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rujitra·3/17/2017, 10:52:15 PM·1 votes·1,210 views

This is not just my opinion but that which is a general understood consensus among many online communities I am or have been a part of.

You cannot solve problems by cutting the flowers off without uprooting the plant itself.

Riot has shown time and time again that they do not understand this proverb. If they did, why do players get permabanned for toxicity when they're responding to Riot's failure to ban players that are poisonous to the community?

Riot should implement a hard-line policy against intentional feeding, trolling, refusing to play role, etc. One warning after one bad game. After that one warning, any further trolling gets an instant permanent ban with no chance of appeal.

By actually solving the root problem of players that are allowed to stay in the community who, by their actions, cause toxicity, Riot would prevent most of the toxicity that occurs.

Thoughts?

Also, I'd love for anyone downvoting to post a logical argument as to why I'm wrong when I say Riot should focus more on punishing the actual toxic behavior and not those who are negatively affected by it. Anyone want to?

31 Comments

ModUlanopo3/18/2017, 12:53:09 AM8 votes

why do players get permabanned for toxicity when they're responding to Riot's failure to ban players that are poisonous to the community?

Because adding to toxicity is never acceptable. If two people get into a shouting match in a theater, they're both getting thrown out, regardless of who started it. Same principle applies here.

EvilDustMan3/18/2017, 12:12:28 AM6 votes

Because feeders and AFKers aren't the only thing that cause toxicity.

Some people are just assholes because things aren't going their way.

Great Muta3/17/2017, 11:02:01 PM2 votes

You are really hitting the nail on the head tonight man and I love it. It's so great to finally see some people around here are looking at the roots of the problem.

Totally agreed.

Riot isn't consistent enough, swift enough or hard enough on people who break the rules.

This is how it goes:

Player A sees Player B break the rules and reports him
Player B doesn't get banned and keeps on breaking the rules
Player A sees that nothing is going to happen, so he starts breaking the rules.
And before you know it, Player C sees Player A breaking the rules and sees nothing happens after a report and then repeats steps 1-3.

This is the most toxic game and it does the most to stop toxicity, but yet stays the most toxic game. It's not the players as the same people play DOTA, OW, HOTS and CSGO, it's the system.

And truthfully, the problem has gone on so long and is such a parasite that even being hard on the rules wouldn't change a thing for a few seasons, because everyone knows this system is a joke.

KORGtuners3/18/2017, 12:05:12 AM1 votes

We know that most negativity in game comes from a misstep, not a commitment to ruining games for people.

Riot Gromp/Simurgh

http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/01/ask-riot-banished-to-prisoners-island/

Magical Player3/18/2017, 2:19:06 AM1 votes

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/how-to-kill-a-tree-killing-trees-in-your-garden.htm

"You cannot solve problems by cutting the flowers off without uprooting the plant itself."

you actually can So i'm gonna say this its not black and white everything is grey the dark the grey the closer it is to black the lighter the grey the closer it is to white but it is all still grey

I down voted because you seem to wanted to hear someone who disagrees with you I personally don't care about up or downvotes But you're wanting black and white when reality its all so so so grey

Magical Player3/18/2017, 4:32:45 AM1 votes

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Bettnachleger3/18/2017, 9:29:11 PM1 votes

In my over 5k games I had like 20 int feeder at max. But I'm pretty sure I had MUCH MUUUUUUUUUUUCH more assholes who flamed the whole game. So what's your point? Most toxic player are assholes. nothing else. They don't need some intentionally feeding people to flame other ... They just do it because ... they are assholes-