Why you are inhibiting your ability to improve at League of Legends
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So this video is slightly different, but I figured you guys would still appreciate it and find it useful. If you're subscribed to me or watch any of my videos, you already want to improve as a player. So why don't you take your games as learning opportunities? Your pride is preventing you from learning from your peers. You are blinding yourself from a great source of knowledge. Tame your pride, open your eyes, improve at a much faster rate.
Why you are inhibiting your ability to improve at League of Legends - เกม
Suppressing your pride wont just improve your league ability, it will improve you as a human being in every respect outside the rift as well.
Wolfosaurus Outside the rift? What is there?
***** aram and stuff>.>
In Real Life
If Riot puts this video on the homepage instead of those extremely situational examples, it has the potential to improve many player's attitudes towards the game.
hint hint
YOU just found THE ANSWER to helping Riot solve the terrible terrible community that exists in LoL. UPVOTE!
t3chn0maha case and point
Watching this makes me miss the old rift. Something about it feels more natural.
+Chris Merrick when I saw the dragon at 0:51 i almost cried
Thank you so much for this video. Really helps me with raging. I now realize that raging does nothing to help you win the game.
This is interesting, I am the polar opposite to this. I have no pride, and blame myself for everything that doesn't go well during a match. It really lowers my already-low self-esteem. I get raged at for being a horrible player, and although I like LoL, I already get depressed playing. ( I play fiora and my username is Spectral Nexus) what can I do? :'(
You shouldn't get depressed when playing. I don't know your personal situation so it's not easy for me to give too much advice, but try to think of it this way: who cares? Who cares if you are literally the worst player in the world? There is nothing wrong with 'being bad'. You say you enjoy LoL, and that's the important part.
Having said that, you are also most definitely not the worst player in the world. The very fact that you are watching this video proves that you want to get better. That is already half the battle. Someone who is good but doesn't really want to get better or blames his team will soon be overtaken by someone who admits fault and tries to learn from their mistakes.
Also, flamers happen. They exist. I get flamed all the time. Sometimes it's justified (not that flaming is ever justifiable, only that I will make mistakes) but most times it's just people venting or getting frustrated. Don't take the flamers to heart. You could be the best player in the history of LoL and still get flamed. As long as you know in your head what you did wrong, that's fine. Don't dwell on it. Just learn from it, and move on.
If you really struggle with ragers, use the mute button liberally.
Hope that helps, good luck in your games :)
foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player I really can't thank you enough for this support you're giving me, it's so kind-hearted of you, and I really thank you for helping me. I'm trying hard to ignore ragers, and although from time to time I still get quite sad, this helped me a lot and made me feel like a good player! Thank you so much, this is *really* inspirational and uplifting, thank you for giving me hope again!
foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player thank you so much. my friends keep saying you suck and you keep feeding this person. my answer to them is " I play for fun not for real" but they keep bothering me and try to report me and they never say were just joking they really mean it. what should i do anyone.
HAYTHAM DOSOUQI Get better friends. xD
HAYTHAM DOSOUQI Those aren't friends
I find it more difficult to do these things when I'm in a premade team, or in Duo Queue with a friend. I tend to go on tilt much easier and I get angry much quicker, and my sportsmanship is almost non-existent.
Same here.. :O SOLO FTW :D
Lol you are like my best friend haha
You almost expect to do better statistically because you're in a premade team, so with that higher expectancy to win comes the higher aggrivation when you don't
Also, I don't know if this applies in ranked, but if you're per say in normal draft, the more players you have (Let's say all 25's or something) you will get matched with level 30s. Why? The game believes being in a premade lobby is an advantage. Just saying
About time I found a video like this, definitely going to favorite and share this video around my friends to help them improve in the game. Not to mention that I'm also going to be learning from this as well. Thank you for explaining this thought process and potentially making the game fill up with players, if not a few, with this attitude. I hope that one day I'll finally meet a person like this in solo queue. You have earned another subscriber! :D
FoxDrop i found your youtube channel just the other day, and i instantly loved the way you play, and handle yourself! Keep doin what your doin!
thanks for some nice videos, im learing more and more, just in few weeks ive gone from silver 5 to 1 and i would never see myself going that high=) Thanks, but im not happy yet, i will climb higher! Thank you FoxDrop, keep doing videos! :)
that wukong that got fed off jax. i want to learn what i can do to stop that wukong rather than what i can do next game.
so sick of playing games where the enemy has to much Armor/health to burst down, and too much damage to get away from. i want to learn how to get away from that.
maybe get common gank times of when jax will get ganked. look at each lane occasionally to see how each champ is fairing vs the opponent. give them pings - pings are quite literally the most effective way to make a player listen. ping them a warning and say Wukong is coming, or that wukong will allin soon. prepare to gank for them. If you couldn't help the first death, be prepared for the second - alot of low elo players camp the same player over and over for "free kills". If he's too fed, maybe its time to abandon the lane. leave jax and go help bot lane. help mid lane. maybe those lanes are fine and you need to just farm for lategame to deal with said wukong, or maybe you have opportunities to counterjungle, or maybe you aren't in the jungle, but you're in a lane, are you farming as perfectly as you can? are you zoning the other or roaming effectively? there's so many possibilities and options. you just need to look for them yourself, dont ask for them on a silver platter then expect to get elo just because you "read a guide". think outside the box.
Pressure and objectives, enemy can be miles ahead in stats, but it means nothing if your team can obey and provide pressure on lanes while you push for towers.
Im not afraid to see at my mistakes and learn from them. But my pride does get in my way when others tell me what to do, and that is something i have to learn. Great video!
I'm watching all your videos on how to improve and carry and stuff and they are so helpful!!!! Thank you and keep up the awesome videos. :)
it's like class. You don't know what the teacher is talking about but you know it's basic and don't want to ask and show your stupid and those who know it all already waste their time on something so boring.
never rage only give creative criticism
very wrong... rage quit over criticism..... criticism = team pissed = ur fault = gg reported.... rage quitting = reported....and well if u rage quit hopefully it wont hurt u long term... dats how i do it =D
nah i don't care because sometimes they don't get pissed and actually realize their mistakes. Same goes for me when I do something stupid, I tell them sorry i should've retreated etc... rage quitting is like surrendering. U may lose but you are still learning.
Dragonwing16 wow you seem like someone i wanna duo with
lol damn have i come a long way in the last 10 months =P my mindset back den was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
I just found you on TH-cam a few videos ago, I can really say you are an awesome player, not only because of your skills but of your way of thinking. Thank you, I was getting stuck due to things like this.
ty for the insight, looking at mistakes of mine and mistakes of teammates as learning experience and it has already affected my game level. You rock!
Most Gold supports take this theory a little too far.
They take a kill - sorry my fault
enemy steals Dragon - Sorry I should've warded more
You miss a cs - Sorry I must be putting you off.
It's a little extreme at times.
Better than the other way around
Oh god you described me
EyeronOre That's me when i play csgo, every kill i dont make, it's my fault for not shooting the guy in the head before he kills me.
EyeronOre u must be playing in league heaven, where can i find a support like this? all i get is "omg get support this adc plz report"
I'm gonna share a story.
My summoner name is Alpha Fallen, and I play Support at summoner level 24, i've never played a Ranked game, and I am by no means a flawless human being. During a match I just played, our team was destined to lose. However, something happened that I never counted on when this happened. The rest of the team didn't quit simply because things looked bad, which as you all know, is very rare in unranked matches. Due to the players having a good attitude, and me pulling my weight as a support, we kept the match alive for a full hour before eventually succumbing to the enemy team. I learned that you don't have to win a match to learn something important tonight, and then I watched this video.
Mind. Blown. Wide. Open.
Thanks for reading!
7 months old, but nice comment
Thanks man
you are very welcome!
***** Just wanted to share the same story that happened to me a while back. During my ranked matched on silver, one of our teammate rage really hard and decided to afk. So we are forced to fight 4 vs 5 for the rest of the game. But we simply didn't give up the match! We decided to just farm up and push the lane whenever possible up till that teamfight. For whatever reason, their fed Katarina decided to check the bush where the rest of us stayed. We killed her and slaughter their team one by one and that's pretty much the turning point of our match. So the point is simply don't give up and learn not to spend the rest of your game flaming each other.
Feliks Dzerzhinskij That's awesome man. Way to win that one!
I just started playing LoL recently and i gotta say, your videos have definitely helped me improve my playing as well as make more friends in game. thanks for the time you spend making this videos ^_^
This video is 100% dead on. Absolutely love it. From you videos I've learned basically to play positively and proactively, seeking to learn and not giving up when your getting slaughtered. Love the videos, you are brilliant, +1 Sub.
Hello foxdrop,
I am currently gold III in EUW, I have been jumping around in gold for a while now, like half a year. For some reason, I don't get the feeling that I'm improving as a player. I do get to know some champions better when I play them, but I don't really think that I'm improving even though I play quite a few games a day. I tell myself that I want to learn from a game, I try to watch my replays as much as I can (When I can actually watch them, LoL really needs a replay software) and I see my mistakes. It's just that actually applying this information into gameplay seems really difficult for me. I am also doing stuff like playing customs to work on my csing and lane control but it doesn't seem to get me all that far.
Do you by any chance have any advice for someone like me?
same here i play on eune pls add me bro my user is alexmat1 and pls give me some advice foxdrop i have the sasme thing! thx from a lol lover!!!
i am improving - the question is why are my teammates not improving?
Because you haven't made them watch this video yet.
t3chn0maha no, he said i am inhibiting my ability to improve, even tho its my Teams fault cause they dont know the Basics
Wismer1987 I can't tell if you're joking or not =/
Wismer1987 To quote another comment, "Also, the enemy teams' chances of getting bad players are the same statistics as yours."
Actually, it is less if you do not include yourself
This is absolutely awesome material for learning and improving. It was a pleasure seeing this through. Thanks!
I don't know why I haven't found you earlier! You post the best LoL videos I have ever see! Your videos have helped me so much and I wish I could thank you with something better than some lousy words from a stranger on the internet, so if it means anything to you, I think you're the best!
people say i suck all the time... so i just play bots cause i cant beat other people... so i just feel bad about myself... i have no ride..
i used to play bots all the time too, but that won't make you a better player cause bots cant strategize like real players. Keep playing normals, even if the others flame you. You're only there to learn and you're doing your best. Best thing (in my opinion) to do is to play with friends who are better than you. They can help you slingshot your experience and then you'll be better than players who are on your level (i kept playing against level 30 players when i was level 12). Remember that if your team keeps flaming, just silence them. Cause you're doing your best to become a better player. Keep that in mind. ^^
you need to understand the minions man. wave behaviour. if you dont understand what it does for you you will never be good in lane. watch some voyboy top lane or something. his taking it to toplane series is very good.
Ignore button. It's your god damn best friend ;) try it!
Just find a few mates and play with them, that way they aren't gonna complain if you feed, just help you :p
***** If u mute them you can still write to them. You just don't see their answers. So u can say still stay "go drag" instead of pinging it. However if they flame you it's highly unlikely they'll respect your decision over their 5v5 dive one.
Great to hear :) You're very welcome!
Wow foxdrop. You are quite possibly the most honest and straightforward league player and commentator I've seen and heard. I played through my provisionals and made bronze 2 (which made me kinda happy), but I'd rage so much that I stopped playing ranked altogether. I've been in normals for a very long time because I'd blame my teammates and other players instead of learning. However, after seeing this video and other "tips to escape elo hell" vids from you, I;ve really had a complete change in my attitude. I mean, I've now made silver 3 because of your tips and your reasons for rage, pride, and learning. So tl;dr thank you so much for your outlook and understanding of this game and even people.
The way you go about making these videos is really good man, very informative. Very two sided and all around it's making people think about their decisions mine too. Subbed and thanks for giving people some eye openers :)
I haven't seen this point being made in other "get better" vids. Great job, keep it up!
This is a pretty good point. Pride is actually very helpful to keeping you playing your best; being confident that you are better than you enemies encourages you to play better. But just learn when it's good and when it's bad to be prideful.
Your videos have improved my gameplay like threefold dude, thank you so much.
That's a good question. It's hard for me to tell you ways to boost your confidence because it's all personal to you, but a good way to do it is to just play and play until you know you're good with a certain champ or whatever. Also, ignore people who hate on you. Don't let others ruin your confidence.
Be confident in the fact that even if you make mistakes, you'll learn from them and improve. If you keep doing that, you'll only get better and better.
I wish I saw these when I first started playing. These are solid. Thanks for your work!
You got some nice tips going on right there, a really nice and effective way to learn and absorb the actions of other while at the same time reduce your inner rage. Thanks for the tips! ;)
Foxdrop I love this video. I'm listening to it on repeat to keep my rage and ego down while I play
Awesome channel. First thing I have ever subscribed too. Every video I have watched thus far has had engaging, thoughtful and informative commentary. Simply amazing!
Dang that was me in that video (RagingZealot)! Crazy how much time has passed since then. The highest I got was Plat 3, but I stopped playing for a few years and now I am back to square one. Cool that you kept on doing TH-cam! You achieved a lot! Proud of you.
i luv this video so much. one of my favorite strengths as a person is i get physical strength from frustration and although its REALLY cool its does not help me play leeg better. when i get frustrated i get focused on my frustration and die more not always my fault but i don't care i just wanna get better. i just can't emphisize enough how much i needed this video god bless you have a good day :D
well said dude,,,loved the last part about the flaming and learning
It depends. If you're losing lane the first thing to do is avoid dying. If your laner is roaming, make sure you've got wards up. If he is just pushing, try to clear waves as best you can and then go help your team. Grouping with your team will give you a numerical advantage and, if played right, you can make use of this advantage and get some kills/dragon/tower. This will also force your enemy laner to get off your lane and help his team.
Thank you so much fox i never really thought of all the stuff you have said in this video and now that i know all this information i think i will do better now thank you
Foxdrops, thanks for all your videos. I finally got out of Bronze and into Silver. Making my way up the ladder slowly. I keep coming back to read your stuff to remind myself of what I need to focus on. Here's something I see a lot (and i'm glad you covered the topic of "pride"). Many times, when you try to offer advice or tell someone something they take it as micro management or get offended. It could be as simple as asking your support to ward the bush for you or telling someone who's failing in their lane to try building armor. All of a sudden you're toxic, trolling and micromanaging. How do people expect to grow and get better? I'm not pro, but it shouldn't matter where I am to make a decent, legitimate point. Mind you, I'm not cursing or calling someone bad. It's honest and non-brutal or mean feedback, but that pride element plays strong and they take it as toxic.
Hey mate how's it going? I stumbled across a few of your videos and found them to be very informative and enjoyable. I think you provide some great information that people often overlook, especially with respect to the psychological aspects and elements of LoL. Great work, and keep it up - I hope more people are able to learn from your examples and open their mind more when in a game :).
All the best and Happy Hunting!
The wukong example is spot on. I never thought about learning that way. From other's mistakes and other's play in ANOTHER lane. Good to you mate.
awesome video man. just started watching you today played one game and did a thousand times better than i had at all last week. +1 subscriber :) keep it up!
Thank you so much for your vids FoxDrop. You are awesome!
Yeah I learned a lot of these both. I feel like Im improving but there are still some *obstacles*. But Im getting over them thanks to these guys.
Wow, this was really Insightful man! Thank you so much!!! I wish I could play with more people like you!!!
I was recently on a losing streak and went from silver 3 to silver 5 which made me mad honestly.. but i kept asking myself why... days later I was playing a game as J4 top lane vs a Panth, and while we exchanged killls in the heat of battle he ended killing me once more than i had on him...i felt this feeling inside and i didnt know what it was and I now know it was my pride. While I played that game i subconsciously stopped my pride from getting in the way before it became frustrating and next thing i know I was having fun and we won the game . I just want to say thanks for making this video! made me smile and I have learned from it, do more so others can learn as well..Thanks Foxdrop !
its the first vid of you what is really interesting for me. keep em coming!
Everything you say in this video is so absolutely true. I'll apply this in my LoL experience and life to make sure I am learning to my full capacity.
i've watched a few of your videos and i agree with what you say and i'm going to try to start to improve myself in league
this is pretty much applicable to a lot more contexts aside from LoL. nice vid!
This is one nice video helped me a lot with my attitude thanks man more videos like this pls
You just explained the main reason I wasn't learning! I never look at the enemies to see why they are doing so well in my losing games so I can improve from them! Thank you so much m8. :D
Very nice video man, keep them coming!
Wow this video is great! Seriously you deserve more views and subs, I can already tell this is going to make me a better LoL player :D I just subbed and I'm looking forward to more great videos!
Finally was able to watch this with audio. Another thing this does is not just make you better at the game but more enjoyable. Like foxdrop said it also applies to life. Ever since I've found this mindset a month or two ago my elo has increased and general outlook on life as well. See what YOU can improve on.
great videos Foxdrop, easy to understand, non-bias and informative. 1 more sub to you. Ty for them!
Foxdrop done it again for these awesome advice and knowledge. Good job man
Good advice, reminds me of a game i played recently where i went super agressive for first blood and got out with like 100hp. The other guy said something to the effect of "that was lucky, you didnt know you were going to live" when i knew full well both of our burst potential and that i had that fight won before it started.
Im sure ive been on the other end of that too where i assumed luck and i was the one who was wrong. I will try to keep that in mind from now on.
Amazing viewpoint, really makes me consider all those rage moments ive ever had as moments of jealousy. Without playing a match i know this video has already made me a better player.
I time it myself. I use timestamps in my chat so whenever a buff goes down I write "tb" for their blue, or "tr" for their red, and then I just add 5 minutes on to whenever I wrote that down.
Wow, this video is just what I needed. Recently I've been in a slump and I get defensive-minded and don't learn from what's happening to me. I need to change my attitude big time in and after games. Thanks for this.
this is what i needed to know man, since ive been thinking likr this i got better as a player and in the way ive been winning much more games
Nice video, everything you said about improving oneself applies to almost anything in life.
Cheers
Yeah that's usually a solid tactic too, just make sure you are keeping your eye on the minimap so you don't miss opportunities where you can help out your team (even without ult).
Damn good video. I've never actually thought about it that way, and it's definitely going to help. Thank you man.
you are so right. every play can learn from each other its not about the champions over powered but the person who plays them well. this video helps alot. cheers
i really like this video, it makes me think alot , i do alot of what you described. i think also you should include as we get older the brain gets worse at this due to how many times you have solved an issue , you're brain thinks it already has the solution and is even more resilient to taking in ideas or information, in other words the older you get the more you are going to come up with reasons as to why it isn't your mistake but theirs. thanks for the video
I'll have to say, although all your other videos teach a lot of technique, I'd say this one is probably the most useful one. Thanks for that :)
It's ok man, ty for taking the time to answer, I'm trying to be open minded because all I want is to learn and not to complain. I'll try some of the stuff you told me, however it's gone better for me recently so I guess I was just on a bad luck streak or something :)
I like to think I keep a positive mindset and respect my opponents (provided they're not harassing in chat) but you've given me a new way of looking at things regarding other lanes. This kind if stuff applies to life outside of LoL as well, which makes it all the more valuable. Thanks Fox.
this is a really good vid mate, cant say anything else than you got a good point there!
I use time stamps to track buffs. I just type "tb" or "tr" when I kill that camp, then I know it will respawn 5 minutes from when I typed that.
Good rule of thumb: 7:10 for the second blue respawn, ~13 min for the third.
Great vid i actually do this sometimes. i was in blind pick lee v lee and got outplyed by jumps to wards and good ults.
you know i legit started thinking about how much i suck at certain aspects of the game and literally after one game i started winning and not just winning like total shut out the last game i played last night the enemy team got 1 kill and couldnt do anything against us its really enlightening when you start doing that and looking and what youre doing wrong how fast you can improve
Great video. I am really excited for more!
Another great video, keep it up, Foxdrop.
I know this should be known but I stumbled upon this video and it's a great help. :) I'm not really familiar with the time it takes to respawn Baron and Dragon. Thanks for posting about the buffs taking 5 minutes each.
This helped me out so much foxdrop , at one point I felt like I was in ELO hell getting a team with maybe only 1-2 good players and following what you said helped soo much! I also like the Holy Shyt method :D When I get ganked or I do well I say holy shyt that was a good play from them :D You sir totaly deserve a subscribe
This video was a massive eye opener for me, i always play like a complete jackass where if i die im really bad or if e.g the toplaner has 4/0 i blame my team members.. watching this made me realise that i should actually think that maybe it wasnt their fault and that they were "outplayed" etc thank you so much for helping me improve my attitude to league of legends!!!
Hey foxdroplol! If it matters, this video has really taught me that I need to learn from other players. Thanks :) I don't consciously have a superiority complex, but I am subconsciously just ignoring the fact that they are doing well, and that I could learn from that, so I'm going to change that! This video has gotten me to get a replay device, and I'm going to watch what others do to help myself! So again, thank you!
You don't necessarily need to ask for advice. It's more about teaching yourself. Watching what is happening in the game, asking yourself why they're successful, and trying to absorb that.
This video makes perfect sense, and if you just be nice to people, most are willing to help. But I was wondering if maybe you could do a quick video about gameplay basics? I'm still pretty new, and everyone tells me that I cant get any better at the game without having the free roam camera option, but I just cant seem to get the hang of it. Do you have any suggestions?
:D Thank you, I recently skipped one division and I had no idea why, this might explain it, so yeah thanks man
Hey Fox! What server do you play ? And could you make a video that shows us what to do if your being soned in lane , and you don't get to farm? Love your videoes btw.
Foxdrop, your a fucking genius dude, i've watched some of your videos and you've got yourself a new fan haha!
I can try to give some advice. I get extremely anxious before games also, even normals. I know that I'm proficient enough for my MMR, I rarely truly feed (only in extremely poor games where the whole team feeds) and typically I make a very positive impact for my team. What I find helps me out is, once I'm in the lobby, I try to be social with everyone else. Just be courteous at the very start and gauge the team's response. Usually if you start polite, they stay that way and nobody gets too angry
i tend to do a little bit of both , blame my team and myself, but i really gotta stop blaming others. But this set of mind comes with time in my oppinion
So question and what do i do than blame my teammates or me of lane top or bot getting killed im myself most zed mostly i win my lane but bot and top getting than killed alot so they get bit fed and if i roam there its not possible for me to kill i get lower kills because i secure kills mostly and no deaths thats mostly how i die i do naturally lose my lane sometimes but mostly it happens like this ? blame me or them ?
Subscribed ;) Your videos are pretty cool!
hey, i have a problem when i play toplane, i have no idea what to do when im winning a lane. when i win my lane i usually go 2-3/0 and i start pushing towers, after i get a tower or two, enemy midlaner/jungler comes up and kills me. and this happens more than once setting me for an even score like 2/2 or 3/2. I often do this, but i dont know what i should do, help me please?
Man so much respect for people like you - people who try to improve the whole LOL community to play and act better.Good job mate.
I agree I look on high league lists and I add a few if the supports as my friends this means I can take tips on how to play support well as I main support
Loving the positivity! Subscribing.
Just discovered your videos Nice job Keep up the good work
Subbed.
id like to ask this when i started playing League i use to get up to 15 kill per game i started 1 week before school ended and until now i was extremely good in my opinion (not trying to be cocky) but i stopped playing for 2 weeks when i hit lvl 15 because i got very busy for those 2 weeks since then i have been trying to play better but instead im doing a lot worse than i use to for example now i get very little kill about 3-5 and 10-15 assists and it is really annoying and no i dont play support. Pls tell me why
i would like to see mores of this videos, because it tells what a true player should be like and we must all remember that the first rule of all games is to enjoy it and have fun, not to get raged and flame others just because they make mistakes
love this vid. foxdrop really shows that everyone are scrubs and we all need to humble ourselves and appreciate when your team plays well and congratulate the other team when you lose.