Option not to play with younger players

The Coach·Apr 2, 2016·6 votes·625 views

My experience as a 30+ yo player is that a lot of the griefing and hate from other coplayers and enemy teams comes from players that are pretty young. Although I understand that you want to include all players, I really feel that the younger players are the mayor problem in griefing (but of course I understand that there are older players that are "bad" winners and losers aswell). I feel that it would be great to verify your age viia E-ID and be able to play with an older age group, and be rid with a lot of the teen hormones that makes us all want that last bad game to be the last of the day.

Best regard "S"

17 Comments

disregardableApr 2, 20163 votes

The game is rated T for teens. The majority of the players are teenagers/early 20s.

The CoachApr 2, 20162 votes

Yeah the majority of the player base is younger, but I'm willing to bet that the majority of the revenue comes from 25+ yo

ModWulf HelhammerApr 2, 20162 votes

People 25+ have more important things to spend money on then a game. 18 and under have more disposable income, plus kids can get parents to pay for it

The CoachApr 2, 20161 votes

Yeah we have more important thing to spend money on than games, but I can easily spend £50 per month on skins/champs and still pay my house mortages. I'm willing to bet that the average 15-25 yo have spent less than the average 25-35 yo (I have no figures to back this up :))

idontplaythemetaApr 2, 20162 votes

I mean if you like going from 15 minute que times to 40 minute que times :/

The CoachApr 2, 20161 votes

Yeah that would be something to way against the benefits from playing without the younger players. And really, if you have a 15 minute que time as your average you should try choosing support or fill.

FrankerXApr 2, 20162 votes

how can you tell that the majority of flamers are younger players? i had ppl behave like 6 but im pretty sure they were over 16. its like saying "all french players suck" you cant tell. maybe a french player just carried you but because he didnt say anything in french you dont even know?

The CoachApr 2, 20161 votes

I work as a high school teacher and I can say that a lot of the "I don't suck, it must be the sup/jng/adc/mid/top's fault" mentality is is present in a lot of my students. And this isn't just loose talk, I talk to my students about LoL and their experience of it and they pretty much all agree that you flame a player to avoid beeing flames yourself.

FrankerXApr 2, 20161 votes

i can remember that same mentality a few years ago in almost everyone of my classmates and majority of them were 19 and older.

DedriusApr 2, 20162 votes

Why would younger players not say they are older to play with "less toxic" (which may not even be true) players who are 20/25+ yo? Yes there are younger players who rage and grief at the smallest instance but most of the top tier players are under the age of 25 so queue times in higher elos would be ridiculous.

Younger people play video games more so than older people, dealing with less mature people is kind of par for the course when it comes to playing online video games.

The CoachApr 2, 20161 votes

I don't reallt know how it works in other countries, but in sweden you can use an electronic identification to veryfy your age and identity.

As for the higher ELO's: I have never been in one and I don't know if the griefing problem is as big in them as in the lower but I woudl bet my money that it isn't.

DedriusApr 2, 20161 votes

Well in NA I can't think of a type of electronic identification that would be able to be used like there is in Sweden.

And as for the griefing issue, taking an immature person and giving them a sense of status that comes with reaching higher elo's is a perfect recipe for this issue to be worse not better. In Plat/diamond players leave after one teammate dies early and just say this game is over then AFK. Whether or not this person is young is unknown so discriminating against younger players whenever any type of immature play happens is a bit silly. There are people who are 30+ who equally as, if not more, immature than some teenagers.

GaleWinUnleashedApr 2, 20161 votes

It's not really whether or not griefing is still a problem in higher ELO. Your suggestion to split the queues up by age would cause high ELO queue times to increase, perhaps by quite a lot. Obviously I have no numbers with which to make an estimate, but it would have at least some impact.

Troll ArmadaApr 3, 20162 votes

It's fun to blame 'those dumb kids' for everything ( for many reasons, one of which is that it makes for easier one liners...) but you would be surprised how many of those kids are actually full grown adults.

The negative, "gg" after first kill, surrender spam, etc etc etc, have equal representation among all brackets trust me.

I would ask for proof, but Riot statistics are always shady, and besides, if people are like me, I always give random false info for companies who for some reason need various personal details. Anyway, my point is, you really don't have a whole lot of evidence to support your claim. Honestly, I don't know either, but from tracking various trolls in my games, I've found there is an equal distribution among all age brackets.

Magnum MackApr 2, 20161 votes

I wouldn't mind this as an option. I can select to queue in the standard player pool or opt for the 20+ age player pool. Sure, I may wait longer, but it might be with people who actually care more about winning. This may not guarantee I don't get trolled or waste my time, but it does more than anything else anyone has suggested.

Austin CovelloApr 2, 20161 votes

I think this might be a great idea, if for no other reason than to study toxicity via an age demographic. This should be one of those "Experiments" Riot used to do. Implement it temporarily, so we can all get some hard data instead of just speculation on the subject.