Well, this is frankly not much of a surprise. I really only played LoL for long enough to get to Level 30 and then a bunch of Normal matches before I went for my Ranked placements in Season 3, back in June of 2013. At that time I placed into Bronze 1 and quickly dropped to Bronze 2 after a string of embarrassing defeats, with about ten or twelve total Ranked games played after placement.
Soon after, life caught up with me (had a baby, lots of job changes) and I dropped LoL entirely for about eight months.
Well, I decided to give it another go, enjoying the general gameplay of LoL quite a bit and having my schedule figured out a bit more, and here I am staring at a BV badge after going 2/8 in my placement games. I should have known better--rushing into competitive gaming after such a long break, with aging brain and reflexes (turning 36 this year slows one down, especially with baby-sleep-brain), with not very good skills to begin with.
So I'm where I belong, really. I suck at this game, but every match I try to do better. As I play (and hopefully improve), I'll be posting my insights and self-reflection on what I did wrong and what I can make work for me (and the interesting things I encounter along the way), hopefully with a sense of humor and an eye toward enjoying the game even more.
Follow me on this journey, if you want--either to share my pain, offer insights, or even learn a thing or two if you're stuck down her yourself. I'm hoping to play one Ranked game on average per day, some days more, and I will post regularly as things come up, to track my progress both in terms of ranks and stats but also in terms of knowledge, confidence, and self-awareness.
Found your blog through reddit. Wanted to say, keep it up! Even if you don't write up regularly, going over what happened post-game, win or lose, will be extremely helpful in your climb.
ReplyDeleteWords of encouragement: if you consciously correct mistakes and play with purpose, you will find the rate of climbing to grow exponentially. Some people take a year to get out of bronze and silver, then 3 months to get to plat :)
Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment! I really appreciate it. Your point is exactly what I was hoping to accomplish by creating this blog--we'll see if it's enough to help this old dog learn some new tricks :)
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