For those of you who take the time to type "You're so toxic"

Fire of Green·10/13/2015, 7:36:29 AM·3 votes·850 views

You act as if informing me that I am "toxic" is going to magically stop me from telling you how fucking dumpster your gameplay is. If your ego is too big to not instantly mute me when my words give you boo-boos then you my friend need to come back to league when your nuts drop.

23 Comments

Yatsufuså10/13/2015, 7:40:47 AM4 votes

Now this post isn't toxic, it's just salty.

Deep Terror Nami10/13/2015, 8:00:40 AM2 votes

No, it's a warning that you are not helping the game and that if you don't stop you're going to get reported.

Your inability to realize this is going to lead to restrictions and possibly account bans if you don't wise up.

iHeim 10/13/2015, 8:46:27 AM2 votes

what if, rito tried to stop TOXICITY BY INFORMING PREGAME LOAD SCREEN that if "you are toxic to a teammate u will lose 26% more games" do u think that would help stop the toxicity? , or maybe if they put "IF YOU HARASS SOMEONE THEY ARE 50% more likely to make more mistakes" hmmm... u do seem like a passive aggressive person, its just a game and u can block them afterwards and report them unskilled lol... but i agree there needs to be a PRE GAME voting system for toxic offenders

Worst Kench NA10/13/2015, 8:49:23 AM2 votes

Yeah I never really understood the point of verbal retaliation, most of the time you risk yourself getting in hot water as well. I'd rather just report people like you after the game for verbal abuse instead.

AJStarhiker10/13/2015, 7:49:07 PM2 votes

When I mute, it means two things:

  1. I've judged you to have nothing worth listening to.

  2. You will be reported

Sometimes, I might even tell you to knock off whatever you're doing. Once. And usually that's if it's not me you're harrassing. If you come after me, there will be no warning, no announcements, no report begging. I'll simply won't respond to your comments and quietly file a report after the game.

Toastey10/13/2015, 10:03:24 AM2 votes

I'm fairly certain you're displaying a nearly sociopathically low level of empathy here

As for "constructive criticism" going towards winning... it's almost always better to have team cohesion than to berate somebody for their past mistakes. Look at it this way: if you're a positive presence on your team, they'll at least feel better and possibly perform better in the future. Conversely, if you're a negative presence, constantly nitpicking on mistakes that can't be rescinded, your team will just feel worse and worse and their performance will reflect that. Also, let's not forget that winning isn't the be-all-end-all. This is a video game, and a vast majority of people play video games to have fun. A HUGE amount of League's playerbase isn't even that competitive, both in the mental sense and in the skill-level sense. Gold is within the top 20th percentile of players. Think about that. Diamond is within the top 1st percentile. This is a game with tens, if not hundreds of millions of players, and over 50% of them don't even play ranked. 50% of those players who do play ranked are Silver or below.

Let people have fun. It's possible to have a good time even if you're performing poorly--a possibility that almost certainly gets taken away when somebody starts screaming at you for something you did wrong. Can they mute you? Sure. Would the damage be undone? Absolutely not. Does the damage even help you win? Most likely not. There is literally no point in being negative. Ever. The only thing it accomplishes is venting a small amount of frustration while building up an exponentially greater amount. You're just validating your anger and breeding more of it. I understand that the veil of anonymity makes it a bit easier to be unkind to your teammates, but they are your teammates at the end of the day. Treat them poorly, and they won't do you any favours. Cheers mate.

redniwediS10/13/2015, 7:54:05 AM1 votes

Some people don't actually try to be toxic, so pointing it out is actually a wake up call. You, however, are not that kind of person.

It's not their ego that's too big by the way.

Fire of Green10/13/2015, 8:59:56 AM1 votes

So I have gathered info about this word "toxic" and its significance. Wouldn't name calling fall under "toxic?" It appears that calling people "toxic" is in fact "toxic" by its own definition. All hypocrites please stand up.