Can we develop some other way to deal with toxicity?

Barcid·6/23/2017, 4:03:54 AM·3 votes·373 views

Going up from level 1 to 15 so far, the amount of people I've played with who are not only toxic but admitted to having been banned for toxicity before is actually astounding. This means the new player experience is by and large going to be with these kinds of players in the community, so every time you ban a player for toxicity that sends them down for the new players to have to deal with, get bullied by, and have a higher chance of just quitting altogether or worse, becoming toxic themselves.

Can we develop a new way to deal with this?

5 Comments

Resolution6/23/2017, 4:41:27 AM1 votes

The main reason the leveling process is so toxic; is a lot of people leveling are past banned accounts. When you're banned you get openly invited to make a new account and try again (Part of the reform policy) sadly, this just encourages people to make throw away accounts to troll/harass without learning their lesson.

When toxic players aren't openly invited to the game by Riot - you'll see less new people thinking its ok. Honestly, most new players end up toxic from the environment created by the policy itself. The leveling experience was the worst I've ever had in any online game - and yet it's actually openly acceptable to do so with little to no draw backs.

Resolution6/23/2017, 9:39:20 AM1 votes

Leagues one of the most toxic online games; sadly you kinda have to get used to it. I've played since 2011 and nothing's changed since then; if anything it's actually gotten worse over the years.

There trying a new honor system in a future patch, but it's more or less for show rather than addressing the issue at its core. The ban systems insanely lenient if you're smart about it, and even then it's based on a reform system. It puts too much faith in hoping people will magically change.

Also, Riot would lose too much money if they lost a proportion of their player base. Most of these players will end up buying skins on their new accounts eventually (A lot of the times ones they previously owned). There's good money in people making multiple accounts after bans.

Resolution6/23/2017, 8:50:19 PM1 votes

If someone has to hit 4-6 ban tiers before their account is permanently locked; yes it's an issue. It takes roughly three to four offenses in different games per tier. That's roughly 20-25 games a player is able to ruin for other players before kicked out.

I'm sorry but 9 other players have to suffer 13 hours of toxicity from that player. When you take in account how many players have flags on their account... it adds up. The game wouldn't be a flame fest if more was done. Reform is just a band-aid.