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Dear Flamers, What do you want?

PotatoKellen·2/12/2018, 1:04:02 AM·3 votes·410 views

So I've seen a whole bunch of posts complaining about the toxicity levels of League, but its just complaining. I want to know why these people are so toxic, and what I, and hopefully others can do to stop getting flamed. Let me just start with where I am personally coming from. I am a Silver II mid/sup player in solo/duo ranked, I have only been playing league for about 4 months now, usually fitting in about an hour to play every day (If I can). I am not as good as a lot of other players that I am up against, and am usually behind early game. Because of this, people feel the need to verbally abuse me for the entirety of the game. I try to explain that I am newer, and it is my first ranked season, but all I get from that is "of course you are, uninstall you subhuman downy" (actually been said to me). Now yes, uninstalling is one thing that I could do to stop getting flamed by people, but there's a problem. I love this game so much, I'm not going to uninstall and quit forever just because some people are talking crap about me through a computer. I get that you cant always avoid getting flamed, but there is no way that getting treated like this every game is purely bad luck.

So, what can I do to avoid this? Just from experience there are a couple things i have thought of, and here's why they don't work.

  1. Uninstall- This is what most of you tell me to do, but i enjoy the game too much to just quit
  2. Be good at the game- That is exactly what I am trying to do, I cant watch a tutorial on YouTube and then magically be great at League of Legends, it takes time practicing the game, I am already great at blind and Draft, but Ranked is an entirely different game.

Sadly, this is all I could think of, so I am asking you, People who flame others, or people who get flamed. What is somebody to do in these situations, to avoid feeling like crap every time I finish a game. Please let me know.

Thanks <3 [sg-ahri-2]

5 Comments

TheUrbanKitsune2/12/2018, 1:25:11 AM2 votes

/mute all

FullmuteAll play2/12/2018, 1:57:41 AM2 votes

/Mute all answer OR mute anybody who even shows signs of flaming/trashtalking. My approach is to mute anybody who annoys me by chat. Don't try to explain something to these people. The best weapon against idiot is ignoring him.

TheProfezzor2/12/2018, 2:40:53 AM2 votes

As a former flamer and occasional ball buster I will tell you my thoughts.

Why am I flaming? You’re generally feeding your lane, not following your lane when it roams or pushing the lane (either do 1 or the other-don’t back my god), you very clearly don’t understand the mechanics of the game or the champ you are playing (trying to 1v1 when you shouldn’t, continually engaging in losing trades).

So I am ball busting bc we will lose that lane if not the game and I have concluded it is because of you. It’s annoying and a waste of time. I don’t mind losing competitive games but when lane x is feeding, ends up being under leveled and under farmed then I am annoyed. There is an obvious skill gap.

All this being said. Should I be blaming you ? No, I should be blaming riots garbage match making because you very clearly are being outclassed in lane. You shouldn’t be in this game but you are. But I can’t say anything to an automatic system that put you into the game so unfortunately it’s directed at you.

I am sorry.

What you should do? Just understand where your weaknesses are and try to get better. Also, ignore or mute me or people like me.