Observation:Player Attitudes

Durragon·Dec 6, 2016·3 votes·414 views

Over the last 3 weeks of playing I have found myself unable to enjoy a game in any mode. While the gameplay is fine, one big issue has stuck out to me: Toxicity.

Ive played for years now, and I cannot recall a time where I have encountered such terrible attitudes. There's no discussion, no communication, between players. There's no acknowledgements of a well executed play. Teamwork is something of a myth at this point. I have been in games where one misplay caused the whole team to just devolve into blaming each other, spouting off vile, hateful things to each other and throwing any chance of enjoy the game out the window.

Half of my attempts at diffusing situations lead to nothing. Last year, I could talk to teammates, diffuse toxic situations, claw back wins from the edge. Now? Now I find myself getting too tilted by half of these games to even focus. I can't be the only one feeling that there has been a rise in toxicity.

I boot the game up and log in only to stare at the client and ask if i really want to throw 20-45 minutes away doing something I don't enjoy.

I just had to vent this out before stepping away from the game.

7 Comments

MatthewRT2Dec 6, 20161 votes

this is why we need in game coms so there is forced communication and there would be less toxicity cuz most people wont say what they can type, especially if it runs the risk of everyone going "lol what is that voice, are you 10?"

DurragonDec 6, 20161 votes

I'd be down for that. Listen Servers, like in Killing Floor, would make team communication easier. You'd be able to hear sarcasm and tone in a persons voice that leads to bullshit in a game when its not stated that someone is just taking the piss.

MatthewRT2Dec 7, 20161 votes

yeah some people take thing so seriously like if we are winning about to take nexus and somone starts a surrender vote everyone flames them

DamagefoxDec 7, 20161 votes

Sadly I am seeing more and more people who dont want to just win, but they want to SHOWBOAT about it as well. We could be about to go for nexus, and someone on our team says "Dont end yet, let me penta/ace" or they Wont end untill they get Dragon AND Baron AND Ace AAAAND a Pentakill Then the enemy turns it around flips the table, we end up losing, and either support or jungle gets all the blame dumped on them. When this all started because some brat who thinks too highly of themselves decided they had to not just win, but completely and totally humiliate the enemy while inflating thier own already over-inflated ego.

MatthewRT2Dec 7, 20161 votes

nah fake surrenders are hilarious

DamagefoxDec 7, 20161 votes

There is No communication because there is no real point. Doesnt matter what you say, if you are getting focused or harrassed? if you see the enemy circling dragon. Players on this game only care about THEIR OWN KDA, nothing else. But If someone tries to bring up even the most VALID point. They will immediately get shot down and dismissed. (Stfu dude, ur 0/X" "Dude u just suk" "ur trash" "ur >insert role<, you dont get to talk") People are so full of themselves, every player thinks THEY are the best player in the world, its the world champ finals (every match = LCS Finals), and because of thier "skill" (in thier own mind) they are free to talk down to, degrade, insult, and berate the rest of thier team. Even in ranked I am constantly seeing this "1v1 me bruh" or "u suk, u cant even 1v1". ON A TEAM-BASED GAME. Its no longer about winning, No longer about working together. Its all about who can "Solo carry" as opposed to "Team Carry" Who has the most kills, who can get the most bragging rights. Who can stab thier team in the back for kills and climb that corpse-ladder.

THIS is what League is being reduced to. A bunch of toddlers with heavily over-inflated egos that dont care about the TEAM aspect of a Moba. They just want to turn it into a clone of Call of duty free for all. So they can fight over who has "most kills, bruh"

Rarely if ever do I see a team willing to work together, its mostly spoiled kids who will flame anyone who doesnt play at a plat level, even in BRONZE

ZT XperimentorDec 7, 20161 votes

That's always been a problem, but nothing like it is now. It noticeably began rising when riot started shoving the game into the 'sport' spotlight, strange isn't it?