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The problem with others playing while high/intoxicated

Wrig·5/15/2015, 3:27:37 AM·9 votes·1,107 views

It's extremely unfortunate that people feel the need to massacre their brains in order to find temporary pleasure, but that's their decision. It becomes a problem when you force me to have to put up with your terrible life choices. Specifically in ranked, where I get punished for you playing as high as a kite or completely hammered, it's unfair, unpleasant, uncouth and untoward. I don't enjoy it when people play that way in normals, but it's utterly inexcusable in ranked. Yet I have never seen any sort of action or Riot statement or anything about it, and I encounter it enough for it not to just be one unfortunate and isolated incident.

Please make playing this way (and blatantly admitting it!) a bannable offense (at least in ranked).

And please, for the love of all that is holy, stop playing this game when hammered and high.

19 Comments

Lord Dusteon5/15/2015, 3:31:26 AM8 votes

I've seen (and played with) quite a few people who stated they were high and/or drunk and played just as well if not better than the others. As long as the people getting high/drunk can still do okay I'm not going to judge them.

StonedTexan5/15/2015, 3:41:24 AM7 votes

People are going to do what they want to do. Its a game, therefore some people are going to play intoxicated. Games are meant as a way to escape the mundane routine of ones day. Some people also like to have a beer or other things they deem worthy of unwinding themselves with. Now I am not saying you don't have a valid point. An intoxicated person should be able to handle there shit and not be a buzz kill for everyone else. But that will never happen. Just like the drunk asshole who start's crap at a party when everyone else is having a good time handling there shit, they ruin your good time. Life is not fair so deal with it, at least its on a pc or mac and not irl. Maybe you should run ranked with 4 other sober trust worthy pals. Or maybe you are the asshole and has no one to run with and that is why you find yourself in this situation. Just take a deep breath and relax. Its JUST A GAME.

FooDang5/15/2015, 5:38:33 AM5 votes

Welcome to the real world...where people get high and play video games...

The Bard Dog5/15/2015, 5:12:26 AM5 votes

i play better when im high. drunk is a different story but when im high i get really good focus and my support game is top tier

Brotha5/15/2015, 6:41:38 AM4 votes

It's extremely unfortunate that people feel the need to massacre their brains in order to find temporary pleasure, but that's their decision. It becomes a problem when you force me to have to put up with your terrible life choices. Specifically in ranked, where I get punished for you playing whilst stuffing your face with hot pockets, it's unfair, unpleasant, uncouth and untoward. I don't enjoy it when people play while eatting in normals, but it's utterly inexcusable in ranked. Yet I have never seen any sort of action or Riot statement or anything about it, and I encounter it enough for it not to just be one unfortunate and isolated incident.

Please make playing this way (and blatantly admitting it!) a bannable offense (at least in ranked).

And please, for the love of all that is holy, stop playing this game when hammered and high.

The Legend Kash5/15/2015, 4:31:41 AM3 votes

I dont know about the massacre your brains part, but for me i get high to relax while playing league. I dont do it to forget everything. I do it because it increases my enjoyment from the game and everything i do. I am not saying i cant enjoy it sober, just thats its more enjoyable when you dont care that mid is feeding or someone is doing bad or if i get killed. It helps me recover from frustration and get back into the game and ive only been able to do that sober recently. ( Calm myself down and not be frustrated because im/my team is losing) If im wound up from a stressful day at work, i will get angry at league much easier. You also seem to think getting high/drunk is a bad life choice, but you dont think theres anyone with their life together working 9-5 daily come home get high and play their favorite videogame? I agree it makes you play worse though which is why i only play normals. ( I also just dont enjoy ranked too much stress) Just like in everything, everyone is different Im sorry you dont understand the reasons behind it. But these are a few.

I also dont feel like making it a bannable offense would change anything. Stoners will get stoned and drunks will get drunk regardless of the rules and i feel there would be very little ways to enforce it.

And just a piece of advice for this game in general. Instead of getting mad about " i lost because of x, y, z" focus on improving yourself instead of getting mad, because in the end you cant change anyone elses decisions in the game but yours.

blkh15/15/2015, 3:51:21 AM2 votes

I refuse to believe that anyone who plays League of Legends would even consider using any level of mental enhancements. I cannot see how an level of sensory manipulation would be attractive while playing this game. I am blindsided by this concept of playing any game in any state other than stone sober. I do not like your accusations. I reject them!

SNSD Tiffanyx5/15/2015, 3:31:30 AM2 votes

yea if u are playing ranked high or drunk you should definitely be banned

aaronautumn5/15/2015, 3:34:06 AM2 votes

ya i agere

avilus5/15/2015, 4:40:43 AM2 votes

They're not drunk and they're not high.

90% of these people are lying to cover up their lack of skill.

Razgriz9905/15/2015, 3:31:00 AM1 votes

I agree, but just an fyi smoking weed doesn't damage your brain in any way. Playing in a ranked game high however is a bad idea, you need to be alert and conscious of your decisions. Being high basically makes it to where you don't care if you lose, well I guess that kinda depends on how high, but still don't do it in ranked please.

zane yalgir5/15/2015, 3:45:56 AM1 votes

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It's extremely unfortunate that people feel the need to massacre their brains in order to find temporary pleasure, but that's their decision. It becomes a problem when you force me to have to put up with your terrible life choices. Specifically in ranked, where I get punished for you playing as high as a kite or completely hammered, it's unfair, unpleasant, uncouth and untoward. I don't enjoy it when people play that way in normals, but it's utterly inexcusable in ranked. Yet I have never seen any sort of action or Riot statement or anything about it, and I encounter it enough for it not to just be one unfortunate and isolated incident.

Please make playing this way (and blatantly admitting it!) a bannable offense (at least in ranked).

And please, for the love of all that is holy, stop playing this game when hammered and high.

i can bet money most of the people i play with are either high as a kite or shitty people.

you cant tell me im bronze when i go 27/10 or 30/13 but lose to a bad team

ive had way way way to many games where 2-3 people might as well have been on the enemy side