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Quitting the League Community

Uteapia·9/23/2015, 8:21:30 PM·5 votes·1,066 views

Hi all,

My boyfriend coerced me in to trying League approximately a year and half ago, and although I was initially sceptical of the success of his endeavour, I ended up falling in love with the game. I quickly reached lvl 30, began my ranked career, and reached silver 2 this season (Unfortunately I have fallen to silver 3 since). I was proud of my achievements, and just generally enjoyed playing, both solo or duo que.

Recently, however, I have noticed a shift in attitude concerning the community. I was always aware of the negativity apparent, and consistently displeased by it, but the issues were few and far between, and I could play a few consecutive games without anyone raging, intentionally feeding, bullying the team, ect. But as of recent, perhaps the span of a month, I feel the community has become absolutely abhorrent. It seems every ranked game I play now has at least one team member who spends more of their time typing nasty insults than playing the game. I'm not sure what would have caused the increase of toxicity, but it something every friend of mine has noticed, thus making me believe it is universal.

Today was the final straw. I played a match with an exceptionally toxic Malphite. I lost one kill early in lane, and he jumped in (he was junlging) and quickly died to the same enemy. Immediately after this he begins yelling at me for "feeding" the enemy top lane. So one death of mine (to an enemy he had also died to) was enough justification this player needed to create animosity between the team. The enemy team ended up winning. And despite this Malphite also making mistakes (a horrible baron call, 2 lost objectives because of bad smite mechanics, getting caught out, ect), he was furious at every member of our team, throwing insults and blame everywhere - aside from himself of course. Did he physically lose us the game? No. It is a team game; we lost together. But for me, the game was lost from his first rage.

Playing consecutively with toxic players such as this has exhausted and disgusted me. I feel like a worse person when I play. I always attempt to quell or resolve the issue when we have an agitated team mate, but their lack of cooperation leads to frustration, which inevitably leads to the desire to call out the immature brat for what they are. I understand the game evokes a level of commitment, and I will admit I have perhaps take a match too seriously. But at the end of the day, I realize it is a game I am playing after work, or on my day off, for entertainment. I am playing it to relax after a long day, or enjoy an evening with my boyfriend.

I am 20-years-old, statistically younger than the average league player, yet I feel like I am consistently playing with entitled children. I will admit I am not completely sure of how the ban/restrictions system works, and I appreciate whatever part of Riot's resources that has been delegated to monitoring the behaviour of their players. But as of current, I do not feel like the repercussions for sustaining a negative environment for players- at least in my ranking- are firm enough. No matter how many players I report, there are countless more waiting to ruin the experience of my next match. Therefore, I have decided to take a break from League; I am no longer enjoying the game. I hope one day I can return and enjoy it as I previously did, but for now, I am removing myself from the grasp of an overbearingly toxic community.

23 Comments

Kãtãrinã9/23/2015, 8:32:59 PM4 votes

They just increased the punishment frequency and have a new 3 strike then your out rule. First is 5 game chat restriction 2nd is another set but more games, 3rd is a 2 week ban and 4th is a permanent ban. In the end if people are being excessively toxic id just ignore them or mute them since you can't argue with a brick wall and if they are ignored then they usually tend to cool off since the tantrum they are throwing is not getting them anywhere and they are not busy squabling with each other. If you do choose to leave good luck on your life and if you don't same none the less just hope you don't run into as many of the toxic type.

StealthWarden9/23/2015, 8:39:28 PM2 votes

I hear rage F'ing your boyfriend is the most effective way of dealing with stress. 11/10 doctors recommend it, and so does your boyfriend Shaco

Linthe9/23/2015, 8:38:14 PM2 votes

I can second mute... You might also consider playing a few normals instead. I play normals more than ranked and I just don't see the level of toxicity that is reflected on these boards.

(Note: that does not mean I see NO toxicity. Just that the frequency is much less than would be indicated here. And I do have a very quick trigger finger on the mute button so it's hard for me to comment on the intensity of the toxicity that I do see.)

Serevas9/23/2015, 8:29:25 PM2 votes

I would have suggested the mute function, but I understand that only goes so far.

TEHLAWLFlRM9/24/2015, 7:23:22 PM1 votes

If you are going to be over sensitive about everything maybe the internet isn't for you?

Unlucky Number79/24/2015, 7:40:25 PM1 votes

come back after ranked team builder hits live. I think that they'll be a little less toxicity then.

Kas1279/24/2015, 8:16:32 PM1 votes

I can only assume that Ranked is not your cup of tea, and I say this from experience in DOTA2.

I was very competitive trying to climb up the MMR ladder there. Two times I got dumped down from around 2.9k-3k to 1.8k-2k MMR, so I basically climbed up to 3k three times in my DOTA2 carreer. Then, I just gave up.

Played Diablo3, GW2, replayed SC2 campaigns all over, but the MOBA addict within me kept screaming out. I played HOTS from alpha until August. I made the same mistake as with DOTA2 - I played ranked.

Now, I am here, and I am not ready to make the same mistake ever again. I am level 14, and I am enjoying Normals and experimental bot matches. Yes, toxiticity is still there, but I no longer feel bad/mad for losing.

Go ahead, take a break! It will be good for you, but when you return, don't play ranked. No matter how long you wait, toxicity/blaming/competitiveness is/are all part of who we are - humans. We will not change! (At least not for a long while).

Ternt9/23/2015, 9:51:30 PM1 votes

It's because the season is ending and people who have yet to move at all are frustrated and over it. Therefore, you get the people who don't care. For some of us who climbed the ladder to get where we are, now we are dealing with these people. I made a post yesterday about how this is why a lot of people cannot stand playing ranked at the end of seasons, and that there has to be a way to mitigate this behavior (outside of just pure reports).

TurquoiseYoshi9/24/2015, 12:14:15 AM1 votes

I would suggest playing normals, or if they are toxic (I've seen toxic normals players recently), Dominion or ARAM. Just playing to have fun in modes that aren't ranked can make you feel a lot better. I've been playing those modes, especially Dominion, a lot lately (because I don't have a lot of spare time), and have been enjoying the little to no toxicity and little to no actual trying, instead just playing who you like and who is fun.

Austin Covello9/24/2015, 12:42:07 AM1 votes

You could play private, all-bot custom games. You can just let off some steam, mess around, and not have anyone bother you at all. But it seems like you've made your decision. It's unfortunate that the community's toxicity is driving away players. item 3070 item 3070