How do you deal with toxic players? Rant ahead

NegaDKR·9/10/2015, 5:11:46 AM·1 votes·223 views

My last couple of matches have been huge downers, all because of toxic players, on my team or the other. My last match, however, was the worst by far. Our jungler, a Nautilus, was the definition of a snotty 13 year old during champ select. While in the match itself though, he intentionally DC'd because our Caitlyn had accidentally taken his Gromp, only to come back mid game and do nothing but feed. I could have brushed it off if my top lane opponent, an Irelia, wasn't such a smug jerk throughout the match, rubbing in every death our team had as if she earned them. But the worst part of it all was that she knew she couldn't beat me in an even fight, every quarrel between the two of us ended with her running away with only a sliver of health left, but she had the kills, while I had the deaths, how was I to prove the fact?

Safe to say, it frustrated me to no end when the surrender vote exploded our Nexus, only to be met with the phrase "GG" from the enemy team. I wish I could say that it was, but is was far from it, as have almost all my matches recently, I don't know, the report button just feels so powerless, I always have the feeling that they never get their comeuppance for what they do or how they act.

Anyway, how do you all deal with rotten players like them? Do you ignore? Do you report?

2 Comments

Damagefox9/10/2015, 5:42:10 AM1 votes

I have started Pre-emptively Muting my teams. at this point, League has spiralled downward so far that its a guarantee that someone on the team will turn toxic and start flaming. So I avoid it all together by muting the team right from the start. Its like the sunrise at this point, it will happen (despite them telling me "you can trust me, I wont flame"....and yet they end up doing it anyways) I find I can focus on my own game, my own strategy, my own builds with out some raging spoiled brat with an ego telling me how much I suck because I dared get jumped by a 4v1 and went 0/1. I was even told that going 0/1 = Feeding. So if you die even once, they will report you for intentional feeding. I am at the point where there are so few friendly players on league, you enjoy your game more if you just mute the team and focus on the match, not the brats screaming at you for not going 25/0, LCS style.

But thats me, apparently the choice is: Dont mute them and be forced to put up with thier flames, toxicity, insults, and spamming. Or mute the whole team and embrace the silence.. Toxicity in league matches is pretty much a guarantee at this point, it will happen...EVERY GAME. NO EXCEPTIONS.