Being harassed VS being sensitive
Time to beat a dead horse. Too often now do I see people fall apart emotionally by the mere speculation that they are doing something to hinder the team. Example: Top lane decides to start a 5 minute roam 15 minutes into the game and loses both towers. Now to any reasonably experienced player, (that is trying to win the game might I add) this is a bit ridiculous. It's a pickle of a situation. You've been playing your butt off to win your lane and to inch closer towards victory while a person on your team has seemingly went mentally afk. I can agree that while a good amount of players might find this obnoxious and want to start hurling expletives and terrible insults, this isn't going to do any good. Yada yada, peoples feelings, care bears and unicorns, lets all hold hands, BS.
However! It has been customary as of late for someone to start their emotional outcry, ready to report merely for someone asking "Hey rumble, what are you doing?" / "Hey rumble, why have you left lane dude, you just lost both of our turrets for free." / "Rumble, come on dude." Rumble: Reported. / Rumble: You're toxic. / Rumble all chat: So and so is harassing me, report him!
I am about to get 120% real.
In my day, parents taught their children not be little squirmy emotional brats. I understand you probably have too much estrogen in your body from drinking the milk from the grocery store or are afflicted with some sort of personality disorder. That's fine. One thing that needs to be reinforced in the LOL community is being responsible. Are you feeding? Are you doing something to reverse the progress your team has made? Own up to it. Be real. "You know what guys, I'm sorry. You are totally right, i don't know what I was doing." Believe it or not people respond well to being accountable. I don't know how many times Ive apologized for making stupid mistakes just to have someone on my team try to positively reinforce my attitude. It's beautiful really. When I have a bad game, I feel bad for my teammates. Can you imagine that concept. I mean I know how society has fallen into a deep depraved state, where people tend to only care about themselves but... I actually don't want to inconvenience my team. I know people on my team may or may not have but a small amount of time to play each day or even each week. Win or lose, they want to have an enjoyable experience where they feel everyone on their team gave it their all. That is NOT too much to ask for.
When someone who is trying to win, says a relatively neutral comment and you react by getting emotional and threatening to report them you make yourself look like a child. I know... you don't care! You don't care what other people think. Except you do, because if you really didn't care you would be able to easily respond in kind by taking responsibility, and getting your game face on. You can choose to disregard this, but believe you-me 100% of the mature audience playing this game have the same understanding I'm talking about. I'm sorry things in your life are going poorly for you. Just put your big boy/big girl pants on and deal with situations with an ounce of humility. Believe it or not but by doing so you will be giving yourself an edge for the rest of your life. When it comes to jobs, bosses are looking for workers who are accountable, people who stand behind their work and their actions. You will gain from people something invaluable, respect.
Riot has given a nice lengthy speech about the negative impact toxic players have on the community. Well let's come up with a new flashy buzzword that describes an angsty emotional child who throws a tantrum when other players are concerned with their playing. I know society has had a big impact on the newer generation growing up feminized, and emotionally frail that's why I'm going to do my part in saying grow an effing backbone and stop wasting peoples time by throwing the game because you "aren't trying."
Cheers
