It's Over I miss being a League addict

[plastic chewer]

I was never more fulfilled and less anxious in life than when I played LoL for 14 hours a day.

I woke up at 5AM without any issue in order to play, it now takes me an hour at least to crawl out of bed.

I completely forgot the outside world existed at the peak of my addiction, my failure to integrate into society never even crossed my mind.

 

[kapri]

To this day I would work for minimum wage if the job was playing LoL for the whole day. Just hop in ranked and forget about everything. Full lock in full tryhard. The better you play the more you win, simple as. And you get rewarded with getting queued with better and better opponents, making you have better quality games. I loved every aspect of it.
No thinking about the failures, expenses, rejections, the fact that you are unfit to exist. No thinking about the past or future or about myself. There is only now.
I swear even the champ select and waiting in queue is cathartic to me, since I was listening to podcasts in between games. Actual heaven for me.
Unfortunately had to stop because I couldn't control myself. It absolutely is stronger than heroin for me.

 

[kapri]

What role? If not toplane=fakecel

 

[Animecel2D]

main?

 

[plastic chewer]

To this day I would work for minimum wage if the job was playing LoL for the whole day. Just hop in ranked and forget about everything. Full lock in full tryhard. The better you play the more you win, simple as. And you get rewarded with getting queued with better and better opponents, making you have better quality games. I loved every aspect of it.
No thinking about the failures, expenses, rejections, the fact that you are unfit to exist. No thinking about the past or future or about myself. There is only now.
I swear even the champ select and waiting in queue is cathartic to me, since I was listening to podcasts in between games. Actual heaven for me.
Unfortunately had to stop because I couldn't control myself. It absolutely is stronger than heroin for me.

Exactly, it's a perfectly adequate replacement in my mind for the aspects of life we yearn for but can never achieve as disenfranchised men.
It's competitive, rewards effort and perseverance and offers comradeship.

Even when I wasn't playing it, there was no space for any negative thoughts. I only thought about the game and how I could improve in it.

What role? If not toplane=fakecel

Toplane is the only role suitable for truecels

 

[plastic chewer]

main?

I guess Ornn would've been my most played, but I had a pretty wide champ pool

 

[Animecel2D]

I guess Ornn would've been my most played, but I had a pretty wide champ pool

huh, wasnt expecting that pick

 

[plastic chewer]

huh, wasnt expecting that pick

I don't think i could've coped with League if I was Australian. OCE is too much of a meme server

 

[Animecel2D]

I don't think i could've coped with League if I was Australian. OCE is too much of a meme server

You can say that again

the shit I’ve seen on there… but I was still addicted for a time. Don’t really play anymore though

 

[kapri]

What rank and server?

 

[plastic chewer]

What rank and server?

I peaked at 200 LP Master on EUW

You?

 

[kapri]

I peaked at 200 LP Master on EUW

You?

I peaked 300 something lp but EUNE

 

[メンヘラ]

Ever thought about getting addicted into a MMO? Just play WoW theory

 

[plastic chewer]

I peaked 300 something lp but EUNE

I could never understand how an addict could keep playing on EUNE.

I'm also from the East but the difference between high elo gameplay and playerbase quality is too big to overlook.

 

[plastic chewer]

Ever thought about getting addicted into a MMO? Just play WoW theory

I never found MMOs appealing, the competitive aspect of League is what kept me addicted

 

[kapri]

I could never understand how an addict could keep playing on EUNE.

I'm also from the East but the difference between high elo gameplay and playerbase quality is too big to overlook.

I never played it more than two months exactly because I was an addict. So I would always ask for a friends accounts because they knew that I would either get high elo or get banned. I had an EUW acc once but it got banned. And the difference in skill is apparent even in gold. Usually the accounts I would be getting were emerald of today or back then they were high gold/plat with ok-ish wr so mmr wasn't really giga fucked. So I wouldn't buy online acc (I wish I did though those shits were 5€).
Also sometimes they would pay me a bit of money.
I get the acc binge like two months, lose 20pounds then stop. About a year later same cycle.

 

[plastic chewer]

I never played it more than two months exactly because I was an addict. So I would always ask for a friends accounts because they knew that I would either get high elo or get banned. I had an EUW acc once but it got banned. And the difference in skill is apparent even in gold. Usually the accounts I would be getting were emerald of today or back then they were high gold/plat with ok-ish wr so mmr wasn't really giga fucked. So I wouldn't buy online acc (I wish I did though those shits were 5€).
Also sometimes they would pay me a bit of money.
I get the acc binge like two months, lose 20pounds then stop. About a year later same cycle.

I would start with level 1 accounts since botted accounts on EUW got banned as soon as you reached any remotely decent elo.
There was some Amazon prime bundle you could get on free trial which gave you double XP and I bought some win boosts to speed it up.
Took me about 3 days playing 14 hours a day to lvl up to 30.

Before they banned whatsmymmr you could see what your mmr in normals was, which would determine ranked start point and lp gain.
As soon as any acc dipped below perfect mmr I would just stop playing on it.
So I didn't even spend most of my time playing ranked, I played draft pick to get perfect mmr while drowning in hopium that i'd reach grandmaster

 

[kapri]

I would start with level 1 accounts since botted accounts on EUW got banned as soon as you reached any remotely decent elo.
There was some Amazon prime bundle you could get on free trial which gave you double XP and I bought some win boosts to speed it up.
Took me about 3 days playing 14 hours a day to lvl up to 30.

Before they banned whatsmymmr you could see what your mmr in normals was, which would determine ranked start point and lp gain.
As soon as any acc dipped below perfect mmr I would just stop playing on it.
So I didn't even spend most of my time playing ranked, I played draft pick to get perfect mmr while drowning in hopium that i'd reach grandmaster

Lmao, as soon as a master player says mmr or low elo or you know he's a hardstuck delusional. No offence. But man, I too think I could have reached that shit. Kinda regret not going in fully, but not really. It's like 80% chance I would have just stayed hardstuck and 20% I would have died from malnourishment.

 

[plastic chewer]

Lmao, as soon as a master player says mmr or low elo or you know he's a hardstuck delusional. No offence. But man, I too think I could have reached that shit. Kinda regret not going in fully, but not really. It's like 80% chance I would have just stayed hardstuck and 20% I would have died from malnourishment.

I was gigahardstuck, I hit 100 something LP on multiple accounts.

But you can't blame me for trying, if I did end up hitting GM a pathway to playing for some EU Masters team wouldn't have been that far.
That was my delusional wish at the time.

 

[kapri]

I was gigahardstuck, I hit 100 something LP on multiple accounts.

But you can't blame me for trying, if I did end up hitting GM a pathway to playing for some EU Masters team wouldn't have been that far.
That was my delusional wish at the time.

Nah I get you 100% but you had much more chance if you just stayed hardstuck and played, but you probably know now
Also the difference between gm players and master players was insane. Every time I played against one It felt like I was playing against a bot that can't make mistakes. They only made few macro mistakes, istg all else was perfect. You could 100% see the diff wasn't mmr. Not judging you though, I could 100% see myself in GM.

But I knew my dog ass couldn't go pro

Why not just boost? That's my biggest regret for not doing by far, and back then the money was good especially in of you lived in Eastern Europe.

 

[hatepilledandrich]

Same. I had to stop for school sadly.

 

[plastic chewer]

Nah I get you 100% but you had much more chance if you just stayed hardstuck and played, but you probably know now
Also the difference between gm players and master players was insane. Every time I played against one It felt like I was playing against a bot that can't make mistakes. They only made few macro mistakes, istg all else was perfect. You could 100% see the diff wasn't mmr. Not judging you though, I could 100% see myself in GM.

But I knew my dog ass couldn't go pro

Why not just boost? That's my biggest regret for not doing by far, and back then the money was good especially in of you lived in Eastern Europe.

At that time normal MMR was too broken of a method and LP gains were fucked, once you started getting 15 16 LP it was completely over.
They nerfed normal MMR completely after banning whatsmymmr but I don't think you could've legit reached GM with a hardstuck one back then.
(This might just be my schizo hardstuck ramblings but I'm pretty sure it was actually like this)

Why would I care about boosting, I had no material expenses. Ate toast with sardines every day for dinner.
I actually really enjoyed playing it, boosting accounts would've been miserable.

 

[plastic chewer]

Nah I get you 100% but you had much more chance if you just stayed hardstuck and played, but you probably know now
Also the difference between gm players and master players was insane. Every time I played against one It felt like I was playing against a bot that can't make mistakes. They only made few macro mistakes, istg all else was perfect. You could 100% see the diff wasn't mmr. Not judging you though, I could 100% see myself in GM.

But I knew my dog ass couldn't go pro

Why not just boost? That's my biggest regret for not doing by far, and back then the money was good especially in of you lived in Eastern Europe.

I don't think the difference is that stark, since I played a lot in the early morning I had many games with GMs/Challengers
Even played against Pekrz once.

I mean they were better but it was far from unplayable, I could hold my own against them on my mains.

 

[Emba]

Is league a glue brand?

 

[kapri]

I don't think the difference is that stark, since I played a lot in the early morning I had many games with GMs/Challengers
Even played against Pekrz once.

I mean they were better but it was far from unplayable, I could hold my own against them on my mains.

I always felt like I was on the backfoot, or chasing after them metaphorically. Ofc there were times that I was hard winning (as hard as you can, since I've also felt like they don't fall behind as hard as master players do), yet still I felt like I had to play it perfect to get there.

Why would I care about boosting, I had no material expenses. Ate toast with sardines every day for dinner.
I actually really enjoyed playing it, boosting accounts would've been miserable.

Idk I was kinda poor I think having money is always nice, and it's kinda free money, i think boosters complain because they kinda depend on it so they hate it. I agree giga stomping would have been a bit boring, but I hated having real jobs so fucking much. It does take the fun out of the game a bit, that's true.

At that time normal MMR was too broken of a method and LP gains were fucked, once you started getting 15 16 LP it was completely over.
They nerfed normal MMR completely after banning whatsmymmr but I don't think you could've legit reached GM with a hardstuck one back then.
(This might just be my schizo hardstuck ramblings but I'm pretty sure it was actually like this)

I actually remember this exactly.
Also idk if it was around that time or Apocalypse hit rank one by going into diamond/master promos and intentionally losing them because it wouldn't affect your mmr.

 

[drowningindenial]

league is so fucking boring rn

 

[plastic chewer]

I always felt like I was on the backfoot, or chasing after them metaphorically. Ofc there were times that I was hard winning (as hard as you can, since I've also felt like they don't fall behind as hard as master players do), yet still I felt like I had to play it perfect to get there.

The only reason I abandoned hardstuck accs was delusional hopium that I'd reach their level consistently at some point.
I knew I was below them gameplay wise but all hope was lost on those accs even if I became cracked.

I actually remember this exactly.
Also idk if it was around that time or Apocalypse hit rank one by going into diamond/master promos and intentionally losing them because it wouldn't affect your mmr.

Ap0 is a gigabased schizo

 

[kapri]

Ap0 is a gigabased schizo

The fuck happened to him? Ik he was cutting himself and was an alcoholic, but wtf is he doing now? Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up like Zlatorz.

 

[plastic chewer]

The fuck happened to him? Ik he was cutting himself and was an alcoholic, but wtf is he doing now? Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up like Zlatorz.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe0WN4Ml10M

mogs me

 

[Soystein]

I was never more fulfilled and less anxious in life than when I played LoL for 14 hours a day.

I woke up at 5AM without any issue in order to play, it now takes me an hour at least to crawl out of bed.

I completely forgot the outside world existed at the peak of my addiction, my failure to integrate into society never even crossed my mind.

I was also addicted to a game (and was a pro at it) and had the same feeling. I used to play immediately when I came home from school until 5 am then sleep 3 hours and go to school and continue sleeping in class.

 

[plastic chewer]

I was also addicted to a game (and was a pro at it) and had the same feeling. I used to play immediately when I came home from school until 5 am then sleep 3 hours and go to school and continue sleeping in class.

Were you content or just purely addicted?

I was genuienly completely content with such a life, bar fighting with my parents.

In East Asia you can work a part time low skill job and have enough to rent a room and order delivery whenever you want.
I'd be more than happy with such an existence.

 

[Hoppipolla]

Yeah I guess it can feel nice to lose yourself to something like that. But I'm not sure if it can ever replace a real life.

 

[Soystein]

Were you content or just purely addicted?

I was content and liked hiding from the world.

I was genuienly completely content with such a life, bar fighting with my parents.

My mom was pissed when our phonebill was $1000 for a month.