How do YOU deal with toxic players?

Gamrcub·May 31, 2017·1 votes·363 views

So I'm by no means a skilled player, but this is a game and generally I play games to enjoy them. When I manage to get enough friends online that I can play in a full group or at least a mostly filled group I have a decent time even losing. That said when I even attempt to play solo (normal, I don't do ranked because I'm terribad) inevitably there is at least one person constantly complaining, attacking someone on the team (not always me), trying to shot call while feeding, etc.

Most of the time I just keep quiet and report/block them after the match. But honestly it's getting hard to even want to sign in and play when every game is essentially ruined by some asshat who takes it too seriously.

What kinds of things do you find help you deal with the negative behavior?

10 Comments

The WhamboozlerMay 31, 20172 votes

At the start of EVERY game. /mute all

Don't wait for them to speak. Don't speak to them. Pings will be all you'll need. They might be cool people, and they might be ragers, but you will NEVER know when you use the mighty power that is /mute all

Seriously, what is chat good for in game? It's used to flame and rage 99% of the time. Why even bother with it? If you DESPERATELY need to say something to the team, they can still hear YOU. Try it.

GamrcubMay 31, 20171 votes

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At the start of EVERY game. /mute all

Don't wait for them to speak. Don't speak to them. Pings will be all you'll need. They might be cool people, and they might be ragers, but you will NEVER know when you use the mighty power that is /mute all

Seriously, what is chat good for in game? It's used to flame and rage 99% of the time. Why even bother with it? If you DESPERATELY need to say something to the team, they can still hear YOU. Try it.

I'll have to try this, didn't realize there was a mute all option.

SnakDatSmilesBakMay 31, 20171 votes

I think you should try it but I personally didn't like it. I prefer just muting the few that are toxic and still being able to enjoy chatting with everyone else.

AR URFMay 31, 20171 votes

It was just recently that they added ping mutes. So when someone is salty I mute them and ping mute them. It help soooooo much because if they're going to be toxic toward you, than really they're not going to be helpful with pings. IMO if you do bad they'll just make you do worse by calling you trash and spamming ?????????????? if they know they're muted.

GamrcubMay 31, 20171 votes

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It was just recently that they added ping mutes. So when someone is salty I mute them and ping mute them. It help soooooo much because if they're going to be toxic toward you, than really they're not going to be helpful with pings. IMO if you do bad they'll just make you do worse by calling you trash and spamming ?????????????? if they know they're muted.

This is pretty much my experience. I may be doing badly but up until someone starts ranting I'm usually still enjoying myself. Can't get better if someone doesn't outplay me. But once it turns into a hate fest all I want to do is disconnect so I don't have to deal with that person, and it makes it really hard to keep playing. I try to for the sake of the other 3/8 people playing but it completely ruins the experience.

I would feel better if I could block people from being matched with me but I know that's too much of a danger of increasing queue times insanely for it to be a reality.

SnakDatSmilesBakMay 31, 20171 votes

Hey just cuz someone's shot calling while doing poorly doesn't mean they're wrong. Kda doesn't mean that much in terms of shot calling.

As for your og question, I reason with them for a minute or two then I mute and move on to report them after the game.

GamrcubMay 31, 20171 votes

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Hey just cuz someone's shot calling while doing poorly doesn't mean they're wrong. Kda doesn't mean that much in terms of shot calling.

As for your og question, I reason with them for a minute or two then I mute and move on to report them after the game.

True. I mind it less if they are being civil ("Think they R dragon", "4 in top go Bot" etc.). Less helpful when they are just caps yelling trying to direct others while dying. (OMG GO BOT WTF ARE YOU ALL DOING, I PULLED 2 TOP WHY ARENT YOU DOING ANYTHING) etc.

SnakDatSmilesBakMay 31, 20171 votes

Haha that's not shot calling that's venting