Where is that line?

YOU LOST LMAO··1 votes·422 views

Where is that line drawn from which I am being toxic, to your need to grow a pair.

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ModUlanopo4 votes

It's not a question of strength or toughness, though. Part of the reason that DOTA2 has a much smaller community is because people choose other forms of entertainment over putting up with the garbage. Riot likes money, so they foster a community that isn't godawful rancid. Shocking, that.

SchmidttyGames2 votes

The problem is that the community has become rancid. The truth is:

  • One ping, comment, or question can send someone off their rocker, causing them to flame out entirely.
  • One bad play will cause your entire team to turn on you verbally. Riot gives no fucks about them, but will ban you because they all report you.
  • Dying one time will cause some people to simply quit on the other four members of their team.
  • Some people are out here specifically to cause as much chaos as they can and they never seem to get punished for it.
  • The majority of the player base has zero interest in helping anyone. Rather the opposite, they would rather browbeat you for "being a noob".
  • New players are subjected to the "smurf" treatment, which causes most of them to quit the game, citing the fact that it isn't fun to get your ass handed to you by people who are clearly beyond their level, every single time they play.

So, we have a toxic community. Elders drop off and quit little by little. New players don't make it to 30 before they quit from frustration and the huge mountain of "unlocking" things before them. People in-between treat each other like garbage and it's widely acceptable.

This game has a huge, festering disease right now. If things do not change, and soon, this game will die the normal slow death that befalls all major games that do not change. Our community is imploding little by little, and the worst part of it is that they (Riot) don't seem to care as long as they can milk their whales.

ModUlanopo3 votes

I will point out that play numbers continue to grow, League continues to be the most-played video game in the world, millions of people play every day without experiencing anywhere near the toxicity you describe and observation and confirmation biases are real.

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SchmidttyGames1 votes

People tolerate it because they don't want to lose what they've invested. Time or Money, it's all the same.

I've played 5 games in the last 24 hours and encountered toxicity in four of them, and extreme toxicity in two.

One could argue that much of their "growth" is from the new array of ARAM and Co-Op Bots that currently plague both game modes. You can't judge growth simply by the number of accounts because of both this, and the fact that old players make new "smurf" accounts all the time to feast on newer players.

As long as you continue to flatly ignore the problem or dismiss it, as you did with me, it will continue to get worse.

Omen461 votes

...this happened to me, I actually have my own board I need help with...item 3151

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well toxicity does exist... i dont encounter it too often but there is a solution to it though.... and its simple....

remove the chat function from the game... no verbal abuse you can communicate enough through pings... chat does nothing positive in most cases...

i personally try not to use chat in game at all if i can get through the game with out it.

This Is Your Dad1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=YcHI4zAt,comment-id=0002000000000001,timestamp=2017-01-20T06:01:25.370+0000)

well toxicity does exist... i dont encounter it too often but there is a solution to it though.... and its simple....

remove the chat function from the game... no verbal abuse you can communicate enough through pings... chat does nothing positive in most cases...

i personally try not to use chat in game at all if i can get through the game with out it.

I use chat to tell jokes though. Like what do you call an 8/0 alistar? Legend-DAIRY.... 5 minutes later.... Your recent behavior has resulted in a 25 game chat restriction being placed on your account. Please refrain from making puns as they contribute to brain damage if exposure remains constant.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well you arent allowed to have fun at this game...

dont you know? you cant do off meta, play champs for the hell of it... and if you dont get mad and rage cuz you lose a game you arent suppose to play rank cuz its that serious....

and if you advocate any fun in a video game you get ostracized and called a troll ....

YOU LOST LMAO1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=YcHI4zAt,comment-id=0002000000000001,timestamp=2017-01-20T06:01:25.370+0000)

well toxicity does exist... i dont encounter it too often but there is a solution to it though.... and its simple....

remove the chat function from the game... no verbal abuse you can communicate enough through pings... chat does nothing positive in most cases...

i personally try not to use chat in game at all if i can get through the game with out it.

I believe the line of which you need to grow a pair is very close and small

SEKAI3 votes

They are not 2 variables in a xy=z relationship where the "x" and "y" refers to toxicity and growing a pair. They are 2 independent items.

One needs to both grow a pair, AND not being toxic.

Kuthillick1 votes

Is what you said designed to be positive or helpful? If it's not, it's toxic. And "l2p" is not designed to be either of those things for example.

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