Can we get rid of the "It's just a normal" mentality (riot please)

Sukishoo·Nov 2, 2014·3 votes·767 views

Can we please try to get rid of this mentality?

I was just in a game doing pretty good till our mid laner is like "Fuck this, im lagging to much. it's just a normal anyway" right after dying multiple times then he dc'd. Seriously, we could have easily won the game had he not fed then dc'd.

We need to have something added to the game where it gives people more incentive in normals to try and actually make people stay with the game and not give up when they are either losing or say they are lagging.

5 Comments

LegendariNov 2, 20145 votes

More incentive in normals will just mean more frustration and toxic behavior when people feel their teammates are jeopardizing their chance of winning. There just needs to be more strict punishment for people who ragequit and afk.

DrogmyreNov 2, 20143 votes

Or a system in place like DotA's abandon system, where if one person just up and ragequits or is AFK for long periods of time, the game is invalidated and the remaining players can choose to play it out or leave.

Right now there really isn't any system in place to mitigate the MASSIVE disadvantage that a ragequit/afk causes, and that lack of mitigation increases toxicity.

Regardless of how heavily punished leavers are, making sure the rest of the leaver's team isn't being absolutely and completely fucked over is more important to maintaining a healthy community. When someone ragequits, it shouldn't be a reason to start getting angry yourself, but in League it is.

An abandon system isn't even abuseable in ranked: The person who ragequits/afks still gets MMR+LP loss, but the rest of his team doesn't suffer such penalties. Additionally, you can add in MUCH harsher punishments for ragequitting/afking while in a duo queue for ranked, to further discourage attempting to abuse an abandon-like mechanic.

PL55Nov 2, 20143 votes

Well you should try to win in normal, but really nothing is going to happen if you lose. I'm tired of people raging at me when I pick someone "hard" from free week in champion select. I'm also tired of seeing people harass others in normal games for feeding when nothing is going to happen when you lose other than getting a little less ip. "The it's just a normal" mentality comes from when you are having trouble playing the game but are glad it isn't ranked. People who go into the game and don't care at all if they lose are the trolls.

JustMyBassCannonNov 2, 20142 votes

It really is just a normal game though. What's that one important word? Oh yeah.

Game

You know. That thing you play to hang out with friends, relieve a bit of stress, have fun...

I'm not saying that the fact that it's a normal game justifies trolling your team, but it's just a normal game. If someone plays it poorly, it's not going to kill your reputation.

Killer of PorosNov 2, 20141 votes

I play normal games to avoid having to deal with the stress of ranked. I really hate it when someone screams at you for doing terrible or people just don't even try to do anything and just walk around not dying, but not helping the team because it's a "normal". Even if it's a normal, people need to have fun and not scream at people for doing terrible or giving up the moment they feel like not trying.