[Mr. Maggot]

Anything can happen in provs, doesnt matter in the long run.

After being 9-5 in ranked then 12-26 and from there 26-26. From this, although I do not want to believe it but I am yet again proved that in reality there's no such elo hell. If you really are better than your league you'll advance quickly. Sure in provisionals anything can happen because its just 10 matches.
But in the longer run if you're stuck in a division for many matches, its because you deserve it.

I was on a 15 match loss streak, because last season's main akali got nerfed and it took me a while to
realize the extent of it. I lost and this probably lead to negativity in my gameplay and thus lost further. After I took a small break and played other champions, I was able to get to winning again. It was terrible at first because I was getting 8-10 LP per win even though I was on a streak but it got better however I still only got 20 LP at most.

So all those who do badly in provs and then blame their team/everyone but them, after for not being able to get out of their divisions. gg
Sure its fun complaining and relieves stress/frustration but in the end if you deserve you'll get higher.

[SmG Stinger]

^... but can we blame them if they are afk all game [daw]

[SmG Unreal]

^... but can we blame them if they are afk all game [daw]

Even 1 afk the whole game is highly unlikely

[SmG Phoenix]

Anything can happen in provs, doesnt matter in the long run.

After being 9-5 in ranked then 12-26 and from there 26-26. From this, although I do not want to believe it but I am yet again proved that in reality there's no such elo hell. If you really are better than your league you'll advance quickly. Sure in provisionals anything can happen because its just 10 matches.
But in the longer run if you're stuck in a division for many matches, its because you deserve it.

I was on a 15 match loss streak, because last season's main akali got nerfed and it took me a while to
realize the extent of it. I lost and this probably lead to negativity in my gameplay and thus lost further. After I took a small break and played other champions, I was able to get to winning again. It was terrible at first because I was getting 8-10 LP per win even though I was on a streak but it got better however I still only got 20 LP at most.

So all those who do badly in provs and then blame their team/everyone but them, after for not being able to get out of their divisions. gg
Sure its fun complaining and relieves stress/frustration but in the end if you deserve you'll get higher.

Or you can be salty. Streamers get thrown money for the salt.
Also Vader, not many in the League community want to push that hard after a losing streak. That's why Hearthstone ranked is actually better.

[Mr. Maggot]

^which is why LoL is considered a truly competitive game and a (e)sport, where as hearthstone is not.


In all honesty AFK's are extremely rare. In lower levels of ranked they might be slightly more common but still, there are few players who do not connect at all in the entire duration of the game. Its more a case of a player quiting out of frustration after feeding or believing that there is no hope of winning.
If you're carrying there is little reason for a player to afk for such reasons.

[SmG Stinger]

^which is why LoL is considered a truly competitive game and a (e)sport, where as hearthstone is not.


In all honesty AFK's are extremely rare. In lower levels of ranked they might be slightly more common but still, there are few players who do not connect at all in the entire duration of the game. Its more a case of a player quiting out of frustration after feeding or believing that there is no hope of winning.
If you're carrying there is little reason for a player to afk for such reasons.

Last provisionals I had 2 games in which there was an afk the entire game (ofc my team :() so it must be different in OCE, as having afk's is a normal and annoying thing

[SmG Phoenix]

^which is why LoL is considered a truly competitive game and a (e)sport, where as hearthstone is not.


In all honesty AFK's are extremely rare. In lower levels of ranked they might be slightly more common but still, there are few players who do not connect at all in the entire duration of the game. Its more a case of a player quiting out of frustration after feeding or believing that there is no hope of winning.
If you're carrying there is little reason for a player to afk for such reasons.

Last provisionals I had 2 games in which there was an afk the entire game (ofc my team :() so it must be different in OCE, as having afk's is a normal and annoying thing

F*ck off. Hearthstone has tournaments as well and they are more commonly broadcasted.
Also it's far more common in OCE to have afks.

[SmG Unreal]

^which is why LoL is considered a truly competitive game and a (e)sport, where as hearthstone is not.


In all honesty AFK's are extremely rare. In lower levels of ranked they might be slightly more common but still, there are few players who do not connect at all in the entire duration of the game. Its more a case of a player quiting out of frustration after feeding or believing that there is no hope of winning.
If you're carrying there is little reason for a player to afk for such reasons.

Last provisionals I had 2 games in which there was an afk the entire game (ofc my team :() so it must be different in OCE, as having afk's is a normal and annoying thing

You don't play enough ranked game to judge.

[Mr. Maggot]

Its highly unlikely that there are many more afk's in OCE, especially with the new leaver buster penalties which are confirmed drastically reducing afks. I don't want to argue along that because none of us have real statistical data. Even assuming that, you should be facing afks as often as you're matched with them which evens out your overall LP ranked experience. I never hear about people publicizing about the time they faced afks.

If you're claiming that you always get matched with the afk's(in your team) then we are beyond this conversation because your facts are not factual and you're using an invalid excuse.

I too had AFK's thrice in my season 4 provisionals. Once in my team, the other time in the enemy team and the final time, when the enemy laner quit because I dominated lane.
Now that your gold(and assuming your mmr is gold average) you should be facing fewer afks anyways.

[Vergo]

Bro, those are just bad plays not really trollers. I may have play bad games but come on having a lot of players rage quit just bcs they doing bad is just insane. Or how about the sup that says fuck it im going to sup top. U havent experienced all those trollers in ranked. Doing bad isnt the same as lose for fun.