Toxicicity and its place

Wild Bravery·5/25/2015, 8:38:22 PM·2 votes·767 views

Why is it completely acceptable to feed in ranked, or to buy an account then play in it in ranked, or to just mess around all game, or trollpick champions you dont know how to play (I.E. Teemo adc.) and lastly to play ranked at all without any knowledge of how to play to win.

90% of the people i see in soloq are there from lucky wins, rather than winning skillfully.

But the instant you open your mouth to complain BAM. 9x toxic reports.

If you are doing any of the above, you are the toxic one. You are the one causing your team to lose and brining it down, not verbal abuse. YOu can mute people but people cant mute your trolling or lack of skill.

Now we wait for all the whiteknighting scum (who are completely fine with being trolled) to come in here and flame me.

5 Comments

saqlunch5/25/2015, 8:58:52 PM2 votes

Ranked can be a tough place, man. I've had some pretty b.s. stuff happen to me lately. But, as he said above...just take a break play ARAM...its a fun way to destress. Or maybe just some good old Norms with your friends. Again, Ranked is a silly place full of silly things, that's why it makes people so mad.

Verandure5/25/2015, 8:53:10 PM1 votes

Why is it completely acceptable to feed in ranked,

It's not. The problem is likely in your definition of feeding. People can have bad games where they're camped or simply aren't doing so well -- that doesn't equate to intentionally feeding.

or to buy an account then play in it in ranked,

It's not, and is against the ToU (III.D)

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or to just mess around all game

It's a video game. It is meant to be played for fun. There's a large number of people who are content where they are in ranked and play <gasp!> for fun! Why they're playing in ranked rather than normals? More of a challenge. Just because they're "messing around" (a seriously nebulous phrase that encompases everything) doesn't mean they aren't also trying to win.

or trollpick champions you dont know how to play (I.E. Teemo adc.)

Same as above, they aren't doing these things to spite you or to lower your chances of winning (unless they say as much, in chat). The meta is not enforced and they're allowed to try different strategies to their heart's content.

to play ranked at all without any knowledge of how to play to win

By all means, define a basis for requisite knowledge of how to play to win. I'm pretty sure everybody that's level 30 (that didn't buy an account) has that knowledge. Application of it may vary.

To me; you sound like you're frustrated about recent losses that you feel were the result of other people (beyond your control, et al). I'd recommend taking a short break and reflecting on why you care about winning as much as you do. Sure, it's a competitive game; but at the end of the day, it has absolutely no bearing on your life. Win or lose, you've still wasted that hour. There is no substantive benefit to playing this game for anybody other than the pros.

I'm not going to whiteknight and say trolls deserve the right to troll, that's dumb. My argument is that you're defining everything you disagree with or that is possibly negative to be trolling, which is an incorrect definition. Trolling is attempting to derive enjoyment from the suffering of others. Playing Teemo ADC isn't trolling unless the intent was to make you squirm, curse, and pitch a fit. Doing poorly in lane isn't trolling -- trust me, they're way more frustrated than you and your complaints don't help it any.

Just take a breath and remember that this is water.