Community seems to be getting more toxic again

Rayona086·Oct 17, 2016·2 votes·1,300 views

Toxic players is nothing new to the game but it seems like its gotten really bad over the last few months. Out of my last 10 games i have had 3 games with afks (2 rage quits) 3 games in witch Racial slurs are being thrown around, and only 4 normal games. I love this game and its getting to the point were i cant even play it anymore. The idea that you can just ignore the toxic players and focus on playing is nice in idea but does not fix the problem when its every game. I don't know what riot can do anymore if the player base just wants to be that toxic.

15 Comments

Hop on WardOct 17, 20163 votes

i cannot imagine seeing people that whine about internet insults survive in the real world lol

Rayona086Oct 20, 20161 votes

3 tours of Iraq says i can handle a lot. Doesnt mean that i enjoy it. The only way i know of fixing community wide problems like this is for people to be aware that there is a problem in the first place. This is not a problem that gets solved just by ignoring it.

Hop on WardOct 22, 20161 votes

{quoted}

3 tours of Iraq says i can handle a lot. Doesnt mean that i enjoy it. The only way i know of fixing community wide problems like this is for people to be aware that there is a problem in the first place. This is not a problem that gets solved just by ignoring it.

the issue is that you consider internet words that mean absolutely nothing a "problem" . mute them and put your ACU panties on. 3 tours my ass.

EazyMakaveli2Oct 17, 20163 votes

If you cant mute, uninstall.

Maximum MordeOct 17, 20162 votes

https://youtu.be/dmeSGwVBoao

Kei143Oct 17, 20162 votes

just ppl gettin real nearing season end

midnight oil24Oct 17, 20162 votes

I think you might be right. I've only been playing since May, but people seemed nicer back then. In the past two weeks alone, I've seen 15 Afk's, and had a match with two people who used the n-word and the f-slur.

StigtriXOct 17, 20162 votes

I would guess it is related to the closing of this season, but I have no empirical proof. The closer we are to the final date, the more frustrated and angry climbers can get, I guess.

Rayona086Oct 20, 20161 votes

This might be the best awnser I have seen. I'm not climbing ranked this season so i have not thought about that side of the house.

Helsinki99Oct 19, 20162 votes

Every game I play now seems to have an incredibly toxic player. I remember when it was RARE to see a toxic player. Dynamic queue seemed to cure a lot of the toxicity from back in the day, but now I see people who simply don't care and it's just sad. My last game specifically, I watched as my teammates continuously were positive (it was such a relief to have these guys in my game, instead of the trash talk types) towards this player and suggested he play safe after dying 3 times in 5 minutes. He replies "Fine. We need to lose." He proceeded to feed the enemy lane opponent 11 kills before stealing everything in our jungle. He refused to communicate. But what REALLY sent me over the edge was the toxicity of the enemy team. The champion who was graced with 14 free kills claimed he was awesome, god-like, and this happens frequently against him. He rubbed it in the rest of the match. The rest of their team just laughed it off and claimed our guy was having a bad game. After we asked them to report our troll, they said "No way! But you can report if you want." (Keep in mind our guy admitted to trolling and wanting to lose.) So over half of the 10 players I would consider toxic. All-chat was full of red text claiming my team was horrible, a bunch of sorry losers, whiners and criers.

And this is just one example. Believe me, I have many. This community is getting worse by the day I feel and it really discourages me from playing. I've never posted on the forum before which should tell you something. Riot's "mute and report" theory does me no good. Unless I can CLEARLY see the results, it does me no good. I agree with an earlier post saying their punishment isn't severe enough. And I'm sick of the "trolls will be trolls" answer. I do have faith, though, that the world will balance out. I believe that most people who get online to ruin the experience of a competitive game for others are just doing so because their life sucks and they want to bring others down.

I'm at the point now where I want to log into a match and mute everyone instantly, and unfortunately that takes away from my experience. I have no solutions, I'd just suggest that Riot commit more manpower to over-seeing the community and strengthening the punishment. Is it sad that I don't expect that to happen? My patience with this game is running out.

Rayona086Oct 20, 20161 votes

To be honest the only way a community wide problem like this is going to be fixed is either A.) Massive ban/suspension wave, witch they wont do due to profits dropping. Or B.) The community its self comes together to fix it. Honestly in don't know if we could pull that off.

Desolas ArteriusOct 17, 20161 votes

Well, you can always report if they're being toxic :) That helps Riot when it comes to punishing toxic players who repeatedly do this.

But obviously they can't do too much if people refuse to report.

As for the community: I don't think it's as bad as it used to be. I don't get many toxic players, maybe 1 every now and then. And when I do I just report and move on.

If you feel you're encountering too many toxic players, perhaps try playing with friends? Less of a chance of getting a toxic players, and can sometimes make the game enjoyable since you're playing with likeminded players :)

are no name leftOct 18, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Desolas Arterius,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=Ax4pKnPj,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2016-10-17T16:53:59.512+0000)

Well, you can always report if they're being toxic :) That helps Riot when it comes to punishing toxic players who repeatedly do this.

But obviously they can't do too much if people refuse to report.

As for the community: I don't think it's as bad as it used to be. I don't get many toxic players, maybe 1 every now and then. And when I do I just report and move on.

If you feel you're encountering too many toxic players, perhaps try playing with friends? Less of a chance of getting a toxic players, and can sometimes make the game enjoyable since you're playing with likeminded players :)

The issue with this is that if you were to report every toxic player (my peeve is the "I'm better then you so I can talk shit to new players who don't even have a lvl 30 account") then as I understand it your reports would eventually mean nothing because there is at least one of these players on every team.

Desolas ArteriusOct 18, 20161 votes

Not true.

Your report weight will only drop if your reports are false reports.

If you report players who are acting toxic, then your report weight wont drop since they were violating the Summoner's Code, regardless if you report once or 15 times. So long as there was actual toxic behavior happening (thus reporting for toxic behavior), then your reports will be legitimate and never lose weight.

I think you're misunderstanding how it works. If you are unfortunate enough to experience a toxic player in every game, your reports will go down if you've reported every game. Your reports will only go down if you report aimlessly towards players who are in no way violating the summoner's code.

Example: Player A was rude the entire game and called your team "bunch of retards". This can be seen as toxic behavior, so reporting him will get the match (and his account) flagged for review. Your report weight stays the same and does not decrease. The same day, Player B was also rude and called your team "bunch of autistic assholes". This is toxic, so your report is valid and flags that match for review. Even though the games were back to back, your report value does not decrease despite reporting twice. Same applies for how many reports you give in a game.

Second Example: Player A did not talk all game. You decide to report because they never talked. Your report is thrown out after the system reviews the match automatically, and your report weight is lowered. You report the next game against Player B who only said "GG", but died 8 times. Your report is tossed out again and your weight is lowered from previous weight.

I hope that makes sense. Reporting in multiple games has never decreased the value of your report, so long as the report was legitimate.

Nameless VoiceOct 20, 20161 votes

I think a part of the problem is that we've heard very little from Riot about player behaviour in recent months. Lyte used to be the one who would come on the boards or write articles about player behaviour, and show that Riot are actually working in that area. Since he left, things on the player behaviour from have unfortunately been very quiet.