My lane (I was Nami alongside Jinx) was at least holding its own--neither of us had any deaths and we were keeping the pressure on the opponents and trading well, but not really in a position to take any kills just yet though it seemed inevitable that we would if things continued the way they were going.
Then top lane completely collapsed with three quick deaths in a row, mid went down at the same time and we have a full-blown invasion on bot lane. We were driven back to tower and the game snowballed against us from there. We lost (of course) after three failed surrender votes, all of which I voted "yes" on since I could see that the 14-kill enemy Darius could wreck our team solo even if the other four on his team threw hard.
As the third surrender vote came out failed and the enemy dropped our nexus turrets, I made the point immediately above, and Udyr immediately responded, "Well, I know who to report!"
Apparently he thought I was stating that we needed to fight to the end and he was offended, and threatened several times to report me in the post-game chat. When I realized he was clueless and angry, I wished him good luck being needlessly belligerent and exited, upon which he sent me a friend request (???).
It's absolutely amazing to me that more mental capacity isn't required to play this game at reasonably close to the level I currently play it. It makes me feel bad about myself, a bit.
However, actual lessons learned: some of the trouble in that match could have been prevented if I had more map awareness and had communicated more to my allies about what was happening where. At least the snowball from dropped top to mid to bot could have been slowed or prevented. I realize it's because I'm still 90% focused on my mechanics and positioning in-lane. Once I get more comfortable with that I hope that I can focus more attention on the broader game--but baby steps.
Current status: Bronze V, 0 wins, 4 games.
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