How do you respond to toxicity? (For people who don't like to mute because it limits communication)

PrettyPoison 105·1/25/2016, 2:59:53 AM·4 votes·1,458 views

Personally, if someone is flaming, calling me names, or saying that I made them lose lane because I never ganked them (when they were pushed under the enemy turret every time I was on that side of the map and our ADC was out of mana and has 1/4 of his HP left), I like to remind them, and everyone else in /all, that "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell". What about you?

22 Comments

Hello I am Bird1/25/2016, 3:00:41 AM6 votes

Ahri FEEDING WORTHLS PEICE OF TRASH Rammus ok

ReadyxPlayerxOne1/25/2016, 3:13:46 AM4 votes

I try to be positive. It's the only thing that turns it around. If they're toxic and bad and you're the one that's going to help the win the game then do it. Prove them wrong.

I recently had my mf cry a river about my sup trundle because she died when she all in'd at level 1 vs level 2's. Screamed how bad I was to go ward jg because I saw the enemy jg run that direction and i didn't want my jg to get killed and I pinged that I was doing it. I said sorry, don't stress it. We'll recover, I promise, we got this shit. Took her 5 levels to stop. At that point, I got an e (road block and slow) on their sup and got her a kill, ulted their adc and dived, yi peeled around the corner and took them out, I leave tower half health. I said gj guys, awesome gank. Let's clear their jg and dragon. And we did.

By the end of the game I was impossible for them to kill me or the mf and she was 10/5. I said encouraging things the whole time and they literally didn't say a thing the entire rest of the game.

Specifically, people want to vent and blame someone when they make a mistake... What I've found is to let them be frustrated, tell them you'll help them or make it up to them. Then do it. It's not foolproof. Sometime they're just going to go full retard and feed. But this has helped me turn things around a lot.

DEGplays1/25/2016, 4:00:42 AM3 votes

There are plenty of things I do:

  1. Ignore them: no need to read that word next to their name, I still like to see the salt anyways in a sadistic way
  2. Kill with Kindness: Simple GJ when they "deserve it" or more ganks, force them to be sorry for flaming
  3. something I like to call "Global Harass:" Calling out the small things like "Scan the tri-bush, you'll find a squishy ______ in there" or my favorite, "$5 you Guys can't 1v5 the ______ on our team" Gets my team to back off as well (since who wouldn't want to see that?)
Rinky Dinky1/25/2016, 9:51:41 AM2 votes

You aren't reducing communication by muting a dick head.

They weren't going to say anything beneficial babe, I can promise you that.

Bunny Bells1/25/2016, 2:57:27 PM2 votes

Just laugh. It's really quite funny how upset people can get at a game.

AquaWayfinder1/25/2016, 4:02:30 PM2 votes

Honestly, I try to respond postively. If they're complaining or raging about being camped I offer helpful suggestions and I can only hope that they listen. In some cases, when X person is being persistantly toxic, I just ignore them without touching the Mute/Block button. It's easy to ignore whats being said in chat (I do it accidentally sometimes because I'm so focused) and its become a second nature to me. In the most extreme cases I wait until the end of the game to Mute/Block them so that if they do say something productive or make good call.

And I always remember to report them since a ban/restriction will be the only way they learn. Unless, of course, they continue with their toxic ways and earn themselves a perma ban. Then they can't really learn from their mistakes within this community but maybe they will take away where they went wrong and think on it when they join another community.

PDE5 Inhibitors1/25/2016, 2:58:43 PM1 votes

Completely depends. Are they upset that someone is 0-10-2? Then I agree with them. Are the a hormonal 12 year old boy that hasn't gotten the new call of duty yet? I lol at them and try to make them more angry :)

LeBraum James GG1/25/2016, 3:45:48 AM1 votes

Personally I tell them to go find the nearest bridge and jump off of it. Then I give them a 2-piece and a biscuit if they want to keep going. I don't normally start it.. but I for sure finish it and it usually ends with them crying "omg report this guy he's so toxic" after they get what's coming to them. It's hilarious how many kids can dish it out but they sure as hell can't take it.

GamblerOfLives1/25/2016, 4:31:48 PM1 votes

how to say "fck you" and not get banned...it's easy

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