Official QQ Thread

[quote=Kazega]I dropped below 900..... Why do I let these things happen? Why do I make these stupid promises to myself that I can't keep for whatever reason? I try to make things better for myself but I jsut can't seem to catch a break. I think I need to bring up a little bit of back story on this to help illistrate my current mood. But it is wall of text-ish. The short version: I promised not to lose a certain amount of skill points and I did. The Long version:[spoiler]Once upon a time: Your guy writing this here was a pretty avid Halo 3 player. Man oh man did this guy enjoy rocking assault rifles and rocket launchers. For those that don't know Halo 3 had a ranking system much like the ELO system of LoL. instead of starting somewhere near the middle though, you started at the bottom and made your way up. You skill was signified by a number between 1 and 50, 50 being the highest score attainable. While htere were a few areas to attain a higher skill level, I prefered the FFA method to this. It was easy, Play in a game of 6 people and normally top 2 wins get the points, depending how all the players stacked up and a bunch of other maths. Anywya I did great at this. I starting having troubles at around level 35, but through thick and thin I made it to 40. and everythign changed from there. I plummeted down paste 35 from that point. There was little hope in this downward spiral as every little win would get trounced by 3 losses. It take a fair while to work my way back up to 40. When I got back there I worked hard to get up to 41. As soon as I did I dropped down again not as hard as the first time but i still fell. after working back up to 41 I made 42.... and then it happened. As soon as I hit 42 I promised myself I would not dip below 40 ever again as I climbed up to 45. but sure enough, I started dropping again. It was a slower decent but still I could see it was happening. Finally I was staring at a 39. I flipped the fuck out, throwing my controller clean into the wall behind and started cussed up a storm. By this time I had started on my philosophies of "luck is a myth" and "We are in control of everything." I was enraged. not at any one person, curcumstance, or game, but at myself for letting this happen. I thought to myself "what good is a man who can't even keep a promise to himself?" I felt like shit. To be honest I don't remember how I got over this. but I did and made all the way to 46 before I fell off in Halo 3. I picked up MW2 after that, which doesn't have that kind of issue from there I fell of consoles and went into PC gaming first with SC2 and and now with LoL, where I find myself making and breaking that idiotic promise I keep making to myself.[/spoiler][/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Because you're probably setting unrealistic targets? I can make a promise "I'll get to 3k elo“ but ofc it won't happen. Analyze your gameplay thoroughly and learn from your mistakes. If you're stuck at a certain level for a long time it means you cannot carry yourself out of that elo range aka you belong in that elo. Find ways to improve your gameplay rather than trying to aim for a higher elo. Elo comes naturally with skill[/quote]

[quote=Kazega]how the fuck is "I'm at 950 right now, i will NOT drop below 900" not realistic?[/quote]

[quote=JEFFY40HANDS]I just don't think about it too hard. You're like carrying the weight of the world or something apparently when you play. So rather than make the right plays, you try to make big plays. If you just don't give a fuck you'll actually enjoy yourself.[/quote]

[quote=XeresAce]@kazega Don't worry about it too much, just play and whatever you do DON'T get very angry. being a bit pissed 5 mins or so after the game and venting out here or to a friend helps a lot. If you have lol replay, try watching the game and looking for mistakes or if you already know your mistakes try and not do them next time.Then start a new game with some new confidence in yourself, make sure you wont make the same mistakes and get your elo up :)[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Kazega: Get angry! When I lose ranked games because top, mid and the ADC go 0/6 each, I get angry and rejoice that I wasn't the problem. Then I play a duo game with a friend in the same elo, and we go positive, and everyone else goes 0/6 and I'm content because at that point I realise it's not *my* fault. Some people are just bad or having off days. If you're confident that it isn't *your* fault, you'll feel better. If it *is* your fault (you went 0/6 in lane), then maybe consider playing a few normals to get the pressure off your chest.[/quote]

[quote=JEFFY40HANDS]*in my best Yoda voice* Anger the answer is not.[/quote]

[quote=MyRepublic]All you have to do if you're worried about ELO is to not play ranked.[/quote]

[quote=Kazega][quote=MyRepublic] All you have to do if you're worried about ELO is to not play ranked. [/quote] are you mad?[/quote]

[quote=Shadyqt]If anyone has the opportunity to play with a guy by the name of Bin Laggen, save yourself the trouble and dodge.[/quote]