Is it so hard to play a game without toxic teammates/opponents?

Fapple Juice·12/19/2014, 7:24:54 AM·5 votes·1,198 views

I just want to start out saying that I thoroughly enjoy playing League of Legends. I am prone to rage and throw fits and I'm willing to admit that. Other times I'm able to brush it off. But it's just about every time I get into a level 30 Normal game, I always tend to have team mates or opponents that will negatively point out flaws in my gameplay. That being said, and the fact that I am sort of a sensitive person. I take this to heart most of the time and I hate that it ruins the game for me. The other night I was playing norms with my friend and by the end of the game they were cheering me on to commit suicide and to swallow a bottle of Tylenol. All because I cannot play Udyr really at all. I sat back in my chair, staring at the screen and just wondering,"Wow, this is a problem." Because if I were someone with serious depression issues and they were saying that to me, I would commit suicide over someone thinking that I cannot play a game the way they expect to. It's just utterly disgusting to see that people like that exist. Yes, I know that the mute button exists, but it doesn't stop them from being the way that they are. I don't know, this has been on my mind for a while and I know it's been brought up many times, but this is just me putting in my two cents on the dilemma.

11 Comments

Damagefox12/19/2014, 7:33:25 AM4 votes

Yeah you could mute them, but that also means they would be able to turn around and report you for "Refusal to communicate with the team" so its created a sort of "Damned if you do, Damned if you dont" scenario.

Dont mute them? Forced to put up with them raging and having temper tantrums because you didnt play how THEY want, or play up to THIER LCS standards Mute them? Well they are then free to report you for "Refusal to communicate with team" and it still doesnt stop them because then you cant hear them telling the other team to report you as well in /all chat.

Eawaf12/19/2014, 4:13:45 PM2 votes

If someone is driven to suicide from playing a 40 min game with a random stranger then the problem is not the game or the rager. It's the person that commits the suicide.

Words can only have power over you if YOU give them that power. Mute/report move on.

H31k012/19/2014, 9:55:14 AM1 votes

The thing is Riot cant do anything against those ragers.

In a Community with such a massive amount of members and Players (Summoners) u cant do much against this toxic players.

u just can ignore them and try to be better so u play in a higher more serious Elo (Division).

So just try to have fun and try to improve urself or play with enough mates in a team ;-)

Wheatloaf12/19/2014, 3:24:31 PM1 votes

Just picture them as a talking ass with a computer.

Eleshakai12/23/2014, 11:03:24 PM1 votes

Normally I'd be blunt... but you said in the OP you're sensitive, so I'll try to be a bit less so.

Prior to me quitting, it was extremely rare for me to run into toxicity - even a single toxic person was unusual. I'd say at worst I saw one in every ~10 games that I played among all game modes(mostly ranked). After playing thousands of games, I'm going to say that statistically, this is probably about the average. This agrees with what Riot has posted themselves as well... ~1% of people are toxic. If you're seeing more than that, I have to ask if there's something that is in your behaviour that is creating it...

Are you going into the game expecting to be trolled? Do you subscribe to the belief that LoL's community IS toxic? Do you tend to talk down to others? Do you have an arrogant way of typing to others? Do you have a tendency to criticize or call people on their mistakes? Do you tend to order people around? etc...

Take a long look at the way you behave and ask yourself questions like this... because you might be subconsciously altering the disposition of those around you and, without intending to, bringing out the worst in others. Remember that the only common element in every game you play is you... so you're the only one who can influence the outcome of the games you play - and I don't mean win/lose.

That being said... I have noticed a few trends in the way Riot is acting(like Leaverbuster) that may be encouraging people not to value those around them... that's why I quit LoL, afterall... so it might be getting worse in the past month or so since I quit. It's entirely possible... but my experience over the years previous makes me think that it can't have gotten THAT much worse.

RoundPiplup12/19/2014, 12:10:31 PM1 votes

I don't think that those friends are really your friends in LoL. More like... Toxic stuff.

pcfmYiJC8R12/19/2014, 9:03:33 AM1 votes

I don't even have to read your reason of thinking that before I answer Yes.