Stay cool, Summoners!

Atlantian Tiger·Aug 2, 2017·9 votes·886 views

#Hello guys, I just have a few words of motivation for all of you

I am sure a lot of you are tired of toxic players, flamers, and mean people in general. Just because you're having a bad game, or because someone else is not doing well, you get attacked with insults that discourage you and distract you, resulting in an unenjoyable game. Maybe even for ridiculous reasons, like trying a new meta or experimenting with a new build. It makes you feel like you're not welcome in the game, like you don't belong, and it makes you not want to continue, right?

You could do many things. You could talk back to them, make fun of them, flame them back, right? But with all these elements available, why choose to be salty?

I want you to try something. A change to how you interact with others. Is someone flaming you? Mute them, but don't ignore them! Kill them with kindness.

Praise them for their successes, encourage their actions, make them feel good about the small things that most don't notice, yet crucially matter.

Is someone flaming someone else? Be it your team, or the enemy team, you should cheer them up and encourage them too! Try to lead them to mute the person, to make them feel okay, it can be hard sometimes. And don't forget to continue to praise and encourage everyone, not just the hurt and the malicious, even the enemy team!

Whenever you feel miserable, tired of everyone's behavior, just remember Those who treat everyone with kindness are the real champions. You can be one too.

Work in unison to restore good morals and behavior to League of Legends!

Here is me employing described behavior in-game (I wasn't even playing that well)

It started with 2 people throwing insults at each other and being very upset, and ended with all of us laughing together and having fun as a team. I believe I played a very significant role in achieving that :)

Be nice to your peers, good luck.

25 Comments

Azure HamsterAug 2, 20172 votes

Great point. Even after muting some negative moron, if they get a triple kill, I say "great move!" :)

Caitlyn

Atlantian TigerAug 2, 20172 votes

Awesome! Keep it up! :)

Telephone BoothAug 2, 20172 votes

I don't have this problem, I don't take this game seriously enough to rage over it. But when someone is feeling miserable, and fed up, do you realize how hard it would be to start complimenting everyone and put on a fake smile and encourage people as if you're in a good mood? I get your point... it just seems unrealistic and something out of a Disney movie, not reality. Miserable people can't just fake happiness... otherwise they wouldn't be miserable.

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20171 votes

The point isn't to fake a smile when you're miserable. If you can't keep up, just mute everyone and carry on!.. And you don't have to do it all the time, just whenever you can and feel like it, it really helps the morale overall. Also, it shouldn't be a fake smile. You should truly be enthusiastic about helping your team and keeping them in good spirits, you should mean it. In the end you have a really nice giddy feeling when everyone starts communicating and being friendly, and you have a great game, even if you lose!

If you really feel like you aren't capable of this, that's okay. The thing you can do, that everyone can do, is to mute negative players and report them at the end, with a description included if possible to help Rioters review the case if they are to punish a player for his deeds. Anything helps.

Stay cool and not salty :) Thank you for your input on the discussion.

WulframmAug 3, 20171 votes

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I don't have this problem, I don't take this game seriously enough to rage over it. But when someone is feeling miserable, and fed up, do you realize how hard it would be to start complimenting everyone and put on a fake smile and encourage people as if you're in a good mood? I get your point... it just seems unrealistic and something out of a Disney movie, not reality. Miserable people can't just fake happiness... otherwise they wouldn't be miserable.

i really get your point. sometimes i guess it's more practical simply to mute and be done with it, but there is at least one thing i'd like to share. it gives me great satisfaction to make people feel like the assholes they are behaving like, by simply putting on a smile.

MrHigginSAug 3, 20172 votes

This is so fucking gay.

MrHigginSAug 3, 20172 votes

The only reason they ban so many people is to increase their online players numbers to beat Dota2. Because we all know when someone is banned they just make a new account and buy the champ they want. LoL is the bully here.

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20173 votes

There is no proof to confirm what you are saying, and I don't think Riot needs to prove anything or beat anyone. There are players and there always will be. And there is a lot of them too. Riot is generating a lot of revenue, and I don't think even a small percentage comes from such source that you mention.

CowseedAug 4, 20171 votes

Because we all know when someone is banned they just make a new account and buy the champ they want

Make a smurf and there's your proof. No comment on the other stuff though.

Atlantian TigerAug 4, 20171 votes

Correlation isn't the same as causation. It may correlate, but the cause of Riot banning people isn't to increase player account for the purpose of beating Dota2 and generating more revenue. Even if it is, that is still no proof, just a correlation.

CowseedAug 4, 20171 votes

As I said wasn't commenting on that. Just calling you out for dismissing the entire reply when truth is some fact was actually embedded in there.

Atlantian TigerAug 4, 20171 votes

I believe I respectfully indirectly disagreed and gave a fully reasoning as to why, and I tried to put forth the fact it's mere correlation, not evidence. Addressing the entire reply and every point of it with a reasonable argument. I believe I didn't dismiss it as far as I know.

However, if you still think so, I apologize to MrHigginS and you for any discomfort I may have caused and apologize for my reply and behavior I showed. Thank you for input.

CowseedAug 4, 20171 votes

Judging by the initial message of the thread I don't know if you're being sincere or sarcastic and calling me toxic

Meh. Gonna forget about this.

Atlantian TigerAug 8, 20171 votes

Always sincere. I don't like to call toxic people toxic (even though I did in the thread, but only for the purposes of people understanding what I mean hence it's a popular term). No one is toxic at their heart.

eldurisAug 3, 20173 votes

Using words like "gay" as a synonym for "dumb" or "stupid" or any other word you use to describe things you don't like is not appropriate for Boards. Be respectful of others and avoid language like this in the future.

SimbafluffAug 3, 20173 votes

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This is so fucking gay.

I agree.

gay adjective a : happily excited : merry in a gay mood b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits a bird's gay spring song

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20172 votes

Nice one, I guess? :D

SimbafluffAug 3, 20172 votes

if the enemy kills me with a good move, i'm likely to /allchat "goddammit i hate you. good play." summoner 3

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20171 votes

Great sportsmanship! :)

blackid101Aug 2, 20171 votes

Nah League will always be toxic, people who value winning will never be ok with feeders

Atlantian TigerAug 2, 20171 votes

Good point Black, however, I've done my homework and I've concluded some things that I'd like you to consider.

The human psychology dictates humans being prone to uniformity for consolidation. When the majority assumes a stance in which they are attempting to be positive as I described above, it is highly possible that it will be noticed and a strong mental pressure will build up in those who are not following the same trend. I could provide a graph and data from a different game where this happened.

Also, with an increased amount of players who are actively attempting to follow this trend, the amount of muted people for each of the positive players will increase, and with that will the report count, that is when people learn to properly report, and for valid reasons, including a description.

With that, the negativity-prone players will be singled out, muted and reported by an increasing mass resulting in a larger volume of punishments overall, and that resulting in less negativity-prone players. Of course some players make new accounts when their old ones are banned, but nevertheless, because of this increased volume, they are likely to get punished soon again.

No one can keep it up forever without learning.

blackid101Aug 3, 20171 votes

This will only apply to normals, the toxicity in ranked stems from people who do their part as a member of the team and get completely shafted by riot match making, as long as you have people who don't grasp the concept of how feeding is literally the most annoying thing in the game, you will always have toxic players

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20171 votes

I believe this can carry over in Rankeds too. Of course there will always be toxic players, but the aim is to reduce that number as much as possible. After all, flaming a person who is feeding yet trying their best will only make them perform even worse. Encouragement is the key, not hostility.

blackid101Aug 3, 20171 votes

Nah encouragement does nothing, and makes you feel like a better person after a loss, but does it replace your lp, it doesn't

Atlantian TigerAug 3, 20171 votes

Encouragement actually does a whole lot. I've been the witness of such in many games. And potentially, it indeed can replace your LP. You see, players who are flamed perform worse for the rest of the game. With that in mind, it is much easier to make game-changing or teamfight-changing mistakes, and can potentially lose the game for you. On the other hand, encouragement and motivation has the exact opposite effect. One thing is to assume that it does nothing and has no impact, and the other thing is to have statistical data.

Riot has conducted such research in the past which you yourself can find on the internet, and has indeed proven what I am stating is true. It has a much bigger impact on the game than most people realize. I myself can testify. I've noticed I made plenty of silly mistakes when there was a harshly negative atmosphere that I wouldn't normally do.