Incentive to Group or Bully?

Darth Kristoff··1 votes·170 views

I am typing this after taking a couple of hours to allow my frustrations to dissipate a little bit. I have witnessed, heard about, or been part of an increasing number of groups comprised of bullies. When you enter a Normal Game with Blind Pick, you are supposed to call your lanes out and get the lane you're able to call first. This is common knowledge. However, when you enter a Queue by your lonesome, and are placed with a group of three or four, you don't always get that right. In fact, these people that group up and queue together are generally obnoxious and don't let you do anything, They'll all be in a Skype (or other service) call and ignore you almost completely; And this is a better of the two scenarios. If they don't completely ignore you, they resort to taking all the kills and teaming up against you and whatever you're trying to say. In one particular instance, I was simply trying to explain myself when my lane that I was going to play was taken and I was sent top as an ADC, and they all badgered me the entire game about how bad I was and that I don't deserve kills. As soon as the game was over they all blatantly lied about the situation and then reported me as a group. Read that again, "Reported me as a group." And that's the real issue. I later received a notification from Riot that I was being unsportsmanlike. Sure I got a little salty toward the end of an hour long game that I was the focus of four people's rage, but who wouldn't. I'm most upset that a team of bullies can report me as one single unit and the 4v1 against me is successful. I almost stopped playing, and I'm not normally the person to let these things effect me. I'm the type that generally allows people to take a lane I call first if they ask nicely. And I was walked all over because of this. If you have had something like this happen to you please tell your story and get this post some kind of recognition. Nobody should have to find a group of their own just to avoid being attacked by rampant fools and bullies.

7 Comments

Dreadlocks1 votes

Yeah i've had this happen in a draft norms.. pretty bullshit tbh. My advice to you is to avoid Blind pick all together (this mode should be removed as its just a bunch of trolls threatening eachother for a lane) Also, as shitty as it sounds, you are better off in ranked. Only 2 ppl can queue up together.

Darth Kristoff1 votes

Thanks for reading. I like the quickness of Blind pick just because I don't know if or when I can play and being thrown right into something helps. Maybe the trolls are the sacrifice I make. Thank you again for your input. :)

DrNova1 votes

Draft pick is the same but better.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Try using teambuilder. The queue time might be a bit longer, but it guarantee you get your role and can choose your team. You can easily browse the web while waiting to be matched with a team.

IIRC, it doesn't matter how many times you are reported in a single game. They evaluate how often (as in, how many of your games) you are reported in, but I don't think they differentiate between 1 and 4 reports in the same game.

If you really have issues with your teammates harassing you, just mute them and communicate through pings. If they are harassing you instead of using chat productively, there isn't really any point in seeing them in chat.


Also, might be a good idea to break up your text. It's somewhat hard to read in one big block.

Darth Kristoff1 votes

I'm almost never foul in behavior or language when it comes to playing games or communicating to other players. I just get reported for standing my ground when someone bullies me out of something or is bullying someone else, and if this gets me reported then I'll take the punishments. I'm unsure if the team dedicated to scouring all the information from what I am sure are close to a million reports a year, are as thorough as they could be. I'm not doubting their understanding, being able to deal with the masses is a hard thing, but I feel like innocent and helpful people such as myself get an awkward deal of things. Thanks though for your assistance and point-of-view. You're kind for helping me.

DrNova1 votes

Yeah blind pick just sucks. I only play blind pick when I really want to play a champ for the hell of it and dont care where. To me its more of a just for fun mode. If you want more structure, go draft mode, or if you really want a champ or lane then teambuilder

Godhri1 votes

You could just accept the fact that not everyone follows etiquette and deal with it. Not getting your role is a risk everyone takes. There is a theory in criminal justice that states we put ourselves in a position where we are vulnerable to delinquent/criminal activity. This is one such case.

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