User blog comment:Fistful of Force/True rating: Changing view points/@comment-91.120.13.74-20121217160444

So you just wrote that your rating rises with experience. Thanks.

Sarcasm aside, people just need to see the game for what it is and let go of some stupid shit they might "learn" in the beginning (like always playing safe or - using your example - no towerdives until level x). I can understand why people tell newbies not play too aggressive, but this can develop into a mentality when they won't even engage when they have a clear adventage. This lets the opponent level the playing field, and they will lose because of, well the lack of balls. Confidence is key here. Not foolishness, just confidence.

Another thing people need to do if they want to play ranked competitively is to raise their skill with a few selected champs. You can choose to play 50 champs well or 6-10 champs amazingly well. There's only so much one can learn about the basic game mechanics, but on higher levels (where pretty much everyone knows equally much about the map and mechanics), it will always be personal skill with your champs that will decide the game. If you know the strength of your main champs at certain levels and with different item builds, you'll find it easy to decide when you can go for a kill or back off. And unless you know it (which you probably won't if you're playing many champs randomly), you'll either suicide and lose even more, or be too scared to engage and fail to increase your dominance.