BANNED for NO REASON

Yeah... Sorry... that was just clickbait.

I'm in good standing. Why?

Because I remember that this is a team game with real people, and that my flaming and trash-talking ultimately achieves nothing. Because when I get extremely frustrated at my ADC who meanders into melee range, I curse at my screen and I swear at my computer, but I don't type anything. Because when my team tells me I'm garbage, I don't tell them I'm not, I take it upon myself to show them beyond a shadow of doubt that I have the team on my back.

This is just a post to remind everyone out there that keeping cool is key to staying off tilt. In most cases, people harass and flame, not because they're trolls or douchebags, but because they want to win, and they're frustrated when things don't go right. It is our job, as a community, to remember, and to remind, that flaming hurts our chances of victory.

When things get nasty and you feel your inner rage, take it out on those poor minions and enemy champions instead of in the chat. Enemy laner's pissing you off with 2 escapes on less than 10 HP? Focus that energy into taking him down and getting that sweet kill instead of blasting your jungler.

The fight against Toxicity is not one that is hopeless: we can work together and focus it down instead of spreading out our attacks across 9 other champions.