I'm on the verge of crying

Brenticus12·1/30/2015, 6:02:24 AM·7 votes·1,761 views

Now, I'm not the type to cry. Alot of things I can just phase through. Even as a child and tween it wasn't easy to make me shed a few tears. Even when a relative had died, I wouldn't shed any tears, wouldn't feel all that bad, it was just the cycle of life, right?

But recently I've been a bit depressed. Went from being a good student with good grades to a lazy student with mediocre grades. It was mainly because I got hit by depression. The mediocre grades didn't help and I didn't tell anything to my family or friends.

Now I've never actually run into that many toxic players before. I'm one of the lucky ones, I guess. I only know of them from videos and other people posting about them. The few I've run into just say shit like "Noob, go back to bronze" or some bullshit like that which isn't really that offensive and that happens quite rarely too.

But today, I just felt a little down and being the dumbfuck I was, I played some League to cool off. I could've played GW2 and hung out with my guild, could've played some Dark Souls 2 and streamed a little, anything, but I didn't cause I trusted the community too much to be nice to me that day.

I played Rengar jungle. Went to start Golems. I smited it early so my smite is up earlier for Red when I clear it (Red is my third clear then I back and clear otherside). I pinged the Sona to back off about 3 or 4 times but she didn't and proceeded to steal it (She Q'd it and did a little too much damage). She didn't apologize for it but I just told them that I'm behind so I can't gank early. Did wolves and backed, picked up a couple of potions to help clear.

At lvl 4 I decide to gank Riven. She's 1/0 our Voli is 0/1. We fail that gank cause Heca counter ganks cause we had no wards set up there. Riven is now 3/0 so I tell him just to farm cause I won't be able to gank that lane anymore.

I do fine for a little while but I'm very, very behind (Lowest lvl in the entire game and literally only 2 items, Stalkers and long sword). Heca proceeds to rape every lane because they don't have it warded for some reason. I say nothing.

Sona proceeds to say "Does no early ganks mean no ganks at all?" I tell her that I'm way too behind to gank and to let me do my thing.

Well you can see how this goes. Both Caitlyn and Sona harass me the entire game, going so far as to tell me to never play Jungle at all, go back to bronze and to cut off my fingers so I can't play anymore and ruin other people's games.

I mute them after that last statement. Voli is being nice to me and Morg isn't saying anything so that's alright. Then around the very end I unmute them and they're still going on with the insults. Sona starts to follow me around to steal all my buffs and creeps (I'm very underfed, only a tiamat and a few items because when I try to farm, they complain about no ganks and when I gank and it fails BECAUSE I have no farm, they insult me again. It's a brutal cycle).

The game ends and in post-game they continue to insult me. I ask the enemy team to report them for abuse and the Hecarim was nice enough to do it, don't know about the others.

Now, what makes me feel like crying is that people like them, I don't know if they'll even get punished for bullshit like this. We don't have a Tribunal and I've never actually seen someone get anything more than a Chat ban from reports like that. There is no guarantee that they'll be punished for being the worst kinds of people. Tribunal has been down for so fucking long, when will it come back?

Sorry for the long post, I really needed to get this out of my system. I'm still feeling a bit shitty but I'm currently relaxing in GW2, so hopefully that'll remedy this a bit. I don't think I'll be playing alot of League from now on until my depression starts to settle down.

33 Comments

DrCyanide1/30/2015, 6:27:00 AM6 votes

It'll be OK. Some games just go that way. It sounds like Cait and Sona were likely a duo that gets a kick out of harassing others (what kind of self respect support last hits anything without item 3302 ?). What kind of Wood dropouts decide to follow their jungler around and steal their creep when they're behind? These two didn't want to win from the start.

Focus on Voli and Hecarim, they sound like they were nice players.

My wife's been really struggling with depression too. Actually, she is in a very similar boat academically, getting good grades in high school and now trying not to fail classes in college. Somehow I ended up talking her into seeing a councilor (the university she's going to offers counseling as a free service for students). She was reluctant at first, but now she encourages it for people going through depression, since it has been helping her so much. I know it can feel like a hit to your pride, but it could help you get things back in order.

Just remember, despite the trolls, there are good people everywhere.

Ziggs - Giving you the warmest smile I can

Dingding1231/30/2015, 6:30:23 AM3 votes

Go into league expecting to get trash talked.

In fact go into life expecting to get trash talked, regardless of what you do.

If you can't take it you've got things to change about yourself that are more important than winning diamond promos in league.

No smile from me.

Yulen Xoshxius1/30/2015, 6:33:36 AM3 votes

Its nice to see more responses that sound more comforting than "grow up" kind of comments.

Gekkousama1/30/2015, 9:39:56 AM2 votes

If you don't want to be treated badly, play alone. That simple. Human beings behave like animals online, due to the lack of someone standing right next to them to beat them senseless. I swear, if I had the chance, I would beat half the people I have had the misfortune of playing with senseless.

Demonsolder211/30/2015, 6:30:38 AM2 votes

You need stop playing league and take a break away from it. Everyone goes through this its kinda normal. When these types of situations happen to me thats when I know its time to take a break. I usually take 2-3 weeks and play skyrim. Well I play skyrim till I get bored of it than go back to league. Anyways the point is take a break collect yourself, catch up in your studies, get in touch with your family, and most important get back to reality. Sorry to hear that you are going through this hopefully you learn from it and become a stronger person.

GLWuffie1/30/2015, 1:34:56 PM2 votes

Jungling is one of the most demanding roles to play in the game, and most often has the most pressure. Playing such a demanding role is not that great unless you're playing with friends (personally). If I don't have anyone to play with nowadays and I want to play League, I just play ARAM. It's a luck of the draw, no worrying about 'what lane everyone is going to' game mode. Sure it CAN be toxic there too, but it's just less likely.

As you said though you do have other games you can go to (some with people you know better than randoms). The safest bet is next time, don't rely on Rage Simulator 5.2 to have a happy time.

Hope things go better for you, and I do hope that this game's toxicity can decrease.

~GL

2000boxes1/30/2015, 6:07:31 AM1 votes

feel so sorry for you

we could duo Im not that good when i play alone in ranked I usually need a friend in top lane for a successful game but still maybe we could just play for fun

Luna Loves Lulu1/30/2015, 2:40:49 PM1 votes

Need to cooloff, but want to play League? Bots, ARAM, blind pick with a buddy... Just have fun without thinking.

SEKAI1/30/2015, 6:12:35 AM1 votes

Learn to self peel when you get the trolls.

The words only has weight when you believe they do. LoL doesn't have the best community ever, well it's actually far from being an overall good community, that's why in this situations you need to watch over yourself if you are so happen to be here.

Take stuff with a grain of salt, laugh is the weapon you need, confidence the shield you're looking for and friends are what hold your back.

Choose what you would take in, even though you're meant to take both sides of opinions otherwise you would become a gigantic A-hole but if someone comes up and just be an arse for no apparent reason then let him be, it's not your fault he is red-faced embarrassing himself, let him cool.

If indeed there is some legit criticism that comes to you but with the negative attitude coupled together with it, take the advise then toss the rest away. It's another lesson learned, including him being a mirror you can use for future reference.

All in all, be happy and laugh.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this is what you need.

Alljoy1/30/2015, 6:59:34 AM1 votes

Now, what makes me feel like crying is that people like them, I don't know if they'll even get punished for bullshit like this.

So forgive me if I have this wrong but, you wouldn't feel like crying if they were punished for it? But would punishment make your self-esteem feel better though?

Only Play Darius1/30/2015, 10:24:09 AM1 votes

Im a jg main and us junglers take the most trash talk from the team. If we die during a gank for any reason it's our fault the enemy got fed, but if we don't gank when our teammate is getting outplayed in a pure 1v1 and ends up dying, its our fault the enemy is fed because we didn't gank when the teammate needed help. Don't let these idiots get to you, mute them and move on to doing your personal best in whatever role you are playing. Don't feel obligated to make it up to them by trying to force a gank or anything like that, it will only increase your anxiety. Play the way you think will ensure a victory and although i think that communication is necessary in a team game, your toxic teammates screwed that up for themselves the moment they decided to start talking shit.

Mecha MaIphite1/30/2015, 12:14:23 PM1 votes

Lol, I always go on league to relax, and I end up worse off than I was before.

I feel like I'm pretty flexible. Toxicity doesn't bother me, nor does doing stupid stuff, but I see a lot of players who are both. I guess it could be a cause and effect thing?

asktiks1/30/2015, 12:33:14 PM1 votes

mute everyone 100 percent of the time..

people being royal dicks like those two? fine I get on the train and start being a dick back myself

"qq no ganks you suck at jungle"

proceed into their lane and stay there pushing lane

they complain?

juke a teamfight, then leave them to die you know, being generally a dick without actually breaking any rules

I love feeding people like this their own bile back , just little angst filled adolescents that aren't in school at the time

its simple , don't play during those hours, and if this kind of shit is getting to ya , then yes by all means take a break, haven't played myself much in more than a week, just one game to try new ahri but ive grown a bit tired of the bulshit community and riots bs balancing myself so im replaying SC2 campaigns , playing dota 2 sometimes, diablo 3 again sometimes, and browsing hots forums, hoping I can snag an invite so I can say goodbye to lol for some time , blizz moba looks to be a refreshing change