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I don't think riot realizes what is causing toxic play.

Drag Of The West··1 votes·295 views

Hello, To start I'll admit I can be a toxic player. I can be. Most games I'm not toxic; but when i am.....oh I am.

Hear me out. I had a rolling chat restriction for a while. And had to be positive to remove it. I was a positive player always and grit my teeth even with bad teammates and here I am. got the restriction removed la ti da.

Lost a ranked game. cool.

Lost another?

Ok, play some normals win a few. get back in the swing. play another ranked game, lost 3 in a row because people are literally trolling.

Whatever. Still remaining positive. Play some normals, or some aram to boost my spirit. Play with a bronze friend go 20-5 as jax, now I'm happy again.

Time for more ranked.

Lost 4 in a row because of teammates who refuse to group. Still had not said a single word in chat. Just a bad run right?

Nah

Lost 5 in a row. Ok now I'm really angry. I'm starting to yell at people for their mistakes. like clearly my team is trying to lose. they are fucking around because they know it will make me more mad.

ok take another break, relax....try again.

Lost 6 in a row. I've had it. I've lost my freaking mind. I have a sorraka sitting in my base saying "gg surrender report noob riven" a riven running around (after saying "my first time riven btw") dying to every single lane, and an Annie walking around with her stun spamming laugh.

CLEARLY I"M UPSET. CLEARLY I"M GOING TO YELL AT ANNIE FOR NOT TRYING. CLEARLY I'M GOING TO TELL SORAKA TO STFU. Bam reported.

I just don't understand why people who are passionate about having a good gamin experience get punished because of a few words, WHEN THERE IS AN "IGNORE BUTTON."

THERE ISN'T A "STOP TROLLING" BUTTON. And yet, riot rewards trolls and punishes people trying to emulate competitive play.

I just don't understand why this is reasonable. Please if you don't agree with my post EXPLAIN TO ME WHY. I'd rather have discussion rather then a bunch of thumbs down. (By the way I've gone from plat 3 to plat 5 and have been in a slump ever since.)

8 Comments

Matthias91194 votes

THERE ISN'T A "STOP TROLLING" BUTTON.

There is. It's called "reporting them from the post-game screen". If they were really blatant you can try the "open a ticket with Support" button too.

disregardable2 votes

I have a suggestion. Troll with them. When my teammates do that, I like to sell all of my items and pick up mobi boots+alacrity and stack zeals. Make the enemy team chase you half way across the map. I also, obviously, like to AFK Farm. Just go into jungle, farm everything, go into lanes, farm everything. Ignore the stupid teamfights. Or maybe try out some different utility based item builds. A build designed entirely around its actives, maybe.

Sometimes people just don't want to try hard to win the game; it doesn't mean you should let your experience be ruined.

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but I'm also in Bronze V. So there's that.

SmokingPuffin2 votes

Lost 5 in a row. Ok now I'm really angry. I'm starting to yell at people for their mistakes. like clearly my team is trying to lose. they are fucking around because they know it will make me more mad.

Riot knows this. Lyte has explained repeatedly that League no longer has a toxic player problem. They have a "people have bad days" problem.

And yet, riot rewards trolls and punishes people trying to emulate competitive play.

How does Riot reward trolls?

yellowbricks3 votes

How does Riot reward trolls?

They sure make it easy for trolls. See an obvious troll in champ select? There's only one way to report him, put up with a wasted 20 minutes of miserable torture only to hit a button at the end. If you dodge, YOU get the penalty even though you just saved people from a guaranteed loss, and the troll can immediately get in to another game and do the same shit.

Riot is more worried that people's feelings get hurt rather than a game outright ruined by feeders, afkers, and general trolls.

It's like if a person breaks into your house and steals something and you scream profanities at him (rightfully so, he's taking your stuff!) and then in court the burglar says to the judge "but he screamed profanities at me" and then you go to jail, and he's free to keep stealing.

Lord Dusteon1 votes

How does Riot reward trolls?

They sure make it easy for trolls. See an obvious troll in champ select? There's only one way to report him, put up with a wasted 20 minutes of miserable torture only to hit a button at the end. If you dodge, YOU get the penalty even though you just saved people from a guaranteed loss, and the troll can immediately get in to another game and do the same shit.

Riot is more worried that people's feelings get hurt rather than a game outright ruined by feeders, afkers, and general trolls.

It's like if a person breaks into your house and steals something and you scream profanities at him (rightfully so, he's taking your stuff!) and then in court the burglar says to the judge "but he screamed profanities at me" and then you go to jail, and he's free to keep stealing.

This is more like you're in a park, someone screams profanities at you so you take out a knife and start stabbing them. Sure, both of you are going to jail, but you could have avoided it by not instantly escalating it.

If someone is trolling in champ select, print screen, send a support ticket. While you might have to dodge, you still get to report an obvious troll.

SmokingPuffin1 votes

They sure make it easy for trolls. See an obvious troll in champ select? There's only one way to report him, put up with a wasted 20 minutes of miserable torture only to hit a button at the end. If you dodge, YOU get the penalty even though you just saved people from a guaranteed loss, and the troll can immediately get in to another game and do the same shit.

FYI, a player who is dodged too frequently is punished.

I would support the ability to report players in failed lobbies. I don't know that it's the world's biggest problem at the moment, but having more recourse against trolls is a good thing.

Riot is more worried that people's feelings get hurt rather than a game outright ruined by feeders, afkers, and general trolls.

I don't think that's true. Riot has heavier punishment system for intentional feeding, afking, and trolling than toxic speech.

It's like if a person breaks into your house and steals something and you scream profanities at him (rightfully so, he's taking your stuff!) and then in court the burglar says to the judge "but he screamed profanities at me" and then you go to jail, and he's free to keep stealing.

I think your analogy is silly. I wouldn't recommend screaming profanities at a burglar, and I don't understand how it relates to your experiences playing a game.

Kledy McKledFace1 votes

riot rewards for positive players is a joke. who cares about icon? 4 games ip boost? nobody cares. we better get 400 RP than IP ip doesnt give anything when youve already set your runes and have 80% of the champs... If riot really want players to be positive , give 500 RP per season for positive then the toxicity will go down

AloneInTheCrowd1 votes

Hello, To start I'll admit I can be a toxic player. I can be. Most games I'm not toxic; but when i am.....oh I am.

Hear me out. I had a rolling chat restriction for a while. And had to be positive to remove it. I was a positive player always and grit my teeth even with bad teammates and here I am. got the restriction removed la ti da.

Lost a ranked game. cool.

Lost another?

Ok, play some normals win a few. get back in the swing. play another ranked game, lost 3 in a row because people are literally trolling.

Whatever. Still remaining positive. Play some normals, or some aram to boost my spirit. Play with a bronze friend go 20-5 as jax, now I'm happy again.

Time for more ranked.

Lost 4 in a row because of teammates who refuse to group. Still had not said a single word in chat. Just a bad run right?

Nah

Lost 5 in a row. Ok now I'm really angry. I'm starting to yell at people for their mistakes. like clearly my team is trying to lose. they are fucking around because they know it will make me more mad.

ok take another break, relax....try again.

Lost 6 in a row. I've had it. I've lost my freaking mind. I have a sorraka sitting in my base saying "gg surrender report noob riven" a riven running around (after saying "my first time riven btw") dying to every single lane, and an Annie walking around with her stun spamming laugh.

CLEARLY I"M UPSET. CLEARLY I"M GOING TO YELL AT ANNIE FOR NOT TRYING. CLEARLY I'M GOING TO TELL SORAKA TO STFU. Bam reported.

I just don't understand why people who are passionate about having a good gamin experience get punished because of a few words, WHEN THERE IS AN "IGNORE BUTTON."

THERE ISN'T A "STOP TROLLING" BUTTON. And yet, riot rewards trolls and punishes people trying to emulate competitive play.

I just don't understand why this is reasonable. Please if you don't agree with my post EXPLAIN TO ME WHY. I'd rather have discussion rather then a bunch of thumbs down. (By the way I've gone from plat 3 to plat 5 and have been in a slump ever since.)

Learn to carry harder and you'll win more .

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