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I am against BMing just like everyone, but people need to get used to criticism.

0ur0boros·7/2/2015, 5:01:36 AM·3 votes·701 views

A simple statement like "you're positioning could be better" etc etc is apparently grounds for everyone to get all up in arms.

News flash, you need to accept that people are GOING to critique you, and take it in stride. I shouldn't have to deal with 3 reports for one game because I raised a valid point, and wasn't even offensive about it.

Worst of all, I blame it on the community as a whole. We have cultivated a gaming society where it is perfectly acceptable to punish people for committing crimes that really have no basis. How has this happened? We gave the power to ourselves. We think that by applying a ruthless no holds bar approach to our penal system, it will solve the problem. Instead, the opposite has happened. We have oppressed ourselves into think that people's opinions will simply "go away."

Ranting aside, I think we should all strive to, for lack of terminology, grow a pair. People are going to talk, nothing is going to change that. Instead of letting a trivial comment bother you, why not view it as teamwork. Chances are, they weren't trying to ruffle your jimmies.

8 Comments

Angry Monster7/2/2015, 6:17:32 AM3 votes

criticism is best left to people that know each other or people that ask for it. Unsolicited criticism is usually unwelcome. A lot of people come on to do what they want and have no intention on bettering themselves.

Lugg7/2/2015, 6:19:28 AM3 votes

There is a HUGE difference between BM and constructive feedback.

A Miss Fortune7/2/2015, 5:57:03 AM2 votes

I'm okay with people giving me criticism and totally am fine with debating anything, but a lot of people will just get immediately salty and mad, including if I'm the one giving the criticism.

MissFortune "Hey Eve, why are you building AP?" Evelynn "Because AP Eve is better" MissFortune "No....It's not" Evelynn "I DON'T NEED DAMAGE WHEN I HAVE RYLAI'S KILL YOURSELF TRASH BRONZE PLAYER GG REPORTED"

Malix Farwin7/2/2015, 6:05:58 AM2 votes

Here is the problem and why i generally do not like it. People on this game tend to focus on other people's mistakes and not their own. Would be another story if you yourself were critiquing yourself as well like " well i shouldn't of done x" or if the person was making the same mistake over and over again but in most cases it someone fucks up 1 time and all of a sudden they need advice from someone who has made a lot more mistakes that game. I ve carried games with people trying to tell me what to do and build while they are constantly feeding and not doing what they should be doing. Long story short, focus on your shortcoming before pointing others out, even when i am hyper fed there are still mistakes i know i can make but i dont need someone pointing out the obvious after it has happened.

Malix Farwin7/2/2015, 6:10:30 AM2 votes

Also, directing suggestions to the group is going to give a lot more feedback then focusing 1 person. For example if you notice 1 person is never in a teamfight you can say "we all need to start grouping and teamfighting" as opposed to "hey X you need to teamfight with us". In your example i would have said something along the lines of "everyone just be mindful of your positioning". If you single someone out of course there will be backlash.