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"Calling" for Normals

Dragons5439··1 votes·435 views

So a friend and I were queuing into a Blind Pick game and the normal chaos ensued. In order of calls, my friend called "spu" and I called "adc." Then another duo called "sup" and "ADC." It was then that they began attacking my friend for "Ruining the team," and that "We are a duo bot, get out," etc. They continued this harassment in the champion select lobby until my friend decided it wasn't worth it and dodged.

She hasn't played in a month due to this kind of toxic behavior. Why isn't there some kind of report mechanism for the pregame lobby to prevent that kind of harassment? Instead, SHE'S the one with the penalty to not play. Because these players decided to be pricks in the pregame lobby, they're going to get off completely punishment free. I know people don't really want to sit through a full 20 minute game just to report someone for that kind of behavior. It's emotionally taxing and completely unfair to good, honest players who want to just have a fun time.

Is there a way to implement at least a report function for the champion select lobby when someone is overly aggressive? Just so that kind of behavior is at least monitored? Or some way to "opt out" so you don't get a dodge penalty when your team, or a few players on it, are threatening the sanity of the normal League community?

12 Comments

AJStarhiker2 votes

You can report from outside games by filing a support ticket, there just isn't a dedicated "Report Player" option.

Select "I have a Question about League of Legends/Riot Games" then under Categories select "Games and Features: General Questions" and use the Description box to tell them what happened.

You'll get an email saying it'll be forwarded to the appropriate team and a follow up saying they'll look into it, that they can't tell you what (if any) actions are taken, and a reminder to use the post-game report feature (I know, it doesn't help when you don't even get into the game).

Also, Riot does record pre/post game chat. It just doesn't get included in chat logs due to technical issues.

Dragons54391 votes

Thanks! I guess that'll have to do for now. Hopefully something will be done in the future. Fingers crossed

Miror B1 votes

See, for me "Dibs" tends to be the ultimate form of childish behavior that tells people's maturity, as adults will always know that actions are the only things that ever truly matter with words being near-meaningless.

As for the actual idea of reporting people outside of actual games, I doubt they'll actively implement it due to the rare occurance of things actually happening. People can't actively int/throw games in the lobby, and while they can be toxic it fails in comparison to obnoxious pingspam/"hostaging" games.

Dragons54391 votes

I don't think of it as dibs. I think of it as important communication vital to the team. It helps get the team off on the right foot by having an ordered way to selecting roles, and "Calling Dibs" is the societal norm as of now.

Or in any case, it's better than instalocking.

Telephone Booth2 votes

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I don't think of it as dibs. I think of it as important communication vital to the team. It helps get the team off on the right foot by having an ordered way to selecting roles, and "Calling Dibs" is the societal norm as of now.

Or in any case, it's better than instalocking.

"Calling dibs" in blind pick is like a house rule, where each person has the decision whether they're gonna use the house rule or not. Therefore, it's simply NOT a rule. It's merely a courtesy that some choose to follow. I follow it just to avoid chaos, but that doesn't mean I think less of any person who decides not to follow it. I'm not that full of myself.

GreatWhiteNorth1 votes

If you feel the need to call roles, there is Draft pick.

Aeszarck1 votes

I think that the best way to deal with this is to specify in an end game report that the players are being aggressive in the pre-game lobby, and maybe you can paste an aggressive line from the chat if you copied one.

Dragons54391 votes

That would normally work, especially as someone toxic in the pregame lobby carries that over to the game, but it doesn't solve our problem of opting out of having that terrible game in the first place. If you know the game is going to be saltier than the sea, why subject yourself to 20 minutes of pure unadulterated torture?

Aeszarck4 votes

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That would normally work, especially as someone toxic in the pregame lobby carries that over to the game, but it doesn't solve our problem of opting out of having that terrible game in the first place. If you know the game is going to be saltier than the sea, why subject yourself to 20 minutes of pure unadulterated torture?

I would just recommend muting the player so you don't have to deal with that salt! My view on playing games with players who are already toxic in the lobby is that I'm doing the community a service. I'm preventing one other player from getting matched with this bag of salt player by taking up a spot, preventing his or her experience from being ruined, and I am guaranteeing that this player is going to get reported. I don't want these players to feel like they have any power, so I'll just play the game out so I can report them at the end. I want them to fear punishment. Also, there's no guarantee that I'm going to lose, even if something like a duo mid happens. A win is much less likely, but I'm going to play for it anyways.

Telephone Booth1 votes

Why are they dicks and you two are the innocent ones? Why did she get punished? Just lock in your pick and go. It's blind pick. There's no picking order, there's no bans, there's no counter picking. Don't play blind pick if you want to play a specific role. Or if you do, just lock it in and play... it probably won't work though because chances are someone else wants that same role and they'll probably be stubborn about it like you and your friend. So play draft. I'm assuming that you think if you call what you want to play in the chat, that means that's your role. That's simply not true. Nowhere does it say that you get the role you call in blind pick. Theres no rules, thats why blind pick rules. Nice and quick, no picking phase where you gotta wait your turn.

Xion The XIV1 votes

I have to agree with that. Auto locking is a dick move but not really punishable until they feed their asses off. But like you said Blind pick calling your role is a courtesy not an automatic thing to do.

Escheton1 votes

Don't play blind pick. Thats where most trolls and flamers gather. If for no other reason than their champion not getting banned. I know, fix the problem, don't blame the victim and all that. But for real, juststart by avoiding blind pick and this happens less.

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