A reminder to everyone about choosing your words carefully

I feel like this would be a good place to bring up a misconception that almost every League player has, and that has come up a lot more in my game for the past week; the difference between "trolling," "inting," "making a mistake" and "not playing the same way as you." Almost once per game, someone incorrectly uses one of these while complaining about how their team is losing, and it's really disrespectful, especially if someone who "made a mistake" is called out for "trolling."

"Trolling" is annoying your own team (or the enemy team, in rare circumstances) by giving the enemy team an advantage ON PURPOSE. Like, if your Teemo top goes and dies in the enemy fountain 1:00 into the game, that's trolling.

"Inting" is like the same as trolling, except the culprit does it when they're frustrated with their team. This is usually because they are losing, and have the mindset that everything is not their fault and it's their teammates fault. The key here is that they ACTIVELY shows this to their team; it's OK to think like that, just don't take it out on the game or the chat. If your Draven runs it down mid into the 5 members of the enemy team since there's no way he can win anyway, that's inting.

Note that the two above could also be classified as "toxic" as well. The following is NOT toxic, trolling, or inting.

"Making a mistake" is self-explanatory, and yet many people don't believe that this even exists. There are many mistakes that can happen in League, like position errors, missed skill shots, or just overestimating how tanky or how much damage you do. ALL people make mistakes ALL the time.

Here the catch; usually, only the people who are making the mistake KNOW that it was on accident. Take the Draven example from earlier, but this time change the scenario. Draven's team is WINNING, and Draven thought he could 1v5. Yes, it's not the best decision, but he goes in and instantly gets chain cc'ed and died. That was an overestimation on Draven's part, but to everyone else, that just looked like a feeder.

On the other hand, "not playing the same way as someone else" is the rare exception in which no one makes a mistake, and yet you still come out behind. Say an aggressive ADC goes in for a trade, yet the passive support thinks it's too dangerous and backs up. Now, you could say that one of them should've followed the other, but unless the two of them can communicate this instantly there's NO WAY they will do the same thing. It's not their fault for not being a clairvoyant and reading the other's mind.

So many people make this game feel deterring to others; they call people who make a lot of honest mistakes "trolls" and "inters." I'm usually good about letting trash talk go over my head, but I've recently experienced a game in which I tried my best (I was playing Zyra, a champion that I got two days ago so I was just trying to get a feel for her) and got blasted for my ADC for ONE MOMENT in which our different play styles showed. I was shocked when my "gg lucian; we tried our best" was returned with "no. you trolled."

Dude, I tried my best! I made mistakes, and so did you! There's no need to abusively BERATE me for them! It was the first time I felt severely attacked and upset; even when I laid out my logic for my actions, he still wouldn't listen. It's upsetting, being hurt for trying.

Don't hurt people like this; there will be people that are clear trolls/inters that you are justified for feeling upset about. However, if it's unclear, or if there is even just a drop of doubt in your mind, do NOT voice your frustrations. You do NOT have the right accuse people of actions they aren't doing. It really hurts those who are trying to get better at the game! You can report them, and if they were really being a troll for multiple games in a row then they would be punished for it. Just don't... don't tell them that you thought that their efforts were wasted.

Sorry for wall of text; rant over. (Respectful comments agreeing or disagreeing are appreciated)