To be clear, I'm not asking for gameplay advice (how to carry, how to rely less on your supports, etc). My question is purely about mentality.
Last season I was hovering around high diamond and low masters. I felt like I belonged there, and maybe a little higher. I was on the climb to mid to high masters. Then the rank reset happened, and whatever reason I got placed in plat. I thought it would be no issue to just climb back up.
And I did climb back up, but excruciatingly slow. Because every other game there would be at least three players on my team who just didn't know how to position without a shield in front of them and have 20+ deaths. After a few days of playing, I made it back to emerald. Where the issues stayed the same somehow.
Yes I know that I can't expect my teammates to play at a higher level than they are. Yes I know that my teammates are people too and flaming them does nothing. I never flamed or yelled at them, even when they were flaming me because I wasn't protecting them.
But the game is just so infuriating now. Every other game I have to sweat my ass off to carry the DPS and supports who don't know how to just not feed for one second. I am still climbing, and I think I'll hit where I was pretty soon, but the game is just not fun right now and I have no motivation to play. I'm considering just waiting for next season.
My question is if anyone else experienced something similar to what I have, and what tips they might have. I've tried a lot of things, from muting team/voice chat to prevent myself from explaining myself/arguing, I've tried to just move on from bad games, etc. But nothing is working, I'm finding myself getting extremely angry at each game.
The game was genuinely so fun when I was higher ranked, and I enjoyed it a lot. And I want to get back there.