How I Got Challenger After 9 Years - What it ACTUALLY Takes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hey everyone, my name is Sentrial and I achieved Challenger. It was a brutal path to get here, and this is my story.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Act I - Stone Age
01:07 Act II - The Renaissance
04:21 Act III - The Revolution
08:17 Asking Questions
09:31 Confidence
12:11 Honesty
14:59 Act IV - The Breakthrough
16:48 The Final Push
18:41 Outro
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> goes into video expecting climbing tips
> recieves life altering perspective change
> gets out of bed, cleans house, applies for jobs, and starts planning my future with newfound determination
> still hardstuck silver
edit: i got a job
still better than a lot of your future coworkers xD
We are the same person.. I cry D:
Came for League, stayed for the life lessons. Thanks brother ❤
Same
no shot i was gonna type the same thing 😂
Wtf i instead read the comments (or at leat the top comment, and yours brother is the one❤) before watching the video, and I thought "what does he mean by that?"
Now at 8:00 im not even sure i wanna try to be challenger anymore, just get better in things in life
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ma man Sentrial is a Philosopher reincarnated and finally awoken Challenger Player!
Came to learn how to climb, walked away crying, what a story to tell
Can feel every little emotion that you talk about when making change
Now that's what a real montage of a climb is supposed to look like.. and sound like
Honestly, it's finally nice to see a video that is genuine and not another clickbait. I am truly happy for you and thankful that you were willing to share your journey to challenger with us. We need more positive high elo players like yourself. I'm aiming to get Masters this season and after that who knows, but having confidence to make mistakes (and recover from them) is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Thank you again.
dude im literally silver and don’t even play league anymore but still decided to watch the video, and hearing about how you translated the mindset from improving your overall life into league to hit challenger was surreal. im on that journey right now too and recognizing and resonating with the clips and Marcus Aurelius quote really hit me. this video definitely has helped to reinforce a lot of the concepts I’ve been trying to work on in my own life; self honesty, self actualization, and the whole confidence thing too. i struggled my entire life with massive insecurity and only through letting go of external expectations and learning to embrace rejection and failure have i finally overcome it. as you said, the feeling is truly liberating. amazing 10/10 video, im subbing. best of luck to you on your journey, and thank you for the important reminder to be mindful of my machine
Awesome video man, hope to see more stuff from you in the future!
Thank you so much!!
First of all, congratulations!
Secondly, I recently discovered your channel and to be honest I feel like you are what this community truly needs. Rather than telling you that hecarim has 175%wr and that you should spam it or spam pinging, sending death threats, insulting other players while bragging how good you are and complaining the lack of skill of your teammates, you simply try to help the community on a deeper level, way beyond the summoner's rift. Overall you spread positivity in a community so focused on bringing harm to others and that's something I admire.
Thirdly, this video instantly sparked my interest when I saw the title, to be precise the "9 years" part. I have been playing this game since season 5, when I was a little 9-year-old kid and it has been quite a journey. League has accompanied me throughout all of my highschool years and now I'm starting college. I don't want to know how many hours I've spent on this game. I would be terrified. League has brought me the most toxic friendships I've ever had, and I had no one else besides them. I had a mountain of problems and I tried to "solve" them doing the same thing every single time: running away and never confronting my problems. This is overall the thing that resonated with me the most within this video. The other thing that resonated with me and what I think brings me back to this game over and over again is what you described as the renaissance, every time I watch an educational video about this game and see myself slowly but surely improving. But since league took such an important role in my life and the fact that the joy I had came down to my performance, I quickly became severely depressed. And anxiety kept getting worse and worse, to the point that I could no longer (and this is still true to this day) play this game without my newfound group of friends (who aren't toxic). Ironically this became my saving grace. I took an important decision in my life, I didn't go to college, instead I took a break and during the latter half of 2022 and until september of 2023. My friends were so busy at the time that they didn't play the game, so I couldn't queue up and quit the game up until June of last year. When I came back, my mental health improved significantly and I don't know why, even though I didn't play the game for 9 months I severely improved, somewhat proving the point of this video. There is still a long way to go, I still have to overcome this "ranked anxiety" and not being able to queue up in soloq.
I hope that one day, I'll be able to overcome my problems by facing them and simply queue up to greater heights.
I don't know why I vented and told my journey of this game. But the emotional response I got with this video probably deserved it (I think that only time will tell).
But sincerely, thank you for making this video. I hope you manage to reach your goals in life
That's incredible man, I'm glad that you were able to resonate so deeply with the video. It really seems that you are going through a lot of the same stuff that I did. You have to face your problems and not run away like I did for so long. Confront them, be confident, and I promise that it will be worth it in the end. I know you are on the right path ❤️
Good luck mate
I started playing this game in 2011 and peaked in S3 as D1 99LP (there was no master's/grandmaster's). I cannot fully remember why I stopped playing, but I think mainly due to frustration that I couldn't achieve the challenger and I just hopped onto other games. I was relatively good at that game and I always wanted to start streaming but I had bad internet and computer. I later realised I could have tried going into competitive scene, but back in the day I just played for fun and I had no idea about esports.
One of my biggest regrets is stopping playing at that moment. I sometimes get back into League. Around S7 I got back and played Taliyah all the time, hitting diamond with around 70%wr. I stopped again. In S11 I got back to hit diamond. In S12 I didn't play much and got platinum. In S13 I started liking League again and hit Master's for first time and stopped again to play other game.
The skill gap has increased so much, back in the day the games were much, much easier. Also lack of knowledge of champions doesn't help. But I sometimes wonder if I kept pushing around that S3, would I ever try the taste of e-sports? I am 27 now and I still love competitive aspect of games, but I regret that in golden years I didn't keep trying no matter what.
Good luck mate @@PinkeySuavo
best of luck to you
Hidden Coach Curtis ad confirmed?!!
Okay but for real, this is an insanely good video. Your story also feels a bit personal because I can relate to a lot of what you said.
League Rank aside, this is such a profound message. Keep up the work.
A masterpiece of a video man, not just about league but just life in general. Thanks for the wise words and motivation
beautiful video from start to finish. I appreciate this!
A beautiful and a surprising essay, thanks!
That's insane quality man i really enjoyed it! Also i'm an ex midlane academy member aswell so im glad u also mentioned it! Really insightful video overall man keep them going
thank you for sharing your story, loved every bit of it.
Really nice video, lots of this hit home and resonated with me
Very inspirational. Thank you for sharing! :)
Amazing video , amazing message !
The true gold in this video is "The Revolution". I've seen so many "how to climb" videos and NONE of them talk deeper than "you gotta change your mindset, maaaan". You took a deep dive and....you described me. To my horror and to my relief. Horror, because it was only very recently that I started to put names on the things you talk aobut. I am mortally terrified of making mistakes and I know it for some time actually, yet I haven't been able to overcome it (yet). Seeing you being succesful gives me hope. Relief. And I thank you for that. Truly and deeply. It's a journey for sure. And just in case someone older is watching: I'm a 35 year old father of two and I'm just starting the revolution. It's never too late.
I'm commenting this separately because it deserves its own space. I wanted to thank you for having the courage to be vulnerable with us. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us and for allowing us that glimpse of humanness. And thank you for allowing yourself this growth. It's infectious and truly inspiring.
Real talk, probably one of the best "How to climb" videos I've ever seen. Respect+sub
thank you for sharing the idea of "confidence to fail." This really helps
Bro bro bro, I'm LITTERALY like you, face the same problems you faced, same mindset as yours and I'm living now for at least reaching my peak or being the best ! I was here for taking some advices from your videos and when I listened your story, it reminded me mine ! Hope you get better and better and you reach the stars as we all should be ! Have a good day !
Awesome video! You put a lot of effort into it. I think it's cool how you overcame adversity, learned lessons, and achieved your goal.
It's incredibly well spoken how you could express your own league problem towards climbing combined with personal life issues. Great job, man!
It was truly great content. Thank you man 😊
I was not expecting to learn so much from this video. Thank you so much!
Wow. Blown away - thanks man
Such a good video, thanks
All I got to say is thank you, I'm freaking blessed for having found your channel. I was stuck ina rut and hadn't managed to win 3 games in a row even on my training account (much lower elo than my main) in god knows how many weeks. Today I broke that cycle, everything changed yesterday after watching this video the moment it came out. Tali is also extremely fun I'm glad I picked her up, your VODs helped em figure out a ton about her kit and possibilities!
Good stuff mate
I needed this video not only for league, but for my life too. Thank you!
Such a good video, good luck mate
Wonderfully put together video, as someone who is a very big fan of the things that Coach Curtis preaches I feel like you really let that soak in and put it to the next level, respect!
Man... this is one of the best league videos I've seen. And I've seen A LOT! Congratulations! Very well done, great attitude, nice video editting and formatting. I hope I'll be able to put into action what you have inspired us to do here. Thank you, have a great year!!!
Im coming back 2 weeks after watching this and i just broke into challenger, refreshing tips not about meta as such but how to build stronger mental in game, thank you!
THATS MY BBOY!! NEW VID HYPE
Beautiful. Well spoken, thank you.
Thank you, I'm at a point where I'm trying to change things in my life including a struggle with self confidence and fear of failure, and this is a huge help and inspiration. You're helping a lot of people change their lives for the better and I think it's great of you to share your perspective like this. Thank you again for making this video, I really think that it is amazing.
I felt stuck for so long. And no not in league. This helped so much. Thank you
Really really solid video. Thanks for crediting the speakers so smoothly in the video! :)
Brilliant Video, Subscribed
Great video!
I am in Coach Curtis' MLS right now and love it. Makes things simple to understand.
Wow incredibly unexpected video. Highly special and deep, I’m sure it hits close to home for a lot of people like us. Thanks
man this is gonna make a difference for people great video
Man, what an awesome video. I wish you luck brother. Keep it up, and keep applying yourself - it doesn't stop at challenger, it doesn't stop at great relationships, it only stops when you let it 💪
Thanks for the video, I've been having some problems in both league and irl and here I've found something I can use to overcome these problems
as a League of Legends coach, this was an amazing watch, kudos for being so sincere with yourself and so brave to openly share your experience with all of us, League is just a vessel for manifesting self improvement, i'm so very proud of you and i dont even know you, great video
this was pretty good, thanks for the insight
Dang, I really needed this. Not just for League but for irl. Thanks for the brilliant video. And of course, congratulations.
Really well made video. Definitely got me in my feels and recentering and focusing on my own journey and self.
Loved the pacing and tempo, clips, and music. Absolute banger of a video! Congratulations on Challenger after 9 years grind and dedication!
Bro just casually drop biggest life lesson for us. Thanks bro❤
inspiring video bro, ill make sure i come back a few times during the year when i feel myself plateau. hoping to hit diamond this year and complete a year at university studying fulltime without withdrawing from any units when it gets hard. im going to hold myself accountable with the my gym and training, and im going to learn from my mistakes and try my absolute hardest every game. And thats all thanks to this reminder from yourself to stay on track. Goodluck with your future endeavours!
the best piece of content ive seen from a small creator for years. This is in every regard a masterpiece
this is possibly one of the best videos i have ever seen. i like people who can look outside of gaming and put real life philosophy / psychology back into gamers. Alot of the younger people i meet i usually tell them their learning habits and some parts of who they are at the moment as a person can be dictated by how they play what games they play and how they get good or enjoy the game.
if you are good at gaming the world is your oyster you can make anything happen. if your bad thats ok too we can learn how you learn to help you people become better people. gaming is different for many people.
once again fantastic video!!
this is kinda exactly what I needed bc I relate with your whole story, it feels like this video was designed for me lol. Incredible video, very well edited and narrated
Thanks for the time and effort you spent into making this video. LoL needs people like you 👍
Came here for League, ended up getting a life changing story and insane motivation. Thank you.
What a phenomenal video.
Seems very consistent with what Coach Curtis and Nathan talk about on BBC. Congrats on climbing but more importantly on getting your life into a better state - people forget how important that is. League might have been the motivation, and that’s exactly why trying hard and having passion for something is important for your growth as an individual overall.
I really appreciated this video
Brandon releasing banger after banger. Content machine
This was a great video. Not much more to say. Keep up the good work ❤
This is just wow, really good content🎉❤
Congrats!
its just what I needed, thank you :)
This is incredible! Never have I seen a league video, which would teach so much about life outside league and personal inner world. My eyes were opened wide once and agains as you showed qll of these inspirational, knowledgeable people. I felt deeply the revolution part. I felt the discomfort realizing, that I myself am taking the long way round. Stagnating, making easier choices, building reaentment. I will definitely come back to process it properly. Thank you for your work. I am sure this video will genuenly help many people, regardless of the number of views you'll get
Phenomenal video! This is why I love content creation. You never know when you might just stumble across someone that you resonate so deeply with.
U are such an inspiration, not for league but for live. Thank tou
I came to this video while i was driving to see if it matched up with my experiences as i started this game in Season 2 and only after playing the game for more than 10+ years did i finally reach challenger. This video ultimately made me look further than that as climbing solo queue is fundamentally similar to climbing the social ladder in real life. This is probably one of the best videos on climbing as you really do need to be able to stay positive and maintain a constructive critical attitude toward yourself to succeed in ranked and probably in life as well. 10/10 video. I will subscribe 🙏.
As someone who is currently playing collegiate league, this video was exactly what I needed to start focusing harder on my gameplay and make bigger changes. Great video
Wow, came here trying to climb and walked out crying. Felt so identefied. Great video.
This is a beautiful video! I'm also a collegiate player, so your experience really resonates with me. Thank you for sharing your insight.
Subscription earned.
That was the most philosophical video that transcends video games and hit at the heart of life and becoming what you want to be and what something like that takes. Thank you for making this ❤.
First 3 acts remind me so much of myself, I just realized all the things in my brain keeping me stuck so I'm yet to finish my journey, tho it's just the start ^^ Thanks for the video!
I'm committed in a totally different path, but my words resonated so much with me that I perceived you like a friend. Thank you so much for your perspective, you spoke truth at all levels.
genuinely the best video on climbing ive ever seen. beautiful bro, masters rn this really making me get my ass in gear
Gratz on the chall. I've been climbing to diam for the 1st time on 2 accounts thanks to adopting the mindset you're describing, and it's quite reassuring to hear Im' taking the right path !
I subbed before 1k can’t wait for your channel to blow up you deserve it ❤
Thank you for this
Amazing video, came into this just wanting to get tips on climbing and came out with amazing life advice. Amazing video bro
Just wow
I can somewhat relate to these struggles
I needed to hear this
Life works in fascinating ways
Amazing video, only just started playing league and don’t plan to ever grind ranked but I was able to apply this video to many aspects of life especially my desire to improve at art, thank you
Didnt expect that from a league climbing vid but im pleasantly surprised
I feel this so hard right now ! I'm streamin for 5 years now tryin to progress hit masters last split but feel stuck and not makin any steps. lost myself but thanks for this video. I wanted to quit this week but u gave me to push further and be better not bitter. time to get back to work !
I love this. This is advice not only applicable to League but to real life and to any other endeavor involving striving for a goal! It was unexpected to hear the advice you gave, but it's probably the best advice I could've heard for climbing. Much respect to you. 🙌 Your accomplishment is well deserved. 👏
great video man! thanks for sharing. league is such a great tool for developing ourselves, its amazing
Bro this Video was amazing, very motivating and opened my eyes in many ways in and outside of league. Ive been having some issues with trusting myself and following through on plans because failing before led to low selfbelieve and selfconfidence, but my view on things was just very wrong. i need to forgive my past self and move on, improve and learn from my past mistakes. i shall rise again and will show myself that im still worth being trusted and the machine is still worth being maintained. thank you so much for this, i really didnt expect this video to turn out like that
A great mindset for any piece of your life, something I wish I learned in my 20s
As a Radiant ranked player in VALORANT, first acknowledging your weaknesses and learning HOW to learn from others that are better than you is one of the most important lessons a competitive video game teaches you. This is extremely well put together, loved it man. As someone who has max 1 hour in LOL, I didn’t realize just how hard it was to climb, but this definitely goes to show how much harder it is compared to an FPS game like VALORANT.
Idk what to say, I came just imagining that would be a normal video, but I when I talked about confident, and are the exact same feelings that I have, idk, I think this video is really precious, everyone who wants to improve, should watch this
Thats so inspiring! My Stone age was platinum for 5 Years, i one tricked Urgot to master over 2 Years and now im low master players for 3 Years now. low master. im stuck low master cause i have no motivation to pput in the effort to get better cause GM seems to be so far away. But now i saw your Video and you are not someone who climbed to master in 3 months. i try to get better next season and will climb! Thank you for your Video!
Being in a progress state of mind while grinding league because of free time. Seeing the same concepts applied by you being convertable to my own life. Thanks for the thoughts behind your video. Love the way you brought that to a wide range of different people. Your a real human in an unreal world adressing problems many feel in their every day life and in certain aspect of their life. Keep it up, we grow together and get further as we shall do. Much love
This hits hard. I wish everyone can watch this video before queueing up
surprisingly a very informational video, came for league advice as i am hardstuck emerald rn, and stayed for the introspection on life, and how to view improvement. Love it.
beautiful video
Thank you!!
I came to see if there was some useful info for climbing, and here I am in tears at 15 minutes mark because this all resonates just all too well with my current state of mind, state of life and the relationship I am in right now.
You surprised me, shocked me even, and I am deeply thankful that you made this video.
I will find my path, thank you, Sentrial.
I came to the conclusion that Words cannot physically describe how high quality This video is.
Came to learn about league of legends, learned about life, decisions and ended the video with the desire to change. Thank you. Just liked and subscribed. Big hugs from Brazil