Game Etiquette and toxicity

XBlyssX·12/29/2014, 12:43:10 PM·1 votes·563 views

Okay folks, gonna level this. i am absolutely, and i mean SERIOUSLY, tired of the stupidity in the average LoL player. it's bad, unbelievably bad, and i've always been a proponent of "assume everyone else has the intelligence of an apple" theory when dealing with people. there's a lot of things that'll annoy me, freely admit, but when it comes to LoL? there's a small list that top it above everything. trolls, and shitty winners. the first is obvious, they piss everyone off, but in a match, i can't deal them with my usual method of "well, you're dumb as a rock. moving on" because i have to game with them. for anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. it's bad enough if i play a shooter, because they ruin the game, but i just leave that match and find another. bad enough in MMO's where success in group activities relies on them, except i can just leave, go do something solo for a while, and try again later. unfortunately for me, i LIKE these kinds of games, where teamwork is needed and it's strategic. so when we have an individual, or more, who's only purpose is to ruin the game for everyone else with him just out of spite? that's just as a toxic (and i mean this in the original meaning, not this pansy "he said i was playing poorly, he's so toxic" crap we have floating around these days) as anything else, and honestly should be treated as such. the second thing, shitty winners. we've all played ARAM, and we've all gotten those matches where you look at the champs and you KNOW it's a loss or a win, barring astronomically unlikely events, such as your entire team being absolute pro with the champ they got, and the enemy team just started that day. but, here's the thing. after the end of those matches, everyone says GG. do you idiots not know what that stands for? it means Good Game. an auto-win isn't a good game, playing against a team that had 2 players quit at start, or never even connect, is not a good game. playing against a team who's skill level is OBVIOUSLY far below your team is not a good game. that is rude, that is disrespectful, that is just being a smart aleck kid being a pain. and don't give me that "well, it's just being polite" crap. it's not being polite. two members quit, but they give it their all and try anyway, but still get steam rolled? still not a gg situation. that, folks, is what Well Played is for. there is a WORLD of difference, and the LoL community really needs to realize this.

3 Comments

Eleshakai12/29/2014, 1:26:29 PM2 votes

When I play a game like LoL, I enjoy myself unless my allies are jerks. If I enjoy myself, it's a good game. If it's a good game, I say gg to thank the opponents and my allies for being a part of that experience.

Lumus Avatar12/29/2014, 1:27:20 PM1 votes

Saying gg after a stacked victory isn't poor sportsmanship or being a smart-aleck. I tell the enmy team good game, well played after we won a stacked game to say "Hey, thanks for sticking with it and doing your best. The odds were in our favor, but you still played well."

A person who says things to the effect of "omg [the losing team] sucks, we outplayed them so hard." when the game was stacked in his favor is an asshole.

gg is people being civil. gg is people NOT rubbing any kind of victory - deserved or otherwise - in their opponents' face. And when someone on the losing team says gg, it is that much more important to understand that he is putting disappointment aside and standing above petty players to congratulate his opponents and thank his team.

This post just comes off as crying about nothing to me. Riot is [slowly] making moves to try to improve the community - to fight toxicity and trolling. These things take time. But someone saying gg after they win against you sets you off? Maybe you are one of those panzies who cries toxic when someone says you play poor, cuz that's the same kind of complaint.

Sorry for the harsh words, but this just sounds like you're looking for toxicity where there isn't any.