User Info: Lord Grahf Lord Grahf 8 years ago #1



After about two months of playing this game, which I don't particularly enjoy yet for some reason seem to spend a lot of time playing it anyway, I have come to a few conclusions.



One, that this is probably the worst gaming community I've ever seen.



And two, that there truly is an elo hell, and the reason there's an elo hell is because of people like me.



After numerous games as Crit Sona, AD Annie, AD Zilean and On-Hit Ziggs, and becoming bored with making my teammates angry every game, I decided to take my game to the next level and tank my normal elo.



Don't get me wrong, my elo was not fantastic. I topped out at 1306 and I never took it all that seriously, but at least I'd pick a champion and attempt to win. I'd ask my teammates to buy wards and ping objectives on the map and overall I maintained just around a 50% win rate doing so.



However, starting over the weekend, I decided to play random and only random in ranked. And not just the 'lock-in-a-champ' type of random, but the 'go-AFK-and-let-the-game-choose-for-you' random. No trading champions and no cheating. Random only.



I found, for one, that there were a lot of champions I owned but never played until now. I also found that it was fairly easy to win if the team was competent and didn't rage because you didn't pick a character that fit the meta. But the thing that I found to be the most astounding and resolute was that people will be mad and people will throw the game because they are mad if you don't pick the champion or role they wanted you to.



I absolutely try to win every game I play, no matter what champion I get. I may be purposely obnoxious and I may have some bad games because of a piss-poor matchup or because I have a champion I have never played before. But at the elo I have fallen to, I have found that most of these players demand to play the meta and don't even know why. And if they lose, even if it's because they fed their own lane, it's immediately my fault for choosing a champion that didn't fit that meta.



So let's call this topic a diary of sorts. In it I will post my victory and defeat screencaps as well as any important in-game screens I can remember to take at the time. Over the last few days I have seen some of the most unbelievably bad play and some of the most incomprehensible logic one could imagine, and I know that it somehow is only going to get worse as I head toward my goal of 500 elo.



I repeat: I try to win every game I play, despite picking a random champion in queue. I never intentionally feed or go AFK in matches.



Enjoy it, or don't. I will be posting new matches as I complete them. This is as much for my own research and entertainment as it is for anyone else who is interested.



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Notes: Not changing this sig until Walter Mondale is elected president.

Currently Playing: Pepper II, Venture, Frogger So here's how it works.After about two months of playing this game, which I don't particularly enjoy yet for some reason seem to spend a lot of time playing it anyway, I have come to a few conclusions.One, that this is probably the worst gaming community I've ever seen.And two, that there truly is an elo hell, and the reason there's an elo hell is because of people like me.After numerous games as Crit Sona, AD Annie, AD Zilean and On-Hit Ziggs, and becoming bored with making my teammates angry every game, I decided to take my game to the next level and tank my normal elo.Don't get me wrong, my elo was not fantastic. I topped out at 1306 and I never took it all that seriously, but at least I'd pick a champion and attempt to win. I'd ask my teammates to buy wards and ping objectives on the map and overall I maintained just around a 50% win rate doing so.However, starting over the weekend, I decided to play random and only random in ranked. And not just the 'lock-in-a-champ' type of random, but the 'go-AFK-and-let-the-game-choose-for-you' random. No trading champions and no cheating. Random only.I found, for one, that there were a lot of champions I owned but never played until now. I also found that it was fairly easy to win if the team was competent and didn't rage because you didn't pick a character that fit the meta. But the thing that I found to be the most astounding and resolute was that peoplebe mad and peoplethrow the game because they are mad if you don't pick the champion or role they wanted you to.I absolutely try to win every game I play, no matter what champion I get. I may be purposely obnoxious and I may have some bad games because of a piss-poor matchup or because I have a champion I have never played before. But at the elo I have fallen to, I have found that most of these players demand to play the meta and don't even know why. And if they lose, even if it's because they fed their own lane, it's immediately my fault for choosing a champion that didn't fit that meta.So let's call this topic a diary of sorts. In it I will post my victory and defeat screencaps as well as any important in-game screens I can remember to take at the time. Over the last few days I have seen some of the most unbelievably bad play and some of the most incomprehensible logic one could imagine, and I know that it somehow is only going to get worse as I head toward my goal of 500 elo.Enjoy it, or don't. I will be posting new matches as I complete them. This is as much for my own research and entertainment as it is for anyone else who is interested.Format: