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Jo0o·8/18/2016, 5:07:36 PM·75 votes·5,127 views

It was a rough one. I was on a winning streak, but it was 1 AM, I was getting tired, I was playing a new champ (Kayle, not that she's especially complex), and I just got BAD. Solo kills, carelessly getting ganked, forgetting to properly ult/use summoners, you name it. I fed HARD. It was possibly the worst I've ever played in my League career

I didn't get flamed.

I mean, there was grumbling. "First time?" "Kayle pay attention pls" "Come on, dude", etc. But I've been called every name in the book for doing half as bad, and this time, it didn't happen. We didn't play the typical League blame-game. We didn't forfeit when we were losing by a lot. We didn't passive-aggressively run off solo and get picked off. We didn't tilt. We regrouped and coordinated.

We WON.

I ended the game 5/13/12. Pretty terrible score, but you'll note that it's 5/4/11 after our turn-around point. With encouragement and not blame from my teammates, I cooled off and farmed up, focusing more on peeling/healing/ulting my carrying teammates than diving in for my own kills. I wound up ending the game with the most CS and very respectable damage/healing done, and by the end of the game, we were playing so dominantly that you almost couldn't tell how poorly I had been doing earlier.

So, a thought for you guys grumbling about being punished for toxicity: Your loss of chat privs/game time/hextech aside, you're simply shooting yourself in the foot by acting that way. Even scrubs like me can turn a bad game around, provided you work with us a bit. This game is infinitely easier to play (not to mention more fun) when everybody stays positive and keeps a level head.

TL;DR: I fed, didn't get flamed, was able to help win. Positivity>Toxicity.

74 Comments

MonkeyMadness8/18/2016, 8:58:07 PM39 votes

League players being nice and positive to each other? OH NO, THE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH!!! summoner 11

dominusx8/18/2016, 5:45:47 PM8 votes

you only turned it around because Kayle ult is one of the most toxic things in the game. you are 0-20? ok who cares just ult the 15-5 adc and win the game dont try to say that you won simply with the power of friendship and unicorns . i do not encourage flaming anymore but dont tell me a 0-9 pantheon is gonna do the same thing a 0-9 kayle can do positivity can give you a real thin chance of coming back but not all champs can do so or not every elo can do so either. Gj winning tho <3

Ionian8/18/2016, 9:59:21 PM6 votes

Aw, you poor little thing. You actually think you won because of the power of friendship? Your team managed to carry you, good job to them. Whatever they said or wanted to say to you had absolutely no impact on the outcome of the game. Toxicity is in every elo, wonder why? Because it doesn't affect your skill. Some of the most toxic players are master+, and it's not because you behave like an angel that you'll instantly get high elo :/

Kei1438/18/2016, 5:29:17 PM6 votes

typically if you have someone good on your team, they can pick the slack back up.

It's been happening in my recent games, where top and jg aren't doing so hot, but mid is even and bot is stomping.

With proper warding / zoning, our support got our mid kat a rental I'll and the game just reversed snowball into our favor, ending the game with another pentakill from kat.

Most the time, the ones complaining are the ones that don't know their win conditions and thus only knows how to complain.

Naenia8/18/2016, 5:18:34 PM4 votes

I actually played a game recently where all lanes and jg were doing horrible. One person actually was flaming on another person who was missing almost all of their skill shots but instead of flaming all game, everyone started working together and our game greatly improved and we wound up winning. Also, the person who was missing all of their skill shots started landing them and ultimately became the MVP of the game and people on our team and the enemy team were giving them compliments saying they're OP and they carried hard. So lesson learned: Instead of being toxic and flaming, work with your team and give them positive encouragement. It may be a game changer. :)

Bronze fiend8/18/2016, 10:48:25 PM4 votes

People have to understand that flaming does not help under any circumstance.

SkyBlade798/18/2016, 9:57:19 PM3 votes

I played an absolutely amazing game last time I played. I was trying to learn Riven Jungle, and was doing horrible (I think I was 1/8 by 25 minutes?), but my team didn't flame me at all. My computer also shut down for no reason at one point, so even though I was afk, my team didn't say anything bad. I told them it was computer issues, and they refused to report me :) In fact, we had civil, friendly conversation the whole game, with my team not mentioning my mistakes. Even though I pointed out how much I was feeding, they didn't really mind at all. In the end, I ended up doing really well, and I think that it's at least partially because my team didn't flame me and tilt me. I wish every game was like that.

EDIT: Okay, I didn't do really well at all. In fact, I only did 8k damage in a 35 minutes game. But it appeared as if I was doing well, because I'm so used to getting flamed if I'm not.

Gary B Enkelis8/18/2016, 5:42:36 PM3 votes

Dude, Kayle is hard. Nice experience, though.

The Abomination8/18/2016, 6:56:09 PM3 votes

I just had a game where yasuo went 0/15 in lane because he thought he could veigar. No one on our team flamed him just a couple things like "cmon man" but instead I said yasuo you are fine. He went on to split push top and group sometimes (never typed once) but we grouped and we ended up winning the game and it made me so happy cause the enemy team was saying ez in chat all game. So yes this sort of thing does happen. :)

Meta Phyton8/18/2016, 9:06:45 PM3 votes

So true. We can have a way funner time, and not have to tryhard as much .. if we do our job to keep our heads on straight.

Keep on esteeming those teammates. It's way better than blowing the top off and making everyone our enemy - even our teammates who won't even care if we walk into trouble.

We like people, we want to see them succeed. That doesn't need sugar and rainbows; just .. decency to respect and esteem the team, even when they're having a bad match.

Anyway it just makes logical sense to help the guy who is lagging behind since, if he made some mistakes and turns out to be easily targetable for a while .. he's temporarily vulnerable to give the opponent team even more advantage if they pick him/her off a few times more.

iamthegoatofwar8/18/2016, 10:51:43 PM3 votes

I remember my last nasus game I was having a fairly hard time farming vs the new ryze (dude is cancer honestly). My lee was toxic as hell, but viktor managed to pull my spirits up just a bit when he aided me and lee both 3v3 in the enemy jungle. I walked away with I think 2 kills and an assist and only lee died (honestly thank god). I simply said "we're on a roll now". Viktor boosted my spirits simply by saying "yes...lets try to keep it going". Course lee was being salty about dying...something about me not blocking a gragas body slam I think.

invisiblecat18/18/2016, 10:58:44 PM2 votes

When I went 0/5 as the old Zyra mid people didn't flame me and then I played seriously and went 10/5

Troll for Trump8/19/2016, 1:38:28 AM2 votes

Some people will tilt really easily. People who end up retaliating get triggered really easily. People keep getting triggered off each other and out becomes a mess of reports and flaming. You didn't get triggered off those comments. Other people might. In another game, you could see way more toxic people. It's great you didn't get triggered.

Linthe8/26/2016, 4:53:44 PM2 votes

Solid. +1.

The first part happens to pretty much everyone...

The second part... not nearly as much.

Props to you for hanging in and to your teammates for not getting down on you.

Dismerzilex9/12/2016, 3:21:51 PM1 votes

TL:DR, your team didn't effect your play; if you're a victim of your own feelings, then LoL probably isn't for you.