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Make a mode for Trolls called Toxic Arena.

CominTowardsYa·11/4/2019, 1:23:24 AM·3 votes·3,422 views

First off, chill the hell out before you downvote me or start making annoying insults or snarky remarks okay.

Hear me out.

What if Riot made a mode where anything goes, and people could just be as big of A-holes as they want to each other, and have no consequences for anything they do while in this Arena of Toxicity?

Here are the benefits:

  1. Players would have a place to take out their anger instead of going into ARAMs, Normals, and Ranked games. Similar to having a cold walk in freezer to yell in at the top of your lungs where no one will hear you or care, while allowing some form of release.

  2. The Ban rate would go down, and hopefully the trolling would go down as well, because all of the nonsense would be penalty free in this specific mode.

  3. Allow rewards for honor redemption in these modes for ceasing the baloney in regular games which makes other players suffer, and hopefully leading to more player reformation instead of long winded posts of "Why was I Perma banned," posts followed by ALT accounts logging in to ruin more games on the Rift.

These are my thoughts on the topic, let me know what you think, where I could improve upon this idea, and what is not good about this idea.

Thank you.

51 Comments

Imperial Pandaa11/4/2019, 1:43:13 AM8 votes

This would either require people who are verbally toxic to realize they would need to queue for the mode. Which probably won't happen because they can't even bother to remove themselves from Ally chat in the middle of a match.

Second, why would someone with the intention to troll give two shits about this mode? Chances are they want to get a reaction out of someone.

As a bonus, no, they should not get honor progress or anything. Why should people get honor progress for playing a mode, that has no honor/rules?

Pyrosan11/4/2019, 1:24:47 AM5 votes

First off, chill the hell out before you downvote me or start making annoying insults or snarky remarks okay.

imagine telling the boards not to downvote and expecting not to get downvoted

Boppas11/5/2019, 11:29:07 PM2 votes

It seems like a good idea. I mean for all the people that got perma banned but spent money on skins on that account they can only play normal games in toxic arena so they can still play on there account just not outside of it I dont see why this would be downvoted

Jennifer1711/4/2019, 1:27:07 AM2 votes

that mode alrdy exists. its called league of legends hehe xD

CharDeeMcDenniz11/4/2019, 2:53:56 AM2 votes

trolls deserve nothing, least of all their own private playpen

Kei14311/4/2019, 2:33:16 AM1 votes

Consequences;

Not enough people in that game mode's queue. Queue times are long, people are getting auto filled all the time, match making skill discrepancy is worse than PBE match making.

Result, not sure if people would go back to play that game mode.

Tele II11/5/2019, 7:49:17 AM1 votes

I kinda disagree that it would help people. I dont think they plan on being toxic in games. It just happens. But who knows really, I dont have any psychological studies to cite lol. I get the point of it, I just think Riots efforts would be best used doing something else because its just such a .... god i dont know the word... like an unnecessary thing. Yeah okay an extra mode that only the people who want to use it are affected. More choices are always good... but whats the cost of implementing it. Would it be worth their time, when in my opinion, it wouldnt do any of the things you suggest it would.

People will go into it knowing its a mode where everyone is fully expecting and engaging in flame wars/griefing. I dont think that would have much affect on blowing off steam because theyre just gonna get trolled and berated while they troll and berate. Its pointless.

You say its similar to walking in a freezer and screaming, and I'm sure theres some chemical release in the brain that helps make people feel better when they do that. Will that chemical release happen when theyre still sitting silently typing hatred to people online? I dont think so. Theres no physical exertion, theyre still just playing a video game. A better idea would be to go release your anger in real life, if thats what helps... like actually go in a freezer and scream, punch your pillow, flip the fuck out. You cant do that virtually. It doesnt have the same effect.

The ban rate would go down? How? You think theyre gonna be happy when they go back into ranked and get trolled or flamed, just because they went into that mode a game ago and trolled and flamed all they wanted? Theyre gonna be like "thank god i got my anger out and i wont get myself banned now by cussing out this troll because i got it out of my system already"? I think youre underestimating the impulsive nature of people, and how a lot of flame and griefing is reactionary.

I just dont think its as helpful as you've built it up to be in your head. Just my opinion on it.

Summoner SpeII11/4/2019, 2:47:22 AM1 votes

this is a good fucking idea, i would finally go there and stop censoring/shortening every word i type, im even scared of typing the word ban in chat now, i type b2n instead in fear of riot robots reducing my honor level, hold me safe

but honestly, shit talking should be fine in this arena, but not hard core racism. I don't support hard core racism, but i support trash talking. trash talking makes league fun