Curious on how to Deal with Toxic irl Friends

Carmine Tree·1/26/2017, 4:51:48 AM·2 votes·3,707 views

This will feel a bit ranty, as I've wanted to get this off my chest for a while. Sorry if that's not your thing.

I have two close friends irl that are extremely toxic in game, and one who is not usually toxic but when he does flame it can be really bad. I am close friends with two, and one is the little brother of one of the two.

All three are much better at the game then I. To be fair, I started last season and they have been playing for three years. They are all around a plat level while my main is in low silver. (posting this on smurf for obvious reasons)

A = first friend, not usually toxic but can become extremely bad if he tilts B = always toxic, generally dick person who has made friends cry C= lil bro of A, likes to be hella toxic and claim he's 'trolling.'

We all voice call when we play, A does invite me often to norms. Those 3 are best friends and I am often forced to play with the less likeable B and C because of it. We all use voice comms and sometimes we will invite other friends to join us (most are around bronze-silver)

I usually play support with them. I'll generally have to support for B. He loves to flame me for every little mistake I make, even if it's not always my fault. He'll call me a 'retard' and a 'pussy' and loves to tell me that 'even though you're a girl you can't even play support lul'. Always tells me (and our other friends) that we're 'shit' and he can make super hurtful comments, both on call and in game. He has made friends cry.

C will jungle, and loves to make passive aggressive comments and laugh whenever I don't ult to save him or make perfect plays. He loves to repeatedly remind me that I am useless, that I only play with them because I want free elo and that I am simply a rock that they have to carry. I always express my frustration, but he will apologise usually after over pm and tell me that he's 'simply trolling.' Idm making jokes with him, at least he's better than B, he will apologise and can be constructive.

A is probably the closest out of all of them to me. He is also the best player out of our group, he's high plat/low diamond. He's generally chill, usually constructive but when he tilts all hell breaks loose. Since he is the closest to me, he hurts a lot more. He'll call me a retard, %%%%, useless, shit, worse that bronze etc. He did this to my best friend, who had to quit for two weeks because of it. He won't admit it's flame, either.

I am not good at this game, but I feel as if they expect me to be amazing. I am silver, not diamond. I'm going to make mistakes.

How do I deal with these toxic friends? I don't want to avoid playing with them, but is there a better way to deal? I usually have thick skin but with irl friends it hurts a lot more.

21 Comments

CodyBear 1/27/2017, 12:20:20 AM4 votes

First Unfriend them in LOL. Then Unfriend them in facebook. Lastly unfriend them in real life. Not worth having toxicity around. They are just holding you back and you deserve to hang out with better people.

jmp2311/26/2017, 4:56:41 AM4 votes

In my opinion if I had friends that weren't toxic in real life but were in game I wouldn't talk to them at all. If they aren't going to act the same in game as in person then there's no need for me to talk to them anymore

Kei1431/26/2017, 10:51:59 AM3 votes

be strong and stand up against it.

Tell them clearly to stop and you don't appreciate things they say.

tell them that you will mute them on chat and in voice (if you can ignore what they say, then you can do that instead of muting them) and actually do it, so they know you are serious.

You can be passive aggressive and say that you'll ignore them irl unless they apologize (it will test whether that friendship is real).

Angry Monster1/26/2017, 11:26:56 AM3 votes

Tell them you do not like it. If they want to continue doing it; you do not have to play the game with them.

Make it clear that they are abusive in game and that you are fine hanging out in IRL cause they are upsetting you.

if you feel like you need evidence of them saying this stuff (cause they do not hear them selves doing it) you can usually record with most voip programs and play back the parts to them. (have that conversation in IRL though so they see you are serious)

Most people lack empathy over audio only and playing a game at the same time can make it worse.

Dynikus1/26/2017, 4:59:11 AM2 votes

I'm not really sure "friends" is the right term for them. If they are your actual friends, talk to them and tell them it's not okay to say shit like that. If they don't listen or act even worse, then it would probably be in your best interest for your own mental health to not hang around them. No one should have to be berated, especially not by people they consider friends.

Zaryelle1/27/2017, 1:16:01 AM1 votes

It's really weird how some people act way differently online and in games. At my university there's a class where I'm with some of the freshmen and I see a lot of them playing LoL.

In person they are totally reasonable and pretty friendly, but I've never played LoL with most of them because I've watched them play and they are extremely toxic in game.. ping spamming people for mistakes the whole game, criticizing people's builds as if there's only 1 right way to build each champ, telling people to kys for asking them to stop flaming, it's really bizarre. It's almost like it's becoming a fad to be as much of an asshole as possible in this game.

Telephone Booth1/27/2017, 5:37:10 AM1 votes

Just call them the nerds that they are. Getting all pissy over a video game with friends... what a bunch of nerds.

Seigvale1/28/2017, 5:09:43 PM1 votes

Whats more important? Your self esteem and mental stability or your friendship with these people who clearly dont want you to be happy? Plus they know ur not doing anything by sticking around, so theyre gonna keep pushing the envelope till something really bad is said. Find better players who respect u then beat those punk ass bitches in game with a team who knows how to work together and values their members.

LORDCRUSHINGT0N8/15/2018, 6:35:19 AM1 votes

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ModEvangele8/15/2018, 8:08:51 AM1 votes

Nami Locking this necro.

Ethan Allen1/26/2017, 5:01:22 AM1 votes

I would really just not play with them (B+C) in comms at least. I feel like if A starts to get salty you should prob just leave the call for your sake. Personally I get kinda salty when my friends are feeding, so I just leave the call so I don't harass them

deathgod51/26/2017, 7:17:12 AM1 votes

Play on a voice chat were you can mute one of them if needed(personally I use discord) Then make sure to say that you will mute the person for now and why. If they continue being bad people after that, at some point it becomes not worth it. If they generally get mad about you muting them they are not good people.

Kitty Cat Tosha1/26/2017, 7:56:45 AM1 votes

Talk to them about it. Friends need to be able to sort this stuff out. Tell them you don't mind constructive criticism, but don't like being insulted over and over and over again.

luhegha71/26/2017, 5:49:34 PM1 votes

aight