Trash talking in League

Downshift·5/5/2016, 5:42:34 PM·1 votes·923 views

Talking trash is part of any competitive sport. Getting into the enemy's head or even telling your own teammates to stop playing like shit when they are screwing up. I understand that the current generation gets offended by things that make the older generations just shrug their shoulders but I'm starting to think that "toxic" doesn't mean what people think it means.

I'm further confused by riots stance on this given the tools they give the player base to trash talk players.

You can't tell a player they suck but you can...

Laugh repeatedly at them Taunt them Spam your champion emote

Why are these things even in the game if not to trash talk the other players. It seems that as long as you use these to do your trash talking it's acceptable but isn't that like calling someone the N word. No not calling somebody %%%%%% but actually call them an "N word". I mean you didn't call them a %%%%%%.....but everyone knows what you mean.

So if everyone knows that when you are spamming your champ master, laughing repeatedly or taunting repeatedly that you are really talking trash.

And since talking trash is considered "toxic" to our "everyone gets a trophy" and "we don't keep score so they don't get their feelings hurt for losing" generation,

Why then does riot give the players the tools to do the things they don't want us doing?

7 Comments

redniwediS5/5/2016, 5:46:29 PM6 votes

Talking trash is part of any competitive sport.

Blatantly wrong. You "trash talk" in any real sport and you're getting kicked out of the game. There is some leniency, but if you cross the line you will be removed. Just like in those sports it's up to those who are running the sport to decide where that line is drawn.

What you're thinking of is smaller games, like playing baseball with friends. That is where "trash talk" is acceptable, and just like with that you can say whatever you like in a custom game.

Don't try to make it seem like the things we consider toxic are acceptable in any professional sport. No one worth talking to is going to fall for that.

Raka Flaka MD5/5/2016, 5:43:57 PM4 votes

There's a fine line between saying "the n word" and spamming a laugh.. Do you really have to be told this?