How come some people can get diamond in a few months and some people play for years and are gold?

I am not diamond, but I started playing in November of 2016. Now I am P3.

Before playing league, I did not play any video games for 4+ years... the last game I played was COD4 on the Xbox360.

The only reason why I started to play league was because I broke my leg playing basketball.

I did not have experience with video games, but I do have a competitive nature with the drive to be excellent. League is really logical and easy with common sense. Additionally, I am very fit and healthy, which probably helps.

I did not care about rank or anything and just played for fun. I entered rank right away and got placed in S4 after getting 16 champs. Then I started to lurk around and stumbled upon summonerschool, which helps a bit. I just got to P3 by spamming Twitch, Karma, and Katarina.

Overall, I think being healthy and not worrying too much will help. I play 2-3 games at most per day. Just use common sense and don't sweat the small stuff. Also be sure to exercise more than you play league.

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