Is PG Trashtalking against an opponent allowed?

Subdue·8/14/2017, 10:56:35 PM·3 votes·654 views

A little while ago I was in a match where the opponent's top laner, we'll call her Poppy, would spam her laugh every time I failed to gank her lane, usually punctuated with the ever-taunting, "?".

Of course, this irked me, so I responded in kind, typing, "Lol" every time that I killed her, with the intent to cause her to tilt, which I imagine was the exact same thing she was trying to do to me.

Our "conversation" didn't extend beyond the ?'s, the laugh emotes, and the Lol's, and I didn't even report her after the game, though who knows if she reported me.

Would you consider this toxic or negative?

23 Comments

Silent Gravity8/15/2017, 12:26:45 AM3 votes

You were both taking non-gameplay actions designed to tilt the opponent. That's pretty much a clear case of being negative, not necessarily ban worthy (edit: punishment worthy), but it could contribute.

You say specifically that what she did irked you, so you retaliated. Toxicity is called toxicity because it spreads, creating more unfriendly interactions.

My advice: Defeat your opponents with gameplay, not words.

Phhase8/14/2017, 11:47:45 PM2 votes

Nah, that's fine.

Catastrop8/15/2017, 9:19:31 PM2 votes

Personally I enjoy trash talk, especially in the form of mastery spam because well, I like interacting with my enemies. It's fun when both sides can talk crap at each other in good spirits, although these days it's next to impossible to come by because most people just take offense to any and everything.

Oleandervine8/16/2017, 1:34:39 PM2 votes

Trash talk is completely fine - as long as it doesn't pass that line that turns into derogatory slurs, urging suicide, and actual venomous threats.

BestJhinUniverse8/14/2017, 11:00:09 PM2 votes

Personally no i see nothing wrong with it. Riot wise likely yes since anything can trigger people these days.

Friendly Ram8/15/2017, 9:02:30 PM1 votes

i've been on both sides of that so i'm fine with that type of trashtalk.

Subdue8/17/2017, 2:15:12 AM1 votes

Oh yea, the No votes are catching up to Fried Chicken!

Master Noct8/17/2017, 3:46:51 AM1 votes

No way that was toxic.

As long as you (or they) didn't feel like shooting themselves, and only was more like a tilt-competition, then yeah, you're fine, lol.

But some people might not take it as such, so just be careful.

Telephone Booth8/15/2017, 1:30:29 AM1 votes

Riot does consider that toxic... doesn't matter if you or I do. People get warnings for shit like spamming "ez", but I've never seen or heard of someone getting punished for that alone. It is toxic, but it's so minor, it probably wouldn't get punished on that alone.

ModPeriscope8/15/2017, 4:26:27 AM1 votes

The votes are tallied, fried chicken wins.

KlydeFrog8/15/2017, 6:49:13 PM1 votes

sadly riot promotes this. but as some one just said chat logs or it didnt happen.

Subdue8/15/2017, 9:00:52 PM1 votes

Just to clarify - I didn't get banned or penalized for this, so there aren't any logs to show you guys. That said, I think my summary is pretty accurate. Question marks and laugh spam from Poppy, and "Lols" from me was the extent of it all.

All chat is there for a reason though, and it defaults to off too. As long as you're not crossing any boundaries, what's wrong with using the chat to get into the opponent's head?