fix smurfing or the punishment system as a whole.
I absolutely believe ranked is a game of mental babysitting. Most of it are self fulfilling prophecies, they think they will lose for whatever reason so they ensure that it happens.
However, I also believe that its a 2-way street. Hot take, but some tilters deserve to be tilted.
For example, say you just killed your enemy laner, set up a slow push towards you, then recall. You buy and hurry to lane so you can catch the wave you set up, just to see your jungler wipe the wave, shoves your lane improperly therefore causing your laner to set up a freeze on you.
That would be pretty tilting (especially as a top laner), and that is exactly when I need a non-sarcastic momma pup.