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When does tilting the enemy become verbal abuse?

Ideality·5/22/2017, 5:53:08 AM·1 votes·431 views

In a game where members of opposing teams can converse, being able to use conversation to increase one's own chance of winning is something that people get interested in. What's not clear is to what extent this can be done.

Now obviously this depends a lot on the tone of the game. A rammus saying "kys" to the enemy yasuo as the yasuo does just that would probably be considered 'ok', while a riven saying that to an akali consistently through a game would probably be 'a little less than ok'. However, this game has an instant feedback system, so is tone taken into account? Is there another person that double checks conversations that instant feedback flags?

But besides tone, what is taken into account into considering when someone's gone too far? I know some things are taken into account more than others (you've probably seen that 'did you know' about homophobic/racial slurs and such), but how many times can someone say "Hey scrub, your skills are worse than dirt" to the enemy and expect to get away with it as trying to tilt the enemy? Once per minute? Three times per minute? 20 times per game? Obviously there isn't a concrete answer as to exactly how many times but it kinda feels important to try to get an idea. Is there some kind of rubric?

8 Comments

Lapis5/22/2017, 6:04:03 AM4 votes

I think it's all verbal abuse. None of those examples seem okay to me.

Wolfess5/22/2017, 6:05:37 AM3 votes

you can, you know, try getting good enough so that you can beat the team without trying to cheaply tilt them in order to win

:^)

BlackHairedGirl5/22/2017, 6:03:33 AM3 votes

Trying to tilt someone is still bad, no matter how you look at it. You're trying to ruin someone's enjoyment of the game, make them play worse and gain their skills by making them angry. My day has been ruined more than once simply because someone was attempting to tilt me and it worked. It might work out for the person who's against them, but it's reportable for ruining another player's enjoyment.

AeroWaffle5/22/2017, 6:34:35 AM3 votes

You're at a lose-lose situation if you decide to trash talk for the purpose of tilting.

If they are tilted they'll likely report you. You're using chat explicitly to piss someone off which is a no-no and can result in a punishment.

If they're not tilted (and don't report you). You're just distracting yourself more than your enemy.

Glîtchy5/22/2017, 6:37:48 AM3 votes

I'd say purposely tilting by verbal means should be punishable

This Is Your Dad5/22/2017, 6:25:17 AM2 votes

There's tilting them, then there's targeting them personally.

Cornerstone15/22/2017, 1:23:12 PM1 votes

Trying to tilt someone = being a jerk.

IcyPepper5/22/2017, 7:08:41 AM1 votes

A rammus saying "kys" to the enemy yasuo as the yasuo does just that would probably be considered 'ok',

No... it's not.

but how many times can someone say "Hey scrub, your skills are worse than dirt" to the enemy and expect to get away with it as trying to tilt the enemy?

If any human (not the automated system) sees that, you're not going to get away with it.

Dude. All of your examples are verbal abuse. Trying to tilt the enemy with that is verbal abuse. No excuses. Don't.