If your response to a verbally abused player is "get over it"

Señor Karthus·10/5/2015, 8:52:38 PM·69 votes·3,324 views

If someone has been verbally abused during the game, and even worse, if you have seen it yourself and still your response to that person is "get over it", you are getting your ass reported too. You don't know what the circumstances of that person are. You don't know how they are mentally or emotionally. You don't know what kind of things they had to go through in life. NO ONE should have to "get over" harassment just because YOU are not affected by it. And if you agree with online harassment and support it this way, you are part of the problem too and so you are reported just as the abuser. Period.

133 Comments

Señor Karthus10/5/2015, 9:24:40 PM14 votes

When will this "mute" nonsense end? Muting is a patch. It is a temporary solution to avoid further damage from someone who already caused it. It has its use, yes, but that's about it. Muting is not a punishment nor the only action someone who has been abused should take. You know what else is there for a reason? The report option. You know what else is there for a reason? The "report verbal abuse" option. You say reporting someone who supported an abuser is a waste of a report? You know what else is there for a reason? The "report negative attitude" option.

Pelkrock10/6/2015, 12:45:01 AM9 votes

What's the other option? To take it to heart? To dwell on it? Report and move on. Honestly I don't get people who are so sensitive to stuff people say to them when they don't even know the other person. I get told shitty things from strangers face to face in real life and honestly it doesn't bother me at all. Now if my good friends or family have something to say that's unpleasant then yeah I take it seriously and listen to what they say, But if I get cut off and flipped off cause someone I don't know is having a bad day I don't sit around and wonder if my driving is okay all day and get depressed about it.

Trash MammaI10/5/2015, 10:02:15 PM7 votes

Your statement is insanely vague in detail. If someone got called bad in the game or told to uninstall then yes, they need to get over it. If someone (Take dunkey for ex) tells someone to kill themselves and what not then yea, you should be reported and have something done.

If you are willingly getting onto the most popular PC game played in the WORLD with COMPLETE STRANGERS knowing it's one of the MOST CANCEROUS communities in the game..and you're still getting butthurt sensitive over being told bad..then yea, you probably are bad and need to stop playing. First off it's only a game. Nothing should bother you about what is being said, unless your dream was to become an lcs player since you were a baby then no, being called bad isn't going to hurt you.

On a arguable note if you are going through stuff irl and decide "I need a peaceful escape..TIME FOR LEAGUE" then you're stupid. EVERYONE past level 20 knows what type of community this game has, it's your choice to play or not. Bitching needs to gtfo

dalethebeast10/5/2015, 9:19:50 PM6 votes

There is only one thing and one thing only an abused player should do. Hit the mute button. It's there for a reason. Therefore the adequate response to an abused player is more likely "mute him and forget about him."

Jasiwel10/6/2015, 4:34:25 AM4 votes

If you examine the way most psychological conditions and illnesses are treated in America by the average American, you'll notice a lot of similarities in how these kinds of League players treat individuals being verbally abused. I'm glad most of the time that people rebuke the flamer and not the victim; I can't even remember the last time I saw a victim being blamed for someone being a total scumbag.

CptPic4rd10/6/2015, 4:50:37 AM2 votes

I really hope that by the time my kid is 12 years old, he can handle a stranger in a game saying mean things and doesn't need someone to help him through it.

Dehorn10/6/2015, 5:43:26 PM1 votes

k? so you want it to be punishable to not report people?