Why toxicity is so big.

LoLKurisu·7/24/2015, 11:20:42 PM·3 votes·717 views

Toxicity is the product of this game and how players feel about their teammates performance. Doesn't really matter how good they are doing themselves but rather how they feel about losing the game itself. Due to the competitive nature of this game many players feel entitled to win rather then treating it as quote: "Just a game.". Although stereotypicaly we suspect the younger audience of this game to be the source of this toxicity rather then just the community in general. How I see the community although is very different separating and branching out such as Esports, Arts and Cosplay, Youtubers, Reddit and other League related forums, and finally the very core of people who just plainly play the game and is not involved in any other of the activities listed, but before I veer too off topic the "core" as I referred is populated with toxic people; these people have endlessly tried to pursuit victory in ranked game play but often failing due to his or his teammates performance as he may blame. They are tired of the things they see in ranked, they are tired of the trolls, the feeders, everything. So they play every game with a negative attitude and under the assumption that their teammates will be on of these people. Most of them they are not toxic because they are just plain bad people, its because they are very competitive they hate winning just like us but they react more badly to it. Yes some self improvement would be nice but the very center of the problem is that League has an established competitive game mode and when your on the top of this competitive ladder you get into teams, sponsors (I think), and play League on a much larger and publicized scale. So Riot's goal of completely getting rid of toxicity is near impossible unless they remove the shear nature of competitiveness from the game completely, which they won't and that's not a good thing or bad thing. That is why toxicity is still very large in League Of Legends and I'm sorry if i misused the word toxic in any way but to clarify I mean people who are very rude to teammates and their enemies (And i don't mean the "ggez" type either)

8 Comments

TheVishual7/24/2015, 11:37:45 PM3 votes

Formatting is your friend

Jamaree7/24/2015, 11:23:09 PM1 votes

Toxicity is so big because it is one of the biggest games on the planet. WoW had this title before this game.

LaceUp237/24/2015, 11:39:26 PM1 votes

Stop the trolling and you stop the toxicity.

Vistha Kai7/24/2015, 11:46:27 PM1 votes

I've spent about a year in high plat, only to get a losing streak and be stuck in Gold 1-2 for over a half a year, now.

How am I suppose to feel when I either get an AFK or 0/10 bot lane every other game? Why the only ones getting punished are those who dare to mention the fact somebody refuses to play or play for the enemy team?