[infairverona]

Curious why you feel that way, I've been playing league of legends for about that long and although i don't spend nearly as much time as I used to on it, it still does mostly bring me joy whenever I get to play. Is the disappointment you feel linked to winning vs losing or are you always unhappy regardless of the outcome of the game?

[emerongi]

For me, it was about ranking up. I'm harsh on myself when ranking up, these are the possible scenarios:

1. You play well, but your teammates play poorly. You lose the game, you feel bad.

2. You play poorly, but your teammates play well. Whether you win or lose, you feel bad.

3. You play poorly, your teammates play poorly. You feel bad.

4. You play well, your teammates play well. You win - the only happy scenario -, but even then there's going to be complaining and whining by everyone in the game.

If your win rate is something like 55%, you're going to experience a lot of the bad scenarios, even though you're ranking up in the long term. Once it's an addiction, you start the game already in a bad state of mind, as you hate that you're wasting your time on a pointless game anyway.

ARAMs were fun though, I actually enjoyed ARAM.

[dsclough]

I've wished for years that mobas and other competitive-ranked games simply let you completely hide your rank from yourself. I'm sure the psychological addiction aspect has something to do with why this is never an option, but playing unranked games isn't really a replacement because those players have a different mindset. Just let me play competitive modes and be blind to my ranking :(

[staindk]

In my experience, Dota unranked games are basically taken just as seriously as ranked games. But most games either don't have proper unranked matchmaking or it goes as you say - people take it more casually.

[Kaze404]

My best guess is I played it so much that I don't get any satisfaction from a match ending, regardless of outcome, which turns into disappointment considering it's a PvP game where you're supposed to get satisfaction from winning. That would lead me into immediately queueing again, looking for the next rush, and next thing I notice it's 8 hours later and I feel like I wasted an entire day.

I still play video games of course, but nowadays I'm more conscious of what each of them bring to my life, and avoid the ones that don't leave me feeling good after a long session.

[ss108]

> it still does mostly bring me joy whenever I get to play

I think you are def in the minority of people who regularly play LoL or Dota haha

relevant: https://clips.twitch.tv/SplendidAliveQueleaFeelsBadMan-QxQq2...