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HeadShotBoots··1 votes·239 views

It's great that we have a mute all option for people who are saying naughty words, but when is this game going to crack down on people who are trolling and intentionally feeding? I'd rather have someone cursing at me than someone blatantly trying to lose the game. It's ridiculous. It happens way more often than it should. That is what makes this game toxic. People are investing hours and hours and hours in this game to try and climb, but being hindered by other people for no reason. I can go to my match history and look at more than half my losses and point out to you people inting or trolling. And no, it's not just a bad game. It's the equivalent to what happens in Korean solo queue if something bad happens in the early game. They just shut down and either int or passively int. If you don't know what that is, look up Neace's videos on his experience in Korea. I was in Plat 1, climbing my way to Diamond 5 promos, and in two consecutive games, I had diamond 5 players on losing streaks decide they wanted to play champs they haven't mastered and feed because they had some LP to spare before they demoted. I don't know what goes on in these people's head. I don't know what kind of sick enjoyment they get out of it. But it's unacceptable. It makes me not enjoy playing the game. It's like the games come down to who has less trolls on their team.

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AeroWaffle1 votes

but when is this game going to crack down on people who are trolling and intentionally feeding?

It's already punishable to troll or intentionally feed, but it's much harder to catch with an automatic system. Under no circumstances does Riot want to inhibit players thinking outside the box for new strategies nor do they want to ban a player for being bad or trying something (in order to win the game) and failing.

Chat however is 100% under the players control 100% of the time. So it's really easy to hold someone accountable for their chat.

I'd rather have someone cursing at me than someone blatantly trying to lose the game.

It's not mutually exclusive. You can play normally without trolling or being verbally abusive.

HeadShotBoots1 votes

So you're telling me Riot has no way of stopping these occurrences from happening? What's the magic number for reports of trolling on an account does it take for someone to get disciplined? Do you think it's a good idea for a player to be able to take a champ they've never played before into a ranked game? You know, Smite makes it mandatory to have a certain number of games on a champion before you can take them into ranked. Seems like a simple implementation to me. High elo players already say you should have X amount of hours on a champion before you even think about taking them into ranked. The poor Korean players have to deal with passive inting infinitely more than North American players. Is the best solution they have their new honor system? You want to wow me? Make the honor system so if you fall below a certain threshold of honor, you can't play ranked. You have to play another game mode until your honor meets the requirement. And yes, with their new honor system it would be extremely easy to implement that. I also know you can play normally without trolling or being verbally abusive, but it's not me that needs to know that. It's the players I'm talking about that need to. So, if you have a constructive thought about this other than "mute all, it's hard for riot to crack down on anything other than what text shows, or be more positive." I'd love to hear it.

AeroWaffle1 votes

So you're telling me Riot has no way of stopping these occurrences from happening? What's the magic number for reports of trolling on an account does it take for someone to get disciplined?

Do you realize the size of the League player base? Manual reviews can only do so much against so many.

Do you think it's a good idea for a player to be able to take a champ they've never played before into a ranked game? You know, Smite makes it mandatory to have a certain number of games on a champion before you can take them into ranked.

This is irrelevant. A person taking a champion for the first time in ranked is not necessarily trolling and preventing someone from taking a first time champion into ranked will not prevent trolls in the slightest. If a troll wants to ruin a game it wont matter what champion they choose.

Make the honor system so if you fall below a certain threshold of honor, you can't play ranked. You have to play another game mode until your honor meets the requirement. And yes, with their new honor system it would be extremely easy to implement that. I also know you can play normally without trolling or being verbally abusive, but it's not me that needs to know that. It's the players I'm talking about that need to. So, if you have a constructive thought about this other than "mute all, it's hard for riot to crack down on anything other than what text shows, or be more positive." I'd love to hear it.

Easily abusable. Salty players should not be able to determine if someone should be playing Ranked or not.

So, if you have a constructive thought about this other than "mute all, it's hard for riot to crack down on anything other than what text shows, or be more positive." I'd love to hear it.

You're underestimating the complexity of the problem. It's easy to look at and identify a troll when you're personally in the game, but Riot needs to manage millions of games if they were to try and do something new about the trolls.

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