RAGE Thread

[Tyr]

Not even.

"Elo hell" is about a lot more than that. People who will only play one champion. People who don't speak English. People who AFK. People who feed intentional because they're trolling. People who DC. People who play things like mageplank or man-drop-eon.

Telling people "carry harder" just means that all they're going to do is pick a carry. If you're the last pick and your team already has Ashe, Xin, and Corki, you don't get to be a carry. Suck it up and do what's best for your team. THAT'S how you deal with it, getting your team to function as properly as possible, not that ridiculously egocentric "I must carry or else I fail" view that people keep pushing. That's why Elo hell exists.

The traditional term for a carry in MOBA games is not as easily applied to League of Legends. Compared to DotA and HoN, a caster can scale way better. This doesn't matter though, as that's not the point of the message. You can carry as any character in the game, although some definitely do make it more difficult, if you're good enough of a player. It might be noted that while individual player skill is the most key factor, another way a good player will be recognized is the way he treats his fellow members. However as you can surely testify if you've watched say HotshotGG's stream, you don't need to be nice to your teammates to win. It certainly does help their co-operation though.

You have to remember the lower elo ranges are not one-sided and it's not just MM placing all the latest spawns of "ELO hell" on your team. All those players? Both sides. If you're good enough of a player, you will stand out and lead your team to victory, one way or another. A diamond surrounded by shit will still be a diamond.