Thank you so much for sharing man!
I, like yourself, am also not so innocent. I've fed into that Toxic BS before, more in response to it than starting it, but that's not an excuse. These last couple months I've had to make very conscious efforts to reverse that behavior. I'm normally a pretty chill player, it's a game after all.
I've also had a similar incident as above. Determined to stay chill, we had a mid one match who went double negative as Lux against a Talon. Said Talon then began roaming and using his lead to make bot's life miserable.
But we stood our ground, gave some, took some, and as our top or jg flamed the hell out of mid, I said, nah man, it HAPPENS Lux.
Chill out, keep it cool, when we finish bot we'll come to mid and help you strike back hard.
We held it together despite this Talon murdering a lot of us, took our bot lane, and then went directly to mid and gave the Talon more than he realized he wanted, and took the game all the way to his nexus with a vengeance.
After the match, the Lux messaged me and was thankful to heaven and earth that I didnt spend the match flaming her to death for handing mid and part of the game to Talon. I explained, been there done that, it happens. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and no one should be insulted for it, or have to mute everyone in an attempt to escape those insults, to play a damn game.
The point is, most all of us have been there done that. Some of us, within the last 24 hours. I daresay. if all of us check our match history right now, we have each a few embarrassing reels where, despite our best effort, we got f*cked up by an opponent. It happens. Bad team comp, lack of skill against a certain champion, being outplayed, etc etc.
It happens.
Keep it chill. Don't flame, don't insult, and don't put yourself on a pedestal "above" other players, because you think you're better than them. This is not Ancient Sparta, your prowess in League of Legends does not afford you some right to talk to other players however you want.
Keep it chill, kick ass, and....in the event you get your ass kicked...do so gracefully. It's a game. Enjoy it as such, win or lose.
Thanks for sharing again man!
See you in the Rift
