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Mardaxil·5/7/2017, 12:57:12 PM·2 votes·477 views

hi guys, my name is marek (czech), i never thought i would be seriously interested in bringing topic of this community's abusive behaviour into discussion, because everyone must've noticed by now this game is full of people that either intentionally or non-intentionally ruin other people's efforts, but since it seems riot games are not very efficient in fixing this number one issue and prefer to create shiny and attractive videos about new skin bundles and whatnot, which paradoxly attracts more of these abusers, i decided to create this topic. one of the outcomes i expect of this effort is to find out how many of you reason the same way i do. because if i find out this game was created for spoiled children to drown their parents money in, im gonna either reconsider playing it (and invest money in it as well), or, since the option is available (and thats maybe the most positive aspect of the current community situation), im gonna roam the world ( the real world :) ), and find some not-braindead companions to create ranked team with and FINALLY enjoy and appreciate the outcome of the friggin hard work of riot employees, which it deserves, the friendly and productive assistant to teach today's people to use our heads more effectively, without any ties (except having them as an opponent team) to the (im very sorry i have to use this word) filth thats gonna be significant part of the rest of this game's community

this board has countless discussions on this topic, im very well aware of that; this particular one was created to show everyone related to this game that since most game modes hooks you up with people that probably are not very interested in you or in your efforts, community's behavior is an issue NUMBER ONE. because its very possible to end up like me in here, playing for every team member i get from queue without making differences, but getting flamed, mocked, and eventually reported and banned ( i can't tell how seriously the tons of reports from various reasons are being taken) and being stuck in a rank where i troll and smurf because my experience with the game is way more ahead of it

im looking forward to your thoughts on this matter, and will be very grateful for every serious approach (riot games employees' are welcome as well)

4 Comments

Miror B5/7/2017, 1:12:29 PM1 votes

I've actually been forced to mute my teammates and post less on the forums due to the sheer harassment I'm privy to on a daily basis. Oftentimes I get stuck with people who were autofilled into a roll they don't want to play and don't want to make it fun ("I got autofilled support but wanted to play lee sin mid, so instead I'm going to lock in smite/ghost nunu and spend the next 20mins pingspamming and telling the enemy team your locations through /all chat"), or I get stuck with people who just intentionally want to ruin games. The fact I've had to report hundreds of players because of this yet only received one of those "keep up the good work" notifications, while I understand that those players might have had action taken against them, probably means that few of them are actually getting punished and are instead allowed to carry on making games unfun for people.

All in all, I'm under the impression that something has to change. Many of the people in this game have to start maturing/trying to be proactive with teamwork and less about themselves. Otherwise we could just see this game turn into one of those "but" games, in which the cons heavily outweigh the pros.

Wolfsiege5/7/2017, 7:12:31 PM1 votes

I cannot relate to this more. Just in my last game, I had an ori who flamed me in the first 5 mins of the game so I muted her and I was 10/0 and ori was throwing by stealing jungle camps from me. I told my team to report her and they were all on my side. Later into the game in a team fight, our ADC ezreal (Q'd with the support Brand) focuses the soraka, so I tell him not to focus Soraka. On to the next team fight, HE DOES IT AGAIN. So I tell him I am about to reporting him for inting if he doesn't stop (Because he is obviously inting), as a 14/3 warwick and ezreal as 2/3 tells me "Mad cause bad, youre the one inting" and now becomes toxic. I tell my team to report him too for toxic and Brand chimes in and calls me toxic because I said something to his Q buddy who is obviously toxic and inting. I end up getting reported by all of them. Mind I already have a chat restriction due to games exactly like this where trolls/flamers report me for nothing BUT DOES RIOT CARE? NOOOOOOOO. They just mute me and eventually ban me because the community is shit.

BigNasty30015/7/2017, 9:47:35 PM1 votes

Until Riot begins to attack the causes of toxicity, and not just attack the symptoms, then this game will steadily get worse. These are lessons we have already learned in real life (failed drug war policies) yet Riot acts as if there is nothing they can take from anywhere else and apply to LoL. The players on the boards are largely apologist, so i don't expect a discussion to gain much traction. Partly due to the binary upvote system, which is flawed and turns everything into a circlejerk.

Permabanning people for words is ridiculous. I can get behind a timeout, but permabanning? Just silly, and does nothing to prevent them from buying a new account and becoming more toxic. The only people who should be permabanned are those who troll and are there only to ruin others experience. Riot would need a behavior team for this, however, and they are not willing to put any work into it. They only want an automated system. Riot is lazy on this, and nobody calls them out. They use the boards as a propoganda tool, modding those who are the greatest apologists (Ulanopo, that Nami chick). If you are rightfully angry about something that happened in-game, and you post here, all you will get is passive aggressive statements from the apologists as to what you did wrong. Oh, your jg went afk and trolled because he died once? Sorry, you called him useless so you should be banned. Ridiculous. In a team game people will call you on your bad play/behavior. This video game is not a special exemption.

It is impossible to have a serious discussion because it will not be from an unbiased place. The upvotes will go to those who think saying anything that even seems negative is toxic. I was downvoted and passively aggressively attacked for typing "why is bot 0-12" in a game where bot was clearly trolling. This is the state of the boards, and also Riot's mindstate. I would like to see a discussion about this on a thread with votes disabled, and mods banned. That would be a step in the right direction.

whoopsIfedthem5/8/2017, 2:36:35 AM1 votes

Being honest with you the community is toxic but once they feel the pain of getting their account perma banned they stop being toxic in anyway shape or form i tried reforming i really did but in the end i got perma banned my account is over if you have to just mute all it isnt worth the hurt and pain you will feel later if you get perma banned i felt if just focus on being positive and others will follow youAzir Yorick Sion