User blog comment:XelNecra/Top 10 "small things that made me play better"/@comment-92.225.3.142-20130122075512

I think there is something damn important missing and something not so important in the list...

Watch the minimap. every few seconds..really every few seconds. U just dodged a skillshot and enemy champ cant harrass u? Watch the minimap. There is no low hp minion to lasthit atm and neither one for the enemy so he is also not in position for being harassed? Watch the minimap. Any idle time? Watch the minimap. Dont rely on ss. Never flame teamates when there is no ss. If u watch the minimap u know that 5 secs ago bot was ganked and the jungler cannot gank u top so fast.

The not so important thing on the list is saying ss and recting on it. If u watch the minimap u dont need to read ss, u know it anyway. Saying it should not help any good player because a good player will know from watching the minimap. If the other guys are too busy to briefly look at minimap they will also not read ss.

The sole purpus of saying ss is, that some ppl, for strange reasons, think they rely on it. Thoses ppl usually also die when u do say ss. But if u didnt say ss they will flame u and the flaming will ruin the teams attention. This might lead to further death.

However, unlike saying ss, pinging might realy help. If u actually say where ur lane oponent went ping in the respective lane. Even when the guy in that other lane is too busy to either see the minimap or read ss, the ping involving some sound, might catch his attention. Additionally even a good player wont watch the minimap 24/7 but he will watch it every few seconds. This means he will realize that the guy in midlane is missing in time before he might appear top but he will most likely not see in what direction the guy from mid went because he didnt watched the map in exactly that second. If u ping into toplane because mid went that direction that allso tells ur botlane they are save even through mid is missing.