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That's It Riot, you win. I'm done, I quit your game. The trolling is just WAY out of control

Liquid Dario··9 votes·1,360 views

I am sorry. I mean I have literally tried everything in my power to ignore, and try to play my game. But its just too much. I Have been working late nights lately. So I don't get to come on till about 3+ am EST time. I come on to play a few NORMAL games and hope to have some fun ... but NORMAL'S is littered with trolls at this time for whatever reason. It is by far the most highly toxic time to play this game its incredibly unbelievable. I just simply cannot take it any longer ... not enough is done it just takes too long trolls rule this game and no matter how many acc's u ban it will not change they will simply make new accounts to troll with. Unless you take some IRON CLAD stance on this issue it will never ever be resolved.

I literally deal with this issue in almost if not all games I play. Literally 90% of my games I cannot comprehend how that's possible but it really is or I would not be typing about it. I cannot practice and learn a champion to bring into ranked play, I cannot practice period. I have to play ranked in order to even get any resemblance of real play. I am at the point that I no longer desire to play. Logging on has become a chore that I immediately regret, rather than look forward to. I am a very competitive player, and I come online to play and improve and practice to try to reach plat / diamond. I made gold 4 last season and am now looking to reach higher. For example even tho this doesn't apply necessarily but in Street Fighter V where it is 1v1 I have been top 100 in the world throughout the games betas. And even on my 5v5's team I have two plat players who even admitted, I should literally not be in gold. I am even the shot caller for the entire team despite me being in gold and them being almost diamonds. Yet when it comes to climbing the ladder I am constantly bombarded by these trolls. It is literally hell and just torture to even turn the game on and even play ranked because of it. I am so worried about dealing with it that I have not even bothered to go through my 10 games yet. I played 2 Dynamic Que with my 5's squad.

It really ruins my ability to climb and not only that ... it causes me to become very toxic out of the anger of knowing that after all these years, I am still battling these trolls on a daily basis. Last season before the new rules came into play, I have gotten angry at trolls to the point where I have been banned for 2 weeks. I did not even receive my rewards due to it. And I am not going to defend my behavior but I am going to say that trolling is the direct cause for that behavior that occurred. I do not exactly know what I would like you to do or anything like that. I just felt that you guys should REALLY know how some of your player base likely feels and the fact that a player like me is about to just stop playing due to it should at least set off some signals to you rioters. I am honestly at my wits end at this point. I just kinda feel like maybe its time to move on, I can no longer enjoy the game I have loved for the past 3 years. Not only that, but it makes me fear for my own account because when I am forced to deal with these players. I myself become toxic and it will inevitably cost me my account which I have ALOT on to the point where I would rather quit playing then risk my account.

All I can say for sure is that Riot did seem to agree with what I said or felt during that game because for the FIRST TIME EVER since I have played this game. I FINALLY received that magic special message stating that I actually triggered a ban against this player who had trolled me in my game. Not going to mention names or when it occurred cause of witch hunting. However, I do know that the player was permanently banned as his friend who was in the same game, but didn't act like a douche showed me the screen shot of his friends permanent ban. However, as glad as I am that it happened it is still FAR and few between that I actually got a player punished for his bad behavior. From the 1000's of players I have reported through the years. Many this season and last season alone since the card thing has come into play. I have only received this one single time. I sincerely hope someone from riot does read and respond to this as I would like to hear their input. But yes, despite this man being banned for what I had to endure today, it does not make up for the mass amount I have had to deal with over time. And tbh, for whatever reason I truly believe my report had very little to no actually weight to him actually being banned. The enemy team actually reported him because they felt I was telling the truth about him. Because imo, why would my report just now finally be worth banning someone but not the other 1000 times I have reported players. So thinking that way it gets me even more down about continuing to play.

I really do not know what else to say but if someone from riot does read this ... thank you for reading this very big wall of text. I just have no other option at this point or any other way to vent my frustrations towards how you deal with trolling. I simply do not know what else to say or do. Simply put, if I continue to play it will be a lot less often this season now after this experience. If this experience continues and has to be my daily punishment for deciding to play your game then unfortunately I am going to have to end my time with this game at that point. I can no longer tolerate it, and I no longer have the patience to continue to deal with it daily while little to nothing is done to finally stop this behavior.

Thanks,

Legendary Uchiha.

34 Comments

9kPluzZ4 votes

dude, what do you consider a troll? just someone who bad/dies alot?Someone who picks a offmeta pick? Because there is no way you get someone who buys only boots/zeals and runs down mid to feed every game. And that is the only tru definition of trolling in this game. Haveing someone who picks badly or sukz isn't a good excuse for you not being able to play your champ well. This post is hilariously over-dramatic, I havent gotten a actual troll in a long time. Instalockers are different and i doubt riot bans for it.

EDIT: Learn not to take the game so seriously, its not med school.

Mestophilies1 votes

Dude.. BRO.. man.. ya like.. seriously.

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

dude, what do you consider a troll? just someone who bad/dies alot?Someone who picks a offmeta pick? Because there is no way you get someone who buys only boots/zeals and runs down mid to feed every game. And that is the only tru definition of trolling in this game. Haveing someone who picks badly or sukz isn't a good excuse for you not being able to play your champ well. This post is hilariously over-dramatic, I havent gotten a actual troll in a long time. Instalockers are different and i doubt riot bans for it.

EDIT: Learn not to take the game so seriously, its not med school.

How about a player that see's your "Intended pick" in champion select in dynamic que. Then, purposely bans the champion on you because hes first ban and laughs about it. Then, talks smack to you about it and in game does everything he can to annoy you. You go to gank for bot lane ( he was sup ) and instead of helping you, have them stand and watch you fight the enemy adc and sup by yourself and taunt you from five feet away. Then have them try to claim you said and did things you did not do to the enemy team in an attempt to get them to falsely report you. Then follow you around trying to steal your farm and going 2/13.

That my friend is a troll. I think you have narrowed down trolling way too much. There is a lot more a player can do to troll you.

9kPluzZ1 votes

Yah, thats trolling BUT its not the kind of trolling that ruins the game. You can only play one champ? Most of what you said can be solved by muting. And most people don't go "oh here is a random person he hasn't said one word, lets troll him!"

I bet you picked a op champ, and he banned it, so you got mad.

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

Yah, thats trolling BUT its not the kind of trolling that ruins the game. You can only play one champ? Most of what you said can be solved by muting. And most people don't go "oh here is a random person he hasn't said one word, lets troll him!"

I bet you picked a op champ, and he banned it, so you got mad.

The fact that your teammate would PURPOSEFULLY ban the champion I chose then troll me about it does in fact ruin the game. I do not care if I play every Jungle champion. That was the champion I wanted to play. Also, he trolled in game not just during champ select.

Regardless, obviously Riot agreed that it did in fact ruin the game and permanently banned him for it.

Manyrd1 votes

yes Uchiha, this is my porblem. Except i respond to their actions adn i get banned instead of them. It happens in close to every gaem i play in. I love adc but havnt played it in forever to to troll supports. but it happens all the time.

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

yes Uchiha, this is my porblem. Except i respond to their actions adn i get banned instead of them. It happens in close to every gaem i play in. I love adc but havnt played it in forever to to troll supports. but it happens all the time.

Yep, I am actually surprised that Riot has not even chimed in here. Perhaps it just goes to show how much they really care. But yes they did a study on this and found " some players " deal with toxicity in up to 80% of their games while others deal with it only 20% of the time. It makes for a very bad time for some players. While others simply rarely have to deal with the issue.

DREADN0UGHT4 votes

TL:DR "I quit, and I wrote big letter to tell you why I am angry"

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

TL:DR "I quit, and I wrote big letter to tell you why I am angry"

No more like I am understandably frustrated and on the cusp of quitting. I wrote a letter to let Riot realize that I might be one player quitting but I am by FAR not the only one with the same mindset.

Eventually these trolls are going to push away the guys that want to support and learn and try to reach diamond etc in this game. Which in turn will cost Riot money. Right now it is not really a problem for them .... but eventually it will be. Perhaps Riot should take note of that.

I might be one person making a small ripple but as the philosophy goes, one ripple eventually turns into a wave.

Straw Hat Loki3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Legendary Uchiha,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=3T91iAd0,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-01-27T11:33:19.979+0000) I really do not know what else to say but if someone from riot does read this ... thank you for reading this very big wall of text.

I am not a Rioter but hey, I read this big wall of text! You are most welcome :3

On a serious note, I think enabling and encouraging queuing up w/ friends is Riot's way of tackling the trolling problem for now; not sure though so don't quote me on this.

I would just continue playing w/ friends and if and when you do queue up for norms/ranked w/o them, just be mentally prepared to deal w/ excessive trolling. It is at this point a huge headache I agree w/ you.

Fortunately, the solution is Riot encouraging more games with friends.

GL!

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

I am not a Rioter but hey, I read this big wall of text! You are most welcome :3

On a serious note, I think enabling and encouraging queuing up w/ friends is Riot's way of tackling the trolling problem for now; not sure though so don't quote me on this.

I would just continue playing w/ friends and if and when you do queue up for norms/ranked w/o them, just be mentally prepared to deal w/ excessive trolling. It is at this point a huge headache I agree w/ you.

Fortunately, the solution is Riot encouraging more games with friends.

GL!

Hey thanks for reading, I am about to go to bed its about 7 am now for me so I am quite tired at this point. But yes while I do agree with you that the whole playing with friends thing helps resolve the troll issue at times. Unfortunately my friends are not going to be on at 3-5 AM in my time zone to play with me. I would doubt I could get one let alone five of them. Unfortunately, riot cannot sweep it under the rug in this manner and use this as a solution.

Straw Hat Loki2 votes

Definitely. Trolling, in my opinion, is not punished nearly frequent and/or early enough from my experience of the past year of the game.

Toxicity and offensive language etc. are in great shape but trolling has yet to catch up.

KrugLyfe1 votes

That's the problem I have. I shouldn't have to play with friends just to avoid a troll.

Straw Hat Loki1 votes

I agree. You shouldn't have to play w/ friends just so the trolling can be avoided.

I was just saying that given the shape of the game right now, it seems to me that playing w/ friends is the only fool-proof method of avoiding trolls; unless your friend trolls you lol but that's not malicious/infuriating I'd assume.

KrugLyfe1 votes

Yeah I like playing with friends in norms but not ranked too much pressure to do extremely well lol. Gl in your future games and may you climb higher than you did last season, may we all.

Straw Hat Loki1 votes

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Gl in your future games and may you climb higher than you did last season, may we all.

Someone said this exact same line to me elsewhere a couple of days ago lol. Was that you as well? Regardless, thanks and same to you!

I can see friendships in league going sour if a friend feeds a couple of games straight LOL!

I stick to norms when I play w/ friends too.

KrugLyfe2 votes

xD may have been me I just recently got onto the boards so that will probably be my signature goodbye. And np! :D

Hyrum Graff2 votes

{quoted}

That's the problem I have. I shouldn't have to play with friends just to avoid a troll.

It doesn't have to be just IRL friends though.

Whenever I play a game with someone who was both friendly and skilled, I add them afterwards. I've probably got 100-150 of these, under a friend group "Randos" who I just spam invites to whenever I play. Makes my games a lot more fun.

KrugLyfe1 votes

Yeah I guess so.

Hyrum Graff1 votes

{quoted}

Yeah I guess so.

The way it works out is just like you were playing solo, but suddenly your teammates are all awesome (except for the occasional time when they were nice in the game you added them but flame when doing poorly or something -- in this case, don't hesitate at all to unfriend them). Eventually you'll get to "know" the people who play more frequently.

KrugLyfe1 votes

That's true. Good luck and may you climb higher than you did last season, may we all.

Weathered2 votes

Just played 8 Bronze ELO games in a row. Not one troll, flamer, or AFK on my team. I went up a rank in a half ._.

9kPluzZ1 votes

The same for me, and one time i had a kha mid, ezreal adc, varus support, and ahri top and we still won.

Straw Hat Loki3 votes

I must find out what time you played! It seems the trolls collectively hit the bed and recharge for the next day whenever you played; share w/ us this discovery :3

Seriously though, I am glad your games went great! GL in future too!

Weathered1 votes

I was playing during the day on Tuesday, during standard work hours or school hours for a lot of people. I was sick that day and just binged Ranked. Dynamic Queue helps a lot too, because people aren't afraid to dodge xD. Most of the people are gold or silver players who were set back and just want to climb, so everyone is pretty quiet and is just tryharding.

Straw Hat Loki1 votes

I would hypothesize that based on the timing most trolls are school-aged prepubescent children in that case :3

I have not been able to play since mid December b/c my gaming laptop is fried up but I can't wait to start Dynamic Queue!

Yup; it is a double-edged sword it seems to try and rank up right now. Higher elo players are in lower elos d/t placements and so you'd expect to run into less trolls and more competitively driven players. On the other hand, versing high Gold or Plats in Silver or high Plats in Gold would kind of be terrifying; may be grind ranked when the ranks have settled in more.

But hey, my new laptop isn't due for another few weeks so I'm hoping by the time I start up, the dynamic queue and the new champ select are both free of bugs and tuned just right!

Weathered2 votes

Haha ya, I can't really pick on people about that tho cause im still in school. Thank god I have off Friday to keep on that ranked grind.

With the whole "Plat players are in silver, gold and silver players are in bronze" i dont find it bad. Personally I consider myself to be playing at a high gold low plat level (although I didnt really play ranked last season) so right now I'm just going with the flow of all the other players and climbing up. Those higher ELO players will be on both teams, so really its just a good opportunity to play with people who know what they are doing and get better :P

Straw Hat Loki1 votes

Sweet attitude! GL!

I hope once I am on I can get some higher elo games to learn some more as well!.

lolptwo2 votes

Community only 0.02% Toxic - Riot

GRVet3ran0sS1 votes

Atleast flamers get banned

Jorencice1 votes

You only get the "the person u reported got punished" if you were the very last person to report them.

You could of got hundreds punished and you would never know it.

Yuri By Mail1 votes

Bye. I hope you enjoyed that 2-week ban.

Liquid Dario1 votes

{quoted}

Bye. I hope you enjoyed that 2-week ban.

I did not receive a two week ban yesterday ... This was last season I was speaking of. Perhaps, you did not read the post properly.

Yuri By Mail1 votes

Maybe you should reread your own post. You mentioned a ban, and I said I hope you enjoyed it.

Now bye.

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