Late Post

I didn't make a post last week, so I'll post two this week. Last time I posted, I was Platinum 1, with 30 points. Now I'm Diamond 5, with 81 points, so I've improved a lot. You get around 20 points per win, so I'm about 10 wins up in the past two weeks. I was able to climb a substantial amount, despite an 8 loss streak, with 13 losses in 15 games at one point. Many people claim that they are stuck in "elo hell", a ranking where they can't improve due to bad team mates. This is something I believe is an excuse, and I will try to disprove it. Here are my stats (Kills/Deaths/Assists) of my last 10 games. Kills and assists are good, and deaths are bad.
These were my KDA's in my losses.
3/10/19
3/6/7
0/5/3
4/9/4
My average KDA(Kills and assists divided by deaths) in these games was 1.367. Now here are my stats in my wins.
8/1/18
12/3/8
12/5/12
12/7/5
7/2/6
5/3/8

My average KDA in my wins was 5.476. Basically, if you do well, you'll win more, regardless of what team mates you have. The claim of "elo hell" is similar to an athlete saying he would win more if he didn't have such a bad team. Sure, there are finite cases of this; however generally in team games, your performance has a large impact on the outcome of the game.

I posted this to prove that if you're good enough, you will improve and climb. Sure you'll get bad teams every once in a while, but in the long run, they won't hold you back very much.

2nd post

For most of my classmates, this won't interest you very much...or at all. But I still think this blog holds some value, because League of Legends is the most popular online game in the world. There are ~50 million active monthly players and over 100 million accounts. So basically, one in a thousand people play this game. I stated before that my goal was to become a pro in this game. The world championship for League of Legends, in which pros from all around the world compete, started on September 15, and the first game had over 1 million people worldwide watching it. So basically, this game is pretty popular. You wouldn't be in a small minority if you decided to start playing.

Back to my goal with this blog. I said I would document myself playing and improving on a new account, but it's taking too long to progress, so I'm going to play with my original account. Currently, I'm Platinum 1 with 30-something points. The ranking system goes (from lowest to highest)
Bronze V-Bronze I
Silver V-Silver 1
Gold....
Platinum..
Diamond..
Challenger, with only one challenger tier.
Here is a recent chart that shows the player distribution in North America.

Player Distribution Chart:

Once I rank up (by getting to 100 points, then winning 3/5 placement matches), I will be put in Diamond 5. I'll play a couple games a day and provide stats and info from the game and whether or not is was a win or loss. Hopefully over hundreds of games, I will find common trends in wins or losses so I'll know what aspects are most important to improve on. My end goal is that microscopic bar that indicates Challenger.

What is this?

My name is Voqueasy, and I'm going to document and analyze my League of Legends journey. If you want to join me on my climb through the ladder and learn with me, follow this blog. I will focus on certain aspects of the game, and find a connection between those aspects and winning. My goal is to be "Challenger": a top 50 player in my region (North America). However far I get, I will try to figure out specific in-game and outside factors that contributed to winning.

I've played this game for almost a year, and have managed to be in the top 1% of players. I'm addicted to the game, and I'm proud of that fact. This game has consumed much of my life since October 2012, and my goal has always been to climb the ladder (get a better ranking). I have made a new account and will start my climb anew, putting me in the position of all new players. Although I have some previous skill and game knowledge, there's always things I can improve on. I will consistently stream or record my games so I can go back and analyze them.