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not all that long ago I was matched with a premade of 3 or 4 and sure enough they were playing like it if you know what I mean. If you don't: jungler playing for losing lanes, mid rotating for top on repeat, all of them bumrushing objectives with no vision, etc.
Anyway, I was getting pissed as the usual outsider playing the bottom lane, but my fish was trying. She really was. I started spamming strategically-relevant rage pings with cautions and question marks almost all directed at our clueless jungler. He really was way out of his element. Of all people, what should have been the biggest shitter in the room ended up carrying the game. Yeah, me.
At the end of the game, the fish added me. I accepted it with a very lukewarm sense of skepticism. I started off right away with an apology for being toxic with my pings. The fish said "no you were good it was fine". I blushed so hard I gave my face a sunburn. I felt pretty bad, too, because I was reminded of how not everyone has an alt account. Some time later she invites me to another round of games and it's cool - I knew what to expect. Well, they played a bit better, and we actually had fun games. They invited me to their discord and friend group and we all gamed happily ever after.
Thank you, fish.