riot lose all credibility when they use to word "toxic" to ban players

tonzillacrayon·1/9/2015, 10:37:50 PM·1 votes·443 views

When you use a word that you cant look up in the dictionary as a major company you look foolish as a fish out of water. I had to use Urban dictionary just to find the actual definition. Such class by riot. Toxic Used to describe a person who is tainted by a subconscious malevolence or psychosis that affects the lifes of those who come into contact with them. for one it doesnt say how it effects your lifes everyone effects everyones lifes so everyone is toxic in that case. you could say anyone who dies alot in a game is toxic they are effecting others and negatively. when i see someone say to report someone for being toxic when they say they are doing bad or 2 players are both fighting that they can be banned. Does anyone realize there is a mute button? plus if you are letting emotions get the best of you when you can literally block off that player in a competitive game like ranked you shouldnt be there and that should be bannable. i just find it silly that they spend more time on players that can be dealt with in game by a click of a button then the players that ruin games by going 0-10 and not trying or intentionally feeding or afking.

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Deep Terror Nami1/9/2015, 10:53:04 PM4 votes

Your grasp of the intricacies of language itself is severely lacking if you think it's "foolish" for them to use a word that is well known and understood by the community. The dictionary doesn't decide where a word is appropriate; the people who use it do.

Like the other guy said; you're just mad.

Nox Fleuret1/9/2015, 10:43:21 PM1 votes

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RasCaelestis1/9/2015, 11:27:46 PM1 votes

Before you go criticizing Riot's vocabulary, I suggest you brush up on your own. Additionally, your grammar and spelling could use some help too, though that is slightly unrelated to your current issue. I had trouble understanding you as the post went on.

While I do agree with you to a very minor degree when you say that if a player is making you feel angry, your best option is to mute them, there is no need for you to insult others. If they are doing poorly, try to offer suggestions to help them. If they don't listen to you and continue to feed, the best you can do is try to help them (as long as it doesn't put the rest of the team at risk) or ignore them and do your best. As jungler, I once had a top-laner go 0-14-2, but I got my ADC and APC so fed that the enemy surrendered at 22 minutes. The top-laner refused to listen to what we suggested and constantly got caught out by his opponent and the enemy jungler. If a teammate is the one raging in chat, try to lighten things up. Make jokes (bad puns seem to work the best for me), point out your own mistakes and laugh about them, and overall try to defuse the situation. This is a game. It's meant to be fun, even though some people don't seem to understand this.

One last point... I think Toxic's secondary definition -according to dictionary.com- fits Riot's usage. "acting as or having the effect of a poison; poisonous" Like you said (I think, this was the part that was tricky to make out) 'toxic' players can ruin games. They are like a poison in the community, and can make games miserable for those of us that are non-toxic.