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For the first time since like season 3 Iost my shit on a teammate and it feels awful.

ApexInTheCircle·11/19/2018, 11:17:10 AM·9 votes·6,432 views

I pride myself in keeping my cool under pressure when it comes to teammates tearing eachother apart or refusing to cooperate, but I just came across one of the worst people I've ever met in league and I legit lost my spaghetti on them. And they did something so mundane and so simple through the whole game without saying a word and I got baited into losing my shit on them. What was it that triggered me beyond all belief?

They were pinging us and the enemy.

Let me explain.

We were having a really really rough bot lane after a misplay by yours truly that fed an enemy Jhin a double kill, which prompted the Lux on my team to start spamming us when we died, what made matters worse was when they had a level advantage on us she kept pinging our level differences and spamming the "?" ping on us when we died. I'm not a firm believer in completely muting someone due to the possibility of missed information in a heavily information based game. So I started ignoring her pings and attempting to farm....Until she started stealing my farm and pinging me whenever she cleared the wave. I'm a twitch at least 3 levels lower than her with 1 and a half items completed so she can completely contest a wave from me.

This was the first time in my history of playing league that I've come across someone doing this to me or anyone else for that matter. And then they start spamming surrender votes whenever it was available to do so. And after the failed surrender vote they would start spam pinging our items vs theirs. This is the most discouraging thing I've ever encountered, it's like holding something you made that you're proud of in front of you and holding something else someone made that is 100x better than yours in your face and continuously shoving it in there to get a nonexistent point across.

And that's when I snapped. I called this Lux every nasty thing imaginable under the sun (barring racist and homophobic slurs) I tore into this person as hard as I humanly could.

And you know what? It felt awful, not because I regret what I said because frankly I don't. Everyone has a tipping point and this foul existence of a human being happened upon my fill limit as well as my teammates. No, what felt awful was more than likely I'm going to catch my first ever ban, warning chat ban or whatever and this piece of abstract art isn't going to get a damn thing because what they did is uncatchable by any system currently in place. I've made peace with what I said and I fully expect some sort of action against me.

So why am I ranting about this? What's the catch, what do I hope to accomplish in this? Well, nothing. Absolutely nothing but a rant about how absolutely infuriating people in this game can make you when actions that are 100% detrimental to your team's ability to win or close out a game are ignored but words can net you a hot ban in an instant.

/Rant

17 Comments

Starcraft243ver11/19/2018, 5:34:18 PM3 votes

Everyone has a tipping point and this foul existence of a human being happened upon my fill limit as well as my teammates.

Well in most decent grown up human being you expect this tipping point to not be reached while playing an online video game.

Faneseeker11/19/2018, 2:41:31 PM1 votes

Pretty sure the lux feel the same way about you man. Maybe you should look for a post titled "retarded adc, feeds, trolls, and have no clue how to play bot" somewhere here, hey chances are you may find this person and the saga continues. Lol

BTW what changed in your life in the last few years that made you no longer able to tolerate. Getting old is one explanation, as people starts to take things more seriouse than its worth, mostly an outward projection of Thier inner selves.

Pika Fox11/19/2018, 5:32:32 PM1 votes

Depending on what was said, if it was a one off thing youre unlikely to get punished. Unless you only have a few games on your account, you are afforded some leeway.

LetMeCarry198311/19/2018, 5:40:20 PM1 votes

What I can't figure out is why you guys didn't just surrender.

SadisticGo0n11/19/2018, 7:42:15 PM1 votes

Id love to see a list of all the punishments they hand out and what for, does not have to specifically list the summoner names, but i bet 90% of them are chat related :)

BuoYaKa11/19/2018, 7:52:11 PM1 votes

you play veigar stop.

Silverfang Blade11/20/2018, 6:26:13 AM1 votes

Most people will end up playing hundreds of games in their "careers" in League, and there'll always be the few where you end up with terrible people. The best you can do for yourself is to try your best next time, not let this one asshole ruin your game experience as a whole, and take it with a grain of salt at the end of the day. A lot of people take League way too seriously and think they're going to get scouted for Liquid or C9 or something, so some people act like divas and act like they're King Shit of all of League and that everyone has to let them carry or the team loses.

It's telling that you were immediately sorry for going off on this guy, so I'd bet you'll learn from this one alright. Just keep your head cool. You play better that way :)

SUPERSATANA11/19/2018, 1:10:41 PM1 votes

I feel you. That kind of "smart" trolls are the worst shit ever.

LeiRaion11/20/2018, 8:42:36 PM1 votes

Unfortunately, if that Lux reported you... sorry to say... but you are probably right.

Riot does not care about the context on your words. If that player was trolling then it is YOUR fault that you yelled at them. You should have muted and reported them after the game ended.

Yep... And if you want an idea of what "negativity" is by Riot standards?

"Don't be rude, I've dodged almost all of them" "This isn't fun.."

Both of those comments are toxic behavior according to player support. Why? The first one is negative because you are escalating the situation by calling someone who just flamed you rude. The second is negative because you are displaying a negative emotion which is not allowed in chat, therefore a punishable action.

Welcome to Riot 2019.