The RIOT Act

[Rafael]

Yeah, my problem is I get super bored after like, 5 minutes of no fighting, and I start making mistakes I'm aware of just to get the juices flowing again. Still can't believe I didn't at least get the Guardian Angel off that Nidalee

[Kaden]

Yeah, my problem is I get super bored after like, 5 minutes of no fighting, and I start making mistakes I'm aware of just to get the juices flowing again. Still can't believe I didn't at least get the Guardian Angel off that Nidalee

Ok. See. That doesn't bother me. It really doesn't. If you had said that right after the game, I would have been like "ugh... oh well." Mistakes happen. All the time. Just own them.

I do stupid shit all the time and you'll constantly hear me say things like "well that was really dumb" or "definitely shouldn't have chased that" and own up to what I did wrong.

The other night Tryg wanted to run a duo ranked with me so there wasn't any chance he would get Elo-decayed out of his gold rating. Ninety seconds into the game I flash over a wall to chase a level one fight and get decimated. 100% my fault and 100% preventable. I'm sure, at that point, he was thinking something along the lines of "that fucking Kaden is going to cost me my gold." Instead of just brushing it off or explaining it as someone else's fault I owned up to it, focused on not doing the same thing twice and you know what happened? The two of us fucking wrecked that game. I died only one more time after that stupid Flash and we just pub stomped us some bitches.

When you say things like "well its over now" or make excuses about how someone/thing else caused a mistake, you're not going to get any better. You're going to be stuck at the 1100 Elo swearing you're just in Elo hell and that you should be way better and it's everyone else's fault. I genuinely don't want to see that happen to people I know it shouldn't happen to. And I'm not just saying this to Raf. This is always a problem. There's absolutely nothing wrong with making a mistake. There's no reason to get defensive or mad or whatever. Just synthesize the criticism and turn it into an experience you can use going forward.

EDIT: And I swore I wasn't going to write this post because I definitely don't think anything good will come of it. Beer, as it turns out, is greater than me.

[Vad]

I've been drinking too. Heavily.

Hate: Flashing in to pull off Galio's ult only to land a foot short of where I should have been. Taunted no one. We survived though...until Leona initiated -.-

[John Doe]

I def think I'm harder on myself than others (unless you purposefully do something you know is trollish just because you're having a bad game). I remember several times where I either messed up at the start or have been picked on by the enemy team (like multiple ganks against me before the 10 minute mark). And I remember that I became an emo bitch about it each time. Then you guys told me to stfu and I listened, then we ended up winning.

Point is that I like it when you (anyone) call(s) me out on my shit. I know I do stupid things, but it helps a lot to be reminded. That's my thoughts on it.

[Kaden]

I haven't been drinking heavily. Just enough to convince me that posting that was anything other than a horrible idea.

[Trygelan]

I def think I'm harder on myself than others (unless you purposefully do something you know is trollish just because you're having a bad game).

You really, really would be surprised if you heard some of the shit I scream at myself (not over mumble) when I fuck up. I am insanely critical of myself and don't take well to me fucking up. You might not hear me rage on mumble very often, but if you ever do, I can guarantee that it's because I fucked up and I'm raging at myself with push to talk pushed (habit).

It's really not often that I rage at others, but, oh Zeus, if I mess up, I give myself hell.

[Jonathan Meer]

Ok. See. That doesn't bother me. It really doesn't. If you had said that right after the game, I would have been like "ugh... oh well." Mistakes happen. All the time. Just own them.

I do stupid shit all the time and you'll constantly hear me say things like "well that was really dumb" or "definitely shouldn't have chased that" and own up to what I did wrong.

The other night Tryg wanted to run a duo ranked with me so there wasn't any chance he would get Elo-decayed out of his gold rating. Ninety seconds into the game I flash over a wall to chase a level one fight and get decimated. 100% my fault and 100% preventable. I'm sure, at that point, he was thinking something along the lines of "that fucking Kaden is going to cost me my gold." Instead of just brushing it off or explaining it as someone else's fault I owned up to it, focused on not doing the same thing twice and you know what happened? The two of us fucking wrecked that game. I died only one more time after that stupid Flash and we just pub stomped us some bitches.

When you say things like "well its over now" or make excuses about how someone/thing else caused a mistake, you're not going to get any better. You're going to be stuck at the 1100 Elo swearing you're just in Elo hell and that you should be way better and it's everyone else's fault. I genuinely don't want to see that happen to people I know it shouldn't happen to. And I'm not just saying this to Raf. This is always a problem. There's absolutely nothing wrong with making a mistake. There's no reason to get defensive or mad or whatever. Just synthesize the criticism and turn it into an experience you can use going forward.

EDIT: And I swore I wasn't going to write this post because I definitely don't think anything good will come of it. Beer, as it turns out, is greater than me.

Helpful post.

[Rafael]

So, I picked singed, and a noc was the only melee on my team. I was like, fuck yeah, I can smell first blood already. "Oh no, I wanna lane with Teemo, Singed makes mistakes sometimes."

So, I laned with a Nidalee who refused to leave cougar form after lvl 6. "But it's my ult you fucking idiot, so op that I can stay in it forever."

Then, our Ezreal was running from WW, and I slowed WW and threw him backwards to save said EZ. Apparently losing his mind, Ezreal turns around and runs straight back to WW and dies in one Q.

A classic, but still so relevant:

[Sigfried Hunin]

Helpful post.

I second this opinion!

[Sigfried Hunin]

So I just played a game with literally a bunch of people who were under 14. Well, all but one of them at least. The rest admitted to their ages. One was eleven.

They played as expected. One of them used corki for the first time, etc etc etc. Fuckign stupid shit ensued.

[Kole T. Merr]

So I just played a game with literally a bunch of people who were under 14. Well, all but one of them at least. The rest admitted to their ages. One was eleven.

They played as expected. One of them used corki for the first time, etc etc etc. Fuckign stupid shit ensued.

Yeah, how DARE people play champs for the first time. People should never try to change things up. Those bastards.

[Rafael]

Bot games, bro. They rule

[Sigfried Hunin]

Yeah, how DARE people play champs for the first time. People should never try to change things up. Those bastards.

It's less that he was playing a champion for the first time and more that he aimlessly dove face first into wave after wave of attack. He had something between nine and twelve deaths before we could surrender lol

[Ashe]

So I just played a game with literally a bunch of people who were under 14. Well, all but one of them at least. The rest admitted to their ages. One was eleven.

They played as expected. One of them used corki for the first time, etc etc etc. Fuckign stupid shit ensued.

Honestly, I have absolutely no problem with this in Custom/Normal as long as I'm aware that it is the case. I have no expectations of someone "knowing how to play" without "getting the chance to learn". I've smurfed and joined games at lvl 1 and seen people flip shit going "l2p noob, wtf!?!? stop feeding ffs!" to another lvl 1 that, judging by how slow they are to even leave the nexus ("I'm reading the shop!") are clearly brand new. Fuck people who trash on new players or first time champs like that.

Ranked game is understandable, of course.

[Kole T. Merr]

Ranked game is understandable, of course.

However, if it was a ranked game, LOL at your ELO with 11-year-olds.

[Ashe]

However, if it was a ranked game, LOL at your ELO with 11-year-olds.

I want to say "Oh, dude, absolutely" but honestly, there are some (read - very small minority... of small minors) kids that are absolutely beast at games. Don't know if anyone saw that fighting game tournament but some 8 yr old named Noah walked around raping and got pretty high in the ladders. He recently got sponsored because of it.

[Sigfried Hunin]

Honestly, I have absolutely no problem with this in Custom/Normal as long as I'm aware that it is the case. I have no expectations of someone "knowing how to play" without "getting the chance to learn". I've smurfed and joined games at lvl 1 and seen people flip shit going "l2p noob, wtf!?!? stop feeding ffs!" to another lvl 1 that, judging by how slow they are to even leave the nexus ("I'm reading the shop!") are clearly brand new. Fuck people who trash on new players or first time champs like that.

Ranked game is understandable, of course.

It's not like I shit talked him or anything, I gave advice and it wasn't as though I was just shit talking him, but it is frustrating when your entire fuckign team isn't even in middle school yet and fails to understand that the point of the game isn't to literally run directly at your opponents and hit buttons lol

Specially when they've somehow made it up to the level where they're playing with like, level 25s? Where they just playing off a siblings account or something?

[Super Buu]

I'll state it outright because IMO it's way better than just dancing around the truth: the only two Chubbs people I've ever had a serious problem with whilst playing LoL are Meer and Doe. As I've said before, when people get mad about a game, it takes away the entire point of that game to me - which is to have fun and have a bit of an ESCAPE from stress, rather than stressing me out more.

Basically, I take Sigfried's post on the previous page about "good teachers" and double it, with some caveats. I think Kaden is a fantastic teacher overall, though Trygelan es #1 because he never rages despite how badly you're playing. You have to realise that, with exceptions, when most people are playing bad, they totally realise it. It's not a deliberate thing. Point out what they did badly - you could even be polite about it! - and that's it. That's all you have to do. If the person is smart, it will be appreciated.

[Mal Nova]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_Z-EPSVaI

=D

[Vad]

If an enemy champion is waiting in the warded gank bush and is completely unaware of the ward do NOT type in all chat "Hi So and So." The tactician in me fucking rages. It's strategical suicide and pisses me off.