I'm not saying this has been the most toxic season

Shield Vault·9/3/2019, 8:00:41 PM·1 votes·2,077 views

But ever since season 4 I have made a secondary account to level up for the start of the next coming season. It helps with getting into games faster when you have alternatives, and allows you to dodge more trolls. I've seen the toxicity of leveling up and I've seen the toxicity in ranked. With this years new account I have gotten a "Instant Player Feedback" every single time I have logged in. It's never seemed as bad as it was in the past and I am at a loss as to why so many people are losing their cool.

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zPOOPz9/3/2019, 8:12:30 PM3 votes

The toxicity at the low levels is a different beast in nature than the one at higher level. This game is almost 10 years old. The truly new players at low levels are very few. Most of the "new" accounts down there are either smurfs or people are perma-banned. Those people while playing "new" accounts tend to expect everyone to play to the standards of their main account while not factoring in that there may really be new players in that game. There's also the expectation that since they are playing "new" account with veteran knowledge, they should be able to easily stomp "noobs". When they get stomped by other smurfs/banned, they tend to lash out more than usual (my speculation). There also may be subset of players who are banned and try to childishly "get back" at Rito by being toxic to newbies and don't give a crap about their smurfs getting banned (also my speculation).

As the game gets older and older, there will be more and more smurfs and perma-banned players in low level than truly new players. It is not surprising toxicity in low levels are much higher than older higher level accounts.

My recommendation is to have a main and 1 or 2 smurfs if you so incline and keep them. I'm not entirely sure why you need to create new account at the start of every new season (unless I'm misreading). What's wrong with holding on to a smurf for all the seasons and use it for what you need? Eventually that smurf will be high enough level you shouldn't need to worry about "new" account toxicity environment.

KimbleeNA9/3/2019, 8:07:25 PM2 votes

People are losing their cool because they are fed up. I didn't even lose my cool, I just asked for someone running it down lane to be reported. Asking for a report is reportable. Bam 14-day suspension.

The system doesn't work and only breeds further toxicity until the game is drowned in it (what you see now). Personally I have a new account at 30 and will be going jungle ad soraka with ghost and heal.

GatekeeperTDS9/3/2019, 8:09:30 PM2 votes

With this years new account I have gotten a "Instant Player Feedback" every single time I have logged in.

No you absolutely have not.

Kazekiba9/3/2019, 8:30:32 PM1 votes

Riot has taken all the appeal and fun out of the game, so people have a far less positive feeling about the game. There's little to no incentive, a low quality that gives players a love for the game, and time and after time the stress and frustration gets no relief. What do you have to look forward to, your favorite champion being reworked into a garbage fire? Your main getting massive nerfs, never buffed again, and then nerfed again and again and again?
Some random literal-who champ suddenly becoming cancer ( Malphite ) that you have to constantly deal with? New champions being added that raise the ceiling of "unfun, no interaction, no outplay potential bullshit" design?

CertainlyT's last champion was either Akali or Zoe, depending on how you look at it, and theyre both tame in comparison to how absurd and overloaded Aatrox Pyke Qiyana Yuumi Sylas are/were. (except Akali has way too much dashes. Just give her back a targeted R and resets but remove her E recast and R2; put a small heal on her passive autos. Please. I want my Akali back.)