RIOT is adding Toxicity with new Borders
I think we can all safely assume that at one point (or multiple points) we have all been flamed by that one guy/girl for being a "Bronze" "Silver" or "Gold" player. It usually goes like this:
: "GG If only our WW jungle ganked more, WW you're so bad, no wonder you're in Silver scrub"
Now replace silver with "Bronze", "Gold", "Plat" etc. and I guarantee you its been said about you as a player at some point. With the introduction of Borders that show what tier you are in for a specific division I can see this happening even more but with a subtle change, and most likely more frequently.
: "GG If only our WW jungle ganked more, WW you're so bad, no wonder you're in Silver 4 scrub. Jeez all tier 4's suck"
And the Ahri is just a Silver 3 etc...
I've worked wayyyy to hard to get to Plat, albeit "Plat 5" but I don't want people flaming me for it.. Also it's taken me 3 years to get to this point and now my sense of accomplishment feels cheated.
It's going to add more toxicity to the game and I feel that RIOT needs to understand this. Why can't people just get an icon for being in a specific tier for a division. I don't need my Plat 5 tier to be advertised to every player prior to entering a match. It's just going to make people flame.
Please up vote this if you feel the same way!