I love the game, but it's too much.

I Only Support·May 29, 2016·17 votes·1,805 views

Had a wonderful time playing for a good year. Got myself out of bronze, and met some good people. However, I don't intend to continue playing. It's not the game, it's the toxicity. I shouldn't have to come back from work everyday and play, only to end up more stressed than when I began.

If I ever hear about Riot cracking down harder on toxic behavior, I'll be more than happy to rejoin the community.

Riot, please be a little more serious about this. In the long run, toxicity in players will only stunt your company's growth. I look forward to the day the issue is solved.

Have a wonderful season, and of course, gl and hf.

34 Comments

Darth StepVaderMay 29, 20168 votes

I entered one of those gaming shops the other day looking for some stuff. The shop also had an online gaming section where you can play your game while charged by the hour. Well, i was stunned by what i saw when i approached those pc's. There were about 20 kids UNDER 11-12 years old playing League. They ALL cursed, tilted, threw, kept typing in chat and generally simply pressed random buttons while controlling their champs. In other words, not only should Riot apply a stricter policy regarding toxicity BUT, parents should be made aware of what games their brats are playing and how they are behaving.

a w1ld bulbasaurMay 30, 20162 votes

Ughhhhh, I hate it when kids are like that, little demon children. One of my friends who is 3 years younger than me started calling my brother the C word and other bad words and i was completely stunned. His mom and dad were devout catholics like my family, he was never like this before, but then he starts talking about his friends in 6th grade and, ya it was his friends.

stealthfox94May 31, 20162 votes

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I entered one of those gaming shops the other day looking for some stuff. The shop also had an online gaming section where you can play your game while charged by the hour. Well, i was stunned by what i saw when i approached those pc's. There were about 20 kids UNDER 11-12 years old playing League. They ALL cursed, tilted, threw, kept typing in chat and generally simply pressed random buttons while controlling their champs. In other words, not only should Riot apply a stricter policy regarding toxicity BUT, parents should be made aware of what games their brats are playing and how they are behaving.

This game is rated T, and if I'm being honest I don't think anyone under 13 should play this game. Not because it's violent but because of a combination of the community and the comprehension it takes to play this game.

Darth StepVaderMay 31, 20161 votes

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This game is rated T, and if I'm being honest I don't think anyone under 13 should play this game. Not because it's violent but because of a combination of the community and the comprehension it takes to play this game.

Yep, i agree. But, as we all know, underaged children often do things they SHOULDNT do:D

ZaryelleJun 1, 20161 votes

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This game is rated T, and if I'm being honest I don't think anyone under 13 should play this game. Not because it's violent but because of a combination of the community and the comprehension it takes to play this game.

The main reason this is true though is because the match making is broken. If people of equal skill were actually matched together then it wouldn't matter that someone is really bad at the game, they would end up with each other and learn from each other gradually, but as it is now you can have some new beginner 12 year old playing the game for his first week against ranked golds+ and get utterly wrecked. It's not funny and that is the cause of much toxicity. Then you have some 12 year old kid freaking out in every game either because he's immature or he got flamed because his first few games were a complete joke against rankeds. The match making might work better for players with huge number of normals and ranked games, but it's incredibly broken for people under 100-200 games. they'll get matched against people with 1000s of wins, ranked in silver/gold+ who obviously wreck these new people. Then they get flamed and start thinking it's normal to be a complete asshole to everyone.

FligmeyerJun 5, 20161 votes

Well I think the game was more meant for 16 to 18+. I only think this because half of the female champion skins and loading screens have them practically in bras and panties.

Only Play DariusMay 29, 20165 votes

Toxic meta brings out toxic players. Blame the garbage unbalanced state of the game.

The WhamboozlerMay 29, 20166 votes

While the meta is certainly a festering pile of garbage... you're kidding yourself if you think the game wasn't toxic before.

The Troll PatrolMay 29, 20162 votes

I feel like the game is less toxic now than what it used to be years ago.

UberfragMay 29, 20166 votes

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Toxic meta brings out toxic players. Blame the garbage unbalanced state of the game.

Game has always been toxic, the meta has nothing to do with it .

FligmeyerJun 5, 20161 votes

In 2009 there was no such thing as a meta. People did what they wanted and the game was more exciting. The game was less toxic and more balanced. You could play any champ as any role and dominate. jungle only existed to get extra gold and go back to lane. People ganked more and there weren't greedy whiney adc's who reported you for killing one of there creeps or building items they didn't agree with.

stealthfox94Jun 5, 20161 votes

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In 2009 there was no such thing as a meta. People did what they wanted and the game was more exciting. The game was less toxic and more balanced. You could play any champ as any role and dominate. jungle only existed to get extra gold and go back to lane. People ganked more and there weren't greedy whiney adc's who reported you for killing one of there creeps or building items they didn't agree with.

Huh? I didn't play back then but from everything I've heard balance was terrible then.

FligmeyerJun 5, 20161 votes

Most of the level 30's on the forums and in game I see didn't. I remember when there were only 5 or 6 champions. Here's a link I dug up that has the approximate dates they were released. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=639330.

A lot of people didn't think it was balanced because tanks were tougher and tank items were stronger. Generally in video games now in days people like to have as much advantages over another player they can so a lot of people thought just because they picked ranged champions they were gonna win just to find out that there facing a whole team of tanks that soak up all the damage and bum rush the shit out of them killing them at there turret.

Naturally there were a lot of complaints about it and one year they flip flopped it all with a major patch that really gave AD champions the upper hand and made some champions useless. Since then certain champions haven't gotten the attention they deserved due to them being too busy trying to balance the new champions. They always generally made the new ones stronger to bring in money from skins, but it got so bad now that they'll straight up refuse to fix some champions, while releasing ones that are even more powerful.

I just went back to playing DOTA and eventually tried Heroes of Newerth when that came out. They have a system where you can last hit to deny allied creeps and allied heros to stop the enemy from getting any gold at all. If you got good at it you could easily cripple the whole enemy teams laning phase without even killing them.

League was the one MOBA that wanted it to be a little easier on newer players. The problem with Heroes of Newerth was the community, but besides that the heros and moves were much more original and creative. It felt more like DOTA then League of Legends did.

Sorry I went off topic. I'm just a MOBA fan.

Angry MonsterMay 31, 20161 votes

to someone the game is always unbalanced. Its a hard argument to make; "cause of balance people are assholes." I think this line of thought is to simple and really self damaging. It removes self responsibility from players.

Odd GnomeMay 29, 20163 votes

If you want to have fun then have fun. Pick unconventional champions and don't play ranked. Get some friends together and play some ultimate bravery or something. Yeah the community's toxic but get past that and get back to actually having fun instead of worrying about winning every single game.

SquarepusherMay 30, 20163 votes

why can't you just mute people who bother you?

LegacyDAPMay 31, 20161 votes

This comment is fairly underrated since it's the only response I've ever gotten out of people when I ask how to deal with toxicity.

FovereMay 30, 20163 votes

muting doesn't solve behavior problems.

When your premade support decides to go play with top and jungle and leave you 1v2 in lane, and then end up still feeding, its just not fun.

Lionheart LuluMay 29, 20162 votes

Totally agree, no more to be said.

Troll for TrumpMay 29, 20162 votes

Toxic meta and toxic game related behavior =toxicity in chat.

Constant meta and largescale game changes leads to imbalance in the meta = more resentment.

Premades, ping spamming, Bm =gameplay behavior that causes toxicity

People being oversensitive and abusing the mute button = cause toxicity

People trolling for the hell of it (happens in premade) = cause toxicity

Lag = leads to toxicity

DCing = leads to toxicity.

Mailliw Yecal May 29, 20161 votes

yet some DC's and lag just cant be controlled, so just because they exist doesn't create the toxicity, its the people that purposely ruin the game for others by blaming lag and then purposely DCing. we cant blame the game for something the players are doing.

Troll for TrumpMay 31, 20161 votes

Even if it's accidental, it still ruins the experience of everyone else. I've been on both sides, with the game randomly crashing (riot's problem btw, not my side, I've tried fixing it for I think 2 seasons now and have given up) as well as having had multiple dcs before.

A lot of time people are skeptical when people say lag. It does happen. Quit bein an ass about it and say something douchey like "same".

iTzYaBoyJohnCenaMay 30, 20162 votes

Well I'm a pretty toxic player but you know I'm only toxic because of: feeders, op champions, kids who are dumb AF, and much trolls

Papa SlothyJun 5, 20162 votes

the easiest way is just to mute someone if they flame you or simply try to ignore it (ik it's not as easy as it sounds but music or another distraction can help)

x2Master Mind5xMay 29, 20161 votes

Just mute everyone man, i had to start doing that because people wanna report you no matter what. If you get some toxic troll and they die a couple times and all you say is nice gj they get so pissed off and start making up lies to tell the other team and to tell them to report you. Its fucking crazy. I swear the average age on this game now is 12. It has to be. There's so many immature people who just wanna report you just because they can. Im sick of it.

AramsAreBestMay 29, 20162 votes

I mean, you are intentionally provoking that person by saying that.

x2Master Mind5xMay 29, 20161 votes

Not when they are assholes first. And if they cant handle someone saying that then they just need to quit. Theres no reason to tell someone to kill their self and all kinds of other horrible things just cause they said nice after you died like three times.

highspydMay 30, 20161 votes

Word. Just posted about this myself, though my exit wasn't as voluntary, i decided to handle toxic people in league the same as I would irl once I realized there was a large part of the community that would ruin the experience without more than a slap on the wrist from rito.

LegacyDAPMay 31, 20161 votes

Just for your information. There will always be people who are toxic and rude. You will eventually have to learn to deal with them, if you're leaving because of the toxicity and it's too stressful then I can understand it, but you're going to have to understand that not everyone is going to be nice to you man, and switching to a different multiplayer won't solve this issue either. Best of luck.

ChromekatanaMay 31, 20161 votes

I would rather play with a toxic player that is good than a nice player that sucks.

Angry MonsterMay 31, 20161 votes

I think that you are being overly sensitive due to playing a competitive game and not being happy. Are there trolls and ragers, yes no argument on that. But you will be hard pressed to find a PVP game that does not have this.

Not every activity is for every type of person and competitive games (real sports and video games) are not about relaxation. Play a PVE game for relation, their are many titles that have this. The point of PVP is to enjoy the STRESS and WORK towards victory and self improvement. You can take league seriously without playing SR rank games. Their are people that are totally passionate about being the best at ARAMs.

Riot does not need to crack down harder since people make honest mistakes and slip up. I think the causal players need to understand and get a grip on their emotions. Stop expecting league to be something that it will never be. It will never be the place to go and relax with strangers. There are all types of people playing for different reason per game.

I think that it is smart that you are leaving league. Not cause it is a toxic place but it is not what you want at the end of the day. I wish you luck finding a PVE game that will make you happy.