" Picking something. Then muting the whole team once ingame. If you want to communicate, use pings. "
Is pretty much what I'll type each time I enter a solo / duo ranked game. And it's what I'll do once ingame.
That league has so much toxic / rage / hate in it, its insane.
They will complain about it and most likely report me at the end of the game. Sad.
Hyrum Graff2 votesPopping in here.
Honestly, that's a pretty reasonable strategy. Especially if negativity can put you on tilt, it's probably the best strategy. But it has one problem, this:
" Picking something. Then muting the whole team once ingame. If you want to communicate, use pings. "
While you've got all the right content in there, this attitude comes across to me as negative, because it's pretty passive-aggressive (it implies that they're probably negative people), and that just sets the tone for negativity later in the game. Even if you don't experience it, it still has a negative impact on the other players in your game. Compare the above to something like this:
"Hey guys, negative chat in-game really bothers me and puts me on tilt. I'm not worried about you guys, I just don't want to take any chances, so I'm going to mute you all and concentrate on the game; I'll still use pings to communicate, and I hope will, too."
Things I did differently:
I think starting the game on the right foot is really important, so why risk starting it on the wrong foot by typing something that might be inflammatory? Here's the big thing: it doesn't matter whether you actually believe that they might be a problem or not. All that matters is that they don't think you're accusing them of anything, and over the internet they can't tell that you don't believe it).
Hojo Lodis1 votesWill change the message then.
Paul Bunyan1 votesOr you could just not send a message. Regardless of what you say, it'll still come off as pretentious and kill the mood.
If you really must send one, then disguise it. "I respond better to pings than chat." Boom, problem solved.
Hojo Lodis1 votesBetter to have it known. Otherwise refusal to communicate it is.
Rukimedes Shodai2 votesOR... you can do that without saying it at all.
Hojo Lodis1 votesWhich result in people reporting you for not communicating. And tribunal doesn't see if you ping or not..
Rukimedes Shodai1 votesIt's actually better to not say anything at all in a game even if they are bickering at you or not. If they say something that does not require a response you don't give one and if you're trying to lead your team even when they are arguing amongst themselves just ignore and don't reply with anything and just tell them what to do. They don't like it and will report you? Fine then, you have no negativity in chat -- you did not respond to their bickering and you tried to lead the time. The report will blow off as a "false report".
Khalibus1 votesI do the same thing. Keeps me from returning the toxicity in kind and throwing games just to make sure some punk on my team doesn't get a W.
Angry Monster1 votespretty sure your ranked losses are more about you not your team mates. You are acting out now and being an ass.
GL
Khalibus1 votespretty sure your ranked losses are more about you not your team mates. You are acting out now and being an ass.
GL
Ironically, your aggressive response proves just how tempting it is to retaliate against toxicity with even greater toxicity. I don't worry about my ranked losses, I figure I am where I belong. But if a teammate starts treating me like garbage, it's pretty easy (for me) to not worry so much about losing this one. After all, if I'm good enough to be where I am, I'll make it up.
OR I can just mute everyone. I'm sure innocent bystanders prefer that option.
Angry Monster1 votesFirst. you are not the OP.
2nd, after i saw his post i went a check him out. He had 7 straight ranked losses. Pretty sure something else was going on.
3rd, This was a woe is me, i rather these people go back to GD. He does not want to do better, he wants to cry and feel special. NEWS FLASH he is not.
Khalibus1 votesFirst. you are not the OP.
2nd, after i saw his post i went a check him out. He had 7 straight ranked losses. Pretty sure something else was going on.
3rd, This was a woe is me, i rather these people go back to GD. He does not want to do better, he wants to cry and feel special. NEWS FLASH he is not.
I rather agree with him, as do others, and your self-rightous hostility just proves why simply muting everyone every at the start of a game is a reasonable approach.
U mad bro? Are these boards just for you?
Angry Monster1 votesI rather they be for people that have brains.
OP and you obviously do not qualify
Khalibus1 votesEasily the most pathetic attempt at a personal attack I've read on these boards. Congrats.
Angry Monster1 votesLOL you say attack.
I say self evident truth. The only thing you have here is the OP words and no proof. When we all know that the trolls always say they did nothing wrong.
At least i did what research i could. You read a board and said i feel your pain brother. Ranked is not 7 game streaky and you had nothing to do with it. We effect every game with our actions. Even if the OP was trolled in half(and that is hard to believe) what was he doing to ask for it? Less than 3% of the players toll. But people will lash out at people that that say mid only ect.
You have to realize that most people want to win. Cause they care about their rank. The fact the OP seems to be saying he is going to pick X champ adn stfu everybody. Is he taking a champ that people are not comfortable with? Team work is working with people, not muting everyone right off the bat.
There is to much info missing like every other woe is me post. There is no real content here. Why would any sane person get behind this kind of info. If you wrote a report and give this little info you be fired and the report thrown.
So who was using their brains and who was just being emotional? Pretty sure i was not using my emotions.
Khalibus1 votesLOL you say attack.
I say self evident truth. The only thing you have here is the OP words and no proof. When we all know that the trolls always say they did nothing wrong.
At least i did what research i could. You read a board and said i feel your pain brother. Ranked is not 7 game streaky and you had nothing to do with it. We effect every game with our actions. Even if the OP was trolled in half(and that is hard to believe) what was he doing to ask for it? Less than 3% of the players toll. But people will lash out at people that that say mid only ect.
You have to realize that most people want to win. Cause they care about their rank. The fact the OP seems to be saying he is going to pick X champ adn stfu everybody. Is he taking a champ that people are not comfortable with? Team work is working with people, not muting everyone right off the bat.
There is to much info missing like every other woe is me post. There is no real content here. Why would any sane person get behind this kind of info. If you wrote a report and give this little info you be fired and the report thrown.
So who was using their brains and who was just being emotional? Pretty sure i was not using my emotions.
Give me a break. Yours is pure emotion and speculation. With no emotional investment, you would have no reason to post anything. And I don't think you can claim intellectual superiority when you don't even know the difference between "to" and "too".