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Being Honest

Keys7·8/20/2016, 4:49:44 PM·6 votes·590 views

Can you say anything to anyone about how you think they are playing. Even if you do it in a nice way it seems to me that everyone takes offence instantly. I'm not saying I'm the best either so if someone tells me that I'm doing something wrong or not playing correctly I want to know. I think you should learn something new in every game of league that you play. Having said all of that, I've noticed that almost no one takes constructive criticism well. In real life you have to be able to take it, so why when people get online do they have this mental block that as soon as someone says anything about how they are playing it's "flaming and I'm going to report you". Sometimes do our emotions get the best of us, yes of course they do, its a competitive game we are competitive people but I feel that as a community we should be able to tell your teammates "hey, that was a bad engage maybe next time wait for their ult to be down" what is so wrong with that, but people just blow it out of proportion. I love this game and I'm not going to quit because the community is bad, but I'm ready to insta-mute people when I get into a game. I just can't take the lack of tough skin out there. I've added a pole to this so drop in an answer or leave a comment if you'd like I'd love to hear what others have to say on this topic. Thanks for everyone who took the time to read this, have a good day.

22 Comments

Sarutobi8/20/2016, 4:56:43 PM5 votes

Of course majority of the people (in general, not only for this game) cannot take criticism well. Why do you think in the case of this game people will always blame others whether it is the champion itself, the items/build, or anything else but will rarely even consider that maybe it was their fault they lost, or that the other person was just better. No, people will always blame others before even consider blaming themselves its just how this generation is handling it. There really is nothing we can do until they learn the hard way!

SmokedAlmonds8/20/2016, 8:05:45 PM4 votes

I do think a lot of people take constructive criticism poorly. However, a significant portion of "constructive criticism" that I see is heavy on the criticism and light on the constructive. Generally it seems more like venting with a dash of some generic pseudo advice so it can technically be classified as constructive criticism.

Part of the problem is the people giving advice have little or no credibility to the random people in their game. If you at all come across as an asshole to them then the advice is going to be rejected.

Morality Coach8/20/2016, 6:33:22 PM3 votes

Generally if ELO isn't on the line people will throw if you coach Madden them. If you find yourself having to coach people online compulsively, then learn a real skill and become a coach irl.

I coach 2 different sports and I have no desire to coach people online as a result. It's very annoying hearing some little kid that never gets sex decide what's best for you, keep it to yourself.

TrulyBland8/20/2016, 6:09:21 PM3 votes

In real life you have to be able to take it, so why when people get online do they have this mental block that as soon as someone says anything about how they are playing it's "flaming and I'm going to report you".

Generally people are more likely to lash out in video games. The people you meet online are - how should I put this - not really "registered" as humans. So it's not necessarily that people get offended that easily, but more that people don't take advice from text on their computer screen. And since that text isn't human, there's also no hesitation to retaliate immediately.

All that said, I don't think the majority reacts this negatively... the majority, I would say, doesn't react at all. When it comes to tangible reactions, I'd say positive and negative reactions are more or less equally frequent. At least in my experience.

Itankyou8/20/2016, 5:52:51 PM2 votes

We are all challenjur though we don't want criticism, we don't take advice from boosted animals and we sure as hell don't like it when others type instead of playing the game. Stop telling me I'm tyler 1 or its straight down mid boiz

Upvoted your post btw

Ada Wong8/20/2016, 10:55:07 PM1 votes

With the way Riot bans you for almost anything its hard to say anything constructive because it leads to an argument which u mute everyone and whatever so might as well let players be idiots and lose every game, like I understand and read the summoners code "Leave no newbie behind" but that is kinda hard not to do with the overly sensitive players when you say U should take "Green Smite and at least be helpful, since you are not doing much." and peeps often get so sensitive over that, if I have to highlight and redline everything for you because you are going to get hurt over something like I said above I might as well just turn off chat and say nothing...

I understand players are toxic yelling hateful things and so there needs to be a report option for "Verbal Abuse" but players whine and complain too much over the slightest comment they define as "Negative".

oSEXYPLATYPUSo8/21/2016, 1:44:01 AM1 votes

in all honesty the best thing to do is not to every use the chat feature no matter what.

animeangel028/22/2016, 5:10:05 AM1 votes

Hello Keys7to7da7Moon, I would like to thank you for the discussion that you post about a day ago. I want to sit in my perspective about constructive criticism. I think sometimes people can take it into consideration or you can take it poorly. It depends with a person if they want to take the criticism they will do it if they take a poorly that's on them. So far I think that sometimes they need to if they want to be better.

In my experience, I do deal with a lot of players who would rather give wisdom to other players. Sometimes, others can think as an offense that they think that they're being talked down by them. I do sometimes rage a lot back then. After the years gone by, I learned everybody it's not really perfect and everybody wants to be better. I think that if they cannot take the criticism then they cannot be better. Like I was saying whatever is with them that they need to decide.

venomous frost8/20/2016, 4:57:54 PM1 votes

99% of the "constructice criticism" in league: "stop dying" or "wtf why do that" or "that was so bad" or "stop ganking"

That being said, I will never take criticism from anybody that isn't better than me, there's no point in taking criticism from someone who is playing at the same level as you, since they would be higher if they were better. If you want to improve, you have to take criticism from better players.

There's honestly no point in criticising somebody in your own game, the only reason for you to talk should be to shot call, or ask questions like do you want to group, or just split. Or just point out thing like, lets get mid tower then drake.

Xidphel8/20/2016, 7:36:31 PM1 votes

I vote no because I doubt people even scratched 45% of the playerbase by now.

GankRiven8/20/2016, 7:45:59 PM1 votes

people dont like being told that they are doing something wrong and trust me if they wanted to get better they put in the effort to be better. some people just play a champ because a friend gifted them a skin. they might not even know how to play the champ so being told hey go buy this or why did you buy that can easily tilt someone.

Great Muta8/20/2016, 10:27:47 PM1 votes

Saying anything in this game can equal a report. This is the culture Riot wants where you can free report and get people banned. It's a tattle-tale SJW wonderland.