User blog comment:Kashicorn/SURRENDERING/@comment-6485849-20130311152713

It all depends on WHAT just happened, who died and who got the kills. Typically speaking, if your team can't win team fights, lost 6 towers and the enemy team has been known to take Dragon whenever it spawns then it really is a smart idea to surrender.

Why? The amount of global gold given out between every enemy. Lets say the enemy team took 6 towers and one dragon, the enemy team in total just landed 1,050g lead to everyone and this isn't considering the kills and farm they have.

Other times, if you can win team fights yet lose lane dominance, you can easily pull a victory from a solid team fight.

People get easily discouraged, especially if they get two shot before a team fight happens. Maybe the bot lane is pulling out cheap moves or top lane Darius is owning poor Garen. For whatever reason, people easily get frustrated when they die once or twice.