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Toxicity and this game

Wolfyjae·11/25/2017, 9:11:10 AM·2 votes·318 views

This game just isn't fun anymore for me. Ive been a player for a good while. I was around for what most players I've spoken to consider the glory days and the fun times that there were to be had. I don't think the game has really fallen off either. All around Riot makes a fun game, if unbalanced and cheesy at times. Honestly, Riot has been a leech on my wallet that I couldn't shake off, for better or worse.

  My sad realization that I'm driven towards more and more frequently is: The community is pushing players like me away. Players who don't enjoy the environment of toxic, sarcastic, petulant, and overall derogatory players. It is interesting to me, that the only good times I can have with this game now are with my friends in premade teams. Why is that? Is it because they're taking up slots that would otherwise be used by negative and discouraging players? I think so. I don't mean these players are speaking and discouraging me or others from what our actions are in-game, helping us grow and improve. I mean that the dialogue among this community and, in general, grief/troll game play makes the game... not fun. It discourages me from wanting to spend more money. It discourages me from queuing up for another game or two. It makes me not even want to play with my friends.

 Riot has done an amazing job making the player base aware of its behavior. I just wish we were better. I wish we as a community treated each other better. I don't know. I loved this game, and it hurts to literally ask myself the question, before every login: Is this worth it? 

 Are we really so proud of our immature and embarrassingly incomprehensible ability to make other players feel like they're trapped with no way out of a bad situation for 20 minutes, just so they don't get punished for trying to leave or avoid those environments? No one should ever have to feel like they're being held hostage in a game. This is a game. Some of us use it as an escape. We don't log out of the prisons of our lives, just to log into an equally unhappy surrounding.
  • Frustrated, sad, and Hopeless. [sg-zephyr] [sg-soraka]

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RallerenP11/25/2017, 10:17:01 AM2 votes

My sad realization that I'm driven towards more and more frequently is: The community is pushing players like me away. Players who don't enjoy the environment of toxic, sarcastic, petulant, and overall derogatory players. It is interesting to me, that the only good times I can have with this game now are with my friends in premade teams. Why is that? Is it because they're taking up slots that would otherwise be used by negative and discouraging players? I think so. I don't mean these players are speaking and discouraging me or others from what our actions are in-game, helping us grow and improve. I mean that the dialogue among this community and, in general, grief/troll game play makes the game... not fun. It discourages me from wanting to spend more money. It discourages me from queuing up for another game or two. It makes me not even want to play with my friends.

I think it all comes down to two things:

  • First Impressions
  • Perspective/Reactions

First Impressions:

It's worth noting I almost never play solo. But when I do, I find that getting the team hyped and engaged matters alot, especially in the champion select. If you say something funny or try to cheer up a team you don't even know if needs it, you've covered many bases. You make sure that any tilt your teammates have from previous games doesn't affect them as much, and they will be less likely to jump on you for making mistakes since they view you as a friend rather than just a teammate. Being positive no matter what is always the tactic I try. I guess you can relate it to Sky Williams DST though I don't do it nearly as much or as agressive as Sky does.

Perspective/Reactions:

This one is really important, because you are going to get people flaming you. That is true for all communities. But Leagues community is different.

Whenever I do get someone flaming me, or a teammate, my first reaction isn't going full defensive mode. I will always try to just defuse the situation. THe reason alot of people flame is because they lack self-control and because they are tilted. If I make a mistake and get flamed for it, I will instantly just reply with "sorry that was mb", and usually they respond with nothing or sometimes something along the lines of "np, just tilted" or a variation of that. Even when they don't respond I know the situation is still deflated most of the time.

Now sometimes you get that pain in the ass teammate whose sole purpose is to try and tilt other players. There is not much to do about those. But remember, you must have an INCREDIBLY sad life if you most entertaining use of time is making others hate you. Just mute them and try the best you can. They're tilting, but they luckily don't occur often.

The most important thing is: Come off as positive as you possibly can towards other players, to the point where is even seems abit fake. No matter what, do not let anyone get to you. Always let others think you are the most positive being on the planet. By doing this you up the moral of your team, which will definently up the moral of you and make you actually positive. Always do this, even when tilted yourself. After you get really good at faking positivity you will start affecting yourself. You will act it out so well, that you actually become happy at the though that just maybe, you made others have a better experience.