Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-83.85.164.93-20120602120838/@comment-130.234.181.219-20120611124744

I completely agree. Keeping morale high and everyone staying focused on winning can be more important than individual skill. Saying stuff like "stop arguing and play" or pointing out tactics like focusing on that one really fed guy is often what starts turning a game around. People tend to know this stuff on high elo, but people below gold and at least silver tend to miss really obvious stuff while focused on the second to second gameplay.

My elo is now 1460, but I've had a couple of really bad streaks where I've gone below 1250, risen back to silver and dived below bronze again. The biggest difference rising 250 points of elo aside from teamwork was attitude. There's still rage like my last game where a couple of guys were really harsh towards our mid who basically counterpicked himself and totally lost his lane, but everyone kept trying to win and we ultimately turned it around.

Even below bronze I saw technically skilled players who completely outplayed me 1v1, but they rarely coordinated with their team and raged whenever someone did something wrong. I once played a ranked game on a friend's 1050 elo account and couldn't believe my eyes when our jungler started to feed intentionally after the ad carry "stole" "his" wraith camp... 20 minutes into the game.