Mechanically I'm pretty sound, my shotcalling and map presence(roams/ganks/wards) are usually a huge benefit for my team, and I've played long enough to know how each champ works/cooldowns/powerspikes. I tend to throw most of that out the window at points just to see if I could pull things off.

Going too hard when I know I could be at a disadvantage has got to be my biggest flaw. I think it comes from years of not caring as much about score and more about making big plays while playing FPSs(for instant in COD I would ALWAYS be sprinting, usually die without a kill 1-3 times than end up going on a 20 kill streak.

Usually when I lose early it's because I was being arrogant and thought I could win the all in, or blatantly ignoring things I know put me at a disadvantage (ward just expired while their jungler MIA and I'm overextended, just took an outer tower but stick around for that last wave and get 3v1'd, they've got a larger minion wave but I think I can burst down and escape with the kill)

Towards late-game if I'm ahead I usually keep the momentum up with pressure/outplays and end up dieing 1v3 thinking I could handle it until my team got their instead of waiting.

I see many of the disadvantages/advantages I or my team has as the game goes on, I tend to ignore bad signs on the chance I could turn a fight, survive the dive, bet on the jungler being far away.

I tend to stay out of ranked (one out of every 50 games maybe in season 3 and 4) because the way I enjoy playing isn't consistent and I'd rather not let other people down in ranked. When I buckle down and keep myself in check when playing with friends everything's great but solo I get this "It's a game, push your limits and have fun" that tends to bite me in the ass.

http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=Madav

I've been playing bot games for IP lately because of ping issues but with the new season and fixed internet I'm giving ranked another whirl, Hoping I can hit plat this season!