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Time and Days W/the most trolls/afkers

Venus Sunrise··3 votes·580 views

Hi guys, I play league a LOT. I have 2 smurfs in which I lv up to 30 myself and rank with over the course of 3 years. Through that time, I noticed there is a correlation of when the most trolls and afkers are online. So I thought making this post might be helpful to some people like me, who are sick and tired of getting these players in Rank GAMEZ. I don't really care much if someone is going AD Teemo jg and dies to jg 5+deaths if it is in a NORMAL, but if it's a rank, c'mon guys.. Players should be treating ranks more seriously. If you want to troll or know you don't have enough time to play or have other things going on, that's what NORMals/bots are for. IMO Ranks should be for players in a competitive state, focusing on the game and winning. And if you just want to have fun, practice or troll, play a norm.

No offense, I've noticed most trolls/afks are younger players usually 18yo or below. (I'm not saying ALL young players are trolls, just that most of them are) They have their PARENTS limiting their activities which may come to league. These are the TWO main things to do when you want to avoid trolls and afks:

1.) Limiting yourself to only playing ranks on weekdays, you're more likely to NOT get trolls and afkers. 2.) Playing BEFORE school is out also gives you a better chance to dodge these players- for me it is BEFORE 3PM EST time. (This is usually the time most kids in NA time zones are still in school. )

This does not guarantee you wont have the occasional troll/afk. You cant escape them and they can be anywhere, anytime, anybody, any division/tier...! But by following these rules, most of them can be avoided.

Playing on the Weekend, you WILL get trolls, you will either have really good games or really bad games. Playing on the WeekDays at Night has a greater chance of getting trolls & afks, ESPECIALLY on Thursday and FRiday Nights.

Yesterday, TH night, I had 3 afks in a row in my rank games, the next game, had a Khazix who did 2 unsuccessful ganks (pre 6) and then raged quit. Ugh so you see, this experience made me want to make a post like this. Maybe I can now limit my rankings more towards these guidelines, maybe not. Sometimes I tell myself its ok to rank, Maybe I'll get lucky and get some competitive team players, but those are the times I end up getting trolls...

7 Comments

Firu1 votes

I think there is a lot of anecdotal evidence about what days/times have more or less trolls but very little actual evidence that the rates of "bad games" varies based on time of day or day of the week.

That being said - play on the days you think you will have the best experience on, if only because it might keep you from starting a game with a "pre-tilt" mindset.

Venus Sunrise1 votes

Tbh - I believe Nobody ever starts playing with a "pre-tilt" mindset. That idea just doesn't exists lol.
Every player in a game is either already* Tilted or not- whether its from previous games or things that happened in RL. To say someone has a "pre-tilt" attitude is like saying everyone who is NOT tilted is "pre-tilted" ...because EveryonE has the capability to tilt at any moment, therefore everybody is "pre-tilted"?? No...
For example, at the beginning of the day, I always start playing league with a positive mindset, believing in my team mates. No matter the time or day, this is usual my attitude. It is certain factors that happen that cause me and others to become tilted and it's different for everyone. I usually get tilted by the influence of someone else who is already tilted.

But anyways, tilting is not the least bit relevant to my post. As it states the times of play to avoid most immature and trolling players. But thanks for your input! :D

Edit: Yes there is very little evidence to prove if any of this is true. But this is from my own experience & other players and friends I speak/play with. So there is a correlation somewhere, and even some logical evidence once you think about

Firu1 votes

Just in regards to your edit comment;

That is the danger with anecdotal evidence. There is no real evidence one way or the other. It just makes you think there is.

Venus Sunrise1 votes

Though it can't be indefinitely proven,it is evidence nonetheless. Ifit's been tested over and over again and works for you 85%+ of the time, no real danger in that. (ie. a hypothesis in a scientific method)

Firu1 votes

I would use your same argument to say that it's not evidence then. I think your understanding of the scientific method is a little off though but I do appreciate the conversationally way we're discussing this.

It's not just if it's been tested, but how it's been tested that's important. Testing something a thousand times but doing it incorrectly is perhaps worse than not doing it at all.

Venus Sunrise1 votes

O dear, I'm Science major. lol I do things by facts and figures based on predictions and trial & err. Don't bring philosophy into this, it only tries to cause controversy unto itself and does not make sense of anything. I've studied both philosophy and science and can say this: you should NOT mix science and philosophy together. They are 2 totally** different things. I can write a book called the Science of Philosophy, but that does not change the fact that the objective of my post has and continues to work for me and my friends in league :) It doesnt matter to me if you choose to believe it or not, because I know a lot of ppl are stubborn and hard headed!

btw, from your comment I can see u rlly love philosophy LOL "That is the danger with anecdotal evidence. There is no real evidence one way or the other. It just makes you think there is."

Firu1 votes

Also, a great book that is often required reading in most Philosophy of Science courses in PhD programs is "Conjecture and Refutations' by Karl Popper. I think you might enjoy it.

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