My League Philosophy - How To Improve In Solo Queue - Tips For Controlling Your Mentality

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[@SplendidFellow]

"A true master is an eternal student."

[@CoachCurtis]

Spot on

[@Mijkami]

That's Shoshin.

[@insanebluefin3234]

so in essence: in order to climb in solo queue you need to become a hobbit

[@CoachCurtis]

To be more specific. Become Frodo Baggins ;)

[@PatrykUnderhill]

The past week has been really stressful. My girlfriend has left me and I have never been so down and depressed ever before in my life. Listening to your league guide is somewhat calming, thanks Curtis. Keep it up my man.

[@CoachCurtis]

Sorry to hear man.. Use this as a time to focus on yourself brother

[@jonathansong855]

As a player who plays on a Collegiate team of Grandmasters and a couple Challengers, we tend to scrim and do extremely well against these 800+ Challenger LP teams, but I've been hard stuck Diamond 1 and Masters all season. I could never understand or wrap my head around why that was, in fact, it was extremely frustrating. I had no problem holding my own in lane versus these high LP Challengers Mids, yet I just couldn't climb out of Diamond 1 and Masters for the life of me. These would lead me to huge tilt sprees, compensating for my teammates, and being frustrated for my uncontrolled variables like team composition and player skill level I love these kinds of videos and you have really given me so much more information about Solo Queue. It's a whole different beast from teamplay, and it uses a different skillset. I really appreciate the analogies and examples, thanks Curtis!

[@skyereave9454]

What server and role do you play?

[@jonathansong855]

@@skyereave9454 I play Mid, and I play in NA!

[@CoachCurtis]

My pleasure Jonathan, goodluck in your collegiate games! Also remember, that in soloq you dont have the luxury of getting information shared to you (jg whereabouts, whats happening in side lanes etc) which means in competitive play you can have weaknesses covered for you big time.

[@Return989]

Maybe you could try to play a little bit more egoistic in soloqueue. Thats a common "mistake" i see players doing that are performing much better in group play then in soloqueue. Short example: The Jungler wants to fight a 2v2 at the crab, but your wave is crushing at your turret. Now, if you know your jungler is translating leads into massiv objective control and snowballing the game (aka your teammate) it can make sense to drop the wave everytime and go help him. In solo queue with a random jungler you make sac a wave and your life to get him two kills..but then after he is 5:0 he randomly turretdives twice and brings back the enemyteam for no reason. TLDR: Being egoistic is sometimes better, because it puts ressources in a bag you control - "over"helping your team and sacrificing puts ressources out of your control

[@motimizer]

This exact thing happened to my friend. He plays in a team and stomps diamond and master players easily being the best player on his team. Yet he struggles in soloq at plat4.

[@thewaveful]

Regarding the analogy let’s be real here. Frodo got hard carried by Samwise who was obviously a chally smurf XD Kappa

[@MrFalkodieselta]

so true

[@CoachCurtis]

Samwise was kinda smurfin tho

[@citizencj3389]

He literally got carried at the end of the movie at mount doom. So he was getting carried in high elo LOL

[@jocksmachina7759]

Shelob definitely tilted after getting solo killed by some Bronze III “gardener”. Biggest smurf in middle earth.

[@truffleworm1490]

I love how your views of the game constantly shift between your videos, how you learn constantly and keep improving without losing the feeling of trust that players have for your content

[@CoachCurtis]

Always gotta evolve man, appreciate that

[@gavinmanchester2421]

I've always had Master Yi's quote resonate with me: "Doubt is the greatest enemy".

[@grouchpotato7891]

How often do you fearlessly dive into the enemy only to feed them like an Olive Garden buffet?

[@CoachCurtis]

Never heard that one, I also love it

[@briantbb2749]

@@CoachCurtis that's what he says when you ban him in select, trust me I've heard it a few times in Silver. Gotta ban that dude

[@jakubrpawlowski]

My favorite is pre rework Warwick's "It's only fun, if they run!".

[@harrypotter6894]

The Lord of the rings analogy was so good, I almost shed a tear

[@augusthauskov]

Are you Sirius?

[@harrypotter6894]

@@augusthauskov as serious as the night is black

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks Harry Potter, didn't know you played League

[@smappa849]

@@CoachCurtis Lotr analogy + Harry Potter in the comments. Perfect timing for me as I'm currently reading through the Potters and have Lord of the rings next on my readlist.

[@yahikoofficial1939]

yung attractive chad shows his yungins how to become a true chad player

[@qualitygameplay5670]

he sayed he is 5'11. it is not chad height. u need 6'4 to be chad. especially in this city there are mog machines everywhere

[@thedude4723]

just lift bro

[@ste9240]

@@qualitygameplay5670 wtf is wrong with you?isn't it enough to have astro Teemo as profile picture?

[@qualitygameplay5670]

@@ste9240 whats wrong kid

[@Beastblazes]

@@ste9240 ahahah just ignore him man

[@bradycunningham7178]

That lee sin quote seems derived from one quote I liked from Lao Tzu "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. "

[@CoachCurtis]

I haven't had the opportunity to read any Lao Tzu yet, I'll have to get on it

[@psyjinx]

Had to come back to this video after a long time. Ive played since 2010, but ive always been an ARAM player. I get it now. League clicked after trying Shen one day. I feel that drive where all you think about is match-up and itemization. I'm thinking critically and in the moment. True flow state, even if I mess up. I feel this video on another level, man. I'm starting my trilogy. Currently 62% WR with Shen on Draft Norms. I plan on taking it to ranked in S13. Thank you for everything you pump out on the channel.

[@Reclining_Redneck]

17:39 legendary voice crack

[@enzodubois3134]

Hey Coach, i'm a player that was P4 one month ago, and thx to ur videos i managed to reach D4 in less than a week I wanted to stop the game bcs i m a player with huge kda (average 4) and i thought it was my mates' fault but u make me realized that this game is like poker One hand/game doesnt mean anything, u can lose being 15/0 as u can lose with pair of aces, what is important is the long term and u have to focus only of improving whatever the result I usually never comment but u deserve it , ty coach !

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate you sharing that with me Enzo, glad I could help you out!

[@ABmaker]

I'm a simple man. I see a new video of Coach Curtis, I watch.

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks man !

[@TheFormalCorgi]

This is probably never going to be seen but despite being in low elo I had a game like the one you described. This happened because me and my friends in a 5 stack, by pure coincidence, got paired with a 5 stack of some of our other online friends. It was a very refreshing experience as the only "toxicity" was just joking banter between a group of friends. This was probably one of my best league experiences as it was just chill fun all around.

[@CoachCurtis]

That sounds like an awesome experience, imagine if this were to happen multiple times a day.. If only..

[@jinxedsky]

Late comment, cause I just found out about the channel, but I thought I'd share my experience nonetheless and see what you all think about it: I'm an "old" player who has trouble climbing, I also consider myself a "deep thinker", so that section resonated a lot and gave me much to think about. I also started playing in a "low elo" team with some friends, which touches a bit in the whole "amateur tournament" point from the video... but I feel there's a part about it that's worth noting and it's not mentioned and that is the concept of "motivation". It's actually something I felt heavily when they introduced Clash, and it's the idea that by playing with a team, you keep each other motivated to get better, and you also learn from each other, it got me to think more about other roles and how they interact, and to understand how others play the game. I very much agree with the fact that something like clash, where you might get your 1 or 2 champs you play banned is a problem, but I also don't think I would have leveled my fundamentals as fast if it wasn't for this motivation. Sure, some times I've had to play a champion I hardly know how to play in Clash cause they banned me out, but my fundamentals have carried me trough that problem. So I really don't believe that amateur tournaments are a bad thing at all, honestly playing league like that is a LOT more fun. But I do agree you have to understand the concept of champion mastery and not get mesmerized by the idea of a bit champion pool... I for one will keep practicing my 1 champion and hope some times it's not banned :P

[@darkschneider1107]

Hi Curtis, about your OPGG comment. I do agree with your point because people don't usually focus on the good informations. When i go on OPGG before a game, here are the ones i focus on : - Actual runes of my direct matchup (the detail isn't available inside lol client) --> helps me adapt my playstyle early game (along with your runes video) - same for the jungler - i tend also to look at recents games on the champion to see my opponents' itemisation path (i'm low elo, so sometimes I see some flaws, like not buying pots, pinks, greedy itemisation,...) I'm not probably optimal about this, but this could be a topic of a future video of yours : using external info correctly, and not levelling yourself (I don't know if you know that expression, it's a poker word for "overthinking things" )

[@liamk7720]

Just checked your OP GG for the first time... now I know why your videos always help so damn much

[@Kaboss667]

I think the appeal of amateur scenes is exactly the serene SoloQ experience you had with the mix of pros and other identifiable players, respect. Everyone gets to know everyone in the amateur scene and so you can have more games like the one you mentioned where people drop the ball and still try to win without negative interaction.

[@CoachCurtis]

Interesting, that actually does make a lot of sense

[@trevor7234]

When I was in the depths of it, I didn't realize how toxic everything was getting to me. I made it to Plat 1, but EVERY LITTLE THING tilted the fuck outta me. Taking weird summs, wrong runes, op.gg histories, dying to obvious ganks, trolly supps, etc... It really showed me that if I care THAT much about something, I have to give myself breaks, cause I can't handle non-stop sessions like that. Truly becomes a mental game when you climb!

[@nathannjh]

I don’t play league, but many of the topics you talk about are so helpful for improving at anything. Thank you.

[@Valentin-jn3lk]

2:42 i heard you and I don't regret it. I hope Frodo finally destroys the ring (haven't watched the other movies yet) Then i came back and kept listening to you :D I think you are only improving people ranks, for me and probably for a thousands of others, you are improving peoples lives. Thanks you Curtis

[@coolbrotherf127]

I was stuck in low gold ELO for so long even though I had put a lot of time into the game. When I started I learned the basic stuff like control my character or what items do and that was enough to get me into low gold in just a few months but plateaued there for over a year. I tried changing things like champions, builds, got coaches to review my VODs, etc. Didn't really change my ELO even though I had minor improvements here and there. After taking a few months off the game after thinking I just didn't have what it took to climb, I realized what it was, I didn't know how to win the losers game. I didn't quite understand it in those terms, but it was the same idea. I had learned decent mechanics just from playing a lot, but I didn't understand how to apply the fundamentals well. I had been trying to outplay my opponents with the "winning shot" but tripping and falling on my face instead. When I took a step back and just focused on my fundamentals I was able to start putting myself in the drivers seat to victory instead of another crazy coin-flip match. I started climbing like crazy within just a few weeks just from the focused fundamentals and the mechanics I already knew. I've still got a lot to learn to get into the highest ELOs, but it was amazing how much improvement happened just from a small change in mindset. I had already had a lot of the knowledge I needed to climb out of my plateau, I just had no idea how to apply it correctly before.

[@Spr7ritus]

That part with the deep thinker is exactly, what I experienced. Tilting easily, because I dont reach my own standarts. It took me one year to lay that down and find my place in my team in order to climb gold.

[@imcheesuz7397]

Same, I don't really get tilted at my team, but I get tilted at myself. I make a play, because atm it seems right, after it fails I think damn why did I even do that. I didn't know where Jungle was for example.

[@CoachCurtis]

I feel you dude, it's something that many players have to deal with..

[@eliannaten3979]

Thank you for this wonderful video 💖 I appreciate your emphasis on self-compassion and mental resilience.

[@Valentin-jn3lk]

5:00 Completely loved the analogy and his explanation, exactly the same happened to me a month ago when I did't reach Challenger, although that was my goal. Even then, I enjoyed the process and it improved my life in some form. With that exact same mentality is how I started my 3 months to Challenger journey without fear of failure, knowing that even when if I failed I will be proud of me for not surrendering, I would had learn a lot and whether I reach just platinum, got stuck at diamond 4, or reach GM I would have tried until the 90th day, knowing that If I keep trying, sooner or later, I'm going to get it.

[@sentence4823]

All you must do is play ARAM. Master every champion, master the game. (Map awareness can come later. Who needs map awareness in gold?)

[@MC_HANDROLLED]

The section around 22 mins really resonated. Taking a 5-6 day break really helped refresh my mindset after the end of the season

[@yannilla4133]

It's amazing how much inspiration to just play and enjoy the game comes from your videos! Amazing work Curtis!

[@KatkaDavai]

As a now long time fighting game player its always very refreshing to see MOBA players have good perspective on improval, mindsets... and how it's just as important as any other component of play I've found MOBA players very rarely try to optimize their binds or setup, like i know so so many of them that play on borderless windowed, withoutt attack champions only bound ect. People just think "mechanics" SOMEHOW only means like combos and execution when it means so so much more The op.gg one resonates with me a lot since I help a lot of friends with League, and it always really upsets me to see they're almost intentionally giving themselves excuses for the loss that's to come, and they might as well not be playing the game at that point. I jokingly often tell people to "just look at the screen" but deep down it's very genuine advice, because people concern themselves too much with how good x player is, and other preconceptions that they've formed over time and more often than not; it impacts them very negatively!

[@CoachCurtis]

You are spot on, the "just look at the screen" advice (even though it may sound weird) like you said, actually will distract people from self sabotaging...

[@em731]

I feel like i just got /admin permissions to access the 90% of my brain that I hadn't been able to even know was there before

[@CoachCurtis]

What a unique way of looking at it haha

[@bowtiedreynard9167]

This is what it felt like playing jungle after watching Curtis' jungle tracking video, Phylaris' Playlist on kiting/patience and King Nidhogg's jungle tracking video. Made me go from Silver I to Plat 3 in about a month.

[@MakeUpMyDay2]

I enjoy these kinds of videos so much! Especially since these topics are hardly covered on youtube. Stay on top of your game coach! You're offering a unique twist to the content on league which is very, very (might I say VERY) welcome and necessary!

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate the kind words mate, means alot

[@gigantycznejabko9362]

The LotR analogy is even better with the Scouring of the Shire :P

[@luigilorenzo2209]

Honestly I hit a wall in league, which is very funny because I am very new at league and don't even play solo queue, usually I play with one or two friends in normal games. But I always get this feeling that I want to better myself, I wanna go to the next level, I want something serious and a lot of what u said helped me. I'm a Irelia one trick on top and I realise now that since it was so hard to master this champ (losing again and again) I get a hard time having the courage to play and learn other champions (I know this may sound dumb since I only play normal games but, being a Deep thinker makes me very susceptible to tilt or lose confidence in myself). Hope u do more content like this cause it really helps a lot.

[@mamaduerrante4502]

Insane league player , insane coach and insane therapist. Thanks for the videos i really start climb a lot and have better mental

[@TSH82]

From my experience playing video games, there are only 3 basic things needed to improve. 1. Play often/consistently (playing a fuckton works too, but it comes with diminishing returns), 2. Continually challenge oneself to improve (not TOO much like playing vs challengers when in silver or something, which is like trying to lift 500lb when you can only lift 150lb), 3. Have the mental (and physical capability I suppose) to do these 2 things. There is a lot more nuance I could add, optimizations, etc, but *basically* that is about it.

[@ImShawnFrost]

Probably one of the most interesting videos I've seen in my life. I deeply agree with nearly everything that you said and I have discovered / experienced it too. The analogies you made with Tennis and Poker are spot on and so pertinent to me since I've practiced both a lot. I feel like I share your view on life and on improving in general. As a side note I'm glad to notice that a lot of the tips you shared regarding mentality are standard to me, probably thanks to content like yours but also because this how I genuinely approach things. Thanks again for the video and your work in general.

[@Nick55ADTR]

Wow. That deep thinkers part slapped me in the face.

[@nahuelfernandez3718]

Curtis making a Lord of the Rings analogy... I'm in Coach! nice video and thoughts, really leave a lot to think about!

[@CoachCurtis]

hahah gotta love LOTR

[@nahuelfernandez3718]

@@CoachCurtis Of course, one of my favorite literary sagas of all time. I can't stress this enough, thank you Curtis for all the amazing content. I send you a hug from Argentina

[@mejdlocraftci]

the deep thinker thing is totally my case, I keep thinking about 20 things that happened, 50 things that are happening and 10 things that are about to happen all the time. On the contrary, I got friends who are not really mechanically stronger than me, have no crazy macro knowledge, but just play care-free and it somehow works out.

[@jayrivera7114]

This actually helped me change my gameplay and mentality immediately. Thanks Curtis!

[@bilomen5957]

those psychology books, robert greene; Power and 12 rules for life JP excellent stuff.

[@LuvLetter]

22:00 holy shit I felt so fucking called out that I had shivers down my spine when you described this type of person

[@TheIDDuffy]

i dont play mid anymore, but i still watch ur vids that arent mid specific because you have the best mindset and I learn a lot. I started playing again in season 10 and I'm already D3 EUW

[@CoachCurtis]

Love it dude! Grats on the climb

[@morrisgreg2176]

Tennis analogy was actually incredible man. Thank you

[@t-bene9013]

after watching a lot of your content i came to realize all of the stigmas i had were irrelevant because high elo players can find ways around the "broken champions" or "broken builds" I think streamers also contribute to putting these in people's heads because they have them as well. I stopped playing solo Queue in season 10 because i felt the quality of games was terrible because of my teammates, but i am also realizing i contributed nothing but negativity to them and my flaming is probably what caused my team to tilt more than losing the game. I also had ranked anxiety because i was performing somewhat well but kept losing games. You helped me figure out theres still a lot i have to learn and master in order to climb and just to focus on myself. My goal for this season is diamond and if I hit it itll be because of your content. Thanks coach

[@CoachCurtis]

I believe you can do it dude

[@Masterpouya]

No worries coach! Those kind of videos are great to, mentality is super important. I recognized myself when you talked about self frustration about doing the wrong stuff. I improved a lot those times but I'm feeling more and more frustrated about my mistakes. Enough to sometimes tilt hardcore for a single death cause I know it means snowball for the ennemy. Thinking too much is a bad thing when thinking means "thinking about the consequences". As you said in the video, you kinda sabottage yourself in doing so, which I agree. One shall focus on the game and only the game : Concepts to use this game & and have intentions, "what do I need, what do I want" nothing more, nothing less. All the rest are emotional self sabotage, that's what I conclude of my own journey ^^

[@Jervyjames]

I totally agree with being present, everything is happening now, not in the future! If we keep thinking about the future, we can't move forward in the present.

[@wazaaa3900]

Extremely refreshing, you're 5head man. The metaphores and comparisons are so well found and serve your word ! Keep it coming, keep being awesome, you're becoming a role model even if it's not part of your goals. Also, would be really interesting if you and Nathan in a podcast could explicit your personal goals.. :D

[@CoachCurtis]

I really appreciate that man

[@speakeriter7130]

I'm Master 300 LP peak EUW, S9 This season I end in Master 0 EUW. I have IRL problems, mental block and mental problems. I'm a lot of time tilted as fk, but with Curtis content I move from OTP Jax to 20+ champions pool player, and will be a way better with single one of them. All I can say after ~ 2500 D1+ games - mental is a key. In wining single game, or in taking elo, in getting better, or in mastering new champs. Curtis is 99,9% right in things he saying, and I enjoy how he helping keep mental by his content. My dream is, become a pro player, and meet him somehow, to say, all this road was impossible without him. Sorry for poor English)

[@ThatGuyInBlueRoom]

Hey Coach! You've compared league to chess before. This is a good point, since it's not like basketball. From the start, minor advantages snowball into a win, provided they play into the win condition. In basketball, after a point, two points, the board resets. In League there are champions who feed and champions get fed. Similar to chess, the moves chain together so is league a 'weak link' sport? In basketball, a superior player has an unmitigated advantage. In chess, the start is consistent, unlike league.

[@MegaAsdfgh321]

Really liked this video Curtis, each section was gold! thanks

[@cirillafionaelenriannon7060]

I had an experience like that exactly once, when a 5 man premade of mine ran into a 5 man premade of my friend. It was absolutely wonderful. Pretty close game too.

[@Ellviirah]

Little bit late to the party as this was a year ago.. 😂 This all makes so much sense when you break it down. Amazing video, so thank you 😁 gives me a lot to think about, especially the mental side of the game. I think the one thing I find in low elo is that your team can't accept early mistakes/deaths and act like the game is over so they kinda give up.. Instead of just playing and working out how to turn the game around and coming together as a team they just flame until the game comes to a painful end..

[@danislavlazarov2993]

That was so pleasent to watch, so informative and cohesive with the way i feel. Thank you for that video. Great job !

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks for tuning in dude

[@iflarexd7608]

"Losing is fucking painful" - Coach Curtis. Yes.

[@luiscapati6279]

watched the start of the video, went to watch lord of the rings for the first time, made me cry like a baby, came back to the video

[@sam.0021]

i loved listening to you talk about your random thoughts on league... id be down if you made more

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks for the feedback Sam

[@ottopie2973]

Amazing video dude and guys can we all take a moment to thank this lad for all his videos. He has made ton of +30min with each minute of them being worth to watch. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@CoachCurtis]

[@StormKamui]

Hey coach, you've been putting out content BOMBS lately. I thought the two videos you did on tethering and slowpushing were your best videos yet and then you released this one. I feel like these general/conceptual videos have the most impact on my growth as a player, so thanks a lot for putting them out! Since you asked for our thoughts on this type of video, I really enjoyed it and thought that a lot of your points are super insightful. Particularly the ones about op.gg during loading screen and "smart" people being less good at the game due to overthinking were good reflection points for me. One point I view differently was the winners/losers game bit at the end. I think that even in low elo, if you are trying to improve at the game, you should always push yourself to make the right plays (proactive and reactive both). At least, I find when I don't do this I progressively become more and more passive of a player as I play more games. Maybe that's just because I overthink things as you said haha.

[@ronaldramirez9975]

Ohhh yeahhh I was really wanting for you to talk about this. Curtis spanish is my first language and I can assure you there is not content out there in english or spanish like yours... And that is because be all can see and feel that you love what you are doing so thank you and keep doing this amazing work.

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks so much man!

[@evraegg]

Shit Curtis, new set-up? New haircut? New room? Looking sharp my dude

[@lyyretv1126]

Thank you for all the amazing videos Curtis! Not only have they helped my mental in game, but in my day to day as well! Looking forward to see more

[@CoachCurtis]

My pleasure!

[@evantibbitts3366]

Early gang let's go🤘🤘 love the content curtis keep up the good work. Im almost diamond this preseason after being gold the last 2 seasons and these videos are the main reasons

[@flowbie-1336]

How often did you see the mental go boom for your teammates between start and end? I finished gold my first 3 seasons and this is literally the first season (10) ive ever finished silver. I saw game after game after game of people locking in then feeding on high skill floor champs like samira camille irelia aphelios (and the 5min "i lost my lane i leave game" solo laner laner occassionally). On my end, i just havent been playing enough games but its never been this hard to get to gold.

[@evantibbitts3366]

@@flowbie-1336 at the start of the season I seen that and smurfs almost every game. But what I ended up doing to help is what curtis says in his video and focus entirely on factors that I can control. So I personally mutted all chat and did vod review and looked at every one of my deaths and focused on the micro and it helped my mentality of not paying attention to the bad shit in the game and just me as a player

[@CoachCurtis]

Thats amazing dude

[@jahfaricoumarbatch3947]

I truly love how this video is about your philosophy and you have a truly socratic mustache and beard

[@user-dr6kd6uj1c]

that part about people using op.gg too much and psyching the shit out of their mind before the game even starts is so spot on hahahahah

[@friskin3652]

Great video again :) Would love to see more content like this, especially the parts about pros which I find very insightful!

[@compangit1524]

This is some real good content. Makes me want to reclimb with the same competence i had before when i was not caring too much about other things and really just into the game.

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks for tuning in dude :)

[@HanyuuHOLO]

10:25 I couldn't stop laughing because of how real that is omg hahaha

[@n3m036]

Thanks Curtis for making me understand why I suck. I am just way too smart and there is nothing I can do about it.

[@ItsNilin]

Thank you for the video Coach! Video was super informative and definitely helped me out.

[@that_imi_guy]

Great and inspiring video as always, legitimately the best League content creator in existence, thank you for the content.

[@m15t3rdud3]

35:00 I actually have a funny story along those lines! I had a coworker I'd played league with previously, and he accidentally deleted me during a friends list dump (i should do one sometime tbh). But I ran into him in a high bronze/low diamond solo que game, and it was funny saying "hey!" during a game of ranked. His fiora beat out my team, I couldn't get my team to have enough pressure to counteract his Fiora even though my bot lane went well. But it was a toxicity free game! Curious that the one game where someone DOES know the opponent team member that people are civil to each other.

[@CoachCurtis]

How awesome are those games!?

[@theherald4132]

Just something I took away from this video because it comes up a lot when I play with my clash team: looking up the enemies in the loading screen, and immediately, if there is someone on Platinum or Diamond against us, the game is blamed on them having that player. It has actually generated a lot of frustrations for me that we can't seriously talk about what happened in a game because the narrative of they had X player is so strong within the team. Granted, that is just me venting about it here since it got brought up.

[@Kiijoww]

Loving this vidoe I also like how your computer seemingly looks isolated from the rest of the house, it feels like it would add peace to practice!

[@diarykely]

Hey Curtis, thank you so much for this video ! Very interesting and helpful stuff. It would be great if you did more of these : it's so precious for us beginner hobbits to understand how your mind works, how you think, how you view the game ... Because then we can massively capitalize on your years of experience as a pro player, a coach and a solo ranker to grow our own expertise at a very high rate 😁 at least, that's what I do : you and Nathan are my #1 source of educational content on KZbin and man... Grow I did since I've discovered you guys. So, long story short : keep pouring your wisdom, I'll keep chugging it religiously 🤣🤣

[@binarywolfcia85]

6:14 I know that I will not get auto filled top. I am a top main.

[@sevenaries]

I was hard stuck low plat high gold for a while, but once I started playing to improve and not to win that's when I really started getting better and I ended diamond

[@diegog522000]

I find these the most interesting videos, there is much philosophy behind all this concepts

[@geko2531]

greetings from germany nice content hope to see u in a top tier league at some point in the future

[@idhemhyouka129]

Amazing video ! Made me think about my solo q games please make more

[@jamessmith1997-v5c]

Awesome Reflection!

[@ViraLCyclopes]

Your background area is pretty damn clean Coach. gj on it. it sets the video atmosphere well.

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks brother

[@F4rl4nd]

30:18 "and that guy is probably better at Bwipo at Mordekaiser." WideBwipokaiser

[@wormholewizards4691]

Thank you but I have another problem and may be personal, I have general anxiety disorder. It wasn't just rank or gaming anxiety, it was happening in real life too. I never had this problem when I was a kid and I've played LoL everyday and many times without feeling of fear of judgement and so on. The problem grew day by day and I started to noticed it when I'm in university. Nowadays, I hardly play more than one, two and sometimes three games. Then, I stopped for like weeks or months. I had a hard time playing online multiplayer due to this anxiety problem but I really like online games and wanted to play them competitively. My solution was mute chat but the real problem was overthinking. I'm thinking too much until I'm scared to play and stay away from online games. Sometimes, I would be glad if I could suppress my feelings, emotions so I wouldn't think of anything too much. If you have any tips, I would gladly appreciate it.

[@farzamsh9668]

It was so great I think I'll be a lot relaxed next time in game, thanks for great content

[@konradgniaz3518]

Great video as always Curtis,the analogies were really on point and your insight on league mentality in general has helped me a lot in understanding how to prevent tilt and shifting blame on my teammates,which helped me improve a lot and got me out of the rabbit hole that i was stuck in for a few months.I really want to go pro someday,but i don't know if i do have the talent and persistence to do so.There is so much doubt in me because i don't know if i have the specific skills such as adaptability that pros need to have,so even if i reach high elo it might not get me anywhere.The quote "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" really appeals to me though,even if it won't work out,i won't have regrets later on in my life that i haven't tried chasing my dreams.

[@CoachCurtis]

I wish you luck on your journey Konrad.

[@waldotjahja8570]

LOTR analogy for LOL😀 IMO, mentally Frodo and Samwise are adc and support. Pippin is a top, Merry is a jungle. Aragon is the Mid. Roles of Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir are self explained 😎

[@stefanbabatie9955]

Mad respect for everything you do! Thank you a lot, and good luck!

[@RissaiG]

Hey Coach, it is so good to see that you teach others not only how to play but the way of thinking and it helps a lot. My problem is i always change my role, i can't decide which role fits me better, I think this is the reason why i don't climb. What do you think?

[@prodromosx07]

Great video to watch after falling from Platinum 1 to Platinum 2, we are close to 3 ;). Thanks Coach, maybe you are the spell to destroy the curse!

[@antonb6196]

Really good video Curtis!!

[@dzananaibrahimovic9534]

Hey, i have one question. I have been akali otp for some time(now i have 15 wins in row) but sometimes i got thinking what to do if someone get akali or ban her. Can u make video where we can know what to pick. I know that i need ad/ap, tank.. but other then that i dunno how to make perfect team comp. I got to plat with just playing akali because i could build assassin and bruser.

[@GodKiri]

Just dodge bro, -3 LP is nothing and no MMR lost, then go back and get that 16th win

[@darkblade225]

We need more content like this

[@binarywolfcia85]

8:27 Race cars don't have mirrors, they cut down arrowdynamics. and are actually illegal in NASCAR.

[@CoachCurtis]

Hahha I did not know this!

[@kevinpark2685]

You are a treasure man, such a good coach/person

[@GgLooter]

Fantastic video Coach, looking forward to more podcast style episodes like these :)

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate the feedback :)

[@chardonnay5767]

An interesting series of points. One idea about dealing with tilt would be something I learned from someone who works on a daily basis with mentally ill and/or dangerous patients, victims of abuse, torture, etc. The context is that when you work with people with these kinds of backgrounds you automatically get "infected" with various types of negativity and it's more often than not mentally taxing to do this kind of work. Also during work hours you might not have extended breaks between patients, sometimes one leaves and another comes in shortly after and if the session with the first patient was abnormally difficult the chances are it'll go even worse with the next patient. At least there's a relatively higher risk of what would normally be a "reasonable" therapy session to become very difficult and exhausting because of the mental baggage we carried along from the previous client. In League terms this could be the equivalent of tilting on a losing streak, where rationality becomes scarce and we lose ourselves to the negativity. The magic solution to this is to watch animal videos from YT, the smaller and cuter the better. Just 5 minutes of watching cute animals doing silly stuff fixes your mental state to a much more positive state. In general terms, anything that truly disconnects you from whatever caused the negativity - even for a short few minutes - allows the brain to relax and return the mind to a better place.

[@asdasdasdasdas1056]

You are the best, this is one of the best videos ive ever seen, ty so much

[@markizu1]

I think there might be a better way to deal with bad emotions after a game. VOD reviewing sounds fine but I believe that most people (including me) doesnt want to review a game within their blocks of games, but rather after them. In my opinion better approach is simply not tilting in the first place, like rank 1 cassio player would do for example. This is only for people with strong mental but I believe it can be developped by everyone. What do you think about it?