Toxic players in Coop - AI vs ranked/pvp question?

Poro Snax··1 votes·1,400 views

This is my first post on the board so I'm sorry if I'm doing this wrong >< I've been going through a lot of posts on here so if my question was answered, but a lot of posters are ranked and are having issues in games that aren't bot games. I'm not quite there nor am I skilled enough to be ranked so I am playing a lot of bot games. I come across a lot of what I guess is called toxic players in these and they are normally lvl 30, have honor badges, ribbons or the plat. bronze, etc borders? And since they are playing beginner bot games - there are a lot of new players (you know; lvl 6 or 14 and still getting the hang of league). They tend to put down and look down on these players ordering them to go to certain lanes, swearing at them if they don't use an attack right, racial comments, telling them how bad they are at the game, etc. Now my question is - is there anything that can be done about this? (I myself only started playing over a month ago and am still getting the hang of the game). Running into people like this makes for a terrible experience and all I can do is block them. Along with that, I was wondering if this is even an issue that will matter since it's "just bot games" ?

A suggestion that my friends and I have thought of was if there was a way to separate these more experienced players when they want play bot games - from the newer ones who are still learning o;

I'm having trouble finding the right words, sorry for the sloppy post!

9 Comments

Kao Atlantis6 votes

Players can get banned for the same poor behaviour in bot games as they do in normal games. I would recommend continuing to report them at the end of the game, and mute them when they start getting verbally abusive.

If you report them then the game will get flagged, it will be checked for verbal abuse, and the player will be punished with a warning or account suspension.

There is no reason for anyone to behave that way in normals, let alone bot games.

ModPrandine4 votes

I echo their statements. There are allot of people in this game who think "oh well if it's not ranked then it's not a real game mode, lol" and try to use that as an excuse to not try as hard as they should. Just ignore them and report them if they start acting like jerks as the rules apply to any and all game modes (and yes, that includes fan-made custom game modes as well), not just ranked as they would like them to be.

Makior721 votes

Mute them and play on. They can threaten to report you for going 2 top 2 mid or w/e but if its bots you are almost gauranteed a win anyway and as long as you dont say anything back to them in chat you are golden.

Poro Snax1 votes

Sorry for this noobish question but how can I mute them during game O: ? I didn't know I was able to!

Makior721 votes

[{quoted}](name=Rei Parfait,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=3MEYuW4e,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2016-01-19T21:59:11.033+0000)

Sorry for this noobish question but how can I mute them during game O: ? I didn't know I was able to!

Hold tab during the match and there will be a small speaker icon next to each champion. Click the icon to mute / unmute each player as desired.

ModPrandine

[{quoted}](name=Rei Parfait,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=3MEYuW4e,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2016-01-19T21:59:11.033+0000)

Sorry for this noobish question but how can I mute them during game O: ? I didn't know I was able to!

While in-game, just hit TAB then click on the Mute button next to the player that you want to mute. Keep in mind 2 things though:

  1. Muting only makes it so you can't see what they type (they can still see what you type if they haven't muted you).
  2. The mute button is not a "get out of jail free" card, meaning that it's not an excuse to be a jerk to others.
Kaiser Noah1 votes

if ur not skilled enough for ranked why not play normals?

Poro Snax1 votes

I dont feel comfortable playing them at my current level so I tend to stick with practicing in bot games ;w;

ModPrandine1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Rei Parfait,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=3MEYuW4e,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2016-01-19T21:56:29.373+0000)

I dont feel comfortable playing them at my current level so I tend to stick with practicing in bot games ;w;

Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. I myself play primarily customs and co-op vs. ai as that's just what I personally find the most enjoyable for me. As long as you're trying to have fun while not at the expense of others and try your best to win then that's all that matters really.

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