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How to get teammates to stop arguing

6Asmodeus6··5 votes·4,284 views

I have recently started to play ranked and am liking it pretty much so far. The only thing that puts me one step closer to uninstalling the game is teammates arguing over the littlest stuff and then going AFK or purposefully isolating themselves from the game.

I get home from work everyday like a normal person and have time to play a few games to relax (I know this game is the opposite of relaxing but you get my point) and then out of nowhere some random teammate start something with another player and then they go at it the entire game. What makes it even better is the other teammates point fingers on who is to blame then that person goes afk and this happens more than it should. I try to keep the game going by saying "good job" and other stuff whenever someone gets a kill to keep people in spirit, doesn't work.

I main support and its starting to get a pain in the ass losing because of teammates who have the temper of a literal 2 year old, I just dont get it. Am i the only player who just says to myself "dang, someone on our team died" and carry on the rest of my game? I know blaming teammates is a so cliche excuse of losing games but im serious. When and if I make a mistake, I own up to it obviously and move on with my game and thats what everyone else should do. If its not peoples tempers going out of control, its troll but that's another story.

What i'm trying to say is, why does NO ONE have the courtesy to be nice? This is my favorite game and it's a shame how many times I uninstalled because the game wasn't fun anymore having to worry about what kind of people your'e going to be playing with. None of my friends play this game so I can't play with them and if I friend a stranger, they just delete me if we have a bad game.

21 Comments

Zen Batman2 votes

Generally, when I play a game and someone rages at another player for something (support accidentally takes a kill, jungler botches a gank), I keep an eye out for the player getting raged at. They gank my lane, success or no, I thank them in chat for trying to help. I see them make a good play, tell them good job. I have found that if you have that one toxic person that is targeting a specific player and you highlight the good things that the target player is doing, the toxic one will eventually drop it. Sometimes you get lucky and your team catches your drift and everyone is just showering the jungler with praise.

If its two players fighting each other, it can get a little difficult to diffuse, but I've still used the overwhelmingly positive and complimenting the other (non-fighting) players, that sometimes the other two will stop. The moment they stop fighting, I compliment them both on something they did.

Its not 100% successful, but at least the other players that aren't involved in the fighting get some heart warming Care Bear action.

6Asmodeus61 votes

yeah haha sometimes when I do compliment people who are arguing or is getting mad over something, they completely ignore my compliment (thats what im guessing for the most part as they don't reply and keep doing what theyre doing)

MYSTlCFLOW1 votes

and if I friend a stranger, they just delete me if we have a bad game.

lmaoooooooooooooooooo yeah even when you've won all ur games with them and are a smurf carrying them. I had it happen I was flabbergasted

6Asmodeus61 votes

Exactly lmao people are disgusting

Tuition Fee1 votes

Jokes are great for diffusing situations like this. Especially lewd ones. Distract them from their conflict, or just tell both of them to shut up (Kindly)

RxO Carmada2 votes

just tell both of them to shut up (Kindly)

This can get you chat restricted or banned if you're reported, even if said kindly. Riot rules on toxicity are pretty terrible in this regard.

Modi3 votes

I have never been punished for saying things like:

Hey guys, can we focus on the game?

or

[Lane] it looks like [other lane] is struggling, can you help out?

Saying "shut up" itself is not a kind way to get others to focus on the game. If they don't respond positively to your ask, then just mute them. Hey look, they stopped arguing, I don't see their chats anymore! The rules are meant to dissuade you from joining in the argument (a la "would both of you shut up?").

6Asmodeus61 votes

Asking if our team could focus on the game is something I haven't tried saying yet, I'll keep that one in mind, thanks. For when I do mute people it also annoys me on how much people type instead of playing the game like in lane you just see them standing there while a fight in happening or something else and they die or let others die

RxO Carmada2 votes

You can get punished for this, the only reason you haven't is because you have good standing. Typing to your teammates while they are fighting is bannable, even if you're trying to be nice. If you're typing more than you need to you can be banned and this holds true especially if you have a bad reputation.

Modi1 votes

I would like to see proof of this. People here that I have seen didn't just "type too much". They typed a lot, of harassing chat messages. Feel free to provide evidence to support your claim. Until then, I'll be going with what I have seen, and personally experienced.

RxO Carmada1 votes

here's one from awhile ago, there was one better than this but i can't seem to find it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/6wn7cp/so_i_got_banned_for_trying_to_be_positive_text/

he got banned for typing too much even though his team was sitting in fountain and opened.

Modi1 votes

Images removed, so evidence is circumstantial at best. This reply seems to hit on why there was a punishment issued, though:

You got banned for telling people to report brand

Calling for reports falls under harassment. It is not only against the rules to harass another player, it is entirely unnecessary to ask for reports. Since the Reddit post looks to be from the past year, this was long after the implementation of IFS.

Long story short, it wasn't the quantity of text, it was the quality. This seems to be in line with everything I have seen on these boards

RxO Carmada1 votes

He sent screenshots to people since you're not allowed to share them over the league reddit. Also, he had the reply from riot that said he was banned for typing too much, so the point that it was the quality of the text is mute. The main reason he got banned was because he had a low reputation and he had another game he was reported for, the quality of the game didn't matter it's the simple fact that he got reported and had a hgh score since he was typing so much.

Modi1 votes

Again, I cannot confirm nor deny the circumstances, nor any of the other claims.(yours nor his). Thus, I have to go with what I do know, which is evidence from these boards contrary to the claims.

RxO Carmada1 votes

This isn't a very valid point. What you do know is that people get banned, which anyone here can agree to, of course, people get banned. The issue is how long it takes them to get banned. There have been MANY cases of people intentionally feeding 5+ games in a row and not getting punished for it. Hell, I have even seen it myself.

Modi1 votes

How does that have anything to do with the conversation we were having? Not being banned while feeding (whether intentionally or not) has absolutely no bearing on our discussion around chat based punishments and whether or not it is quality (aka bad) vs quantity (aka too much).

You say my point isn't valid? What point is the one to which you object?

Tuition Fee1 votes

While it's perfectly reasonable to tell teammates to be quiet, typing too much at a bad time definitely seems like it should be a bannable offense. Even if it's positive stuff. However, Riot will not punish you if say, you got aced and you're trying to stop a fight.

Despìca Bìll1 votes

I feel your pain...it's too bad the game is so fun. It would be a lot easier to walk away. The people here suck...League is famous for how bad its community is.

Zone of Endless1 votes

I usually say "shut up and focus on the game", "less talk more playing", or just tell my team to mute each other. If they continue to argue and flame then i just mute all party involved; ping included.

Summonah123691 votes

How to get teammates to stop feeding? Please?

MOLTinaTOR1 votes

Just tell em to mute each other and focus on the game.

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