So there are plenty of posts with the math. Basically even if you believe the percentage numbers from Riot about toxic players, which is like (2%) the last post I read. So no source. You A. Have to remember that this number is very low because of Riots very extreme definition of "toxic" compared with the worlds definition. and B. How many players are still in a game.
http://kotaku.com/riot-s-punishment-for-ranked-league-of-legends-players-1725646848
Is a nice summary post.
Basically Riot breaks us down into 3 categories. You have toxic, neutral, and positive. Basically if 2% of the population is toxic. There are 10 people in a game including yourself. You have a 20% chance of playing a game with this 2%.
If you read the post you go on to see that they admit that 90% of your toxic games do not come from this 2%. It comes from the neutral or positive players who are "just having a bad day". According to this post. These people. The other 98% who are lashing out in a game, but who do not have a very noticeable track record and pattern for toxicity, who are responsible for most of the toxic games we experience.
Riot lets the 98% go. Lin uses the words " They had a bad day and carry that with them into League".
Like everything Riot (Lin) does to try to fight toxicity really makes me question where he got his degree in psychology. I want to make sure no one I know goes to that school.
Basically even with the HexTech system. It targets the 2%, but not all the people having a bad day. There is nothing in the game to give them a polite reminder about how to behave.
So the when people make these posts about having toxic players in almost all their games. The math supports that. You have a 20% chance of having someone Riot has marked as toxic and you have a huge chance of getting with someone "having a bad day". Lin goes on in the interview with "the question is - How do you solve that problem?" My response is why dont you start with telling them their behavior was not appropriate instead of doing nothing. Which is what you are doing now.
Yes you will almost always play with toxic players.
I keep all chat disabled for a reason. It has no purpose but to provide a way to be toxic to the other team. The very fact that Riot has kept All chat in the game is proof that either Lin has 0 control and his job is a joke, that Riot really doesn't care, or much more likely they are not smart enough to find a solution.
Removing All chat immediately cuts your chances of having a toxic player on your team by half.
