What is it about Gold 2 that makes people so toxic?

48983507DEL1··3 votes·566 views

I kid you not, it's like a fucking light switch. Immediately after finishing my promos from Gold 3 to Gold 2, my teams are very VERY noticeably more toxic.

I'm not just saying this from one bad experience. I've climbed and dropped between Gold 3 and Gold 2 about six times this season. Each time, the results have been the same: toxicity from the get-go.

Am I the only one experiencing this? Is there an in-game switch that regulates toxic players to people in specific elo? I highly doubt I'm just this unlucky.

14 Comments

Joseph Gladstone1 votes

its when people start to think theyre better than everyone

Brain Errör 4041 votes

Can agree. I've been between Gold 3-1 for quite awhile now and get a high increase of trolls/toxic people compared to gold 1-3. Gold 2-1 is absolutely horrible. I hear plat is worse.

Verxint1 votes

The top and bottom of any league are the worst places. Gold V has all the Silvers who think they're better than other Silvers, and Gold II and I has all the Golds who think they're as good as Plats.

zXr6661 votes

Solo Queue is pointless.

Do solo players ever get an e-sports venue in MOBA's? NO! MOBAs are team oriented games, the fact a Solo ranked system exists is just a joke to the community members that want/use it.

48983507DEL11 votes

...the point of the thread is asking why Gold 2 is far more toxic than Gold 3.

BakedLotion1 votes

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...the point of the thread is asking why Gold 2 is far more toxic than Gold 3.

Because low plats think they're cool lul

D3M4L1S1 votes

Toxicity doesn't discriminate...

grug1 votes

thats where people are getting really fuckin good at the game, desire to win goes up exponentially until they start facing off against coasting d5's

Knifecat Reborn1 votes

I'm going to have to agree with you on this one, but not so much on G2 players increasing in toxicity, but rather being all around a little worse. The first time I got in to G2 this season I was on a winning streak and carrying with Rengo, but after I failed promo for G1 everything went downhill from there and was demoted to G3. After a while I got down to G5 (tough times both in league and out, not blaim that stuff too much and I do admit I wasn't doing too good some of the time), I can generally do decent or go positive, I'm actually a pretty passive player most of the time, just looking mistakes and stuff to go in. Anyways, I eventually got back into G2... Didn't win a single damn game, didn't feed, even the last game (6) in that rank I went 15/1/9 and still lost followed by being demoted again. They (random teams I got) were so inconsistent and their gameplay was everywhere. W might ace or get a few people and then they would overstay "dude no, we got this" and then all die. Or have extremely bad calls in a game with a 25+ kill difference and us being on the lower end (I'm talking about being below 10 and them with 25 or higher than us), and STILL trying to fight them "we have a good comp" "focus better next time" or someone forgets to use their abilities. These are pretty normal things, but the only thing that was consistent was how often it happened. Regardless of what it was specifically, there's always something that has to go wrong more often than before.

48983507DEL11 votes

As a rengar main, i think you described my experience perfectly.

Catastrop1 votes

From what I've heard from people in Plat, it's when the entitlement starts kicking in. From that point on, it gets even worse once they actually hit Plat.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Proximity to Platinum.

Dracocrash1 votes

I feel the same way about gold 5.

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