Selflessness
04-12-2012, 07:28 PM
1. Not harassing as a ranged while laning with a melee partner so that you can get the last hits instead of him
Scenario: You are a ranged carry with good last hitting abilities, you are laning with a melee who is less item dependent than you and has high base damage and a hatchet. Your harass forces the enemy to stay back, but as a result your partner gets all the last hits and doesn't give them to you. So you say "well, I can outlast hit the opponent without harass anyway due to my good attack animation and farming spells/base damage, this way I'll get the farm instead of my melee partner. In fact, when he tries to last hit, the enemy will now direct their attention to harassing him, giving me an even better time farming."
Why it is not griefing: You are serving the best interest of your team because you, the carry, are getting farmed.
Why it is griefing: You aren't trying your hardest. You're pressing h and passively waiting for last hits instead of harassing. You don't keep the enemies hp low which means less chance of kills. The enemy is getting more farm
2. Dragging the game on when you can definitely end the game, but you want to push your GPM records.
Scenario: You've got 550 GPM at the 30 min mark. You're fed and can definitely end it. But you know you've never been this fed so early and can get to 700 GPM if you farm tll 40 mins. You want to break your record. Or-You've got a ton of kills/the situation lets you get mass kills(you're overleveled with alot of burst damage etc.) so you don't want to end it.
Scenario: You are a ranged carry with good last hitting abilities, you are laning with a melee who is less item dependent than you and has high base damage and a hatchet. Your harass forces the enemy to stay back, but as a result your partner gets all the last hits and doesn't give them to you. So you say "well, I can outlast hit the opponent without harass anyway due to my good attack animation and farming spells/base damage, this way I'll get the farm instead of my melee partner. In fact, when he tries to last hit, the enemy will now direct their attention to harassing him, giving me an even better time farming."
Why it is not griefing: You are serving the best interest of your team because you, the carry, are getting farmed.
Why it is griefing: You aren't trying your hardest. You're pressing h and passively waiting for last hits instead of harassing. You don't keep the enemies hp low which means less chance of kills. The enemy is getting more farm
2. Dragging the game on when you can definitely end the game, but you want to push your GPM records.
Scenario: You've got 550 GPM at the 30 min mark. You're fed and can definitely end it. But you know you've never been this fed so early and can get to 700 GPM if you farm tll 40 mins. You want to break your record. Or-You've got a ton of kills/the situation lets you get mass kills(you're overleveled with alot of burst damage etc.) so you don't want to end it.