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player X tells me i have downs 5 mins into a game before I even said a word at all in the game...

1 degree·3/5/2016, 7:34:05 PM·1 votes·448 views

After having had one of the worst days of my life, played one game of league to relax and am met with this comment from player X.

Unable to find the strength to become the perfect little angel that riot expects me to be, I instead retaliate by cussing at player X and mute them afterwords to not say another word all game.

player X is still playing league of legends unpunished.

I am chat restricted and cant get the mental image out of my head of Riot high five'ing player X and commending player X for baiting me into a flame war and then reporting me so I could be punished for my negative emotions being exacerbated by this kid.

Thanks riot. You're doing good things here. Your form/reasons of punishment are a very effective anti-depressant and just what I need when everything else has gone to shit and I just want to play a video game.

Thanks Riot. You could simply give us an option in the client to 'disable chat' so I don't even have to THINK about the things actual toxic players say. I could go about my game and worry about myself. I could feed first blood and not be told i have downs. I could respawn think about how I messed up and try to not make that mistake again. Instead I join a game thinking i can relax andlearn a champion. I die, i get told i have downs. I can mute them then and there, which even then the comment they left is burned into my brain. depending on my state of mind, even on mute, i may sit and ponder that comment.

"downs.... downs.... mentaly disabled? im mentally handicapped? downs..?? FUCK DEAD AGAIN SLDKJFJKJSLDJFKJF????? I AHVE DOWNS>>>?????"

even onmute...

once the comment is seen it hurts. the kid could be 8 years old and not even know what down syndrome is..

i am 24 years old it does not matter.

i saw the comment. what he said. my jungler.myu team mate. the one i want to help, and have help me win this game, has insulted me.

my day is already shit. im not happy. i play league to relax. my teammate. my ally. he insulted me...

yes i will be upset i will be very upset every single time i meet this situation when i'm having a bad day. mute does not fix this. mute will never fix this.

you can fix this. you can give us an option to disable chat. i won't have to read that comment. i can give first blood. i can go 0-8. but u know what? im learning a champion. i can have fun 0-8 learning a champion... i can not have fun 0-1 being told by my own team member that i have downs syndrome. i can't. i certainly should not be expected to deal with these people by just muting them and ignoring what they said..

sure when im having a good day and a good mood you can call me any name and i might laugh.. but the bad days when i can't find much of a reason to smile about anything and i play a game of league to relax. and my own team member tells me i have fucking downs syndrome. i cant ignore it. 99% of the time i'm going to have something to say back..

why does riot feel the person in my position who's broke down and cant stand it anymore and finally retaliates.... should be the one getting punished....

Will be /ignore all at the start of EVERY game until Riot realizes they have no place in punishing people for calling eachother names. Until they realize the most simple solution to the problem of toxic chat... is to give players an option.... TO FUCKING DISABLE CHAT!!!!

Seriously though, the fact I can be called out at random by one person and baited into a flame war and actually be punished for saying anything back blows my fucking mind.

8 Comments

redniwediS3/5/2016, 7:53:32 PM3 votes

No offense, but playing League to relax wasn't the best decision you've ever made.

proud and bronze3/5/2016, 8:21:41 PM2 votes

omg are you okay!?

how could this happen!!!

proud and bronze3/5/2016, 8:28:45 PM2 votes

you need to find your mom right away so she can swaddle you and take care of your feelings

Eleshakai3/5/2016, 8:25:39 PM1 votes

Removing chat from a competitive team game is not a good idea long-term. First of all, it teaches you that you shouldn't have to cope with frustration or opposition, you should just hide from it which isn't healthy... but secondly, it removes the ability to communicate. It removes you from potentially receiving valuable and important information that could help win the game.

But to tackle your individual situation... yes, it was wrong what that guy did. But your response was also wrong. To use a rather clichéd statement, two wrongs do not make a right. If one person pushes another, and then the other person pulls a knife and kills the first... it'll still be accidental manslaughter and will have a sentence. Albeit shorter than first degree murder, but still punishable.

But there are a few things I'd like to call into question:

  1. You don't know that guy wasn't punished. Chat restrictions are usually for x number of games. If he received a chat restriction for 10 games but plays ~20 a day... he'd have served his punishment in less than a day. And if he learned his lesson from it, he wouldn't get any more restrictions. (Not to mention the fact that there's no way to tell if he is or isn't chat restricted unless he tells you or you play with him again and he talks a lot that game)

  2. Don't just look at it from your own perspective. Look at it from the perspective of the rest of the players in the game. Player 1 was a jerk to player 2... but players 3, 4, and 5 are so far mostly unaffected. It's a bit annoying to have one comment like that in the chat... but it can be ignored relatively easily. By lowering himself to player 1's level, player 2 also causes it to be almost impossible for players 3, 4, and 5 to ignore... thus spreading the problem from 2 people to 5.

  3. A lot of the time, the mindset you go into the game with is apparent to those around you and subconsciously affects the way they treat you. Going into a game assuming the worst about a situation often leads others to treat you poorly because they can subconsciously tell that you're thinking that way. Try going into the game with a positive outlook. Go into it with the mindset that the rest of your team are nice. I think you'll be impressed by the difference a positive outlook can make.

ModAttysu The Poro3/5/2016, 8:29:29 PM1 votes

Tbh I play LoL to relax all the time, but if that's your goal, turn off /all and queue with a 5 man premade. Just fuck around then. I have severe anxiety and depression and playing games are the only thing that calms me down, and LoL is one of my favorite games so I go to it often.

Sir, cursing at people ruins the game for 8 other people other than you two. Spreading negativity puts people on tilt, and destroys the gaming experience.

Is what I would never say.

Look, Rito is gonna be a dick. They gonna be hella pissed if you curse. So just do what I do; talk shit to my friend in /w instead of in all or regular chat, or type something and delete it instead of pressing enter.

[slayer-jinx-catface] I understand it's frustrating, but IT'S FOR THE GAMING EXPERIENCE. Not like people are telling you that you should be gunned down like the degenerate you are.

Totally.

Terozu3/5/2016, 10:43:50 PM1 votes

Why did you swear at him? That comment is technically declared towards the one who typed it and has no indication of being typed towards you, also people with down syndrome have a hard time communicating, based on the info you've given it looks like a person inflicted with down syndrome did something on impulse and you insulted and swore at them for it, and when they feeling bad as they don't know what they did to deserve that, and then be completely ignored reported you.