Suggesting angry/upset players uninstall/quit league

Exentrick·1/22/2019, 10:48:14 PM·1 votes·3,260 views

I've occasionally typed a line along the lines of "if playing this game makes you this upset, you should probably consider playing a different game. League doesn't appear to be enjoyable to you." I type this or something similar when someone starts getting very worked up in chat and flaming anyone and everyone, and just generally being super upset while playing a video game, which is supposed to bring you entertainment and enjoyment.

Would this be considered a toxic or bad suggestion to make? It doesn't seem to ever get a bad reaction, and more typically doesn't get any response from the angry person.

3 Comments

R107 Games1/22/2019, 10:59:31 PM2 votes

Suggesting that will most likely tilt those kinds of players. Because they'll assume you're insulting them.

Quitting is not always the solution, unless you don't find the game fun anymore. Simply being angry/upset is natural for a game like League where there are frustrating elements in the game. It's almost inevitable.

Sometimes you just have to control your emotions, and don't let the frustration ruin your enjoyment of the game.

Jo0o1/22/2019, 10:55:35 PM1 votes

It’s a reasonable opinion to hold, but in the middle of a game it’s probably just unproductive. You’re not going to fundamentally hang somebody’s behavior over a game of league. Better to disengage or deescalate than say something cutting like this.

Accursêd1/23/2019, 12:45:17 AM1 votes

This is a bad idea. People get mad when they play League just like they get mad when they play sports. It doesn't mean that they don't enjoy playing the game, it just means something happened that they think fucks with the competition, comparable to a bad ref call in a sports game, maybe Riot gave one too many buffs to a champion and they're pissed at how broken they are. Another example could be how your team isn't going to be too happy with you if you get a flag called on you in football for offsides on the play your team got an interception and it gets called back, someone could get angry at you for not doing your job in league.