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Today takes the proverbial cake

Funkin Dunkin··1 votes·489 views

So this is how I got to start my day today.

Game 1:

First game I get to experience a Rammus support. During the pregame he has the gull to flame our AD for picking Jinx. The irony is the fact that he was hovering over Rammus and still said that. Enemy team had already picked Caitlyn Blitzcrank and he still decides that Rammus is the go to guy. No one says anything and against my judgement to dodge I don't because I don't need leaver busters, I stay. Not even 3 minutes in bot lane gets a double kill. Rammus blames Jinx. Little time goes by another double kill; blames Jinx again. By this point we all know who the real problem is and it's not Jinx fault at all. Rammus doesn't add anything to the lane and with that type of match up all he did was sit behind his AD.

Game 2:

This one stopped at pre-game thankfully, which I had a very strong feeling it would. So I snapped this lovely picture. Which, mods, if you want his name please find a way to message me. He needs to be punished. So here it is:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p284/DunkDizzle/Pregame%20Troll2_zpswkhetacs.jpg

Scenario? Well he claims someone banned his support pick.... ...... ..... Anyone see the problem? No supports were banned from our team. On top of that, he never hovered over anyone. He was here to troll for the sake of trolling. So thanks to our system, he gets away scott free while poor WW takes the leaver buster.

Game 3:

Yea, 3 games in a row. Hurray...... I got to support. Which is fine I used to be a support main for years so I actually enjoy it. Except this game. Our Vayne never spoke pre-game or in game. Was 100% mute entire game. Reason? Well it became very clear after she 1v3 bot lane....1v2 mid lane...twice...afk'ed in the raptors for 2 minutes....afk farmed enemy jungle....pretty much did everything within her power to troll.

So yea...that was my day. All of these ranked games. These games coupled with some other questionable people yesterday saw me getting promptly demoted after being promoted. I did not get a shot once today to stay in my rank. The higher powers above saw fit to give me 3 trolls back to back to back. I even waited 5 minutes after the 2nd one to make sure I wasn't going to end up in his party again.

How is it we can't quell the trolling? How is it that we see this on a DAILY basis? Why do we see this on a daily basis? Are we too lenient? Are we too stern? Or does this game just breed chaos?

10 Comments

CarryingEbola1 votes

Hope you didn't flame anyone for that or you'll be permanent banned. If you need to vent, intentionally feed without typing anything into chat. Riot has 0% effectiveness at stopping trolls in ranked who do not chat.

Silent Gravity1 votes

That's not venting. Venting avoids damage. Your suggestion is just another way to explode.

An overheating boiler on a train 'blows off steam' to avoid damage to itself. It doesn't explode that way. It isn't vented at the passengers, engineers or bystanders. In fact, it generally powers a whistle, which serves as a warning, increasing safety.

An angry player 'blows off steam' to avoid damage to themselves. They don't throw games that way. It isn't vented in chat at your teammates, it isn't vomited at the opposing team, it isn't running it down mid/other trolling. In fact, calling a trusted friend or relative to open your heart about things that are bothering you leads to an improved relationship. Improved relationships steady people, making them less likely to become angry in the first place. Double win.

If talking to a person in your life sounds silly, and not important enough, it's not important enough to be toxic to people about either.

Funkin Dunkin1 votes

No, there was no in game flame. What would be the point anyway? He already ruined the game why give into his stupidity. Post game report is all that was necessary.

DrCyanide1 votes

That sucks.

I feel like I don't get trolls or intentional feeders often, but I got one in the lobby a few days ago. I've never been the kind to refresh someone else's OP.GG, but this guy tilted me something fierce.

He gets Jungle, and asks me if he can Mid. I tell him no thanks, I'm a terrible Jungler, but he proceeds to try and push the issue, bringing up how bad he did in his last game. I'm hovering Xerath like I usually do, and I see our top laner hover it as a ban (so I'm guessing they're a duo, because when was the last time you saw a Xerath ban?). Xerath goes through, and thus guy starts talking about how he's going to pick Xerath Jungle. I say something about how I report trolls, he asks "what's wrong with Xerath Jungle?" and locks it in. I lock in Veigar, because I'm a stubborn guy who's not going to let a troll with no games on my main (according to Champion Mastery) push me out of my lane. One of my teammates finally looks at the chat and sees what's going on, and a dodge follows.

He hasn't played a game since then, but it was still frustrating.

Funkin Dunkin1 votes

I don't think Riot takes a hard enough stance against trolls. Language is one thing, but purposefully acting out to negatively affect your team is 100% deliberate. So should the punishment.

DrCyanide1 votes

Agreed, but keeping up with troll tactics is significantly harder than keeping up with language violations. Sometimes the trolling behavior looks extremely similar to non-trolling behavior.

For example, what if I had been Top hovering Nautilus instead of Mid hovering Xerath? Jungle Nautilus is a thing, and him having pick Nautilus before I could would be fine. You can't even say that because a champion doesn't normally go into X role that person is a troll, because meta roles change often enough and many people put hours of practice into getting non Meta picks to work. I've had games that Riot determined I was playing Xerath Jungle in Ranked (just because I roamed a lot early), it wouldn't do to punish me for that when I was actually playing Mid.

You've got to have someone figure out the intent to punish a troll, and a computer system on its own just isn't up to par for that.

Aptest1 votes

its not just the computer on it's own that isn't up to the task, though.

real live players often also either mistake genuine players for trolls (ashe support? TROLL!), or alternatively deliberately false-identify a player as a troll (0/2 in lane? TROLL!)

Funkin Dunkin1 votes

Riot makes enough money they can hire a Gestapo

SparksFFF1 votes

the hilarious part about this is. its reasons like this and many other i dont play ranked at all...and people still bitch at me and call me noob ect ect ect for not playing ranked..

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Funkin Dunkin1 votes

This is getting out of hand. I took a 4 hour break to avoid the stupidity and what do I come back to? A Tyrn who turret dives level 2, never ults in team fights and ran off into the wilderness by himself 90% of the time 1v3 everywhere. I swear it's like no one takes this game seriously anymore

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