So, it has come to this.
I stumbled into League of Legends months ago. I never liked DoTA-like games, so I was pretty surprised when I felt myself totally LoL-addicted after only a few moments of play.
I remember that in those days I felt anxious playing PVP games, and I stucked in AI games most of the time. Day by day I got more confident, and begun playing with a couple of IRL friends. Well, the path to damnation was undertaken, and there was no way out.
Little by little I managed to know the game better and play slightly better (consistently with my skills), and after I reached level 30 I knew that I could enjoy the sweet delights of ranked gaming. After more practice I finally plucked up some courage and selected the "ranked" option.
Oh, sweet merciful gods!
The pain! The horrible feeling of total defeat and lack of order, judgement, rationality!
I never encountered so many trouble (leaver, ragequits, AFKers, instalockers, feeders, trolls, jerks etc. etc.) as in my first ranked games. Don't get me wrong, I know these things exist in LoL (and many other games) and I have to live with it. I just didn't know there was SO MUCH MORE harassing and all at once in ranked games, at least at low ELO.
Long story short, I crashed into the "Hell Zone", one game after another.
It is my fault for sure, as I don't always have brilliant games (to keep it polite). But I couldn't stop believing that much of the fail I faced (let's say 50%?) was also due to "bad" teammates. This thought kept me from playing ranked games for a while, so I ended up solo queuing only once or twice in a month. I guess many players are or were in my situation.
I recently decided to try again and climb out of the Hell Zone.
To make it more fun and challenging, I decided to keep a diary of the whole process.
Which could lead to capturing moments of eternal winz, or just (more likely) hopeless fail.
If someone happens to read this, please feel free to insult me in a constructive way. I always appreciate suggestions, and always ignore jerks.
So... let the challenge begin!
Day 0 - 930 ELO - Hell Zone
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