YouTuber Jack “CouRage” Dunlop is mainly known for his videos on Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite. However, he often indulges in the MOBA League of Legends. But he doesn’t stick around for long. His latest attempt to enjoy League of Legends ended in anger and rage. He calls the “Silver Community” in LoL the “worst people in gaming”.
This is CouRage:
- The now 27-year-old American Jack “CouRage” Dunlop started his career as an intern for Major League Gaming, moved to Activision Blizzard, and became known in his early 20s as a host and commentator for the professional league of “Call of Duty”. In 2018, he began his career as a professional streamer, became friends with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and fully launched into Fortnite on Twitch.
- Now, “CouRage” is a big streamer on YouTube. He has over 3 million subscribers there. He is part of the esports clan “100 Thieves” and has been particularly involved with Call of Duty: Warzone in recent months. He is well-established in the streaming scene and has friends among many large Twitch stars like TimTheTatman, DrLupo, DrDisrespect, and Ninja from his Fortnite days.
- But his secret passion apparently lies with League of Legends, even though he doesn’t make videos about it.
“The worst people in gaming”
This is what CouRage says about LoL: His videos do not make it clear that CouRage plays so much LoL. Because he does not show the game live. In a tweet, he says now (via twitter):
“Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to announce that I have uninstalled LoL for the 28th time in 10.5 years.
Once again, it’s the terrible Silver Community that drives me to quit. Truly the worst people in gaming.
I’m sorry I haven’t uploaded any content for a while. I was addicted.”
CouRage
YouTuber trapped in the ELO hell of LoL
What exactly is he complaining about? CouRage complains about the so-called “ELO hell”: a state in which you have team members who are terribly bad but always blame others.
CouRage says: In 3 matches, he had 3 top laners who played 0/8, 0/14, and 0/14: So they didn’t get any kills but died extremely often. Other lanes also performed terribly in these 3 rounds.
The worst part is that these people showed no interest in improving their game. They were just “deadweight”.
It doesn’t help to simply turn off the chat, the people would still “intentionally feed”: throw themselves at the opponents on purpose.
This is how it is discussed: Many have understanding for CouRage’s experience. One says he was stuck in “Silver” for years. The higher up, it’s still toxic and bad, but at least in a different way.
Other Twitter users say: LoL is really toxic, and many struggle with how the game affects their mental health over time.
The ELO hell: No escape
This is what lies behind it: What CouRage describes here is known as “ELO hell”: a state where you get such bad team members that it’s impossible to win with them, and thus you don’t rank up and remain stuck forever.
Much psychology and selective perception play a role: Because, in reality, one can assume that the opponent’s team also has such extremely bad players who drag their team down to lose. But it feels like you only have such losers on your own team and don’t perceive the weaknesses of the opponent team as severely.
The ELO hell is characterized by a terrible tone in communication, where everyone blames each other for losing again. Those who “flame too hard” others are at risk of seeing them “tilt” and intentionally sabotage the game.
An experience that many LoL players should be familiar with, whether now in “Silver” or in other ranks.
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