I love how you explained the other side of the story: how this is his only option for food, and even how he acknowledges that what he’s doing is bad for the game and that he doesn’t necessarily enjoy doing it. Perfect journalism!
@@infrared561 Thanks, I was hoping Dong would mention the US involment in fucking Venezuela's economy. He's not a political person so it wasn't a realistic expectation.
I am a former iron 4 player. Back when I started league and finally hit level 30, i queued ranked and dropped straight to iron 4. Now I realise that I had some serious talent back in the day to actually make iron 4 while actually trying.
League was my 1st moba. Back in season 2 I dropped from 1200 Eli to the minimum 700 Eli and stayed there for a couple of month. Then climbed it back again in just 2 weeks. Like at that level, the difference in what you needed to do to win was very small
7:50 is where this video becomes “the human element”. I can tell that this guy does not enjoy what he does within himself even before he says it, but when it’s your way of life, your means to survive, what else do you do? I love how he acknowledges just how toxic this is for the game but when your very life depends on toxicity, are you really the villain? Keep making content Dong, I’ve been following you for years and truly love the direction you’re going in. Much love.
Tu inglés está bastante bien, pero hay un par de fallos: 1. Después del primer "I" tienes que poner "am" 2. "Ganar dinero" en este caso en inglés se dice "earn money" o "make money", no "win" Mucha suerte y espero que sigas aprendiendo inglés, es un lenguaje super útil :) Edit: Tal y como ha especificado BuenosNachos, "win money" sería correcto en el contexto de ganar dinero a través de una lotería, premio, etc.
Es muy triste la situación de ustedes, y espero que todo pueda mejorar para Venezuela pronto, aun asi no dejo de impresionarme de su creatividad para hacer dinero con los juegos Online xD desde vender oro en WoW, en Runescape, el elo deboosting de LoL y quizás que otros métodos mas que no conozco.
@@neetenshi You can say "win money", but it implies you won a prize rather than earned or made it through selling accounts. I don't speak much Spanish, but I was able to make out some words reading your tips in reverse, so you helped out 2 people with 2 languages in 1 response.
@@OJOdin You're right, I didn't specify that usage since it's not the one needed in this context. I'm glad I was able to help in any way, I love learning languages and I'm always happy to see others improve!
Great video. The 6 game setup is crazy. Sad to hear he's forced to do this due to the economic failure of his country. I hope it turns around eventually. Good luck to him
@@wangusbeef86 go read on US- Venezuelan relations, or US intervention in south america, we have caused 99% of their issues because democratic governments DARED go against US interest(or us companies interest) and then proceeded to blame them for said issues
Your ability to multitask is impressive and I hope you’re able to get through this hurtle. You’d make a great dispatcher which is something I did for a few years and requires a lot of multi tasking and keeping track of units. Shoot I’d Venmo you just to help out a bit if donghuap can get it.
@@WiSHNUKEs Yes, but it's not as impressive as he thinks he is. He memorized everything, from start to finish he knows what to select in champ select, where to click on minimap and the rout path. If he dies he starts over. It's not like he's trying to win those games playing on 6 different computers, jeez.
@@SorakaOTP462 if you have and do the same job everyday for an extended period of time wouldn’t that also develop memorization? Obviously getting a job as a dispatcher is more difficult than getting a computer for most people but he was just giving a suggestion and positivity
I remember playing with some friends from Venezuela (I'm from the LAN server) and 2 of them disappeared back in 2016. They stopped playing, which wasnt really strange for me, sometimes they would go away for like a week or two, but the months passed and they never came back. I really hope its just because their pc's stopped working or because they left the country (one of them said he was planning to go to Argentina or Chile). I really do hope they're still alive and trolling games in LAS server, they were some of the funniest friends I've ever played with.
Just because you're Iron elo doesn't mean you're the best at getting there. For anyone curious Levande's actual rank is Diamond. He's taken those skills to hit Iron as efficiently as possible. As always, feel free to hit me up with video requests at my discord server or directly through email. Donghuaplol@gmail.com discord.gg/donghuap
I love your channel! please talk about our league points system in the next video as you brought up this ranked issue at the end. I think it's absurd that you lose points because a single player dragged the team to defeat while despicable players get points for being carried, I hope you consider this request,because I don't usually comment much here but I'm always watching your videos with youtube automatic subtitles
Dong: What do you do for a living? Levande: I suck. Dong: What if Riot makes it harder to suck? Levande: I suck harder. Guys now this is skill right there.
Extremely good video. I have done similar things in the past but with another game, basically for the exact same reasons of this guy ( things in south Italy are absurdly worse than what people imagine, and also extremely different from north italy ). I liked the part where you let him explain why he does that and I completely agree with his philosophy of basically HAVING to do that because he can't live otherwise, still caring about the game and acknowledging that he's making it worse, but ultimately conceding and doing it because he must. Keep it up!
Veramente è meglio farsi pagare meno di 6 euro l'ora al sud? Io sono del nord e non ho mai avuto problemi economici, però l'idea che esistano luoghi qui dove è meglio lavorare 13 ore per 60 euro al giorno sembra assurdo. Veramente è così merda giù? Vale solo per le comunità più piccole o anche per le città abbastanza grandi?
it’s just crazy man, i really feel for the dude. his country failed him. despite that, i have nothing but respect for the guy, he puts in the effort day after day and is without a doubt a master of his craft. wish for nothing but the best my man, keep deboosting 👍
>i have nothing but respect for the guy Doing literally the most destructive thing possible to the game you're playing most. And you have "nothing but respect" for that? You're completely spineless.
You outdid yourself with this video, Venezuelans always have tried to make a living in gaming so they could survive their failed economy, much love to them and I hope that things get better for their country
I remember reading a story about how the World of Warcraft game economy crashed because of the week long nationwide blackout Venezuela had a few years ago, due to most people doing item farming were from there. Certainly a testament of their will to try to get through harsh times.
I've been playing league for a little over a year and half, and my first few times in ranked I deranked to Iron II pretty quickly because I was (and am) bad. I kept complaining at the time that it felt like about half my games had people intentionally feeding in it, and I thought that I was honestly just crazy or had bad luck with teammates. But this video, this video makes me feel so much better.
I feel you. I’m not a good player but i should not be in iron, because i was doing well in py bronze/silver soloq games. Just got unlucky this season with my placement and landed in this pit of garbage :(, literally unplayable. Might abuse my yasuo again because otherwise i’m not getting out
"they are paying a team of software engineers hundreds of thousands of dollars in California to police a guy making 5 bucks in Venezuela" Fuck, that really got me thinking. I mean, even tho what he is doing is not quite right and Riot is on its right to try punishing him, it just doesn't feel right '-'
@@MrCmon113 I get it, my point is not really about league or riot it self. It just surprises me how such some situation come to happen, specially his case at least. Being given no opportunitie but this to live.
"Are you okay doing a job that is pretty much doing the same thing over and over over again. Because this just is just farm the camp and surrender." So if you main Nasus, you're golden.
I must disagree with that guy ''This is not an excuse part''. The dude is ruining very, very low-ranking matches in a video game because that is his best way to get fucking food to not die, that is not just an excuse, it's a damn good one at that.
You can think like this I'm assuming you come from a country that has a stable economy atleast. When people can't afford basic necessities and can't live a normal life they may resort to something like this, i 100% don't agree with what his doing but I also understand why he does it.
@@annexgaming1856 And I assume you can think like this because you can't read? I quite literally wrote that the idea of him having to excuse himself is silly, because his need to feed himself is way more important than if some matches get trolled. Maybe you should actually read what people write before trying to feel all heroic by accusing them of stuff they never said eh?
I FUCKING RAN INTO THIS DUDE A FEW DAYS AGO. It was exactly a WW jg with a morg fallowing him around doing only jg and no ganks. Our mid Yone quite and me (nasus) and our bot (ezreal) where trying to keep us from losing.
Sadly, getting out of Venezuela is even harder than managing to live there, and even borderline impossible if you don't have help from outside. If it isn't due to the non-existent economy, it's from the insane corruption and neglicence of the goverment, so much that airport security might not allow you to leave the country just because they know you're not coming back, and you can just lose your flight - and your money - if you can't convince security that you're coming back. Take it from a venezuelan that miraculously made it out, my family had to buy round-trip tickets just to "prove" we weren't moving out.
@@AceOf_Diamonds_ that's horrible I also come from a third world country but even there they would at least let you leave I hope something can be done to help ven even though it's very unlikely it'll get better
This was a great video. It felt close to home 'cause I'm one of those Venezuelans who lost weight back in the day. I live as an inmigrant now, life is rough but hey, I live. It's just sad that I'll never be home again
Obviously this kind of behavior in game is a plague, but I respect this guy for being very nice in explaining what really goes down. Very interesting video!
Been to Venezuela twice good on him I met people who worked for less than a dollar a day. Crazy how bad their economy is most of the people I know left to Argentina and Columbia.
This documentaries that you are doing are not just helping us realizing how vast the lol players spectrum is. It's opening us up to see how the hole society is working. Thanks for this great content !
Stories like these are so pivotal because they show just how much people in first world countries take advantage of. I have never been faced with the notion of being hungry, homeless, and working 12 hours a day just to afford to eat that day, and knowing someone else has that tenacity gives me some hope that one day he will be relieved of needing to do so. I hope the best for that deranker, and that he can end up with a stable job.
In Diamond, there's a lot of junglers that do this Reranking strategy unironically as their gameplan, holding hostage their teammates. Imagine if they got banned because they were detected as "elo deboosted accounts"
Found one in my game the other day. Stole jg from my friend then trolled the whole match by never ganking, stealing farm and not doing objectives however his KDA is positive because all he did was kill steal.
I have a suggestion instead of letting bad players in ranked they should have a competency test in the form of games before you are able to play ranked for the season. It gets rid of bad Iron players and Bronze players and have ones that have way more skill at the game but it allows Riot to detect deboosters for awhile as the worst players are stuck in norms till their win rates improves above 50% in 100 games at the least
Very good video, the debooster scene should be seen as reverse challenger skillwise, because those people know so much about the ban system as challengers know about the game.
I'm glad that they've found food and wealth out of such a harmless crime. Another human being having a significantly better life, because I lost a game in silver 3. Now that'll put a smile on your face, plus I get to yell "ahhh damn inters" and get some stress of the day out without them hearing or seeing it ( Don't do it in chat guys, do it in your private discord or IRL and then let it be gone) GG friend
ngl his job actually sounds like an dispatcher off some sort he has to multi task, almost sells his soul to his job bc off how much he works and he has to be efficient enough with it to not get banned ruining his progress
This is honestly heartbreaking. He doesn't like doing it, he's ideologically against it, but it's his best opportunity to literally stay alive. How terrible that must be, my heart and thoughts go out to all the people in places like venezuela and ukraine, and anyone with struggles like this. I'm very impressed he's making something work for him in that situation.
He says he doesn't like doing it, only to justify his actions but deep inside this guy doesn't really care about the game, he can do other things, I think it's not justifiable to ruin the game experience of 4 individuals trying their best to win a game
Boosting is still playing the game. The other team still has a chance to win and all that's in their way is the opposite team. Inting isn't just playing out of your league, it's grieving your teammates. It's the most unfair and unsportsmanlike thing you can possibly do in a game.
For some context, In 2017 is when I started to play league of legends and my age was 15 . Now, I am 20 year old and planning to join the US army next year. This video did made me feel sad and tear up a little bit. The whole atmosphere is different compared to the earliest video of why booster exist. Which was somewhat a wholesome story, because as I got older I started the hardship of life. You either work or study or part time both. Otherwise, you won't have a life to enjoy. My point is in that early video about dads doesn't have time to game as they have a family to support. On a off topic, I feel women has more option than before to do things. Don't be me wrong, parenting is hard and difficult, when a person has to take care an infant up to 18 or more. So, kudos to you for making video like this.
I created a new account after being inactive for 10 years and forgetting my login information and there are so many smurfs, deboosters and players leaving in low level games it's insane!
Around 11:50 - I just can't stop thinking of the characters in No Game No Life playing with their hands and feet while he talks about playing on 10 pcs
this is the sad truth riot cant deal with. ranked league is not a game where people come to compete and climb, its a place where people come to do what ever BUT climb. only at the higher levels of league people actually try to play a team game. everywhere else, its a solo with bots... (i know i sound salty but at the age of 31, im just sitting there playing with players younger then me who just dont care...)
I mean, you can only be soo hardstuck before you eventually start demoting, right? even though riot has done a lot to ensure that bad players don't actually decrease in rank. demote protection and stuff like promo free wins mainly. it's very well possible to climb with negative winrates these days which is just insane to me.
@@SolaceV9 There are times in gold where i feel like playing only vs smurfs and on other days people play so much worse For example, my highest rank was plat3 and now i am not able to win my gold promo cuz of this issue 65% wr (while playing only one champ/role like coaches want you to play) then suddenly all teammates play insanly bad and i loose 20 games in a row (now i have 30% wr)
@@zimon6886 if you only have a low amount of games (low sample size) performance of teammates/enemies doesn't mean anything. when you get to a higher amount of games, things will usually even out. there 's definitely not an abundance of smurfs and boosted people running around in gold, just due to the sheer amount of players in that elo bracket. I think gold is the 2nd most populated mmr after silver. people being able to reach 100% winrate on dozens of games until masters is not a coincidence. if you play enough games which is probably anything from a 100 and up, you're next to the only deciding factor when it comes to whether you climb or not. it's not technically impossible to lose 20 games in a row with the majority of the fault falling on your teammates, but the odds are probably as likely as dream's cheated enderpearl droprates. like I mentioned, even if you're really bad (e.g. negative winrate in gold) you can probably still climb due to the above mentioned systems being in place and the fact that your mmr often doesn't tank hard enough for you to lose more lp than you gain. tl;dr if you're in gold and you've played more than just a couple games, you're just a gold level player. it's that easy.
@@SolaceV9 well i only played around 60 games so far xd But after placement games most people reach their last seasons elo pretty fast, so i felt very frustrated As i said i had a 30% wr, it wasnt like 0/20, but those games felt like my problem i talked about And yes there were games where i was part of why we lost xd
Back in 2014 I used to play Teemo to derank. You buy sunfire and then just go invisible in a camp. Back then NOBODY, literally nobody was doing it except me and some other guy who told me about this start.
I met a guy from venezuela in an old MMORPG, he was selling the game money for a living. He told me he played 6h a day each day, with 12 acc more or less for roughly 1k USD a month. This guy told me that with a 20k-25k $ account you could make like 100-150 USD a day just by farming.
thank you for this vid (actually first i watch from your channel), +1 sub this is really sad but after you explained the situation in Venezuela i have to say i cant really blame the guy anymore. Plus he has a really good point : boosting accounts is clearly not any better than deboosting To me the problem coud easily be fixed by forcing people to prove their identity every time they create accounts
It would be really cool if Riot contacted this guy and hired him to help them get rid of deboosters, he'd most definetly get more money and he'd help people who are victims of deboosters and bots.
@@adriannstg3421 isn't that exactly who you want? The one that makes a living doing what you're trying to stop, who knows the strategy better than you ever could.
I love how you explained the other side of the story: how this is his only option for food, and even how he acknowledges that what he’s doing is bad for the game and that he doesn’t necessarily enjoy doing it. Perfect journalism!
An even better journalism would be mentioning US sanctions and their destructive effect on Venezuelan economy.
@@infrared561 Thanks, I was hoping Dong would mention the US involment in fucking Venezuela's economy. He's not a political person so it wasn't a realistic expectation.
@@infrared561 Yeah and why didn't he talk about Covid and the War in Ukraine? Such a disappointment
@@victorponce329 missed the joke
I wonder if all the other deboosters are in a similar situation or not
I am a former iron 4 player. Back when I started league and finally hit level 30, i queued ranked and dropped straight to iron 4. Now I realise that I had some serious talent back in the day to actually make iron 4 while actually trying.
same here i just lost 30 games in a row playing yasuo xD. good to be plat rn but it was fun tbh.
League was my 1st moba. Back in season 2 I dropped from 1200 Eli to the minimum 700 Eli and stayed there for a couple of month. Then climbed it back again in just 2 weeks.
Like at that level, the difference in what you needed to do to win was very small
U guys better stop wasting time on this game since you suck
deadass just chuckled w your comment
DUDE IM IRON 1
7:50 is where this video becomes “the human element”. I can tell that this guy does not enjoy what he does within himself even before he says it, but when it’s your way of life, your means to survive, what else do you do? I love how he acknowledges just how toxic this is for the game but when your very life depends on toxicity, are you really the villain?
Keep making content Dong, I’ve been following you for years and truly love the direction you’re going in. Much love.
@@zxstealthypotato3021 did you even bother to read how getting an actual job barely pays you 30$ a month in venezuela?
@@AimiCh yeah watched the rest of the video apologies
@@zxstealthypotato3021 imagine commenting before watching the whole video… why do people do this?
1:20 “I really enjoy working so I work every day of the week”
Why bother paying someone to lose games? My teammates do that already for free!
You think people who make the troll builds in Iron 5 videos all derank their accounts by themselves ? Now they buy it from people who do. 😁
hahaha youre so quirky 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
LoL
Walmart rope sale
Because when you're good at something, like say losing your games, never do it for free.
Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my loss ratio
W comment🤣
I from Venezuela and i can confirm that this guy is winning more money than 80% of the population in my contry (sry for my english )
Tu inglés está bastante bien, pero hay un par de fallos:
1. Después del primer "I" tienes que poner "am"
2. "Ganar dinero" en este caso en inglés se dice "earn money" o "make money", no "win"
Mucha suerte y espero que sigas aprendiendo inglés, es un lenguaje super útil :)
Edit: Tal y como ha especificado BuenosNachos, "win money" sería correcto en el contexto de ganar dinero a través de una lotería, premio, etc.
Es muy triste la situación de ustedes, y espero que todo pueda mejorar para Venezuela pronto, aun asi no dejo de impresionarme de su creatividad para hacer dinero con los juegos Online xD desde vender oro en WoW, en Runescape, el elo deboosting de LoL y quizás que otros métodos mas que no conozco.
Tu inglés es bueno
@@neetenshi You can say "win money", but it implies you won a prize rather than earned or made it through selling accounts. I don't speak much Spanish, but I was able to make out some words reading your tips in reverse, so you helped out 2 people with 2 languages in 1 response.
@@OJOdin You're right, I didn't specify that usage since it's not the one needed in this context. I'm glad I was able to help in any way, I love learning languages and I'm always happy to see others improve!
I can see and hear the increase in production quality. Loving the content and looking forward to more deep dives into niches like this.
Great video. The 6 game setup is crazy.
Sad to hear he's forced to do this due to the economic failure of his country. I hope it turns around eventually. Good luck to him
Socialism = Iron tier IRL 😂
@@wangusbeef86 💀💀💀
@@wangusbeef86 cope, US foreign policy is true culprit.
@@cephalonbob15 Of course blame the US for Venezuela deciding put all their eggs in the oil basket, gotta diversify that portfolio man
@@wangusbeef86 go read on US- Venezuelan relations, or US intervention in south america, we have caused 99% of their issues because democratic governments DARED go against US interest(or us companies interest) and then proceeded to blame them for said issues
Your ability to multitask is impressive and I hope you’re able to get through this hurtle. You’d make a great dispatcher which is something I did for a few years and requires a lot of multi tasking and keeping track of units. Shoot I’d Venmo you just to help out a bit if donghuap can get it.
this comment should be more way up
There's nothing to multitask, buddy. Just pick a tanky jungler and click on a camp, don't use any skills.
@@SorakaOTP462 he said he could do this with 6 different computers, call it what you want but thats multitasking
@@WiSHNUKEs Yes, but it's not as impressive as he thinks he is. He memorized everything, from start to finish he knows what to select in champ select, where to click on minimap and the rout path. If he dies he starts over. It's not like he's trying to win those games playing on 6 different computers, jeez.
@@SorakaOTP462 if you have and do the same job everyday for an extended period of time wouldn’t that also develop memorization? Obviously getting a job as a dispatcher is more difficult than getting a computer for most people but he was just giving a suggestion and positivity
I remember playing with some friends from Venezuela (I'm from the LAN server) and 2 of them disappeared back in 2016. They stopped playing, which wasnt really strange for me, sometimes they would go away for like a week or two, but the months passed and they never came back. I really hope its just because their pc's stopped working or because they left the country (one of them said he was planning to go to Argentina or Chile). I really do hope they're still alive and trolling games in LAS server, they were some of the funniest friends I've ever played with.
hope you guys reunite
they're all dead, i'm sorry
@@suportedw9894 ??
Hope you meet them again someday. I'm sure they're doing well
Just because you're Iron elo doesn't mean you're the best at getting there.
For anyone curious Levande's actual rank is Diamond. He's taken those skills to hit Iron as efficiently as possible.
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Poroprofesor donesnt work, stop lying about its functionality
Didn't you already make this video?
I love your channel! please talk about our league points system in the next video as you brought up this ranked issue at the end. I think it's absurd that you lose points because a single player dragged the team to defeat while despicable players get points for being carried, I hope you consider this request,because I don't usually comment much here but I'm always watching your videos with youtube automatic subtitles
kinda sad that there isn't a fundraiser for this guy to show him some support
@@folkenberger it's worked for me since preseason 11
Imagine being a Wood 6 Yuumi so bad, you got perma banned for being as bad as the bots designed to be the worst imaginable player.
Honestly, if you act like a bot, you should be treated like a bot
@@WanderTheNomad What if someone is mentally ill or has down syndrome or some other illness
Dong: What do you do for a living?
Levande: I suck.
Dong: What if Riot makes it harder to suck?
Levande: I suck harder.
Guys now this is skill right there.
Have you ever considering blowing instead?
What that mouth do tho
Venezuelan gorilla grip mouth
Damn he be sucking hard on riot games
Riot should hire him to prevent other strats like this and don't do harm to the game
Extremely good video. I have done similar things in the past but with another game, basically for the exact same reasons of this guy ( things in south Italy are absurdly worse than what people imagine, and also extremely different from north italy ). I liked the part where you let him explain why he does that and I completely agree with his philosophy of basically HAVING to do that because he can't live otherwise, still caring about the game and acknowledging that he's making it worse, but ultimately conceding and doing it because he must.
Keep it up!
Napoli momento
@@marcoloss6525 Più scendi più si sta male. Io sono calabrese
@@TheHeldex la gente al sud e' piu' aperta e gentile rispetto al nord.
Veramente è meglio farsi pagare meno di 6 euro l'ora al sud? Io sono del nord e non ho mai avuto problemi economici, però l'idea che esistano luoghi qui dove è meglio lavorare 13 ore per 60 euro al giorno sembra assurdo. Veramente è così merda giù? Vale solo per le comunità più piccole o anche per le città abbastanza grandi?
As an iron 3 player
I thought I've seen the deepest most cruel pit of iron
Turns out I've seen nothing yet
i love how he knows his situation and what he is doing is bad, but it is one of his only options to feed himself and provide for himself.
For real man.
it’s just crazy man, i really feel for the dude. his country failed him. despite that, i have nothing but respect for the guy, he puts in the effort day after day and is without a doubt a master of his craft. wish for nothing but the best my man, keep deboosting 👍
It's so weird how we're egging the guy to deboost more when it is the very thing that we hate so much in our games
@@MastaFista Did u watch the video at all? Also, if u get placed in iron, u likely did it on purpose.
>i have nothing but respect for the guy
Doing literally the most destructive thing possible to the game you're playing most. And you have "nothing but respect" for that? You're completely spineless.
I finally found the guy playing my entire team at once during my promos.
You outdid yourself with this video, Venezuelans always have tried to make a living in gaming so they could survive their failed economy, much love to them and I hope that things get better for their country
I remember reading a story about how the World of Warcraft game economy crashed because of the week long nationwide blackout Venezuela had a few years ago, due to most people doing item farming were from there.
Certainly a testament of their will to try to get through harsh times.
@@Godinice i remember that blackout...
The Yuumi bit made me spit out my drink lmao
Perfect, now I can stall my sleep by getting educated on how to lose more efficiently in league!
yeah but he does it on purpose
I've been playing league for a little over a year and half, and my first few times in ranked I deranked to Iron II pretty quickly because I was (and am) bad. I kept complaining at the time that it felt like about half my games had people intentionally feeding in it, and I thought that I was honestly just crazy or had bad luck with teammates. But this video, this video makes me feel so much better.
Statistically in long term you had bigger chance to have a debooster in enemy team
I feel you. I’m not a good player but i should not be in iron, because i was doing well in py bronze/silver soloq games. Just got unlucky this season with my placement and landed in this pit of garbage :(, literally unplayable. Might abuse my yasuo again because otherwise i’m not getting out
We need to be able to get this man in content creation and make money off something anything.
"they are paying a team of software engineers hundreds of thousands of dollars in California to police a guy making 5 bucks in Venezuela"
Fuck, that really got me thinking. I mean, even tho what he is doing is not quite right and Riot is on its right to try punishing him, it just doesn't feel right '-'
It's not just one guy. Wintrading, inting, boosting, etc is all a huge problem and the community is well aware of it. So Riot needs to react to it.
@@MrCmon113 I get it, my point is not really about league or riot it self. It just surprises me how such some situation come to happen, specially his case at least. Being given no opportunitie but this to live.
This was such a great video. "If Riot could solve solo queue, Riot could solve cancer itself" HAHAHHAHAH
"Are you okay doing a job that is pretty much doing the same thing over and over over again. Because this just is just farm the camp and surrender."
So if you main Nasus, you're golden.
aren't all jobs repetitive?
@@YWNBAW69 no
@@YWNBAW69 majority are
"Are you ok doing a job that is the same thing over and over again?"
You can tell this guy has never had a real job in his life.
I must disagree with that guy ''This is not an excuse part''. The dude is ruining very, very low-ranking matches in a video game because that is his best way to get fucking food to not die, that is not just an excuse, it's a damn good one at that.
You can think like this I'm assuming you come from a country that has a stable economy atleast. When people can't afford basic necessities and can't live a normal life they may resort to something like this, i 100% don't agree with what his doing but I also understand why he does it.
@@annexgaming1856 And I assume you can think like this because you can't read? I quite literally wrote that the idea of him having to excuse himself is silly, because his need to feed himself is way more important than if some matches get trolled. Maybe you should actually read what people write before trying to feel all heroic by accusing them of stuff they never said eh?
@@ancientofdays8644 i read and misinterpreted your comment wrongly, my bad for that.
I FUCKING RAN INTO THIS DUDE A FEW DAYS AGO. It was exactly a WW jg with a morg fallowing him around doing only jg and no ganks. Our mid Yone quite and me (nasus) and our bot (ezreal) where trying to keep us from losing.
WAY worse things this guy could be doing to make money in Venezuela. Or in South America. I respect the honesty, and the situation
I lost my shit at the graphics card mention, dude’s a master of his craft
i honestly hated this guy at first but then when he told us his situation my respect for him went through the roof!! Wish him well
What can I say? I'm impressed with the "investigation", with the perspective, and with the story as a whole. Keep up the good work, bro!
Kinda feel bad for this dude in his situation hope he can maybe get out of ven soon and find actual work
Sadly, getting out of Venezuela is even harder than managing to live there, and even borderline impossible if you don't have help from outside.
If it isn't due to the non-existent economy, it's from the insane corruption and neglicence of the goverment, so much that airport security might not allow you to leave the country just because they know you're not coming back, and you can just lose your flight - and your money - if you can't convince security that you're coming back.
Take it from a venezuelan that miraculously made it out, my family had to buy round-trip tickets just to "prove" we weren't moving out.
@@AceOf_Diamonds_ this are facts, im from venezuela too
work does not exist for them
@@AceOf_Diamonds_ that's horrible I also come from a third world country but even there they would at least let you leave I hope something can be done to help ven even though it's very unlikely it'll get better
@@AceOf_Diamonds_ I am happy that you and your family are well here :). Very heartwarming to hear!!
It's really nice to know that these yummi players I used to see in Iron are actually bots and It wasn't just me overthinking it
I really enjoyed this video, kept me engaged the whole way through.
Honest I can respect this dude, sitting there for 12 hours a day constantly monitoring 6 computers 7 days a week is not something everyone can do.
Picking pockets is also not everyone can do.
Always amazed by the quality of your TH-cam videos. Keep up the excellent work; I LOVE your videos.
This was a great video. It felt close to home 'cause I'm one of those Venezuelans who lost weight back in the day. I live as an inmigrant now, life is rough but hey, I live. It's just sad that I'll never be home again
Now I won’t be sad to lose anymore because I know it might help feed someone :)
A new meaning to the term feeding
Obviously this kind of behavior in game is a plague, but I respect this guy for being very nice in explaining what really goes down. Very interesting video!
i didn't read the title or watch the intro but I've taken these play tips to heart and I'm ready to start playing ranked!
So cool to see you do a documentary about my ranked teammates :D
Been to Venezuela twice good on him I met people who worked for less than a dollar a day. Crazy how bad their economy is most of the people I know left to Argentina and Columbia.
Finally, a league career for the masses
That Yone play at 0:46 hurt me physically
That was actually a plat game lmao
this guy could learn alot from my promo teammates
Always solid content. Analyses that actually have some substance and unique angles. Wp mate.
This documentaries that you are doing are not just helping us realizing how vast the lol players spectrum is. It's opening us up to see how the hole society is working.
Thanks for this great content !
Riot should hire this guy. Give him a good job, and better fight derankers. Win win
Stories like these are so pivotal because they show just how much people in first world countries take advantage of. I have never been faced with the notion of being hungry, homeless, and working 12 hours a day just to afford to eat that day, and knowing someone else has that tenacity gives me some hope that one day he will be relieved of needing to do so. I hope the best for that deranker, and that he can end up with a stable job.
This video was really good. Reminds me of the Venezuelan gold farmers in runescape
Wow I wasn't expecting this. I will have to think twice next time I flame an inter. I hope. I hope this kid makes all the money he needs.
In Diamond, there's a lot of junglers that do this Reranking strategy unironically as their gameplan, holding hostage their teammates. Imagine if they got banned because they were detected as "elo deboosted accounts"
Found one in my game the other day. Stole jg from my friend then trolled the whole match by never ganking, stealing farm and not doing objectives however his KDA is positive because all he did was kill steal.
i never thought that deranking exists...
i must have lived under the rock for a long time
I have a suggestion instead of letting bad players in ranked they should have a competency test in the form of games before you are able to play ranked for the season. It gets rid of bad Iron players and Bronze players and have ones that have way more skill at the game but it allows Riot to detect deboosters for awhile as the worst players are stuck in norms till their win rates improves above 50% in 100 games at the least
Nice to see your face Dong. Great video, this section of league needed a light shined on it.
There's also a documentary of the people on Venezuela that played runescape for a living.
Very good video, the debooster scene should be seen as reverse challenger skillwise, because those people know so much about the ban system as challengers know about the game.
The rant at the end was just amazing
Thank you for this video
I wish I had the concentration for just 1 task haha
That's some serious skill
Venezolano, lo sabía
Pd: Después de ver el vídeo me siento obligado a decir que es broma, espero que mejore la situación amigo, fuerza desde España
Runescape has a BIG problem with Venezueleans
Or straight up lock them up with other of their species, because it is disgusting as they always been
Or with that kind of "president" boy sure they have a bright future
Oh my god, thanks for that information. Downplayed for years just for my own amusement with friends. B5 first, then we got iron. Without surrender. 👌
I'm glad that they've found food and wealth out of such a harmless crime.
Another human being having a significantly better life, because I lost a game in silver 3.
Now that'll put a smile on your face, plus I get to yell "ahhh damn inters" and get some stress of the day out without them hearing or seeing it ( Don't do it in chat guys, do it in your private discord or IRL and then let it be gone)
GG friend
ngl his job actually sounds like an dispatcher off some sort he has to multi task, almost sells his soul to his job bc off how much he works and he has to be efficient enough with it to not get banned ruining his progress
Cool !
New method to derank my account, thank you
This is honestly heartbreaking. He doesn't like doing it, he's ideologically against it, but it's his best opportunity to literally stay alive. How terrible that must be, my heart and thoughts go out to all the people in places like venezuela and ukraine, and anyone with struggles like this. I'm very impressed he's making something work for him in that situation.
He says he doesn't like doing it, only to justify his actions but deep inside this guy doesn't really care about the game, he can do other things, I think it's not justifiable to ruin the game experience of 4 individuals trying their best to win a game
Same, I find it heartbreaking :( but it’s reality. And there are far worse situations than him. Like literally 0 food in Africa Asia etc…
@@inglestopia "he can do other things" did you see the difference between the average pay there and what he is making?
@@periklisperperis6868 WASHING CARS IS MORE DIGNIFYING THAN DOING THIS SHIT
@@inglestopia and? He needs to make money and this is his only option for a livable wage
Ironically enough deranking is actually more fair than boosting. Boosting robs all 5 players on the other team. Deranking only robs 3 or 4 players.
Boosting is still playing the game. The other team still has a chance to win and all that's in their way is the opposite team. Inting isn't just playing out of your league, it's grieving your teammates. It's the most unfair and unsportsmanlike thing you can possibly do in a game.
true gaming journalism, keep up the good work we need it !! :)
amazing video as usual, i feel bad for this guy. may Allah guide him out of Venezuela to find a better job with a good salary.
For some context, In 2017 is when I started to play league of legends and my age was 15 . Now, I am 20 year old and planning to join the US army next year.
This video did made me feel sad and tear up a little bit. The whole atmosphere is different compared to the earliest video of why booster exist. Which was somewhat a wholesome story, because as I got older I started the hardship of life. You either work or study or part time both. Otherwise, you won't have a life to enjoy.
My point is in that early video about dads doesn't have time to game as they have a family to support. On a off topic, I feel women has more option than before to do things. Don't be me wrong, parenting is hard and difficult, when a person has to take care an infant up to 18 or more.
So, kudos to you for making video like this.
I created a new account after being inactive for 10 years and forgetting my login information and there are so many smurfs, deboosters and players leaving in low level games it's insane!
Around 11:50 - I just can't stop thinking of the characters in No Game No Life playing with their hands and feet while he talks about playing on 10 pcs
Riot could solve this much easier if they just made quality educational content instead of a simple tutorial.
It finally makes sense now! That’s why I have so stupid teammates, they are trying to derank! Couldn’t understand how they were so stupid
very true there brother, If Solo que actually becomes Fun people will troll less
Great vid, we are happy we were able to provide insight into our work in this video!
As a Venezuelan. I really appreciate you talking about my country and telling the truth about my country
this is the sad truth riot cant deal with. ranked league is not a game where people come to compete and climb, its a place where people come to do what ever BUT climb. only at the higher levels of league people actually try to play a team game. everywhere else, its a solo with bots... (i know i sound salty but at the age of 31, im just sitting there playing with players younger then me who just dont care...)
As a Venezuelan I wanna meet this guy as well, my situation slowly is getting worse and worse. My mom and I lost our business due to rent too.
Lol, he said it's bad to be like 0/5/0 while that's what happens to me on a common tuesday
If only hardstuck gold accounts were expensive
I mean, you can only be soo hardstuck before you eventually start demoting, right? even though riot has done a lot to ensure that bad players don't actually decrease in rank. demote protection and stuff like promo free wins mainly. it's very well possible to climb with negative winrates these days which is just insane to me.
@@SolaceV9 There are times in gold where i feel like playing only vs smurfs and on other days people play so much worse
For example, my highest rank was plat3 and now i am not able to win my gold promo cuz of this issue
65% wr (while playing only one champ/role like coaches want you to play) then suddenly all teammates play insanly bad and i loose 20 games in a row (now i have 30% wr)
@@zimon6886 if you only have a low amount of games (low sample size) performance of teammates/enemies doesn't mean anything. when you get to a higher amount of games, things will usually even out. there 's definitely not an abundance of smurfs and boosted people running around in gold, just due to the sheer amount of players in that elo bracket. I think gold is the 2nd most populated mmr after silver. people being able to reach 100% winrate on dozens of games until masters is not a coincidence. if you play enough games which is probably anything from a 100 and up, you're next to the only deciding factor when it comes to whether you climb or not. it's not technically impossible to lose 20 games in a row with the majority of the fault falling on your teammates, but the odds are probably as likely as dream's cheated enderpearl droprates.
like I mentioned, even if you're really bad (e.g. negative winrate in gold) you can probably still climb due to the above mentioned systems being in place and the fact that your mmr often doesn't tank hard enough for you to lose more lp than you gain.
tl;dr
if you're in gold and you've played more than just a couple games, you're just a gold level player. it's that easy.
@@SolaceV9 well i only played around 60 games so far xd
But after placement games most people reach their last seasons elo pretty fast, so i felt very frustrated
As i said i had a 30% wr, it wasnt like 0/20, but those games felt like my problem i talked about
And yes there were games where i was part of why we lost xd
Back in 2014 I used to play Teemo to derank. You buy sunfire and then just go invisible in a camp.
Back then NOBODY, literally nobody was doing it except me and some other guy who told me about this start.
He makes a good point. Solo q is so fucked the whole spectrum, and an absolute enigma in iron
This went from goofy to sad real fast
I met a guy from venezuela in an old MMORPG, he was selling the game money for a living. He told me he played 6h a day each day, with 12 acc more or less for roughly 1k USD a month. This guy told me that with a 20k-25k $ account you could make like 100-150 USD a day just by farming.
thank you for this vid (actually first i watch from your channel), +1 sub
this is really sad but after you explained the situation in Venezuela i have to say i cant really blame the guy anymore. Plus he has a really good point : boosting accounts is clearly not any better than deboosting
To me the problem coud easily be fixed by forcing people to prove their identity every time they create accounts
The Korea route
Another banger 🔥. High key tho that Venezuela stuff is sad af
It would be really cool if Riot contacted this guy and hired him to help them get rid of deboosters, he'd most definetly get more money and he'd help people who are victims of deboosters and bots.
Let's hire the guy who broke our ToS by losing intentionally and botting
Edit: and selling/sharing accounts most importantly lol
@@adriannstg3421 well they work with people who hacked their systems and who sell cheats
@@LeagueBeer they know how to code
@@adriannstg3421 isn't that exactly who you want? The one that makes a living doing what you're trying to stop, who knows the strategy better than you ever could.
just cause this guys good at intentionally losing doesnt mean he'll be good at idenitfying ppl who intentionally lose.
gonna buy iron accounts just to support this legend
And here I thought that my countrie's rainbow money was weird, Venezuela comes in with vertical printed bills to take the winning weird spot.
"Iron accounts are incredibly rare"
Didn't know I was that precious B)
I remember an inting warwick with a morgana following him around in one of my games, we still managed to carry and win tho, we thought they were bots
"I avoid Wining as much as possible" Sounds like my default rank m8 in EVERY game 😂
bro if you're living in venezuela and really hurting for food i have no problem with what you're doing. get that bread.
If i was riot I would have actually reached out to him and offered him a job.
Man your content is just perfect every time, love the conclusion x)
really respect this guy
Good quality video Dong keep it up :)
I never thought that the reason why would League community would do such things is just the economy of their countries.
Thanks for the video, Dong!