What League of Legends Does to Your Brain (It's Not What You Think)

[@Dakkych]

I wasn't expecting this video to get this much attention, I appreciate all of you for taking time out of your day to watch it. but I have to clarify one thing... this video and all the videos that I made or will make is purely for entertainment reasons. I might say some things in more serious manner but all of it is aimed to make video more interesting and enjoyable. So anything that you guys will hear from me is aimed to make you laugh/entertained. I'm not trying to educate I just try to make funny videos.

[@Eniways332]

Deserved man

[@fcox7015]

i feel that my entire life has been vindicated btw, league taught me team work, and emotion control, even if it sounds weird coming from a league player

[@beeblebrox4667]

can you make a video that what league of legends does to your mental health too ?

[@linxshen1555]

@@fcox7015 no man that shit is frfr, i feel u big on the teamwork part.. gg

[@Lennard_Nellessen]

I understand the approach of making it more entertaining, but as a scientist it should be your cause to provide somewhat true conclusions instead of semi truths that are entertaining.

[@krazy_kzir]

League does true damage to my brain

[@Shamen22]

At least it's not a DOT

[@krazy_kzir]

@@Shamen22 no but percentage hp like varus ult+ passive stacks per year played

[@Imbotocecio]

'You cannot know strength, until you are broken'

[@Abigdummy4life]

And/or mixed physical and magic damage.

[@bastienhouse5202]

Perpetual Liandry's Torment 🔥

[@DenisEinzbern]

i will put league of legends in my resume

[@Sam-rs7uu]

I got a job in IT from that. As long as you can explain it well in an interview, you're golden

[@dienle227]

@@Sam-rs7uu How did u explain yours?

[@anubis9151]

@@dienle227 He said he was a furry, and got hired.

[@shadowwolf7933]

@@anubis9151 That or claimed to be a Linux user and showed the knee high sock collection

[@fabianfriedrichs5835]

​@@dienle227for me the main thing I want to argue with it, is frustration tolerance. If you Keeper playing the game for more than a decade you have to have some kind of frustration tolerance

[@TheMosquitoHunter]

Hello, psychologist here. One more thing that we can add is that being able to handle frustration and to not act out is positively related to higher intelligence and that's why inting people are in bronze

[@steviejrr]

there's loads of inters in chall tho

[@sonhonguyenthai1075]

I relate to that a lot, one small but impactful thing you can do to climb in lol is just doing nothing, what I mean is let’s say you are a midlaner, u know the enemy jungler is lurking around your lane and wait for the time to strike, so you will have to be patient even if you can pulverize the enemy midlaner easily due to how stupid he can be. Personally I’ve managed to get to diamond from just purely learn to stay patient, it’s hard to believe how so many people can fail to keep their composure and let emotions take control.

[@TheMosquitoHunter]

@@steviejrr yes, but there are different dynamics involved. For starters, there are many more low elo players than in high elo so, in proportion, there are many more bronze inters than challenger inters. Moreover, in high elo you have win trading, which may count as inting, but it's not done because they can't handle frustration, but to obtain specific things. While we do have the peculiar Dantes or Tyler1 around in high elo, it's not comparable to low elo statistics

[@marinoberg4744]

diamond here just as many inters tbh

[@steviejrr]

@@TheMosquitoHunter So what you're saying is because there's more low elo players there's more inters. Of course, that's how basic data works. If there was more challengers than pisslows it'd be the same thing except more inters in high elo. Reason a low elo player is little bit more likely to int is purely because they know they're hardstuck and low elo and aren't good. When you're master tier for example you are going to try your hardest to get to Chall. Challenger players don't care about inting purely because they're already challenger and have no problem reaching it.

[@xPetu]

Love seeing creative and multidisciplinary videos on League

[@thiagoxavier9177]

petu! Marry me!

[@OllieJsonable]

Hey, it's the best and at the same time chillest league player! Loved your master's thesis, really interesting topic!

[@noelcolon4012]

The beast himself. Hope you're doing well!

[@AzuriumOfficial]

Shen just ulted the video with this comment.

[@JotaG3467]

Watching the video I thought "Wow, that looks like a video Petu would do". Seeing you in the comments right after is so funny lol

[@aethproxima421]

This is how I see League: Pros: Mentally Beneficial Cons: Emotionally, Socially and Physically TAXING.

[@AbyssalEssence]

Comfort breeds weakness

[@hikennoace4428]

mentally taxing aswell. Tracking the jungler, level up timers, trading windows, wave management and if you are aheady and have to carry your team you cant make any mistakes and thats mental horror for me.

[@Mingchan]

The accuracy in this is 💯

[@Juanlife-f9m]

i hit my head against the wall, not because of my team, but because of me, i was playing so bad i decided to punish my self physically, holy shit this game is something else.

[@alfonsoalejandromoralesmal677]

Being Stoic fixes all of thoes cons

[@VorticalGab0]

Ok at least I know I didn't waste that many years, I was literally training my cognitive abilities... cap.

[@lishhhhmm]

"Training my cognitive abilities via related tasks" is a great title to unnecessarily overhype the conversation. I would take it is a far as possible with stuff like "strategic planning" "adaptability" "communication" "budget management & investments" etc just to say at the end, yeah all that via playing League of Legends.

[@keernhaslem1845]

Gotta give credit to four years league play for resuscitating my Dad brain

[@joffre55]

@@lishhhhmm Only when you play the game with the intent to improve in certain aspects of the game, can that translate to real life skills. Most people get addicted into a rage induced cycle of destabilizing their biological needs.

[@lishhhhmm]

@joffre55 Indeed, I have been on both sides of this coin, and I do confirm. So don't mention your intentions you had while playing the game for the conversation 😁

[@YakubBlackmann]

Unlish that beast already.

[@SakuretsuMusic]

but... are they scoring so good because they are pro players or are they pro players because they score so good?

[@lukkkasz323]

Probably the latter. As you get higher in ranks you start to notice that the people you play with are less likely to be children and more inteligent in general. (but still emotionally unstable).

[@Milio196]

gojo is this you?

[@SakuretsuMusic]

@@Milio196 🤣

[@ngkaiyuan3783]

​@@lukkkasz323 but still emotional unstable 😂

[@BlizzardX1K]

Egg or chicken first?

[@yappykaki]

I need more reasons to stop playing not more reasons to be addicted again 😫

[@jpuc5568]

If you have an addiction problem go get help it’s not the games problem you’re just gonna find a new addiction anyway if you don’t search for help

[@DetractosPwns]

i quit playing 7 months ago and I've lost 25kg, this is not a joke.

[@addysaster176]

Addiction is not a sign of a healthy mind

[@sunj6s]

​@@addysaster176 how do i get healthy mind

[@user-ov8dq9nn5y]

​@@jpuc5568I deleted my LOL account and became addicted to other games, deleted them and became addicted to KZbin. I removed all my addictions until I became so depressed and empty inside. The problem wasn't YT neither games, it was me escaping from reality. Had to deal with my IRL problems to finally feel good without addictions, it was really hard but it had to be done.

[@kigairu]

for me i think the best part about league is that when you get out of your toxic phase in league and enter "i have no enemies" mode, you can assess and think of the situation better than before like if someone is agitating you, intentionally trying to annoy you, etc and you weigh the pros and cons if what action is worth to engage and you can do that rationally. imagine being in a fast workplace where everyone can get mad over a simple mistake. this skill is crucial

[@mogcat245]

so true so real.

[@gwegsta972]

well, the toxic phase is made on purpose to keep you addicted, so to get out of a toxic phase, you need to fix the toxic elements, to ignore them, but how can you ignore someone who fart in the same room as you, and who close all airways ? Ignoring the frustration you feel, that a lot of time is legit, will make you suppress a lot of négative emotions, and you won't gain resilience, you will gain health issues. You will disconnect yourself from some parts of you subconsciously, thinking you are being wise, but later your shadows will come back suddenly and you won't understand what is happening. The skill to learn is temperence, sure, but you also need to learn how to confront people when needed too instead of never engaging. Plus, everybody aint wired the same, some people don't care, others are very passionates, and in a competitive game like that, it's normal to have strong emotions . So if the dev are creating and feeding that toxicity, you can't ask players to be gandhis ( even this exemple is questionnable, regarding some informations about him circulating on the internet ).

[@langleyhi]

Honestly when I first played league I didn't even pay attention to chat because of how overwhelming the whole game was

[@YakubBlackmann]

There is another path: I escaped the league ladder rat race to troll on shaco support. It was actually good.

[@RioDelTiempo24]

Literally came back to league with this mentality after going through some rough shit on my life, it humbled me and gave me a new perspective Now i don't let anger take hold of my decisions in league, i kinda just learn and laugh from everything

[@mfivstudio5706]

Is funny how this game unites a lot of really smart and competent people and make them all waste their lifes in a dopamine cycle edit for some clarification: the problem is not the game itself, is Riot Games where the time is getting wasted, if it was treated like an indie game and actually caring about its community and players it would be fine, for example terraria devs move way less money and still the most beloved devs out there because their updates are made with love and they listen to the community way more than Riot Games, is the corporative aspect of this game that makes league a waste.

[@anmekazaki5185]

😂I love this

[@clickbait9486]

If its wasted or not is subjective. For them it might be reaching their goals.

[@reinhardt_tv]

How is it wasted? It's the same as with any sport. But physical sport makes you to not live long and you have to retire young

[@matoiiveyy2005]

@@clickbait9486 definitely not, havent met one happy or fulfilled league player

[@aabeeek]

@@reinhardt_tv Don't you know it? Everything that does not bring immediate money profit is a waste of time. Your problem is that you are not thinking like a slave.

[@poderosopl1asd]

so my brain has 86 billions redstone comparators, thats good to know

[@rasmuslinnemann6722]

Criminally underrated video. Really enjoyed it, however, you didn't take into account that there is a bias amongst the professional league players, as they might be professional exactly because they have a fast response time and not the other way around.

[@zakariarakhrour9158]

Exactly

[@lardonfree7430]

In fact yeah, but I really think if you have a low or high reaction time, it doesn't matter that much as a pro. Game knowledge, macro, mechanics, handling of pressure and frustration are the keys to become one, and that came with a lot of practice.

[@zortnet]

didnt he say it makes you train it and get better?

[@GoldenFlash0]

some pros did not get good at the game immediately, most of them needed thousands of hours to reach high ranks, ofc there are a lot of them that are insanely gifted from birth as well. Reaction time is not really that important in league (in shooters it might be more important), in league decision making and prediction is king

[@addysaster176]

I think they are pro gamer because the passed the scrims, have high ranks, and has background in tourna, ex T1A I don't think fast reaction time is a legit qualification for a proplayer But I don't think you'll get to the apex without it, so I don't see bias here

[@connorhirth7240]

86 billion neurons to go 0/10 on Yasuo and spam ff

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

At one point in my journey I had to turn off sound because I slept with csing and champ skill shot sounds in my head like I had shell shock from WWII

[@moljac5727]

Hahhhaahah, i once havent played for a few months and locking in champions or gold sound from csing felt like heroin

[@Tier69operator]

@@moljac5727i had dreams of fucking being ahri yo

[@clubstep8244]

I once needed uncommented gameplay on on Yt to Fall asleep...

[@Carpatouille]

The worst sounds aren't csing and champ skill shot sounds, it's the damn pings.

[@freedom4all870]

One time I heard twitch in my kitchen saying "it's me!" Clear as day as if he just becane visible... took a break after that

[@RobVice]

Bro made a wholeass research just to justify his addiction for league 😂

[@leezarAbeeks]

Yeah fr 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@westsi1]

His addiction…and yours.

[@ColtonSimms]

Right? The hardest cope I've ever seen. However, I am now using for my own league cope...

[@unknownit5315]

gp q'ing my head would fix my brain rather than making worse

[@filipshinigami7263]

True

[@blazingbowman9295]

gp passive makes my hair on fire

[@unknownit5315]

@@blazingbowman9295 gp passive took my house 😔

[@MisteryBio]

The only noticeable thing for me is a big blank in my memory spanning all the years lost while playing that crap.

[@pulsar.]

the thing is a person might have all this iq/intelligence/reaction time, but if they dont learn utilise it outside of gaming (the virtual fake world) and only play league, theyll waste their potential, time and life away. instead learn to use this to their advantage in the real world.

[@bombasticcat]

so in other words... we should tuch grass

[@joshuavirtuoso8129]

but is still applicable.

[@flvrm57]

and it can be true on the other way , people can have all that but can't use it on league because they play in autopilot and dont care because they are rage addicted

[@chujwie4028]

now explain to me why after just 3 hours of playing this game my brain cannot focus, gets easily distracted, i have mood swings, i lose all hope in humanity and don't want to live anymore

[@baluarte_ssa2571]

Loser queue is your answer

[@orioncosx]

To put it simply, it is because you are thinking too much about it, if somebody says something bad in chat, mute them, if somebody does something like inting, it's beyond your control. The most important and positive part of league is that it helped me to only want to be better than I was yesterday, was a long journey, but league shows how a person is really like, it shows our true colors.

[@pepsusser]

adhd

[@oranjedd]

It is a proof that League of Legend is, in fact, an heavy cognitive game, basically you're hyperfocusing for 3 horus, which is REALLY a lot of time, so your mind get tired. It is like studying math for 3 hours straight, don't you start distracting after that much?

[@Kepitano]

@@oranjedd bro, studying for only 1 hour is more than enough to boggle my mind xD

[@ingmar1831]

The problem is they tested pro’s vs average gamers which can mean as you get better cognitive function improves OR if you have higher cognitive function you get a higher rank, and I believe the same goes for the fluid intelligence study, it doesn’t mean cognitive function improves it can also be that if you have higher fluid intelligence you get a higher rank

[@AndreasB-j9w]

After playing League for one year regularly. Do you think you will be better at the game or worse or same?

[@ingmar1831]

@@AndreasB-j9w I’d argue that doesn’t truly matter, if you practice enough you can get better at league but that doesn’t mean you actually cognitively improved u might’ve just happened upon some more efficient methods through brute force. Also I’m not saying league cannot improve cognitive ability, but I’m just stating that it is not some super effective tool. If I had to wager a guess I’d say doing hard math or having debates would probably lead to more cognitive growth, because you are focusing your mind yourself instead of have the high stimulus of a video game do it for you

[@ingmar1831]

@@AndreasB-j9walso how many people get hard stuck in their ranks for years

[@flvrm57]

@@AndreasB-j9w depends on the person

[@Shamen22]

I grew up with dota on wc3, can't say the number of rebirth moments where I had to re-structure my brain, especially when the new games with ranks were introduced. This is my opinion: the main problem with league's dopamine cycle is you "don't get tired" like you cant play sports endlessly but you can league. Dopamine cycle activities are very good if you push yourself a little each time, not too far. Train - rest - repeat. You have to treat your mind sort of like your body, let it rest occasionally. the hints are there they're just different than physical exhaustion. It took me many years to figure out how mental fatigue feels like.

[@mustacheman7261]

Your brain reaches glorious evolution

[@talkmone]

😂😂 This comment needs more likes

[@MandoT111]

I've actually seen some job recruiters ask staff to recommend people who play League when they're hiring for roles that require quick thinking, problem solving, multi-tasking, an analytical mind etc. Pretty cool

[@o.o8514]

For what companies?

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

Recently came back to league for a bunch of reasons and now that my brain is in much better health, im once again enjoying the challenge I like trying harder when things get hard and seeing the things ive learned pull off

[@rusope1050]

what LoL does to my brain: depression, rage, feeling of unworthiness, hate humanity xDD

[@SKRATCH1988]

Low IQ take

[@H0elessRomantic1]

Worst of all: wasting fking potential, or maybe not something that big, but just taking away the time for you, that would make your life better

[@rusope1050]

@@H0elessRomantic1 i was joking (or was i...), if someone enjoys league, it's time well spent.

[@Bezmenov93]

I think that it's ok to have fun with a game that u like but lowkey this is mostly cope and the 304less romantic is right. ​@@rusope1050

[@flvrm57]

@@rusope1050 to enjoy league you have to play arams

[@tellmewhenitsover]

I'll save yall 11 min, its depression and addiction.

[@flvrm57]

facts

[@Vizible21]

I'll show this to my gf everytime she ask me to stop playing League. Girlfriend is temporary, League is forever.

[@BBoysAndTrickers]

💀💀💀 who needs birth control when u have league

[@fazalihtisham4421]

Man my gf been raging on me for playing a few games once every few days, I should show her too 😂

[@lussor1]

​@@fazalihtisham4421clearly not a good person you should be with if she says that

[@fazalihtisham4421]

@lussor1 nah she's good

[@o.o8514]

Girlfriend and league in the same sentence? Yea right😂

[@unbrokenriven1455]

Found myself at 8:30 on the,is it the chicken or the egg scenario. Did pro players get better results because playing increased their capabilities or they already had the capabilities and that is why they are pro players. Keep in mind that not every human has the capacity to become a pro league player, so as of now , to be a pro player you need a genetic factor advantage. So if you are a pro player you have something that others don't have , and that something makes you better at these tests.

[@skylerstokman2869]

There could also likely be cultural factors. For example, one culture might find playing lots of LoL more acceptable than others

[@JustJulia-qt9nh]

Literally just jumped into the comments to say the exact same thing with the same time stamp lol. Also with formula 1 and fighter pilots, I don’t think you get to do those without already having very good reaction times.

[@flvrm57]

@@skylerstokman2869 korea basically

[@djedpul0149]

Faker s brain must be like Nasa supercomputer level or even beyond that

[@ChanMC153]

Correlation ≠ Causation

[@Unlyricallyrics]

Yup. Looking at the performers who are on top of some 100 million players, you'd expect them to have cognitive advantages in multiple areas. Of course, if it's possible to practice League and get to a higher rank then it should mean you're practicing these areas while playing. Problem is that league rank is more or less fixed. If you're at plat after 2 years of serious playing you'll probably never reach challenger, meaning you aren't actually developing any of these areas of your brain.

[@DenisEinzbern]

@@Unlyricallyrics or riot just gives you too many monkey in your games, solo/q is too unreliable since they actively punishing you for having bad mates for like 7-8 years now and making impossible for a single or two players to carry a whole game, just cause someone have better skills doesnt mean another players cannot offset them by being 10 times worse than the average of the rank should be and forcing a net loss for the team.

[@fatjuan8843]

Exactly

[@sneakysunset1765]

@@DenisEinzbern if you are playing the game enough you will rank up until you reach your true rank (which can increase as you get better). There s 70% games where your performance doesn t matter (a player in either team is trolling/afk/smurfing) the 30% left decide if you ll be able to climb to higher ranks.

[@glacier_10_years_ago]

@@DenisEinzbern this is not true even if riot gives you monkey's there's always certain path of things you can do to win the game, i have recovered many games from a losing state and lost many games from winning state we all make mistakes and the ones that dont win , azzap for example still makes comebacks in challenger so games are still winnable in GM and below

[@trinexx2600]

Bro you sound just like viktor from arcane in this video. xD Even the scientific things strengthen this idea in my mind. Love this xD

[@iluvu7551]

Is the "xD" necessary

[@trinexx2600]

@ yes it is necessary like oxygen is for humans to live

[@giuseppelanna]

7:58 proplayers having low reaction time is not enough scientific evidence that playing esports reduces it. It may be just the fact that only people ho already have low reaction times succed in this carreer.

[@pulsarhappy7514]

My thoughts exactly. Correlation and Causality.

[@KaccelTinker]

If league makes your brain superhuman-like, that makes starcraft players gods among men

[@Dakkych]

Any videogame that is fast paced strategy/moba will have specific benefits for cognitive functions imo

[@ct2530]

@@Dakkych There are way better video games that benefits your cognitive functions. Plus League is ALWAYS the same map, and ALWAYS the same objectives, no diversity, no adaptation, just habits.

[@notKirekoss]

Привет, Кассел

[@paciliaa]

​@@ct2530 You playing with bots 24/7 ?

[@humbertogodoy1250]

@@ct2530 yes 150+ champs, 100 items, 100+ runes combinations, flexq, normalq, solo q, ranks, playstyles makes the game so linear and boring, i dont even know how pp dont make to chall /s. ure so wrong

[@rokasb9441]

It increases my derealisation Edit: for real. Worst part is that it sometimes interferes with my driving a little, so gotta limit how much i play

[@VyzerrYT]

stop playing

[@someone-kx4ql]

same for me, havent thought about the driving part though

[@linxshen1555]

when someone cut lines in front of you, you wanted to send them a question mark so bad

[@Bezmenov93]

​@@linxshen1555😂😂😂

[@flvrm57]

@@linxshen1555 ahahahaha

[@hootingmandrill239]

This is my new favorite youtube video. Amazing work!

[@tombecker7499]

I think one thing that has to be mentioned is that this data is correlative rather than experimental, so you can't say for certain that playing league is the mediator in this case. It would also be possible that you have to possess these traits, to be able to become a professional league player in the first place,, while in reality its probably something in between (a good comparison would be your body shape and being a professional swimmer).

[@diegonavas7255]

Love it!! Very well put my friend 👏🏽 informative, tried to not be biased, and funny. Very well rounded video ❤

[@raksop.4490]

A big thing you have to care about is correlation vs causation tho, a lot of the points mentioned could just be correlation, like people with higher iq tend to be interested in games with highly complex game mechanics, people with fast reaction times have a better shot at making it as a pro and so on

[@trentwillis6313]

Extremely fascinating topic. Great video! :)

[@b1r1mend]

Need more views on this one and more subs so underrated

[@norm0001]

Hey man, just seeing the title I knew it was a banger video idea and the content delivery was on point keep doing what you are doing mate

[@MrOrthodox13]

"This game is hard" - this game was letting me curse the hell out of my opponents from 2011 to 2020, but then I started realizing various bad things about it - matchmaking, gambling, twitch streamers being pedophiles, meta being pushed by Riot, my champ never getting skins while others do, premades tryharding in fcking fun modes, etc... I took it to game chat, where I started talking on these things. Boom, banned. I went back from ban, did the same stuff, not realizing that's what banned me and not me cursing my opponents - boom, banned again. I started seeing a pattern. So I took it to League's sub on Reddit. Guess what, got banned from League's sub too, without any cursing this time. I've given this game a good solid 13 years, so I have some merit to judge on this topic - this game is not hard, that's bs. This game is hard to like, and once you like it and learn it, it's hard to *leave* it, because why would I spontaneously decide to leave something I both like and know how to do? The company doesn't allow any criticism on any website worth noting and nobody that started playing it with me in 2011 still plays it. We're not even that old, everyone just turned or is about to turn 30, we could play it once a week or so, and why don't we? Because it's utter tryharding trash. I proved my theory with WoW literally being chores upon chores, which I left 5 years ago, but regularly see my brother do his "daily/weekly chores" there; I proved my theory of YuGiOh being a cash grab, pathetic watered down farmfest featured by Konami striking at their player's nostalgia, when I left it 2 years ago but still see people complain exactly about that today; and I will prove it with League of Legends and Riot as the time goes on.

[@graziamaravalli1925]

You have no clue how league s penalties system work, dude

[@MrOrthodox13]

@@graziamaravalli1925 Please don't ever talk to me again.

[@mysteriousmaverick7461]

I understand you, some of us See the truth, what you said about ygo is correct also

[@MrOrthodox13]

@@mysteriousmaverick7461 14 days in, I'm still waiting for someone to convince to come back. Life is getting better without LoL in my every day.

[@clubstep8244]

​@@MrOrthodox13 nobody wants someone who was banned twice to come back lol

[@alfonso.valencia]

This video tickles the sweet spot in my ego. Amazing Syndra plays btw very satisfying to see people getting one shot

[@lauprodigy]

Your claim that playing League of Legends improves cognitive processing seems quite exaggerated. The argument relies on a highly biased sample, as excelling at a cognitively demanding activity like League likely requires you to already be in the top percentile of cognitive ability. This raises the question: did playing League enhance your cognitive skills, or were your inherent cognitive abilities what enabled you to excel as a professional player? Claiming the former lacks any scientific basis. That being said, I really enjoyed your video and think you made some compelling points overall, but I felt the need to comment on this particular claim, as it doesn’t hold up given your arguments.

[@desiresdestined]

This is a pep talk I didn't deserve but I needed so much. ❤ Thanks so much this is great I feel better about myself now ❤😂🎉

[@szilagyimiklos4757]

How can you prove that league trains your brain? Instead of showing that pro players have good stats. Maybe they are pro because they had these talents to begin with.

[@tbkswagg]

The brain does not work like that, you can train it. Of course they prob started mega early or have some genetic advantage but its more complicated

[@szilagyimiklos4757]

@@tbkswagg I didn't say anything about how it worked, just that the evidence was lacking

[@tbkswagg]

@szilagyimiklos4757 Igen, nem a legatfogobb valoban :P

[@Max030994]

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your take, and I’m surprised more people don’t see it this way. I’ve also recognized that it’s a good tool to understand how I deal with various stressors like the feeling of lacking agency… during a time in my life where I felt trapped, being trapped in a game felt like torture because it exacerbated a feeling I was experiencing in my day-to-day life, but it also helped me realize this and understand ways to interact with my frustrations differently

[@AbyssPriestess]

As a player that fluctuates between master and grandmaster and has been #1 in my region at some points on my champion, I think I might be retarded. I do not function in real life, on the game I'm okay but put me in a real life situation and my brain shuts off. From my personal experience: Being good at League does not mean you'll be good at anything else.

[@Madelong0063]

You’re not. It’s just that the brain doesn’t work the way it’s explained here. Find my long comment and notice what the real deal is. Bottom line is: you can’t extrapolate the things learned in league to the real life. No matter what anyone could say about it. It is simply impossible.

[@lmnop291]

Same goes for literally everything in life.

[@nj7969]

I developed the ability to process the slurs in chat faster than the average person.

[@heisenberg9339]

Yes, tell me more. Don't stop.

[@1Sekai-qw1mk]

Brooo YOU ARE FIRE MAN ! LETS GOOO KEEP IT UP !

[@vtek82]

sample size of one pro player vs one amateur is actually an anecdote and not a reputable study with meaningful stats

[@jafargames1196]

The reasion why leauge players are so toxic is not because of the game or thier behaviour its because we can see literally every possibility to do the right thing about minimum 5 to 20 things you can do and your teammate choice to do the worst thing possible and troll the entier game ( 30 minutes of your gobe because a dum ass didn't look at map or ping his enemy is missing ) This is why we go so crazy toxic when we lose ( after 5 years of leauge now i dont get angry any more i just get disappointed of the people i play withe ) A good mention today i played wild rift ( yes i play wild rift because its on mobile and take 20 max for a game Grand master ) New account for the free skin in a platinum game ( i played literally 60 rabk games ) i got again challenger 1 trick riven and i beat the sht out of him why? Macro > aurelion sol ult Edit : im talking like im on drugs because mi brain got spagtfied from the amount of information i have received

[@kiekz]

Words can't describe how much I enjoyed this video it perfectly captures my entire journey with League of Legends. I felt like I was the only one who saw it this way

[@xxradiatoraxx2397]

what a great video! also i feel better now knowing that 5.5K hours (d4 peak bcs diamont was my main goal from the start could reach masters if i had the spare time(id love to actually but im in my university years now so no time for games) of my life werent waisted but instead are very much helpful to me and actally the things you said like being able to reflect on yourself is something im very good at and that skill alone has helped me soooo much at becoming a much better version of myself at 19 then i wouldve been without it

[@jokerino3029]

This is literally the best league video i've ever seen, great work.

[@ariffansar4994]

You forgot something. The emotional damage negates the cognitive gains. Netto we end up with brain damage alas.

[@erik-ln1ht]

Yup

[@shiramaro]

weak

[@ourstarsreflection]

Wow this video is really great. You’re great!

[@bolsen9900]

Kind feel like some of the data used in this video could be bit misleading. A lot of the evidence presented shows that having good neuroplasticity and adaptive thinking correlates well to success in league, but doesn't necessarily prove that league promotes the development of these traits. I do anecdotally think that the game does promote this type of thinking to some degree, but most people who play the game are likely not using their brain to the same degree that high elo players are. If we could have a study that took control groups and tested for adaptive thinking and problem solving skills of people that had never played league before and then got tested again after say like a year of learning the game, I would be much more confident in claiming that league promotes intelligence

[@sungjinw00]

200 years of experience is being uploaded to my brain

[@MetoFulcurm]

Play an instrument if you want to boost your brain.

[@leonardomellado1949]

Yes, people go really far just to justify their addiction to a poor videogame. There are way better things than that like playing an instrument, learning languages and exercising

[@shiramaro]

@@leonardomellado1949 that stuff is easy and anybody can do it

[@_Licentia]

@@leonardomellado1949 I play video games, and I'm able to play piano way easier compared to anyone else because of that. I also know 5 languages right now, with almost all of them having their own alphabet. I still think video games benefit me more than the other two (at least mentally). edit: for the record, I do also have a background in professional basketball for 9.5 years, and I'd agree that it helped me with teamwork way more compared to online games. But anything else? Nothing can top gaming.

[@soppeeily]

This video is so awesome 😭 Really good job 👍👏

[@Spectre_Stream]

I cannot understand why people say they hate league, i cannot have 10% of the pleasure that i get from league from any other video games. Maybe playing football (real-life) can match with this game for me. I also think that most of the champions in this game are too easy that , the players on it is not playing this game as hard as others, and the things that you talked about does not apply on them

[@OtakuLolicon]

You are a casual gamer who only played league in his life, that's the only way I can believe you.

[@KassTheMercenary]

Honestly, same. I just love it

[@DFDGONE]

you should try playing deadlock, valve's new moba.

[@Spectre_Stream]

@@OtakuLolicon Age of Empires II, CS:GO, Apex Legends, when i was young ( 10-15) i played Darkorbit and Wolfteam. I only count multiplayer compatetive games btw, i also play offline story mode games sometimes like Hitman Cyberpunk etc, also VR Games recently, walking death saints and sinners, will play half life alyx soon

[@Spectre_Stream]

@@DFDGONE i will take a look

[@Icaruz]

I think an interesting case for you to look at is tyler1. Because he is very loud etc hes not seen as smart. But his chess grind showed that (i guess) his cognitive flexibility etc must be crazy. Would love you to go over that

[@flvrm57]

tyler1 is very smart, you know there's a difference about looking smart and actually being smart

[@GestaltKirin]

I've been saying this for years. It's the same idea as getting "smarter" playing chess. I have fun playing league, but ultimately I dont play it as a game, I treat it as a form of exercise, like hitting the gym or playing basketball. Yes, it's fun, but more importantly it's really fucking hard, and when you try your best at things that are difficult, you achieve growth.

[@reallifeanimegirl]

cope you are wasting your time, its not exercise and same as chess its a waste of time, you dont get better at anything when playing games you only get better at winning them

[@waitwhat4823]

@@reallifeanimegirl i think you are right, once you have it down it doesnt "challenge" your brain and youre just doing what you have memorized. "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." Paul Morphy

[@GestaltKirin]

@@reallifeanimegirl So then how do you grow your cognitive function, doctor? I'd love to hear your view.

[@wyrm2581]

@@GestaltKirin I agree with you, it certainly isn't physical exercise but it is not a waste of time either. Depending on how you approach the game, what you are getting better at is learning how to learn, staying disciplined, controlling emotions etc, which are all transferable skills. Getting better at the game you are playing isn't the only thing you are doing.

[@reallifeanimegirl]

@@GestaltKirin do your schoolwork, and then your uni work?

[@taskyr819]

Imaging all those neurons working while you inting on enemy jungler while you see him walk over a ward. This is crazy work.

[@DAN-gf3qx]

you forgot to mention that players in my team dont do synapsis.

[@EeksAtYou]

As soon as I started playing league I got better at other games and gained the mindset of HAVING to end on a win (which has made me way more motivated to put my all into each match)

[@Redremnant]

This game is toxic af because great minds that live long enough become the villain. Or just people who want to accomplish high ranks but don't have the IQ to get there so in reality they are mad at themselves and mask it as toxicity towards others. I said what I said. I love league of legends and I will never stop playing. Dementia will never get me! HAHAHA!

[@NeoStarImpact]

practicing farming with no enemies might be a boring warm up. But it is pretty much on par with meditation and praying. You force yourself through a boring task for 10 mins straight. Do that with no items. Just last hitting. Every slip of your focus gets immediatly reflected by you missing minions. At the end you get a score with all the creeps you farmed which reflects how well you did. This task just gives you enough stimulation so you have to give it all, but is too boring to be entertaining. You don't just learn to cs better. This task hardcore challanges the frontal lobe, which is directly responsible for your will power but also all your planning and decision making. Which op illustrated with his thoughts. But this skill is probably the most important in a persons life, as your day to day planning is controlled by the prefrontal cortex. Not just planning but also the ability to say "NO". Not to spend money on shit. Not to eat unhealthy etc. A lot of peoples success comes down to how strong this part of the brain is developed. Sure as said you can achieve the same with full effort meditation or prayer. But there is 0 feedback on how well you did. That's the beauty here. This game gives it to you as the very basic foundation to succeed in league. With every single day you play and every single game. Try to meditate that often :D

[@nemanjamarkovic2444]

Human benchmark i get consistantly 140 ms but when i get 540 hz monitor it will be 90 ms

[@moljac5727]

Youre probably sarcastic but im autistic so...MOST you can gain from that is 14.8ms

[@yoshiwhere148]

Your csing is pretty good! Try to make use of your auto attacks while using your w to manipulate turret autos, getting that whole wave is easily doable even without q on first minions if you understand it well. Clearly you got an amazing start grasp to it, since you can explain it like you did.

[@slon6308]

This was a great video. Interesting and entertaining. If you continue posting these kinds of vids i'm sure you'd do numbers :D

[@kostarak3160]

6:39 I like how you fcked up first time drawing the gaps i am not alone

[@eaterofyes9999]

This definitely has the potential to blow up! Great video!

[@Tony-u3v]

Lol, I'm a Karma support main. I have to keep track of where the jungler could be and where they are, keeping the game timer in mind to estimate the amount of time I have before the enemy jungler will be ganking bot lane. That's to know when to place ward in river bush. Then I have to keep track of ADC position and whether or not they are aggressive, passive, farmer, or attacker, and whether the enemy adc is also one of those things plus if my counter support is poke or melee and whether or not they are mana savers or mana wasters. Also, which minion to hit according to my support item. Should I take the minion or just hit the enemy. Then, the first wave enters bot lane. lol.

[@krztix]

the ending got me laughing so hard lmao, nice video

[@dorians2138]

I've never really had any friends who play league, but now that I'm in a university and studying physics, a quarter of my fellow course members also play league, as well as a couple professors. So yeah, league is a smart people game

[@LOLHAXGUN]

i like that you put the links in the desc!

[@LofiDreamy999]

Employer: So how well can you handle stress? Me: I play League everyday. Employer: You're hired!

[@StrozenLoL]

"Yo dudes the empire's pretty chill maybe you could like join it or something."

[@connornelson3277]

I really like the video, but I would argue that at 4:48 when you're discussing how you CS'd the wave, you're definitely making those decisions but they're kind of just given to you by your subconscious, you're VERY rarely ever calculating all of that in real-time, you're recognizing patterns that you already know the solution for because you've seen and worked with those patterns thousands of times. It's using very little of your cognitive ability, that's why you get better the more you play and the more concepts you understand because you package complex actions or processes into simple concepts you can execute automatically, almost without thinking at all, and saving your attention for more demanding or novel tasks. Edit: I do really like the callout for cognitive flexibility though, super cool :)

[@Valcreide]

This made me want to play again, but then I remember how much I have the community.

[@MABOI98]

This dude going crazy 10:55 and supposedly going into an absolute tantrum is how I speak calmly (Im spanish)

[@mohamedelamrani6378]

in 2019 I challenged myself to climb and learn this game while playing only Yasuo, starting from Silver 4. In the same year, learning how to use my brain efficiently, I became a huge Yasuo main and reached D4 (Yasuo only, meaning I lost a lot of time/LP dodging games when Yasuo is banned) The objective was to reach Diamond from Silver, in 6 months, which I achieved and the mental pain and exhaustion I felt was absolutely destructive for my health, because I had to smoke way too much weed to keep my emotions chill, and use absolutely all my courage to not get fed up by the trolls and the haters, because literally everybody hated Yasuo inters during that era and I was one of the few guys who had no intention in inting, it was hard indeed, but the hardest thing was to always perform when sometimes you catch yourself saying "dude I'm playing a video game, why am I being more serious than I am in my actual job? Why is this requiring me to be so good in order to climb, when other things in life require less and have better productivity?" League of legends is one of the best games we had to experience in this life, but in my opinion, it's definitely not worth it.

[@subject_pov]

this vid is fuckin awesome. You farming under tower commentary is spot on

[@CyberDevilSec]

Well i gotta say this is by far the best video out there on the whole league subject. A while back i actually was thinking and speculating the same thing in my head and i tried to look for some research if my theory could be correct and there was nearly 0 people talking about this. This is by far the best video that has links to the research and although i'm skeptic on random people on the internet saying they're studying A or B this is nothing personal because i'm just being careful so i don't get false information. But this looks promising i didn't look at the studies yet but ur by far the most interesting guy that is talking about this :) Sub +1 PS : i'm addicted to learning stuff so if you could mix some education with what you're doing that would be amazing :) I'm planning to start a cybersecurity channel so i can share my passion i have for IT.

[@BananaManV5]

Really good pacing for someone with 1.5k subs, good stuff

[@georgiosvasilopoulos4650]

Amazing video mate, kudos!

[@wabbajack8283]

Me remembering the store-owner guy that killed a robber like a cold-blooded assassin. His reason for being so calm and composed? It's due to playing League, specifically team fighting💀

[@KainenBrathwaite]

Viktor is the commentator

[@myaccount6702]

9:19 "So, I don't know, to generate data from only 50 players that we dont know much about is kind of *sus*"

[@walidbellam4351]

Glorious EVOLUTION

[@liguanafrequency]

Perspective is the real key to unlock intelligence and you seem to promote it.

[@ANA7H3MAhd]

League taught me a lot about personal responsibility and mental fortitude. I was bronze 5,it was everyone else’s fault. After personal responsibility I peaked in mid platinum a few seasons later. Not the best by any means, but a clear progression

[@alexboi20198]

I never really hated the difficulty of the game if anything the gameplay was fun but what made me stop playing was the players like dude i do not wanna be around with these people Quick edit:also nice vidoe keep it up man👍

[@dookie6906]

Need one of these from a psychologist about mental health.

[@kalies5583]

So I can truly add split seconds decision making to my resumes skills

[@thedeadher0]

Wanted to make a similar video but you did it much better. Many thanks for your efforts 😎