Responce to topic deletion

Rueian·8/22/2015, 12:06:35 AM·1 votes·239 views

Hey Rueian,

I can see that you’re having a rough time right now, but I need to let you to know that we’ve removed your post. I know it can be alarming, but we don’t want you to feel as though we’re dismissing you or your pain.

Except the entire method in which behavior is handled and punished entirely does dismiss my pain and struggle.

We’ve observed that the LoL Boards aren’t a great resource for players in hardship like yours, and sadly, we’re not qualified to help counsel you through this.

Nobody here wants harm to come to you, and we don’t want to make matters worse. I think a great step for you to make would be to explore some of these resources: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html http://www.suicide.org/ http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ http://www.save.org/

These groups have experts and information that can help you with the stress you are feeling, and they want to help you get through this tough time.

I hope you are able to overcome this and return to the LoL community feeling better!

It never feels like Riot wants players like me to even exist. Lack of transparency with punishment, very passive 'reform help' in the form of slaps on the wrists and 'time outs' along with entirely removing the only thing that might motivate a player to continue. A player base and employee base who would rather kick a player to the curb then help them through an issue. I specifically read a great comparison to how Riot and the community treats toxic players as 'legal racism'. I may be toxic some times, but not because i want to be, i am unstable, alone, and in my current state useless. I feel my want to struggle to grow as a person and player is entirely treated as unimportant because i am a minority in the player base. Your policies and how the player base is allowed to discriminate against players like me literally makes me question why i am alive since i have no place anywhere. Life does not have progress, regardless of the countless hours i pour into it.

Go ahead and remove this topic again... but i needed to make a response because your blanket statement, your policy for how you deal with players, and constant 'experiments' only makes things harder. I want to enjoy this game, but all i am ever met with is hostility, and I cant help but mirror said hostility, amplified by my emotional state.

2 Comments

DeadlyQuestion8/22/2015, 12:27:35 AM1 votes

I agree. I can see how deleting your thread could instill a deeper sense of rejection. I can also see Riot realizing its toxic community likely to taunt you, and instead of subjecting you to the trolls, disallows anyone to access the content while throwing help websites at you.

But Riot honestly is probably doing it because they could potentially face legal liability if you killed yourself following a post you made full of taunts. Which I guess you mentioned.

As far as not having any place anywhere, son no human being has any place anywhere. We distract ourselves until death, leaving everyone and everything behind. No one has a place, its not something to lament over.

As for life, yes, it does have progress points. Go simple first. Take for example your ability read, or your ability to write that post with good grammar. Those are skills people don't have that you've progressed in. I'm not saying this abilities should make you instantly feel better, though you are taking them for granted, but its proof against your incorrect assumption. Work on yourself. Learn a language, exercise and lose weight or build muscle.. Just like League is a never ending game of "progression," so is life.

Yes I get your argument that none of that real life stuff I mentioned appeals to you, but something does, I bet my life on it, because I understand statistics. Their is something besides League that you enjoy enough to progress in and master, and I don't give a shit if you seek to discover it or not, but stop with this "I have no place, life doesn't progress like league." It's utter horseshit.