Troll case study

154cm·10/2/2018, 6:17:50 PM·8 votes·8,656 views

Recently I went onto the ranked mode with high hopes and great certainty that there will be no negativity against my fellows on the Europe: West Server from anyone in the game. It started off with me declaring Master Yi and the Sivir proceeding to ban it when there was 5 seconds left to ban (I declared straight away). They apologised, telling me that they did not see and were not willing to play against Master Yi, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt. The Botlane duo, Sivir and Malphite, were an incredibly innovative pair who went with Grasp of the Undying and Thornmail on Sivir and Unsealed Spellbook and Statik Shiv on Malphite.

The game started to the sound of "an ally has been slain". Unfortunate. They put up a valiant effort in the laning phase as demonstrated in the links below:

<removed by moderation> <removed by moderation> They constantly blamed me for their failings, to which I gave them some productive commentary as to why I will not generate pressure in the botlane and how they are not itemising effectively: <removed by moderation> They were sceptical of my remarks and made their opinions very well-known to both opponents and allies alike, hoping to better the League of Legends gaming experience for both sides of the match: <removed by moderation>

Approaching the late-game Sivir was even more inventive with her build and, as you can see in the postgame lobby, some items are missing. I am sure this is to help hide the build to prevent anyone from learning of such a groundbreaking discovery:

<removed by moderation> <removed by moderation> There is, of course, a serious point to posting this. The moral of the story is Riot does not punish trolls even when it could not be more clear. I will be submitting a ticket to Riot about this game alongside this forum post. I am doubtful, but still hope, that if anyone who works for Riot reads this post then they can answer the following questions for me:

How is this incident not a clear breach of the Summoner's code?

Why are there many people out there who behave in such a manner but go unpunished?

Why would I be more likely to be punished than these two marvellous individuals for being 'toxic' or 'abusive' if I simply tell them that they are jointly ruining the match and ask them to build properly?

EDIT: at the time of this edit (4:44am GMT) the Malphite, who will not be named because Big Brother and Riot’s personal KGB/Gestapo are watching, has played five games on the ranked mode. All on the same date as the game I met them. Before encountering me, he went 0/9 playing Singed with only statik shiva and bezerker greaves. His next few games were as follows (and yes, he did duo with the Sivir who had equally as innovative builds):

Support Tank Shaco: 1/8/10 Lethality Nidalee: 0/15/12 Ability Power Ashe: 2/12/9 Ability Power Sion: 4/18/9 Hybrid Ryze with Muramana and the components to build zeal: 1/11/1

I have no doubt they were reported in every single one of the these games. Umm??? Instant Feedback System? Are you drunk?

32 Comments

ModPeriscope10/2/2018, 8:27:49 PM10 votes

I removed the images from your thread, as they are naming and shaming. Please refrain from this in the future.

If you have any questions about this moderation, feel free to reach out to us in the Boards Discord.

ANCUTSZA10/2/2018, 6:30:26 PM3 votes

That's true. We are playing for fun, and when they banned a champ, and saying sorry, we belive them but in the game when they are feeding they start to blame and troll the all team. Is not funny for somebody to trying his/her best and somebody came to ruin the game.. I am on disapoint with that of any player. We are playing, but anyone have to gave the respect like i do.

InTheory10/2/2018, 6:42:40 PM3 votes

You need to black out their summoner name or you risk being banned from this forum as it violates the universal rules. Just black the names out and you#re good to go.

Xidphel10/2/2018, 8:04:32 PM2 votes

There goes the images.

IdveYsUfSK10/2/2018, 8:32:19 PM1 votes

hey your pictures tilts me alot. Press F12 to screenshot next time. They are pretty much trying to get ppl banned.

TheSymbolÔfPeace10/2/2018, 8:34:16 PM1 votes

It's harder to ban trollers than you think. If they don't chat, they avoid that system. If they keep a decent KDA or even sub par, they are not be tracked. There is not another optimal way to punish these players beside some these points, and they can't put a system like "Sivir can't build thornmail or it's trolling" as that literally goes against off meta.

Telephone Booth10/3/2018, 5:10:41 AM1 votes

I just dont understand the people who cant wrap their heads around the point behind the no naming and shaming rule. How does one not understand why its a rule. Its such an easy concept to grasp.

COBRA C0MM4NDER10/3/2018, 6:45:01 AM1 votes

Shit like this is why I miss the tribunal.

Poleks10/2/2018, 6:30:15 PM1 votes

Unlucky

Drugoth10/3/2018, 9:03:46 PM1 votes

Sounds like ultimate bravery builds to me lol.

FlexedRider10/2/2018, 6:37:39 PM1 votes

Unlucky mate item 3070 just keep on playing i'd say Zed

Karunamon10/2/2018, 8:17:35 PM1 votes

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you and sivir are trolling they are griefing

How is this incident not a clear breach of the Summoner's code?

It is, just in additional ways you're probably not considering...

abca9810/2/2018, 8:22:08 PM1 votes

No dude, they are just playing a sub-optimal build, and you are just blaming them for your mistakes. How can you have such a negative attitude? People like you ruin this game.