Blame the AFKer or the Toxic Player?

kurthl33t·8/31/2015, 3:48:14 PM·1 votes·469 views

So I had an... interesting game this morning and I'm not sure how to feel about it.

We had a rather verbally abusive Elise jungler. Even during champion select, this player had negative things to say about his or her teammates. I did my best to ignore it (although I had to speak up when the homophobic comments came up). Our Miss Fortune adc, on the other hand, decided to just not deal with it at all. About 8 minutes into the game, after a particularly harsh and unnecessary barb about bot lane from our jungler, MF announced "afk" and disconnected, never to return.

So, while fighting a losing 4v5 battle for another 20ish minutes, the Elise continued to spew toxicity and make an already less-than-pleasant gaming experience even more uncomfortable. I eventually muted the player. I hate muting players, but I just couldn't deal with the abuse being thrown around. I will say that the player was quite skilled with Elise--he or she was about the only person who managed to end the game with a respectable KDA, although he or she did spend a lot more time split pushing than I thought was appropriate for an assassin-style jungler.

After the game, I obviously reported the Elise for verbal abuse. However, I ALSO reported the Miss Fortune for AFK. I guess my question is, should I have reported the AFK? It certainly helped contribute to my negative gaming experience by turning a roughly even match into a tough 4v5. However, I can understand the player's reasons for disconnecting rather than facing verbal abuse. I don't really blame that player; the source of the problem was the toxic jungler.

I don't know. I guess I'm just feeling guilty for reporting the AFK. What do the rest of you think?

9 Comments

SmokedAlmonds8/31/2015, 4:03:50 PM3 votes

Id report both without hesitation. I don't think AFKs require reports anyway though, pretty sure leaverbuster handles that on its own.

MF could(should) have muted them to stop the verbal abuse, but instead chose to take it out on 8 other people by leaving.

KirynDawn8/31/2015, 3:56:53 PM2 votes

I think leaving games is the worst thing you can do. If someone is being a toxic there is a mute button for that. However there is no button to bring back teammates or creates bots in place of the betrayer.

Mecha MaIphite8/31/2015, 4:28:16 PM2 votes

Well it's clear she afk'd intentionally, she could've just muted.

50000000000000008/31/2015, 6:00:58 PM2 votes

If the afk is for a reason other than connection or irl problem (like fire or something), then they should be reported.