This Game Is Unplayable

warmcorntortilla·1/16/2017, 10:49:46 PM·10 votes·1,787 views

I am tired... so, so tired of playing games with the most toxic people imaginable. If you make one mistake, or are just screwing around (not in ranked, mind you--in the rotating game mode), then you get told you're a.) retarded b.) have Down's Syndrome or c.) deserve to eat a bullet.

And you know, maybe it's because I'm an adult, but you know I just don't really want to listen to this nonsense in a game. I can sort or empathize with that kind of behavior in ranked, because tensions are high, but ARAM, and rotating game modes, are supposed to be relaxed. Fun. I swear this game is so incredibly toxic, the people in it are ridiculous. I cannot imagine telling someone to kill themselves because they performed poorly. I mean, I've been the person sucking, but I've also been the person desperately trying to carry a group of people that refuse to be carried. And I somehow manage to, most of the time, conduct myself like a normal human being.

This is the equivalent of telling the cashier at the grocery store to hang themselves because they broke one of your eggs. It's ridiculous. Reporting these people feels pointless. There are so many games out there where I'm NOT told to kill myself, or accused of being retarded, or told to get cancer. I don't know what needs to be done, but right now, it feels like people have free reign to say whatever reprehensible thought comes to their 12 year old mind and spew it mindlessly without repercussion. And you know what?

That feeling sucks. I KNOW this company is run by adults, adults who, I can only assume, don't like being given death threats by people who can still order a Rooty Tooty Jr. at IHOP. PLEASE do something about this stuff. It makes your game UNPLAYABLE. It frightens off an enormous potential player base. If you don't address this problem, you will quickly find your game devoid of players.

Especially devoid of players, like me, who have jobs and lives and actually can drop $20 on your fancy ultimate skins, or a hoodie, or whatever, because I, as, you know, an adult, have disposable income.

Disposable income that currently feels a lot better going toward games where I'm not verbally berated for misclicking.

18 Comments

Jerkuleze1/16/2017, 10:51:22 PM3 votes

AS an adult, use the mute button

CodyBear 1/17/2017, 4:58:40 AM3 votes

It's not your fault. Riot has very horrible matchmaking system plus player support who don't help anyone. This game has already went down when Riot sold themselves to China. No matter who you report or whoever trolls and feeds in the game, they will always get away with it. Even players who use cheats never get caught until the end of season while everyone suffers. That's how bad this game has become. So you are not alone.

McFatal1/17/2017, 10:07:32 PM3 votes

if you're triggered by words, use the mute button.

its so easy to remove that problem for yourself every game i have no idea why i see these threads to begin with

MUSHROOM MIDGET7/27/2017, 3:57:35 PM1 votes

sorry treefriend but 40+ million players disagree with you

Ibbi11/17/2017, 5:20:22 PM1 votes

Does League get better once you get to the high ranks? I swear the lower ranks down right unplayable. People are dumb as rocks ,It takes forever to load because someone doesn't take care of their PC, people are too retarded understand simple things like warding ,last hitting ,and map awareness ,and dumb children keep wasting my time. I almost wanna sell my League account because I can't take it anymore. The game has just started to become a choir to play honestly ,I'm not having fun anymore.

AMYS GRAVE1/18/2017, 12:59:45 AM1 votes

the most toxic people imaginable.

I mean, maybe you don't have a very active imagination, but i could imagine worse.

DoktorKaiser1/18/2017, 1:29:18 AM1 votes

While I do agree this behaviour is unacceptable, I dont see how a grown up rational person can get upset by someone wishing him cancer or giving him death threats in a video game... The only thing that really upsets me is when somebody insults members of my family, if you are mad insult me and me alone. However I really dont think it "scares of the playerbase" , only children or whiners can be put off by what someone wrote on the internet, but for the sake of civilized gameplay it should be sanctioned asap.

ttvInvalidleuser1/16/2017, 11:27:39 PM1 votes

Why haven't IP bans been implemented? The go-to option shouldn't be a mute button in a team-based game. With toxicity being as big of an issue as it seems to be on the boards, IP bans should have at least been considered.

Kei1431/17/2017, 12:04:37 AM1 votes

Breaking my egg?

Boy I'll be sure to break some other egg.

Hmm.. that didn't sound too scary. I guess the joke will be for another time.