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Trolls Creating Self-fulfilling prophecies

Damagefox·6/19/2015, 8:49:18 AM·4 votes·470 views

So I just got out of a match, and apparently the latest trend is to create self-fulfilling prophecies

Had a last pick olaf who spends the whole pre-game chat telling about how much of a feeder I am because in the previous game had a feeding kayle who made everyone go uber-negative "I went 4-16" So olaf goes off about how I am such a feeder and decides to create a self-fulfilling prophecy...Not as bad as he intended but yeah So he has a tantrum and takes olaf (he is last pick so supposed to jungle) but He has already labeled me a feeder and so refuses to take smite, refuses to jungle and goes duo top.

Meanwhile Bot lane is stuck trying to go against a tanky Naut supp and tristana adc With NO jungle. No ganks, no jungle, no help. I manage to hold my own untill about the 19Min mark when we start losing other lanes. All the while Xerath and Olaf are badmouthing, insulting, and degrading the other team. (And wondering why the team was losing so bad..while telling everyone else how much they sucked)

So in the end we lost, But I only went 0-2 despite having no jungler. No ganks bot. No nothing alot of players are ruined by this idea of players creating self-fulfilling prophecies. They decided a player is a feeder or a troll and do everything in thier power to go "SEE,SEE? I told you he/she was a troll/feeder" I try my best but I do better when I dont have someone constantly stressing me out with insults

When you pick on someone for whatever reason, It stresses them out Then they start making more foolish mistakes to try and compensate or prove you wrong so then you insult and degrade them for thier new mistakes, which stresses them out MORE and sends them into tilt and the cycle goes on and on untill you lose, rage, and blame them for the loss, reporting them for feeding or trolling or whatever.

Reputations are then ruined on this cycle, which has effectively happened to me. I have had so many games that its rare I have a game where someone ISNT labelling me a troll, a feeder, or telling me how much I suck.

I am now paranoid about how well or bad I am doing, sent easily on tilt with one death. Instead of building what works for me and has worked for me in the past, I second guess every choice in the shop, wondering which item will send my team on the verbal attack. Games arent really fun, so much as something I am forced to drag myself through to try and get out of this toxic cesspool of flames and hatred.

The worst part about it, I have gone from a team player....to the point where I dont really give a damn about my team. Because I know at some point, They WILL turn on me.

Yeah it khow I kinda went off there, But its getting out of hand.

6 Comments

Skilled Theory6/19/2015, 7:03:18 PM3 votes

How do you get stressed out or paranoid? It's just a video game lmao why would you care what other people think?

DrCyanide6/19/2015, 9:59:10 AM1 votes

Occasionally you'll run into trolls like that player, but I think there are more laid back players in the community that just go unnoticed. Just do your thing and try to push past the frustrating games.

CISTERN6/19/2015, 8:57:03 PM1 votes

Just ignore abusers, after that tell them cancer to their family and play the game, you will feel better. U dont need to talk with abusers. IF somebody blames u for toxicity for one single comment ignore him too, then tell him to stfu.