So Riot keeps getting stricter with punishments but the game keeps getting more toxic.........

I've posted on this a hundred times, and people usually don't get it. I'm hoping that as Riot keeps putting more pressure, more punishments, etc. and the game gets even more toxic, that eventually people will see that something is wrong.

You do not create a fun, lighthearted, cohesive community by amplifying negativity!

When Riot makes harder, faster punishments, it only encourages the negativity to grow. "I report you, you report me!" mentality that keeps people focused on the wrong. When they do nothing to address the gameplay elements that inherently create frustration and fester toxicity but vigorously punish anyone that gets upset, they perpetuate toxicity.

The game isn't going to get better because players are afraid of getting banned. Let's get real here, the majority of toxicity comes from player frustration, misunderstandings that escalate, and ridiculous gameplay elements. I get the occasional guy trolling from start, but i bet even half of them are doing because they were upset from last game.

**The key is to address the ROOTS of toxicity, not the symptoms! **

Players getting mad at each other and saying rude things is a symptom. Someone intentionally feeding is a symptom. People going afk intentionally is often a symptom. I'm not saying don't directly address those things, but they aren't the causes, they are the effects.

People get mad because this is a team game that has done nothing to adapt to a solo q game mode. You can't make people do the right thing, and you know it will cause you to lose, and then THEY blame YOU, you often get mad. When someone gets flamed all game for minor things and the entire team is being jerks, they might just decide to lose it on purpose, they didnt set out to do that, but why help people win that are ruining your enjoyment? When someone goes darius support and dunks all your kills, takes your cs, and then the entire team rages on you because you cant carry, a lot will choose to just afk.

How does one address these problems? Order and options, not chaos and helplessness. When someone doesn't cooperate in champ select, you should be able to have an option to avoid that. When someone goes afk, you shouldnt be punished for it. When theres a meta, but no rules, people have a difficult time cooperating.

**Give players options to deal with the frustrating gameplay and don't punish them for having a troll, afk, or rager on their team. **

Trolls are not born, they are formed in the fires of frustration.