Ranked Toxicity...any solution for the solo player?
League Ranked has just as many game ruining players if not more than in the past.
I have really appreciated the lengths Riot has gone to in order to try to prevent toxicity. I like the role selection, it seems legit like Riot is trying to get people to play the game properly. Unfortunately, they aren't doing that at all. Everyone is a toxic little brat that doesn't know how to play, and when you try and tell them what they need to do so as a team you can win the game, they explode with rage at you instead of focusing on the game...they feed intentionally, AFK instead of contesting objectives...spam pings for you to get back as if the pings actually help you fight the enemy...when they are like ten yards away watching the whole thing and doing nothing about it.
Look, I know toxicity is present even in regular draft games. It's there, and it is more or less a constant feature. It's something the players have to deal with every single day. But it's WORSE in ranked. As soon as someone makes a mistake...it's like...the game is over. They do everything they can to lose, because they're embarrassed...so much so that they can't play anymore. Pride is too intrinsic to the experience. Something has to be done about these players that value their pride and embarrassment so much that they're willing to lose instead of work together.
Otherwise, why let them play ranked at all? If we can't get them to play the game properly, that is, to work together as a team to win the game, which is the most basic of the basics...then why aren't they banned from some game mode or another? What's the point of giving out Victorious Skins only to people that get lucky with the matchmaking or who find friends to grind with? If this means I have to grind games with friends to ever get to gold and beyond...fine...but don't pretend like a solo player is satisfied by all this. And no...I don't think giving us solo queue is going to solve all our problems. Obviously we can't know for sure how often we get parties on our team in ranked, and I'm sure they are a huge problem, but it's the toxicity itself, the throwing games for no good reason that is making the game unplayable for people like me, people that are alone and just want to apply some intellect to solving problems...and getting some recognition for their intelligence. That's not something doable in an arena that only cares about how lucky you are to play with non-brain dead people or how likeable of a friend you are and how sane those friends of yours are.
Does Riot need to ban solo players from playing ranked? - Because I'd rather be banned from playing ranked unless I find a friend or multiple friends than to put up with the horrible attitudes of the current player base.
