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Just a question about my ban.

Cryptekkk·11/8/2014, 4:55:42 PM·1 votes·1,006 views

Well I'm not going to deny I didn't deserve the ban because I certainly did, I mean honesty is the best policy and I was toxic probably 30% of my games and I got banned and I deserved the ban so I will take it like a man. What I do have a question about is I would like to improve my behavior because I don't particularly want to get perma banned, my question is this, what is and what isn't considered toxic?

For example, I main ADC and if my support flashes level 1 into the enemy team, has happened to me before, without communication and then dies can I tell them they are an idiot? What about constructive criticism? What if I have a support that continually comes to my lane and has fed 3 kills in the first 10 minutes? Can I tell them to stop doing what they're doing? Can I tell them what they're doing is stupid? I mean where do you draw the line I suppose is my question.

I don't mean to ask this question as a way of avoiding responsibility for my ban, generally I just tell my feeding support that they are trash and to stop doing that. I mean that is honest right? Can I say they're playing like trash? Is that acceptable? I can see where insulting someone personally is wrong but is telling them their current play is garbage acceptable?

Again we all have bad games I don't want to flame everyone, in-fact the games where I am not toxic I am usually one of the nicest people in the game, joking and being polite, but some games people just do stupid things and it makes me rage. The key is to control my rage and I understand that, I just need to know what I can say and what I can't say.

My final question is there some way for me to check and see how I'm doing in regards to toxicity/not toxic before I get banned? I don't want to get perma banned when I'm trying to improve and don't realize what I am doing is toxic. Anyways... if someone knows for certain and can answer my questions I would appreciate it, I apologize to those whom feel wronged by me and I'll endeavor to do better.

Thanks -Cryptekkk

12 Comments

øutside11/8/2014, 4:59:07 PM1 votes

You cant judge anyones play, unless its positive. If you are negative at all through the words you type, you will get a ban eventually. I don't even type anymore, even trying to stay positive will sometimes get toxic team mates to turn on you.

Jubbinaut11/8/2014, 5:16:27 PM1 votes

It's a kind of simple line. If what you're saying can be construed as rude, insulting, derogatory, berating, belittling, or - in a more general sense - negative (as in a negative tone or attitude), then it's potentially toxic, and you should probably not say it.

It's also not likely to be helpful. People don't respond well to that type of criticism, and - let's be honest, here - "stop doing what you're doing" isn't really constructive in the slightest.

One thing to remember is that truth and toxicity are not on the same scale. They're completely unrelated. So while what you're saying to that imaginary support might be true it can also be toxic.

Dr Jarjarbinks11/8/2014, 5:23:45 PM1 votes

1)Remember you are playing a game. 2)This game has players of a variety of ages.

If you still dont understand let me restate that in a slightly different way.

1)lol is not worth making another person feel bad about themselves and they may be playing for fun anyway so you dictating how they should play is nonsensical(they arent playing for you) 2) The person you get mad at might be 6 years old. Imagine a grown man getting in the face of a child for missing a basket in a game of horse.

If you try I think you can figure out how to behave in the future to avoid bans as well as being a less silly individual.

Cryptekkk11/10/2014, 5:31:09 PM1 votes

Does anyone happen to know how long it takes for you to go from a toxic player in the system to a non-toxic player? Also if I happen to have a bad game does that mean I'm going to be instantly perma-banned because of it? I'd like to reform but it is unfair to think everyone has a good game every single game, I'm sure I'll still rage occasionally I'm just going to try and do it as little as possible.

Drunk Rummate11/10/2014, 5:52:32 PM1 votes

make sure everything you say has a constructive purpose and do your best not to be rude about it. if someone is rude to you then do your best to ignore it and mute them if necessary.

if you want to joke around it's fine, just make sure your jokes aren't tasteless, racial, gender biased, etc.

essentially, act like you would in public.