Epiphany

[quote=Ninja Trigger][embed=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz7TWpRXyRY][/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael][quote=Bioalchemist] i just kill people with kindness...when people flame at me i just respond with... 'I love you too...can we hug?' that usually shuts them up. or when they do shit like 'hey i guess you like to feed huh nami?' i say 'yes i really enjoy it thanks for asking! you are my new best friend!' at the end of the game it is just a game...and at the end of the day i get to go to bed with my fiance after taking my dog for a walk...get up in the morning and work in R&D making medical products. what they think matters zero to me if they aren't being constructive. [/quote] If people are flaming me they report me for some random nonsense[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]STOP TRYING TO WIN AND START TRYING TO IMPROVE /THREAD[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael]I did another ranked and I raged a bit at our Fizz and Shen in the beginning but then I calmed down, apologized for my behavior and we ended up liking eachother and coming back during the mid game for a nice victory in the end.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]gonna be honest here... I doubt you don't say things that merit being reported if you're getting reported a lot lately. At worst, I say little sarcastic quips in response to being raged at and I rarely get reported for anything.[/quote]

[quote=sirell][quote=idmb22] Please, explain me this then: [url=http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5182/0lq5.png]I don't get it[/url] I always cheer ppl, say "gj" or "wp" or "nice" or whatever, always trying to boost ppl morale so a good environment remains during the game within the team, but still, I can't do shit to win the games. Althought my team died a lot I never flammed them, just say "dw, next time we will win". Teamwork is OP with good players, not with kamikaze players, basicaly, because they wont listen to you, no matter what. Also, I agree with Thalia, I am getting reported lately for a lot of "verbal abuse" and "negative attitude" for no fking reason. The problem is not Riot, neither its game, its the damm community, simply as that. Dont get me wrong, I no longer give a shit about SoloQ, I am happy with my 3v3 Ranked Team, but I simply can't understand what I do soooo wrong that I can't win anymore games on SoloQ. [/quote] The explanation is actually quite simple. Morale is an important part to winning. If you have bad morale, you're more likely to lose. If you have good morale, you might still lose, but the chances of losing are far more so if your team is more focused at having a pissing match at each other because you're not concentrating as much on the game and the team cohesion isn't there. The next thing that I would guess prevents you from winning is simply your own skill and/or the skill of your teammates. It's simply not on par with the opponents. Remember, Leagues is a game where one mistake might literally mean the snowballing of the game. Take Cloud 9 as an example. They lost 3 games in total and 2 of them that were lost also lost teamfights at level 1. Maybe it is coincidence, but when Vulcan beat them the second time, both teams feel it was due to the level 1. Another interesting point is that Cloud 9 admits that one of their players (I think it was Meteos) gets disheartened if they lose out on level 1 fights or invades. To put it simply, don't lose heart and just get better at the damn game. Also, I don't mean to point fingers, but if you are getting a LOT of reports for 'verbal abuse' or 'negative attitude', I would say that even if you don't feel you did something worthy of such a report, other players may not feel the same way. It's not unlikely that you say something to offend others. Hell, I once said 'wp' to the [[graves]] I was laning with and [[ryze]] coincidentally died at the same time in mid in an awful dive against [[fizz]] and he went batshit crazy in an instant saying '[[Thresh]], if you say one more negative thing, I will AFK instantly'. [quote=Thalia Kael] If people are flaming me they report me for some random nonsense [/quote] I dunno, the way you rage and the way it appears you talk in-game seems to suggest that perhaps you do things that are, in fact, report-worthy. I mean, come on, this is your 3rd-4th thread on how unhappy you are at ranked or something? I know there's at least 2 and you participate in the QQ thread occasionally. Leaguewise, I've never been warned or anything concerning my behaviour. I'm pretty careful not to get caught.[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael]yeah I do reportable things sometimes but lately it's retarded duos ganging up on me and reporting me for telling them that they should build MR vs fed aps[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I honestly doubt that's the only thing that's going on. It's just so unlikely. Even when I was pushing actively impolite in a response to someone who said I should "simmer down and let the gold V player make the decisions because I'm only silver II and therefore have no right to question calls made by the top pick (our feeding Lux)", no one reported me. just sayin'.[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64]i have never gotten these reports and i have bronze mmr in ranked, if youre getting those warnings you should really just chill out[/quote]

[quote=sirell][quote=idmb22] What really drives me mad is the "luck" factor within SoloQ that you, indirectly, referred onto teammates skill level, because yeah I suck (it is true, that is why I always try to improve from game to game), but what about my team? I just have to suck it and I can't fix that, because if I try helping them I will be reported for "flamming" them, when the only thing I want is to help them. [/quote] I won't answer the rest of your post, since you seem to have your own answer already. Concerning what's left here, though, I'll try and address it. TehAsian and Embracing have touched upon the answer for this before - don't worry about the mistakes of others; worry about your own. I always make suggestions to teammates if I feel they're prudent as well. However, when they don't listen, I simply try and pick up the slack. Make sure they aren't caught out by warding for them. Address their lack of MRes by building a [[locket of the iron solari]], burst down the main damage before they can do anything, peel for them - whatever. Sure, there may be a limit to what you can do, but it's certainly up to you to make sure you have the most impact possible. Recently I played a [[vladimir]] game against a [[malphite]]. It's a typical matchup which a [[vladimir]] should win given that the players are of equal skill. By taking [[vladimir]], I harassed the [[malphite]] into his turret, forcing him to build magic resist if he even wanted to CS (he didn't really get to do much of that in the end). By doing so, [[malphite]] who is usually a huge threat to AD champions became much less of a threat to my ADC (who also picked [[vayne]] after seeing them pick [[malphite]]). In other words, we had already shutdown the [[malphite]]'s effect on our ADC by the end of champion select. Though I could have done it by myself, the [[vayne]] pick was nice to prevent [[malphite]] from being a problem even if he managed to get a double kill by an unfortunate turn of events. Whenever the [[malphite]] roamed, I pushed his tower. In other words, I made the most effect by 1) denying him CS. 2) denying him a preferred build. 3) Putting huge pressure on his lane. I actually wanted the enemy [[hecarim]] to also come gank me because I knew it would be a waste of time, since I would have [[ghost]] and [[sanguine pool]] up. It actually worked twice, but obviously the ganks failed because I had the smarts to ward. The other lanes were doing fine, so I didn't have to roam. However, if something happened at mid that required my attention or in the case of a jungle invade, I would immediately respond. Since I was already pushing 24/7, I know I would have a window of opportunity to roam. It might be successful or it might be a waste of time, but this is the point of doing everything within your power to carry your team. This is the ideal situation of course. It might have been that I get 2-man ganked and lose First Blood, get camped and literally shutdown from being an effect on the game. Every other lane might be losing in the meantime, etc etc. Nothing you can do but play with the best of your abilities.[/quote]