I got threatened

Mat2201··3 votes·544 views

So last game i played i found an afk player with a premade that told us to not remake, i tryed to remake but it didn't work but that is not the point. After the game that we lost he added me and told to me that they would have got to me and killed me within 4 days so what should i do because he named an italian mafia who is very dangerous and i am pretty scared... there is something i can do?

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HalcyonDweller3 votes

You should submit a support ticket to Riot, they can investigate the player in question.

There is a 'support' link in cyan text at the bottom of this webpage, you can submit your ticket there.

HalcyonDweller2 votes

Let me add, you probably have nothing to fear, because mafias have more important things to do than avenge their petty underlings who are pissed about 1 match in a videogame.

In a practical perspective it would make no business sense, and the person who added you is unlikely to have any actual influence in the organization, because successful members of an organization will not have time to waste playing a game like league of legends.

Additionally, they should have absolutely no means of finding you unless you expressly gave them information about yourself such as country and city of origin or other such things.

If you'd like to take steps to protect yourself though, I recommend going through your social media profiles and removing/making private any public posts or information that could lead them to find your summoner name and associate it with your real name.

Silent Gravity2 votes

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successful members of an organization will not have time to waste playing a game like league of legends.

Everyone has a little bit of spare time.

HalcyonDweller1 votes

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-snip- mafias have more important things to do than avenge their petty underlings who are pissed about 1 match in a videogame.

In a practical perspective it would make no business sense -snip- to divert the organization's resources for something so very unrelated to their business interests as a videogame like league of legends.

Additionally, they should have absolutely no means of finding you unless you expressly gave them information about yourself such as country and city of origin or other such things.

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In what way was your comment about spare time relevant to the overall discussion?

Silent Gravity1 votes

You were adding false comfort to the real comfort of the rest of the post.

A set of statements given for a single purpose are generally considered to have the same truth value. So, an additional statement with a lower truth value hurts the entire argument. If they lied about this, maybe the rest is just to make me feel better too

The difficulty in finding a single person's physical location through a game of League, the lack of business sense, the fact that important players don't make threats and barking underlings don't have enough pull are all enough real comfort.

Even if you trolled a 4 man premade of La Familia's most impulsive squad, it's not important enough to kill someone over.

HalcyonDweller2 votes

Fair enough, thanks for clarifying.

Chermorg3 votes

As others have said, if you ever feel someone has made a legitimate threat against you in game, please submit a support ticket with as much information as you can surrounding the circumstances.

Many people make threats like this in League and they’re probably just pulling your leg - but you know best what the situation was, and if you are concerned for your safety you should contact your appropriate local authorities.

Drugoth3 votes

Getting murdered for a video game is pretty fucking rare. Mostly only happens in Korea.

Shadòw2 votes

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HalcyonDweller2 votes

That is not helpful, please do not make things worse.

Shadòw3 votes

Why?

Just sayin if some 12yo internet rambo told me he would sent the mafia to me because I tried to remake, I would totally have already burnt my house down and left the country.

HalcyonDweller2 votes

It's obvious to you that you are making humor, but to someone who is genuinely afraid for their life, the humor would be lost on them.

My point is that these sorts of jokes are fine, but they should be better expressed so that the person who is afraid understands why you think they have nothing to fear.

JLao1 votes

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You should run!

The Italian Mafia is probably already on their way to you.

lolll

Icy Hot Shoto2 votes

Contact support, if you have screen shots of the guy saying that then there will be major consequences he'll have to deal with.

Without proof though I'm not sure what support can do to help, but still. Contact support.

Beas7ie1 votes

He can name names all he wants. I can say "I'm gonna send Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke after you" That doesn't mean he actually has the connections to get the to do his bidding. Especially if that bidding is going after someone who tried to do a remake on a silly video game.

As for the threat, you should definitely report it to player support. Get a screenshot of the message and if you absolutely feel that for some reason he really DOES want to harm you, then you can also get the police involved.

I remember a couple of years ago someone was actually given jail time for threats they made during games of League

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