2011-09-14, 11:30 AM
So after over 200 ranked games I was never able to get back up to 1200 ELO. Kind of sad and disappointing, but I learned a lot. After dropping to 900 ELO from my first games going horribly wrong, I carried myself up and stayed between 1050-1150 for the most part. I'm not sure if this is the ELO I belong at. I feel like I deserve to be higher, because I usually do well in most of my games. Yes some games go horribly wrong and I just get outplayed from the start but that happens to everyone. But the majority of my games I see that I do well and I'm not sure if my less-than-Bronze ELO is due to me not playing as good or just not getting on the right teams. Maybe a little bit of both.
Also the fact that for many of these games I duo-queued with a friend of mine, and he's pretty stubborn when it comes to champ select and only plays about 5 champions. So basically my team and I are forced to work around this, and my friend doesn't usually carry so it's iffy...
I'm not sure where I can improve. I think positioning in team fights when I'm a carry is something I need to work on, also when to get in the fight. (I have a horrible habit of jumping in the fight before they use up their cc, especially when I play Akali). Also I suffer from tunnel vision sometimes and need to learn when to push, when to fall back and stay with the team, etc. My jungling is okay except for when I get counterjungled. Then I kind of just go "oh..well what do I do now?"
Anyway just my random thoughts on my gameplay. Figured I may as well sum them up as Season One is now over. Hopefully I can do much better Season Two and get a better ELO. Best of luck to everyone in Season Two and congrats to all the Gold/Silver/Bronze people!
Also the fact that for many of these games I duo-queued with a friend of mine, and he's pretty stubborn when it comes to champ select and only plays about 5 champions. So basically my team and I are forced to work around this, and my friend doesn't usually carry so it's iffy...
I'm not sure where I can improve. I think positioning in team fights when I'm a carry is something I need to work on, also when to get in the fight. (I have a horrible habit of jumping in the fight before they use up their cc, especially when I play Akali). Also I suffer from tunnel vision sometimes and need to learn when to push, when to fall back and stay with the team, etc. My jungling is okay except for when I get counterjungled. Then I kind of just go "oh..well what do I do now?"
Anyway just my random thoughts on my gameplay. Figured I may as well sum them up as Season One is now over. Hopefully I can do much better Season Two and get a better ELO. Best of luck to everyone in Season Two and congrats to all the Gold/Silver/Bronze people!