[0:00] hi everyone welcome to another video so
[0:02] today's video is going to be a little
[0:03] different to my usual content this one's
[0:05] going to be a very much a personal video
[0:07] just me and you me in the camera and
[0:09] talking all about tilt now I've had a
[0:12] lot of you guys in the discord or in the
[0:14] YouTube comments talking to me about how
[0:16] do I overcome tilt how do I prevent
[0:18] myself from tilting what should I do if
[0:20] I get tilted or what's going on mentally
[0:23] how can I prepare myself how can i play
[0:25] my best League of Legends now I haven't
[0:28] really shared any of the information
[0:30] that I'm about to share with in this
[0:31] video to anyone else apart from the team
[0:34] that I actually coached for the past
[0:36] three years so you know especially in
[0:38] 2017 2018 2019 I've been learning a lot
[0:41] refining my craft as a coach and really
[0:44] learning a lot about the mental side of
[0:46] League of Legends so this one's going to
[0:47] be quite interesting I'm not sure it's
[0:50] gonna be very I guess Theory oriented
[0:51] but again I'm gonna have a very
[0:53] practical element to it talking about
[0:55] specifics that you guys can implement in
[0:57] your own soloqueue experience but again
[0:59] it's going to be very much just me in
[1:00] the camera talking through a bunch of
[1:02] stuff so if this is a for you you can
[1:03] stop now but again I highly highly
[1:05] recommend taking the time to watch this
[1:08] video and and really conceptualize it
[1:11] and have a think about it in your own
[1:12] time because again it is very dense but
[1:14] trust me it will be worth it now so work
[1:17] the way we're going to do this video is
[1:19] I'm going to talk about a few theory a
[1:20] few underlying concepts that are
[1:22] important to understand then we're going
[1:24] to go into the specifics about tilt and
[1:26] then one give us gonna round it off with
[1:27] a few more a little bit more Theory now
[1:30] so let's talk about firstly one of my
[1:33] favorite concepts with improvement this
[1:36] is all concepts around improvement and
[1:37] preventing tilt now this one is called
[1:39] the player versus victim dilemma now
[1:43] back in the day when I coached I walls I
[1:45] used to talk about this one a lot and I
[1:48] always used to try and get my players to
[1:50] be a player now what is a player verse
[1:52] victim mean now to be a player it means
[1:56] you need to see yourself as a central
[1:58] character as someone who has contributed
[2:01] to shape the current situation they are
[2:03] in and thus affect its future now a
[2:06] player is someone who focuses on all the
[2:09] things that are within their control
[2:10] where as a victim you know they play the
[2:12] victim just like you
[2:13] real life they focus on all the things
[2:15] that are outside they can feel they
[2:16] blame externals they never take
[2:18] responsibility for anything that's
[2:20] happening around them now you can choose
[2:23] to either focus on the things inside
[2:25] your control and be a player or you can
[2:26] choose to focus on the things beyond
[2:28] your control and be a victim now
[2:30] remember if you want to be a part of the
[2:33] solution you need to see yourself as
[2:35] part of the problem and you can't this
[2:38] is literally the crux of improvement in
[2:40] League of Legends and preventing tilt is
[2:42] seeing yourself as a you won't even be
[2:44] able to get to the solution unless you
[2:46] see yourself as part of the problem now
[2:48] remember that all results are a
[2:51] consequence of the interplay between a
[2:53] certain challenge and the ability to
[2:56] respond to it that literally and you can
[2:58] kind of see how that's literally
[3:00] response ability now remember that power
[3:03] is the prize of responsibility and
[3:06] accountability is its price now if you
[3:09] want to be a player and totally
[3:10] responsible it's obviously going to come
[3:12] at a cost and that caught a cost of that
[3:14] price is accountability now it doesn't
[3:17] feel good sometimes to be accountable
[3:18] because every single game you lose and
[3:20] if you have this player mentality you're
[3:22] gonna be like what could I have done
[3:23] better and it's it's very easy to play
[3:25] the victim it's very easy and tempting
[3:28] to just be like you know what I'm gonna
[3:30] blame the result on my bot lane or my
[3:32] jungler or my teammate or my partner
[3:35] whatever it is or even the ranked system
[3:37] riot game for the lack of the poor
[3:40] matchmaking whatever it is it's a lot
[3:42] easier to go down that route now this is
[3:46] something that will take time and until
[3:48] you really embrace this over time and it
[3:50] will take time so I'm gonna be overnight
[3:51] until you feel the power of
[3:54] responsibility and feel the power of
[3:56] accountability and earn it and you and
[4:00] over time it actually manifests in so
[4:03] many different ways and over time if you
[4:05] can really embrace this it will it will
[4:08] have massive results on your mindset and
[4:11] your ability to win games now what are
[4:14] some questions that actually elicit the
[4:17] player response now these are questions
[4:19] that these are the questions that you
[4:21] can just ask yourself players are
[4:23] questions like how did I contribute to
[4:26] this situation so you
[4:27] ask these questions after the or game
[4:29] interviewed how did I contribute to this
[4:31] situation number two
[4:33] Ken could I have thought of a more
[4:35] effective course of action that I could
[4:37] have taken in the game number three
[4:39] could I have made reasonable
[4:41] preparations to reduce the risk or
[4:43] impact of what happened in that game
[4:45] maybe I wasn't focused from level one
[4:48] and maybe I could have prepared mentally
[4:49] by thinking or what is their ability or
[4:52] their likelihood that they will level
[4:53] one invade and lastly what can you learn
[4:56] from this experience now notice how all
[4:58] of these questions are bringing the
[5:01] earnest on you you're not blaming anyone
[5:04] else you're not asking question these
[5:06] questions are all in your control how
[5:08] did I contribute what was a more
[5:10] effective course of action that I could
[5:11] have done or or I could have taken what
[5:14] is you know some of the preparations
[5:15] that I could have done to reduce the
[5:17] risk or impact of what happened in the
[5:19] game what can I learn from this
[5:20] experience it's all me me me which is
[5:22] very empowering you'll notice that this
[5:25] is a common theme when within this video
[5:27] it's all about improving it's all about
[5:29] putting it all on you taking
[5:31] responsibility being accountable for
[5:33] what actually happens in every single
[5:34] game now generally people who get stuck
[5:39] in a specific illu or they get tilted
[5:41] they get into this form of cycle now
[5:44] this can get a little deep so if you
[5:46] need time if you have any questions
[5:47] about this feel free to leave them below
[5:48] in the comments or in my discord now
[5:50] generally a player because when they're
[5:54] tilted or stuck they lack confidence now
[5:56] when they lack confidence this leads to
[5:58] having you know a half-ass attempt or a
[6:01] hesitant attempt at winning a game so
[6:03] playing a game when they're not their
[6:05] best self then that leads to poor
[6:07] results right because you're not going
[6:09] to be playing your best so you're gonna
[6:10] have a poor result of the game that's
[6:12] then gonna lead into having unsatisfying
[6:14] feedback because there's not really much
[6:15] to review in the game because you
[6:17] already know inside of you that you
[6:18] didn't really play your best and then
[6:20] again that reiterates and continues to
[6:22] reduce your confidence now this is a
[6:24] never-ending cycle that it goes around
[6:27] and around and until you are aware of
[6:30] this cycle happening in the background
[6:31] you won't be able to get out of it
[6:34] another very toxic cycle that actually
[6:37] goes on is this one where you have
[6:39] inconsistent gameplay
[6:41] due to a lack of focus or a lack of
[6:43] fundamentals which leads to you blaming
[6:47] external factors whether it's teammates
[6:49] riot games matchmaking your joy partner
[6:52] whatever it is then that leads to tilt
[6:54] that leads to autopilot and then it's a
[6:57] rinse repeat again inconsistent gameplay
[7:00] so this is why again I also try and
[7:02] focus I always try and really really
[7:06] talk about the importance of having mid
[7:09] solid mid fundamentals and taking
[7:11] complete responsibility and every single
[7:13] every single game and coming in
[7:15] completely focused now let's tie this
[7:17] into another interesting concept this is
[7:20] one that I'm really I guess I have a
[7:22] personal attachment to because this was
[7:24] very much me when I was struggling in
[7:26] soloqueue and this one was again a
[7:28] concept that resonated with a lot of pro
[7:30] players as well now I'm gonna quickly
[7:33] step it through and then go back and
[7:35] then go into more detail now generally
[7:37] the overarching principle here is you go
[7:39] from this there's two overarching ways
[7:43] to bring about a confident being and
[7:45] your best self first the first one which
[7:48] is this is not what not to do this is
[7:51] where we go from import having impulses
[7:53] and feelings which lead to a set of
[7:55] behaviors which reiterate a certain
[7:59] identity and then there's the other way
[8:01] around which is you are very clear on an
[8:05] identity which then you can
[8:07] reverse-engineer the behaviors which
[8:09] bring about a certain type of feeling
[8:12] and impulses now let's let's go back a
[8:15] little bit and talk about the first one
[8:16] now let's let's talk about some of the
[8:20] impulses and feelings that most people
[8:22] have while they're tilted or stuck in a
[8:24] specific Ehlo this you know they may
[8:26] have feelings of anger frustration
[8:29] sadness you know all those those mixed
[8:33] emotions of being tilted now if you
[8:35] combine all that and you internalize
[8:38] those in you you act on those impulses
[8:40] and feelings that actually leads to a
[8:43] set of behaviors now what are those
[8:45] behaviors look like that that looks like
[8:47] you know a lack of focus in game auto
[8:50] piloting missing more CS less side Lane
[8:53] awareness worse trades
[8:55] in lane just genuine again playing
[8:58] poorly and losing LP now over time if
[9:02] you continually act on these impulses
[9:04] which reiterate and constantly bring
[9:06] about the same forms of behavior that
[9:08] over time reiterates and forces you to
[9:13] become and identify yourself as that
[9:15] specific type of person so you begin to
[9:18] identify yourself as the type of person
[9:21] who has these sorts of impulses that is
[9:25] just who he is when he plays league and
[9:26] that is the sort of behavior that you
[9:28] identify yourself as so for example you
[9:31] will eventually identify yourself as a
[9:32] player who I just play all the time
[9:34] order on all our autopilot i I just get
[9:37] tilted every single game I don't really
[9:39] care if I miss this because that's just
[9:41] the way I play the game I'm not
[9:43] disciplined I don't have good sideline
[9:45] awareness and over time the mental
[9:47] aspect of this you become and you
[9:49] identify yourself as this sort of player
[9:51] now this is so toxic and so hard to
[9:55] change and it's so common nowadays
[9:57] within within soul EQ specifically and
[10:01] Liga Legends is that we we forget that
[10:04] if we continually go down this cycle we
[10:07] become a very less less confident less
[10:10] focused more autopilot centric version
[10:12] of ourselves now you may ask how can we
[10:15] change this Curtis what do you suggest
[10:18] now we can actually go the other way
[10:20] around we can actually go from identity
[10:23] to behaviour to to impulses which would
[10:25] look something like this where let's
[10:27] let's think about my best self it from
[10:29] my let's use an example like me my best
[10:32] self what is the identity of me of
[10:34] Curtis that I want to bring about in a
[10:35] game well I want to be the most focused
[10:39] the most resilient player the part of
[10:41] the person who doesn't want to miss a
[10:43] single CS I want to be the player who's
[10:45] constantly constantly looking at
[10:47] sidelines constantly being the player
[10:48] taking full and total responsibility for
[10:51] my game right so this is what I want my
[10:54] identity to be but how do I get to that
[10:56] well I need to be aware of the identity
[10:58] I want because then that will dictate my
[11:00] actions in game well that will mean that
[11:02] I won't queue up when I'm not focused
[11:04] it will mean that I will play when I'm
[11:07] very well rested and ready
[11:08] to put my 100% into the game it will
[11:11] mean that I won't flame my teammates and
[11:13] again take a few different deep breaths
[11:15] to be focused within the game and not
[11:17] tilt it will also mean that I'll focus
[11:19] extremely hard on all the detail focus
[11:22] on the map awareness focus on sideline
[11:23] roaming focus on my CS and trading
[11:25] patterns again notice how the behavior
[11:28] is again tying directly into the
[11:30] identity that I want and now as a result
[11:33] if you do these things thought flowing
[11:35] on from that in the feelings or the
[11:37] impulses that are brought about because
[11:38] of that and that's a feeling of you know
[11:42] satisfaction contentment that you won
[11:44] this game and you tried your best and
[11:45] you gave your best shot and you're
[11:46] actually improving you know happiness in
[11:49] elation that you won that gained you
[11:50] expressed your best self so you can see
[11:54] that this is a much more healthy a much
[11:57] more healthy way of you know very much a
[12:02] more healthy way of being and an overall
[12:05] the soloqueue experience so try this out
[12:07] yes it is a little bit a little bit you
[12:09] know lala and stuff and a bit crazy but
[12:11] trust me if you can take the time to
[12:14] think about the form of identity that
[12:16] you want to be who or who do you want to
[12:18] be I don't even know what your name is
[12:20] right now and the other side of the
[12:21] camera right now but whoever's watching
[12:22] this video say to yourself I Curtis I
[12:25] want to identify my I want to identify
[12:28] myself as someone who is untouchable
[12:31] missus gets every single CS take the
[12:34] best trades is also always focused in
[12:36] soloqueue etc and then again you can
[12:38] bring about their behaviors because of
[12:40] that now let's quickly talk now actually
[12:43] let's get into the core reasons that I
[12:45] feel that induce tilt in a player number
[12:48] one they aren't actually aware of how
[12:52] they themselves could have impacted or
[12:55] altered a game so in their mind they
[12:58] feel like they played fine or perfectly
[13:00] in some situations and therefore need to
[13:03] place blame onto all the other people
[13:05] that make that to make themselves feel
[13:07] better about losing that game now this
[13:09] can be fixed by just a lot of the time
[13:12] just by educating them and showing them
[13:14] these are all the ways that you could
[13:16] have played this game better
[13:18] so don't direct your attention and all
[13:20] your energy
[13:21] worrying about your teammates of what
[13:22] they could have done better even if you
[13:24] think in your mind that you've played
[13:26] perfectly or fine I could guarantee you
[13:28] in the first I could watch your void in
[13:30] the first five minutes and literally
[13:31] talk for an hour about all the things
[13:34] you could have done better and I could
[13:36] do the exact same thing about myself
[13:38] even myself at a at a grandmaster
[13:40] challenger level I can break down my
[13:42] first five minutes a lot of the time for
[13:44] an hour and talk about all the things I
[13:45] could've done better now that if they
[13:48] are aware of that then that's gonna
[13:49] prevent them from feeling that the game
[13:52] was out of their control that they they
[13:54] they won't feel the need to to place
[13:57] blame on others within the game now
[13:59] number two this is what a personal
[14:02] favorite of mine and something that I
[14:03] still to this day struggle with is
[14:05] having too high of an expectation of
[14:08] their own game play where it's not based
[14:10] in reality so this leads to hearing
[14:13] things like I deserve to be in platinum
[14:15] but my teammates always feed or I always
[14:19] get trolls
[14:19] now these sorts and all sorts of
[14:23] comments around this sort of thing now
[14:24] it's easy to step back it's it's sorry
[14:27] it's not easy to step back and say you
[14:30] know what maybe I'm actually not that
[14:32] good maybe I'm actually not at the level
[14:34] I think I am because maybe and
[14:37] especially because we can actually
[14:39] regress in skill level very easily maybe
[14:42] you have me number we'll play so much
[14:43] you haven't been able to play in a week
[14:44] or two maybe you've played another game
[14:46] or you've just been really busy at work
[14:47] or school and sometimes it feels really
[14:51] bad to just say you know what I'm just
[14:52] not a platinum mid laner and no one ever
[14:54] does that they always think I am better
[14:56] I am the best I deserve to be there and
[14:59] everyone else is preventing me from
[15:01] getting there now or maybe you just play
[15:04] it on a smurf and got worse now the way
[15:06] to overcome this one is actually just
[15:09] realize that their current of that is
[15:12] not their current level of play and take
[15:14] the eager hit and say you know what
[15:15] maybe I'm just not a platinum mid laner
[15:17] but that's okay because I have all the
[15:19] time in the world to improve it's not a
[15:22] race
[15:22] everyone improves at their own pace but
[15:25] this is actually interesting because it
[15:27] extends to more of a societal problem
[15:29] where even from a young age in school we
[15:32] are always given a pat on the back
[15:34] and given participation medals no one
[15:37] tells us we are bad at something like
[15:40] let's just say for example you're in
[15:41] math class and you don't get a question
[15:43] no one says you didn't understand it
[15:46] because you were too lazy you were too
[15:48] lazy in class and didn't focus or you
[15:49] didn't do your homework everyone else
[15:51] will blame the teacher they will blame
[15:54] the map math being a an incredibly hard
[15:56] topic they will they will say oh no it's
[15:58] just math just isn't your strong point
[16:00] they will always make excuses as to why
[16:03] you didn't get that question and
[16:04] sometimes guys the truth really hurts
[16:07] right it hurts even for me sometimes I
[16:09] have to tell myself Curtis sometimes
[16:11] just not as good as you were but you
[16:13] know what we need to hear the truth
[16:15] because that is what will allow us to
[16:17] focus and direct our attention to where
[16:20] it can be of most used to us and
[16:23] actually build confidence in a really
[16:25] genuine way that is actually will last
[16:27] will stand the test of time rather than
[16:30] you know getting a you know what Curtis
[16:32] pat on the back you're all good you just
[16:35] you know the Blues your teammates fall
[16:37] or you are that good just blame
[16:39] something else you know so that is
[16:41] probably that's actually a massive one
[16:42] for a lot of people now the third one is
[16:45] actually people not understanding that
[16:48] every game isn't winnable even the best
[16:51] players in the world only have like a
[16:53] fifty five percent win ratio or
[16:55] something and there is literally Korean
[16:58] guys is literally Korean Pro players
[17:00] that have negative win rates at the
[17:02] moment to think about that there's a
[17:04] player I believe like Cruz on or
[17:05] something he's like plays for in the one
[17:07] of the teams I don't know if it's in the
[17:08] main league but the second leg and he is
[17:10] an amazing middle in a really good I
[17:12] think he has like a negative win rails
[17:13] is one of those mid laners and it's
[17:15] really common guys so you not every
[17:18] single game is winnable but remember
[17:20] that there's a fine line between
[17:21] understanding this concept and then
[17:24] complacency because people can take this
[17:27] to the extreme and use it as a cover-up
[17:28] for poor performances you know on their
[17:30] own behalf you know so you've got to be
[17:32] a little bit careful and this also ties
[17:34] into players nowadays not having enough
[17:37] patience they lack patience and they
[17:39] think that improvement comes overnight
[17:41] you know it's like remember that
[17:43] improving at League of Legends is
[17:45] extremely hard right there's no quick
[17:48] it's not like you go to the gym one day
[17:50] you lift a bit of iron you pump me to
[17:52] iron you go home you're gonna be jacked
[17:54] you know it's just not gonna be the case
[17:55] there are things that you can do to
[17:57] optimize speed up that process but again
[18:00] there's a lot of hard work and it takes
[18:02] a lot of time right
[18:04] so remember pee and a lot of the time
[18:06] people tilt because they watch one of my
[18:08] videos they watch it once they go into a
[18:11] game and they can't implement it and
[18:13] they're like oh this is so frustrating
[18:14] I'm so bad or whatever it is and they
[18:16] get tilted but no you know how many
[18:19] times how many games I played to figure
[18:22] out that strategy or figure it or play
[18:23] that specific champion
[18:25] I've played like I've played hundreds of
[18:27] games thousands of games Orianna and
[18:29] then some of my best champions you know
[18:30] so it takes time now the fourth one guys
[18:33] this is a really really common one now
[18:36] people play so much when they're not
[18:39] focused
[18:40] remember that League of Legends or
[18:42] climbing in Sala Q anyway or being able
[18:44] to carry a game or influence a game more
[18:46] than you know more than the average
[18:48] person can actually takes a lot of focus
[18:52] and a lot of attention now what happens
[18:55] if you go into a game when you're not
[18:57] focused and actually leads to poorer
[18:58] decision-making which can actually again
[19:00] bring about a loss which then increases
[19:03] the chances of getting flamed by
[19:05] teammates when you know you make you
[19:06] miss play or something which then leads
[19:08] to you becoming angry or frustrated or
[19:11] tilted this person then proceeds to
[19:13] queue up again not even realizing that
[19:16] they're not even playing there but
[19:17] they're at their best self they're not
[19:18] playing at their current level of play
[19:20] and then it just creates the same
[19:22] conditions for to an assist of rinse
[19:24] repeat and then they play all night lose
[19:26] six games in a row and then you go on my
[19:28] disco and say oh I'm so tilted my
[19:31] teammates are so bad but no you just
[19:33] played when you weren't focused okay and
[19:35] not every single time you play it at
[19:38] night maybe you come home from big day
[19:39] at work or a big day at university or
[19:42] school and you know what maybe it's
[19:43] actually not best to climb on your main
[19:45] that night maybe it's best to do
[19:47] something else play another game play on
[19:48] your smurf play a few normals play a few
[19:50] a Rams anything else because climbing is
[19:53] it takes a lot of energy guys now this
[19:58] also if you say maybe you're just not
[20:00] focus for one game maybe
[20:02] you're not really tired but you just
[20:03] you've lacked focus what you can do is
[20:05] what I what I recommend I say this all
[20:07] the time is go through a walk class you
[20:09] know it might be snowing where you are
[20:11] right now but you know walk around the
[20:13] house or something get your boots on and
[20:15] go trudge through the snow go read a
[20:17] book
[20:17] go do some push-ups go to the gym it
[20:20] doesn't matter
[20:21] step away from the desk and get away
[20:23] from the computer and mentally refresh
[20:25] guys and you can't mentally refresh if
[20:27] you're just on the computer sitting
[20:28] there like maybe you should queue up
[20:31] again like that's just a very
[20:33] inefficient way of refreshing now this
[20:36] last one isn't really about tilt but I
[20:38] thought it was awesome to mention is
[20:40] that nowadays I see a constant fear of
[20:44] rent like people call a ranked and
[20:46] anxiety now remember guys that LP is a
[20:50] byproduct of improvement you have to go
[20:53] out there and fail and fail and fail
[20:56] again and then fail some more and then
[20:58] fail and then fail you know many games I
[21:01] lost to get when I actually hit rank one
[21:03] you know how many seasons I was just
[21:05] losing getting flamed and losing a
[21:07] perfect example of Shoshone fire he now
[21:11] is the jungler for Team Liquid Academy I
[21:14] remember when he was in my games when he
[21:16] first got to Diamond and he was
[21:18] originally a gold player the season
[21:21] before and he used to int every game now
[21:24] people used to flame him so hard right
[21:29] because he used he shone used to just
[21:30] push his limits and just die and int and
[21:33] everyone says sure just give up what are
[21:35] you doing stop playing the game stop
[21:36] killing up you're just trash just stop
[21:39] that guy focused and then he failed and
[21:42] then he failed and then he failed he
[21:44] went to Korea got ranked to come back
[21:46] and then failed and failed went to na
[21:48] joined the main team and failed now he's
[21:50] trying again in an academy we are always
[21:53] we just we're always stuck in this
[21:55] fairyland in our mind that we think
[21:57] we're just going to queue up and have a
[21:58] really great League of Legends
[21:59] experience every single time it's just
[22:01] not the case and in terms of improving
[22:04] guys you have to put yourself through
[22:05] the fire to actually improve you've got
[22:08] to push your limits feel the pain have
[22:10] those painful experiences to actually
[22:12] see where you're at and then start from
[22:14] there
[22:15] and is exactly like Jim if you go to the
[22:17] gym and you're lifting really light
[22:20] weights you're not really gonna gain
[22:22] much muscle ie you may improve a little
[22:24] bit you'll get a little bit of
[22:25] cardiovascular fitness whatever but it
[22:28] is the exact same for someone who just
[22:29] plays low elo games all the time or they
[22:31] just play normal games all the time or
[22:32] they're just scared of playing ranked
[22:34] you will not improve this way
[22:36] now lastly there's a few other concepts
[22:39] I quickly want to talk about that I
[22:40] think will be very beneficial for you to
[22:42] understand in terms of tilt now this one
[22:44] was one that was very big when I was and
[22:47] I was that I used a lot for my coaching
[22:50] there's a concept called attention
[22:52] residue now the way the brain works is
[22:56] let's just say you are on your computer
[22:58] and you're on Facebook and you're in
[23:01] queue and then on Facebook a really
[23:03] funny video comes up or a really
[23:05] controversial video or maybe you're a
[23:06] political guy and you know I think about
[23:08] Trump comes up and you get really riled
[23:10] up you get angry and you're just
[23:12] thinking about it but then you're Q's
[23:13] pops and you've already clicked except
[23:14] you're going into trance like you've
[23:16] clicked your champion and then you're
[23:17] still all tapping onto Facebook now
[23:19] you're gonna get into game and the way
[23:22] the brain works is that it won't just as
[23:24] soon as you close that Facebook tab your
[23:27] brain won't just switch off and be like
[23:30] I'm focused it takes time attention
[23:32] residue your mind will still be thinking
[23:34] subconsciously about what you've just
[23:36] watched and the more powerful thing the
[23:40] more powerful or emotional the response
[23:43] was to whatever you've just been doing
[23:44] before playing your mind is gonna be
[23:46] attached to it this is why a lot of the
[23:49] time I actually recommend only consuming
[23:52] League of Legends content or something
[23:54] that is to do with what's going to help
[23:56] you in that next game maybe watching
[23:58] your replay of your last game watching a
[24:00] vote on YouTube of something or watching
[24:02] a guide whatever and then go into a game
[24:04] because those things are going to be
[24:06] very much aligned or similar to what
[24:09] you're gonna be experiencing in that
[24:10] next game but if you're watching some
[24:12] weird vlog or you know you're doing
[24:14] whatever you're a cooking show and then
[24:16] then you go into a game it's gonna be
[24:18] difficult for you to go from switched
[24:20] off
[24:20] to switch on because of this attention
[24:22] residue and maybe I didn't explain it
[24:24] too well but if you have any more
[24:25] questions about this specific topic just
[24:27] let me know now
[24:29] from a tennis coach this is a book from
[24:33] his tennis coach that I got recommended
[24:35] I think it was called the inner game of
[24:36] tennis now this book was really
[24:38] interesting and it spoke oh I spoke a
[24:41] little bit about quieting the mind now
[24:44] he said this he said there's a quote he
[24:46] said the second your mind within a game
[24:49] drifts and starts wondering about
[24:51] whether you're going to win the game or
[24:53] lose the game what he recommends was to
[24:56] gently go back to focusing on your
[24:58] breathing to become present in the
[25:00] moment now in a game if you're tilted or
[25:03] you just died or you got first bloodied
[25:05] you had to boil your flash and you're
[25:07] back in base take if you take a few deep
[25:10] breaths guys take a few deep breaths you
[25:13] know in through the nose and out through
[25:17] the mouth okay now what you do if you
[25:20] focus your attention on your breathing
[25:21] you'll notice that you're not gonna be
[25:23] thinking about winning or losing anymore
[25:24] you're not going to be thinking about
[25:26] what people are thinking about you
[25:27] you're just going to be focused present
[25:30] in the moment ready to perform now this
[25:33] is a very simple thing you guys can try
[25:34] within your own your own games it works
[25:37] better for others more you know suffer
[25:40] for some people more than others but I
[25:43] found it personally to be very useful
[25:45] and I still to this day use it now
[25:48] another interesting example of this
[25:50] something that will kind of reiterate
[25:52] will tie this all together is think
[25:55] about if you if you go think back to a
[25:57] time when you played your best League of
[26:00] Legends right like maybe you play this
[26:02] little amateur tournament or ranked 5s
[26:04] game whatever it was or clash or maybe
[26:07] it was just a solid cue game last week
[26:08] that you played
[26:09] think back to that for a moment now what
[26:13] you'll realize is that you actually
[26:15] can't really remember much about it
[26:17] because this is because you were so
[26:19] present in the moment that you weren't
[26:22] thinking about anyone criticizing your
[26:24] gameplay you weren't thinking about
[26:26] congratulating yourself after you made a
[26:28] really good play within that game you
[26:30] weren't thinking within the game how to
[26:31] do something you weren't thinking how do
[26:33] I hit the skill shot whatever you were
[26:35] just in the moment you weren't thinking
[26:36] what anyone else thought about your game
[26:38] play our mind entered that state where
[26:42] you're just being present in the
[26:43] that's what we need to look to replicate
[26:45] that's what we want to aim to replicate
[26:47] and this is what the breathing exercises
[26:48] can help you do now lastly guys before
[26:51] we round up this video I want to talk
[26:52] you've heard me talk a lot about chaos
[26:55] now and you in within my silas video
[26:59] talked a lot about the concept chaos now
[27:01] it's important to note that there's a
[27:05] limit to how much you can influence the
[27:08] game on can all control a game because
[27:10] you're only one player out of ten within
[27:12] a game it's a team game right you're
[27:13] only one player within ten people now
[27:16] this means that the game is inherently
[27:18] designed to be filled with chaos and
[27:21] disorder this is what makes it fun
[27:23] that's why there's so many different
[27:25] things happening every single game
[27:27] that's why you can play this same map
[27:28] see this play the same champion the same
[27:31] matchup but you will still have a lot of
[27:32] fun because there's so many variables
[27:33] there's so much chaos and disorder now
[27:35] that's why it is absolutely essential to
[27:39] be focused on making the fundamentals
[27:42] like csing map awareness knowing your
[27:45] trading patterns skill shots etc so well
[27:48] that they don't occupy space in your
[27:50] mind it's just muscle memory so that now
[27:53] you're gonna have all the freedom
[27:54] mentally to be able to flow free for
[27:57] adapt overcome chaos that will not if
[28:01] will occur in the game that you're
[28:04] playing and that's just some I'll leave
[28:06] you I'll leave it there just for you to
[28:07] dwell on and there's I know this was a
[28:09] very dense video there's a lot of
[28:10] information again if you have any
[28:13] questions feel free to hit me up I
[28:15] wanted to wanted to do a video like this
[28:17] I'm not even sure if you know how're you
[28:20] even made it through this video if
[28:22] that's the case that's completely fine I
[28:24] thought I would do this video see get
[28:25] some feedback from the community see if
[28:27] you like it if it's interesting that
[28:29] maybe I can do a little bit more like
[28:31] this because I have so much I can talk
[28:32] about about the game on the mental side
[28:34] of things in terms of tilt mentality etc
[28:36] again I just didn't think it was true
[28:38] helpful for the general public but maybe
[28:39] it is alright so let me know thanks for
[28:42] tuning in guys and lastly remember I'm
[28:43] actually picking up my new PC today so
[28:45] I'm super excited so in my next video
[28:48] quality will be much better and remember
[28:50] that there's actually in a giveaway
[28:53] going on at the moment for coaching so
[28:55] feel free to enter that one as
[28:56] that's in the discord Cheers thanks for
[28:59] watching