Sarcasm is so common that complimenting someone in chat sounds passive-aggressive...

woobee··40 votes·2,580 views

"ty for mia" "nice farm" "nice score"

I actually thanked someone for pinging their opponent as missing, even though I died because of them. It didn't work out too well for me.

36 Comments

ThePartyLeader12 votes

Studies show that adding an ! At the end of a text or message makes people much more likely to see you as being sincere.

"TY for mia!" "Nice farm!" "Nice Score!"

LOL Spammer2 votes

It's funny but true.

Tails Doll1 votes

Mind = Blown.

ThePartyLeader1 votes

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Mind = Blown.

You're welcome!

FluxBound4 votes

Mind = Blown! Come on, stop being so sarcastic!

Just Blame Jenny1 votes

Also acceptable:

Add smileys. Don't use this one: ":)". It can be misconstrued as sarcasm. Use ":D" or "^.^".

"TY for mia ^.^" "Nice farm ^.^" "Nice score ^.^"

Alternatively, just do what I do, and add "noob" to the end of everything:

"TY for mia, noob" "Nice farm, noob" "Nice score, noob" "Nice penta, noob"

magic pole11 votes

me: "my bad, i thought jungle was coming"

jungle: "typical. fuck you blaming jung"

me: "i actually thought i saw jungle on the minimap. my mistake"

MrWasjig5 votes

Just say "GJ" and continue. Simple, punchy and it can't be misconstrued as you being an ass.

BakedLotion10 votes

{quoted}

Just say "GJ" and continue. Simple, punchy and it can't be misconstrued as you being an ass.

-misses smite and dies- -GJ-

MrWasjig1 votes

Okay you got me there.

FluxBound1 votes

gj gj gj nj ty gj gj nice gg That's all you need to say in a game

Vesarixx3 votes

We need emoticons

[slayer-jinx-catface]

shyv14 votes

pretty sure those would be used passive aggressively too lol

Vesarixx2 votes

I doubt someone is going to use a smiley face sarcastically most of the time, even if they do it's less likely to be misinterpreted, and if they are being sarcastic they can use a more sarcastic looking emoticon, like a Kappa or something

Biffolo1 votes

Wat. Smiley faces are literally the staple of passive aggressive emoticons. Even in real life false smiles can be used incredibly effectively for this very purpose.

TwinkiePro1 votes

You're mom loves you [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Level 3 Rattata3 votes

Even when you give someone positive advice, like if they are losing lane badly and suggest they might want to build more defensive. instead of saying OMG YOU FEEDER, YOU SUCK... you still get the same couple of responses of afk, i'm done, i'm just gonna feed cuz you are telling me what to do... blah blah....

sucks, specially because I always try to be positive and be like, " hey bud, just try to play safe. " because so many people in the community rage at each other some people don't seem to realize someone is actually giving a positive reaction or suggestion. Sucks... This game has become so competitive that some people forget that this is a video game, it's meant to be fun.

High51 votes

It's a competitive game. Winning is fun.

I just wish Riot taught everyone how to play the game instead of expecting every new 30 to reinvent the wheel.

GahRii1 votes

K, but there can be multiple reasons for people raging over that. If someone's getting dived at full HP & destroyed regardless of where they're positioned & you say "play safe bro!" even when they're already under the turret & couldn't play any safer other than never leaving their spawn point; yes, that's annoying.

Observe what they're doing before giving the same meaningless advice of "build tanky" "play safe" "blabla". It isn't always possible, and just annoys people.

Play your own game.

EvilMerodach3 votes

mid- gets ganked by jungle very early, gets 1st blood, but dies. me: gj :) mid: LISTERN HERE U LIL SHIT ..o snap..wat have I done?!

frigginmurlocs1 votes

What you did was compliment them on taking an enemy with them when thehy died, the mid laner simply decided that you were insulting him

Vistha Kai1 votes

Or maybe people are working up too much over every little thing written in the chat?

Honestly, when people get mad over something like OP said, they don't deserve being taken seriously.

That Murphys Law1 votes

Our jungler ganks bot twice after seeing us lose an early fight

Me: Thanks for all the help bot Jungler: You're kidding me right?

Clockwork Madoka1 votes

I actually aim to not be passive aggressive, or even sarcastic much at all (unless it's out of good fun, not to demean someone)....I feel weird complimenting someone on a gank because it almost always comes out as this.

GamblerOfLives1 votes

I love it when i counterjungle, and the enemy junglers saw this.I am like "sry man, thought it was my jungle" Or, when i steal a camp from my team or the enemy "TY" Or when someone makes a mistake "?" this is like so mean:))))

La Barbotte1 votes

problem is, riot cant really do something about this

xReadyPlayerOnex1 votes

We need a voice option. Remove chat, remove the confused context. I'm one of those guys that'll call you an asshole jokingly or use the word correctly and mean it as irritating. For most people this is read as "DIE IN HELL" rather than "jokes on you, laugh with us". If we had a voice feature you'd hear that in my intonation. People just lash out at "chat" and "champions" and can't hear the context and person behind that so we all assume the worst. If we had a voice option it would benefit the game and community in soooo many ways.

DoctorInju1 votes

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We need a voice option. Remove chat, remove the confused context. I'm one of those guys that'll call you an asshole jokingly or use the word correctly and mean it as irritating. For most people this is read as "DIE IN HELL" rather than "jokes on you, laugh with us". If we had a voice feature you'd hear that in my intonation. People just lash out at "chat" and "champions" and can't hear the context and person behind that so we all assume the worst. If we had a voice option it would benefit the game and community in soooo many ways.

Adding voice to this game would cause such an intense increase in toxicity that it would reach an unplayable state within days. If you include it in the client, everyone will be expected to use it and those who opt not to will be regarded as a detriment to their teams. With no chat record to draw upon, reports and punishment would cease (or require so many reports as to achieve that effect).

Riot gathered demographic data on the subject. As I recall, only 25% of the playerbase expressed an interest in in-client voice chat.

PDE5 Inhibitors1 votes

Well, why would you tell someone nice farm if they didn't have nice farm? I can't even see how someone could take that wrong.

Weathered1 votes

yup

ƒoes1 votes

There's a few ways to make it sound like you're not being sarcastic. Sometimes at the beginning of a game I'll say in /all chat "If I say something that sounds sarcastic, don't worry - it's not sarcastic at all. I'm just a nice person :)"

frigginmurlocs1 votes

I've seen that quote on a sarcatstic T-shirt, how would I know if you're telling the truth?

DeynaTaggerung1 votes

It helps if you say nice things to people at the beginning of the game before anything happens. If people's first impression is of you being sincere then later on they're more likely to accept your compliments at face value.

TwinkiePro1 votes

Simple, shorten it or lengthen it. Say "ty" or "nice" or "gj". If you are going to type all that, may as well make it a full sentence.

DevlinCrow1 votes

I never know if someone telling me I did a good job is being serious or sarcastic :P

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