Leaving a match bc of toxic teammates

Sierraphon·2/25/2020, 12:45:14 AM·1 votes·3,670 views

This last time wasn't really that bad, but I'm so sick of toxic teammates. I play league to have fun and destress. In all honesty, college is kicking my ass and I'm in a really fragile state. I was being flamed by my teammates. It was mild, but it kind of just felt like the straw that broke the camel's back. Usually I can handle it, but I 'm so weak mentally. I told my team that they were hurting my feelings and that I wanted to cry, and their response was "cool". I knew that I was already in too deep to just mute and keep playing. I was already tearing up and ruining my game. My problem is that Riot doesn't care why you leave a match, just that you left. If I left because my emotions can't handle another person telling me I'm useless or flaming, I feel like punishing me reinforces toxic behavior. I don't know. I know leaving matches is bad. It's only the second time I've done it in all my time playing. I know people will say "don't play the game if you can't handle it", but I feel like that just reinforces League's toxic community too. I don't know, if I say I want to cry trying to get you to stop flaming, with tears in my eyes, is it really my fault I left? I want to play the game. Some teams are so nice even when you're losing. Usually when teammates are flaming other teammates, I try to tell them to stop being rude to their teammates. It gets the team nowhere. But, nobody really stands up for me. Not even Riot, obviously, bc they don't care if I left bc of toxicity or just to be an ass. I might be rambling, but I'm tired of toxic players being the ones rewarded if somebody gets fed up and leaves.

8 Comments

I Like Teemo2/25/2020, 12:48:51 AM6 votes

league is by far one of the single most toxic games on the internet. It has almost no equal in that regard and if someone isn't ruining a game with language or behaviour its just increasingly rare these days

RedOpticToxin2/25/2020, 1:11:43 AM4 votes

If you were playing norms then leaving is fine once in a while. The penalties should be smaller than if you were in a ranked game. If you left during a ranked game however then it is 100% your fault. High competition brings stress because the margins are small for success. I would recommend just muting chat bruh youll feel alot better for it.

Pombagira2/25/2020, 8:43:55 AM2 votes

Don't take what people say to heart, because they just want to hurt you and they don't really realize that you're a person with feelings too. They're apathetic; and you shouldn't hold value to what they say because they're just random strangers over the internet that are super toxic. Focus on the people that are nice to you, that care about you and like you. They need your attention more than what some dumb toxic idiot says to you online. I know you probably already know this, but if they're insulting you and it really hurts your feelings you should mute them or even better just /muteall and their pings. You won't have to read any of the bullshit they're saying and you can focus on your game than worry about what they say. It shouldn't matter what they say either because it's just gonna hurt you and it's all just meaningless bullshit anyway. Good luck OP, I hope you have better players in your games soon.

Dr Cat Pooch3/1/2020, 1:21:57 AM2 votes

I've found that it's better for my mental health if I mute anyone at the first sign of negativity. Then I pretend that they're the most positive person in the entire world. They definitely said gj when I cc'd the enemy carry and won us a teamfight. They're making strategic and smart calls. They're encouraging those who are doing poorly. Muting them won't hurt your chances of winning a la cutting off communication, because it's unlikely that they would've said anything truly helpful or useful anyways.

Leaving the game will only make you feel worse in the long run, because you'll have lost the points anyways and you might have to deal with being in low priority queue that reminds you of your weakness.