Why Do People Troll In Ranked?

ItsOrval··2 votes·624 views

In all my accounts that ive played rank in, everyone on my team trolls except for mid and top usually (I play Fill, usually get support everytime though). They troll either by playing an area they dont have much experience in, "Hey guys, I want to learn Jungler this game". Why dont you go to nonranked for that? Or people will choose their lanes champ, but its literally the weakest champ for that position unless youve mastered that champ. Last game I had an Ashe as my ADC, out of my hundreds of games ive played against and with an Ashe, ive only had one good one. Or my support will be Heim, I dont recall Heim being a support, id put him under the Lane Bully class.

So my question is, is why do people go to rank, try something new that theyve never done before instead of just going to nonranked or custom games to try it? As a filler, this makes me annoyed because I can do just about every lane (Mid lane i struggle with but its rare for me to get 3 deaths as a mid laner at the end of the game), and if they cant do their lane correctly, why should i even fill?

4 Comments

Iqqi1 votes

Very few people intentionally troll. We, as a country are inherently stupid. Take this fact coupled with the average age of the league player before mom turns off the computer at 9 and it's not a surprise.

46104328_DEL2 votes

Let's be honest here, just as many troll as not.

Malhammers1 votes

People take the term "ranked" differently.

  • For some it is this hyper-competitive lifestyle in which their end of the season ranking somehow reflects who they are as a person (so they think)
  • For others its the only way to have fun (in a competitive way) in this game, but do not take it as seriously as the guy above
  • And for others, its just a video game.

My point is..."trolling" is a hyper-subjective term and cannot be used equally in all the situations you listed above.

46104328_DEL1 votes

Why do people be incredible assholes in the game? Why do people rage and screech in games with lv 7's? Why do people hate anything that Riot doesn't specifically thumbs up? All great questions with the same answer: Because we let it happen. Riot didn't care enough about community to get on it, and we as a community just shrugged and said "Oh, the toxicness is just part of the fan-base." "Oh, the trolls happen, but not to me, so who cares."

Now it may be to late.

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