I used to think League players were as toxic as people say they are...

Nin10do0014·May 5, 2015·2 votes·344 views

Then I went back to the Starcaft II Forums, where players will do worse things to insult you. It is so easy to say League players are toxic, but in reality, few players are, by definition, toxic. Sure, there are trolls who will do dumb things like "skill order" in Champ Select, but that is actually rare. However, I am recalling my memories of Starcraft II, and there are the players who will spam toxic messages to you post-game, and I will admit; I was one of those players. The occurrence of this was actually one in three games in my Starcraft career, but I have only had one truly toxic player in one out of fifty games in League.

3 Comments

Drunk RummateMay 5, 20151 votes

As a former Masters SC2 player and regular poster on their forums... yes I agree.

IMO it's a combination of a very elitist attitude ("Our game is harder") as well as jealousy that their game isn't popular. People will run you down for enjoying any game that isn't SC2, and don't even try to compare SC2 to any other game or it's curtains for you, lol.

KarlyrMay 5, 20151 votes

This mentality still exist in LoL. But yes, it is less common. But toxic in a team game is pretty large. You have to be careful with that.

In Starcraft, you literally have to be an asshole to insult someone else about their build or w/e. In League, you just have to be their teammate because "they singlehandedly" lose the game for you. (Please note the sarcasm).

The community is really progressing. It's not Season 1 anymore. People seem to be a bit better at it, but there are still a lot of work to do to at least stop teammates for flamming each others. But at least people doesn't insult others unless they are losing

Nin10do0014May 5, 20151 votes

Oh yeah. I just learned the hard way.