[Question] Is tilting the enemy banworthy?

Inquisitor Kane·2/5/2017, 8:59:03 PM·3 votes·1,053 views

FOR ADMIN WHO DELETED IT LAST TIME: I am not naming and shaming. I am asking serious question so at least read the OP ffs. I deleted my match history links from the post for your happines, now leave it here so I may get an answer.


Hi guys, the title says it pretty well, so I will just point out what I am doing. It's winning me games, I don't really fell like I am truly toxic, but wanna be sure.

Lately any time I have a bad game and am pretty much useless, and if I notice some salty oponent, I start to talk to them. Usually they flame someone on my team who is either bad, or too good. I enter the conversdation with ":D :D :D" or in case of my recent Blitz game against enemy Nidalee jungler:

"lol nida" and she started to talk about how bad I am. I knew I could tilt her, thus making our 4v5 into 4v4. So I kept talking to her, making her type and not focus on game. Kept my answers short , having her type more than I. When she told me in 3 long sentences how bad and useless I am, i replied "still better than you" or wehen I accidentaly puled her in with Blitz's Q and killed her with R (since I went full yolo AP) i typed "i grabbed the kitty :D" to enrage her - and I succeded :-D She started to play worse and then lost the game.

Also in other game...

I play Draven ADC in flex (just for funzies and practice) and am always useless. Rengar was tilting because Camille was kicking his arse and made J4 rage quit. We were so bad we could not win easy 5v4 game, so I made my goal to tilt Rengo so hard he would throw. I made remarks about his bad decision making going top leaving us free red dragon (which got stolen cause Ezreal God), repeating "should have banned Draven" (quote from Primetime skin) and that won me the game. He kept focusing me, useless ADC using all his abilities just to kill me, leaving Camille and other real threats alive. It won us the last team fight, because fed Rengo wasted his kit on me. Basically I won us the game with that :-D

TL;DR I am tilting enemies by talking to them when I have bad game and am otherwise useless. I never call them noobs or idiots, never wish them illness or death, never use swear words. The worst was "you're bad" just to tilt them more. Usually I only type ":D", or answer their rage when telling me how much i suck with "and still better than you" or "and still winning" or "don't mind me :D" when getting down tower while they ignore me... and if i get a lucky kill on them i go "lel XY i cashed my passive on you, feels good :D" and such nonsense.

Is it toxic? And is it punishable? Since they have option to mute me, ignore my stupid talk and play the game? I don't feel I am violating Summoner's code. Just trash talking to the enemy team that have the option to deal with it.

So? Any official statement about this, or your opinions, folks? Is psychological warfare OK in League of Legends? Can I get banned for that?

Draven

8 Comments

Magical Player2/5/2017, 9:38:44 PM4 votes

No, trying to get into your enemies mind is a game skill. Depending on what you say, it can be punishable But from what it sounds like, nothing you did is punish worthy

Demon King Maou2/5/2017, 9:21:24 PM2 votes

I just reply to everything with ;) You should see how many jimmies you can rustle with that one text

This Is Your Dad2/5/2017, 9:48:05 PM1 votes

I experienced this in a normals game, being called bronze trash. Did you know that 98% of bronze and silver players are plat/diamond smurfs? It's crazy man.