Match History should show Chatlogs

BaldursGateII·10/11/2014, 6:55:19 AM·1 votes·543 views

This started as a really long, multi-paragraph thing, but here's the short version:

  1. Approximately half the league community rages.
  2. About as many refuse to recognize they rage, or fail to attempt to fix their issues.
  3. Despite attempts from riot, the League of Legends community remains to be one of the worst in video game history.

obviously, there is no simple fix to this. What I propose is something that could help the problem--undeniable proof of raging in games. I have several friends who rage, and if I could show them their chatlogs from games previously, they'd be astounded at the stuff they say, and would work to change.

Thoughts?

2 Comments

ModUlanopo10/11/2014, 7:18:38 AM1 votes
  1. Approximately half the league community rages.

Not true. The percentage of highly-toxic players is less than 1%. The percentage of players that are toxic to a degree that requires intervention is about 23%.

  1. About as many refuse to recognize they rage, or fail to attempt to fix their issues.

Also not true. The majority (>75%) of people who receive a punishment of any sort correct their behavior and are never punished again.

  1. Despite attempts from riot, the League of Legends community remains to be one of the worst in video game history.

That's debatable.

Now, to your suggestion. In order for something like this to be viable, it needs to meet some specific criteria:

  • It must be realistic in scope.
  • It must provide real value to the community.
  • It must be free of side-effects.

I would agree with you on the first one. The infrastructure they developed for detailed match history would probably support this. Since matches fall off the history, storing chat should not be too burdensome.

The second is more difficult to assess. There might be some people for whom access to their chats would help them, but would it be more than are currently managed by the chat restriction system? That is, is the class of people who have never been punished, but need to change their behavior large enough to justify the expense of the system?

The third is the most sketchy. I would suggest that some people would use it as a way to harass others or as a badge of honor.