After a hard fought week, I was able to make it back to Diamond 1. I'm sitting at 18 points right now. I'm gaining and losing 3-5 points per game. So far, I've already played with 2 pro players that I've recognized, so I'm in good company.
A Challenger Series awaits me once I hit 100 points. If I win 3/5 games in the series, I will be promoted to Challenger, accompanied by 49 of the best players in the nation. I've also started streaming, but I've only been messing around, playing normal games (games that don't affect your ranking). You can check out my stream here! Basically, you can watch me play video games live.
But you guys probably don't care about my journey. So here's some tips that will help yours!
LoL Replay
If you don't mind downloading another program, and it doesn't affect your computer's performance, I highly recommend downloading LoL Replay. It allows you to watch every game you've played with the program on. This makes it incredibly easy to go back and see how you and your team performed. You can find what your team did right (or wrong), and it's very easy to find individual mistakes.
Admit your mistakes!
I'm sure I've said it several times since I started this blog. In fact, I mentioned it in the paragraph before this. But it's so important. No matter how good you are, you can always improve. This is an excuse I've heard across all rankings, from Bronze to Diamond: I would be higher ranked, but I always get bad teammates.
Sure, you'll have games where your team is absolutely useless. But you're teamed up with people around your MMR (match maker rating), so they're just as good as you. Next time you have bad team mates, think about all those times where you had bad games or just an off day. In the long run, you'll end up where you belong.
I wanted to find actual in-game aspects, but that's very difficult due to how dynamic each game can be. Every game is so unique and unstable that anything can happen. When a team is extremely far ahead and ends up losing, the term to describe the occasion is "throwing". If you threw a game, you lost it despite a huge advantage. I had a game a couple days ago where I played extremely well for the first 34 minutes of the game. However, the 35-minute game was decided by one poor decision by me in which I thought I could take their whole team alone. In my defense, I had previously 1v4'd and came out with 4 kills, so I was getting cocky (look at my last post!).
There's no exact strategy or method to winning games, as every situation is different. Sometimes, you just have to play consistently and make few mistakes. Other games can be won by making one big play, regardless of how poorly you were playing the rest of the game.
Good luck on your journey through Summoner's Rift!
Monday, October 28, 2013
How to Not Stay in Diamond 1
My time in Diamond 1 was short-lived. Six losses in a row sent me back to Diamond 2, where I stayed for a bit, before I was demoted, again, to Diamond 3. Why should you be listening to my tips if I'm getting demoted? Well, you shouldn't.
BUT, I can tell you what I did to get demoted, so you can avoid making the same mistakes
Arrogance
-Remember how I was talking about myself being a top tier diamond 1 player? Well, cockiness killed the cat. No matter how well you are playing or how big of a winning streak you are on, always look to improve, and look for mistakes to improve on every single game.
Tilting
-Often times I would lose 5 games in a row and I'd just keep playing, annoyed and frustrated. This would lead me to go on tilt, and have no motivation to win, causing me to play poorly. When you're on a losing streak or having a bad day, take a break from league. Being mad won't make you play any better. Relax a little!
I'll apply these tips and continue finding new ones, and I'll be back in Diamond 1 before I know it. I've recently downloaded a program that allows me to replay all my games so I can look back and watch for certain things, which will definitely help me (and you) improve.
Good luck on your journey through Summoner's Rift.
BUT, I can tell you what I did to get demoted, so you can avoid making the same mistakes
Arrogance
-Remember how I was talking about myself being a top tier diamond 1 player? Well, cockiness killed the cat. No matter how well you are playing or how big of a winning streak you are on, always look to improve, and look for mistakes to improve on every single game.
Tilting
-Often times I would lose 5 games in a row and I'd just keep playing, annoyed and frustrated. This would lead me to go on tilt, and have no motivation to win, causing me to play poorly. When you're on a losing streak or having a bad day, take a break from league. Being mad won't make you play any better. Relax a little!
I'll apply these tips and continue finding new ones, and I'll be back in Diamond 1 before I know it. I've recently downloaded a program that allows me to replay all my games so I can look back and watch for certain things, which will definitely help me (and you) improve.
Good luck on your journey through Summoner's Rift.
Friday, October 18, 2013
I'm Diamond 1
I've procrastinated updating this blog for a while now (a couple weeks). Last time I posted, I was Diamond 5. While Diamond 5 is very impressive, it doesn't even compare to my current rank. I'm on a whole other level. Diamond 1. To compare the two is like sending Little Leaguers against the Yankees (Breaking Bad, anyone?). Diamond 1 is the second highest ranking, only behind Challenger, which only 50 people in the North America region can have at one time. I started this blog at Platinum 1, and have gotten to Diamond 1 in the time since. So when I finally do start giving tips and tricks, they're sure to be good.
But I feel like you still don't understand exactly how good Diamond 1 is. There's several hundred competitive League of Legends players. There are only 50 Challengers. Assuming everyone in Challenger plays competitively/professionally, there's still a couple hundred pros that are Diamond 1. Yeah sure, there are varying skill levels among Diamond 1, just as there are professional athletes that are much better than others. However, I believe I am a top tier Diamond 1 player, and will prove that between now and my next blog post. (I know, I'm getting a little arrogant here.)
I know the point of this blog post was to give tips to improve, but it's also to document my journey in improving, and at the rate I'm improving, my journey takes priority.
Here's my first tip. It's definitely one of the hardest, but most effective things to apply to your League experience:
Admit you're bad at the game.
I have a friend who is Silver 5, and he refuses to look at his mistakes. After three years of playing, he hasn't improved at all, except for the natural improvement that comes with doing something for a while.
Admit you make mistakes every game, analyze those mistakes, and look to improve.
My second tip that would apply to MANY players is to not rage or get angry, or at least don't make it known to your team. When my team is behind or someone is playing poorly, there will inevitably be one player that wants to demonstrate their lexicon of profanity. If you are that person, stop. If you play with that person, there's a nice "Mute Player" function that works wonders. I have never won a game off yelling at or harassing my team mates. Everyone will make mistakes; they don't need them to be pointed out in a demeaning manner.
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| Notice my score. 4/0/16. With such an amazing performance, I truly deserve Diamond 1. |
But I feel like you still don't understand exactly how good Diamond 1 is. There's several hundred competitive League of Legends players. There are only 50 Challengers. Assuming everyone in Challenger plays competitively/professionally, there's still a couple hundred pros that are Diamond 1. Yeah sure, there are varying skill levels among Diamond 1, just as there are professional athletes that are much better than others. However, I believe I am a top tier Diamond 1 player, and will prove that between now and my next blog post. (I know, I'm getting a little arrogant here.)
I know the point of this blog post was to give tips to improve, but it's also to document my journey in improving, and at the rate I'm improving, my journey takes priority.
Here's my first tip. It's definitely one of the hardest, but most effective things to apply to your League experience:
Admit you're bad at the game.
I have a friend who is Silver 5, and he refuses to look at his mistakes. After three years of playing, he hasn't improved at all, except for the natural improvement that comes with doing something for a while.
Admit you make mistakes every game, analyze those mistakes, and look to improve.
My second tip that would apply to MANY players is to not rage or get angry, or at least don't make it known to your team. When my team is behind or someone is playing poorly, there will inevitably be one player that wants to demonstrate their lexicon of profanity. If you are that person, stop. If you play with that person, there's a nice "Mute Player" function that works wonders. I have never won a game off yelling at or harassing my team mates. Everyone will make mistakes; they don't need them to be pointed out in a demeaning manner.
Good luck on your journey through Summoner's Rift!
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