League culture and being professional

Albania Team·3/7/2017, 9:56:59 PM·2 votes·933 views

I'm not sure it needs to be said, but the League comminuty tends to swear a lot and is a bit toxic at times. That being said, when one of the Rioters starts patch notes off with swearing, much less using gd, it doesn't help the cause of improving the League community. While swearing may be part of the writers vernacular, swearing in a much publicized written format is not professional and contributes further to the toxic League community. Now, I'm not passing judgement or trying to be on a white horse, but it would be nice to see a positive role model from the writers at Riot for the League community.

TLDR: Theres more adjectives than gd to use in professional writing.

5 Comments

Kei1433/8/2017, 12:03:48 AM3 votes

Gentlemen Gustaf is relatively new to writing. So if you want to give feedback, you might want to find a means to get his attention.

Maybe he has a twitter?

Or maybe get another Rioter's attention?

Maybe even send in a ticket. Who knows what works best.

But PB&M probably has the lesser visibility out of all the subforums.

Awkward Couch3/7/2017, 10:09:32 PM2 votes

Just because you swear doesn't mean you are being toxic.

OnlyYouCanHearMe3/8/2017, 12:10:32 AM2 votes

Hmmm. I hadn't read through the patch notes yet until I saw this post, and I have to admit I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, a certain degree of swearing is permitted by the code of conduct provided it is not directed towards individuals in a harassing or derogatory manner. Riot understands that swearing has become extremely prevalent as a form of expression and communication in today's society, especially amongst players in a competitive environment.

On the other hand, I tend to agree with you that it's not very professional to use it in the patch notes, especially when it's a word that many people find to be sacrilegious. Had they just said "damn" I probably wouldn't have minded, but while I tend to cuss worse than Gangplank on a drunken bender most of the time, that particular word is one that I refuse to use. I don't personally feel that it's respectful to put an entity/representative from any religion into a swear word, but that's just my opinion and I know that not everyone feels that strongly about it.

I'm kinda with you in that I don't feel the need to pass judgment because they used a word, and I certainly have no intentions of breaking out the pitchforks and torches and organizing a mob of angry ~~villagers~~ forumers to protest. But I agree that in the future it would probably look more professional if they refrained from swearing in the patch notes.

Naked Baby Thief3/8/2017, 1:26:48 PM1 votes

Riots policy on swearing is one of their only saving graces really. People in real life use naughty words. No one gives a single fuck that they do, either.

The issue is when you use words to demean, dehumanize, or attack people. These things can be accomplished without using swear words at all.

Frankly, I'm of the mind that political correctness needs to stop, as it is more frequently than not, merely a means to categorize people with false morality. For an example of this look at just about any politician. They will almost NEVER cuss publicly (aside from Trump). Why? Because perceived morality. However, they are willing to lock you up for life, torture you for information, make under the table deals with foreign governments, and extort the public in every possible way in order to make gains in this world. But you won't catch them saying bad no-no words, nope.

I think it is important for adults to sit and think about morality and what it really is. In my mind, it isn't being 'nice', or not saying, 'bad words'. And it certainly isn't anything to do with running parallel to group think, and conforming to nonsense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDUqof1KoM

Telephone Booth3/9/2017, 10:34:26 PM1 votes

Holy shit they're just words made up by man and given this curse by man. I can't believe people still hold onto these old traditions of words having some curse attached to them.