What are your boundaries for oversensitive, reasonable, and jaded viewpoints on toxicity?

Z Statistic·Jan 4, 2016·2 votes·614 views

My boundaries

Oversensitive- punishing simple name calling, whatever the name used Reasonable- punishing person that is acting like a spoiled brat and incessantly doing things that are distracting or annoying, and not punishing someone who is crude or crass every once in a while Jaded- not punishing death threats

I personally do not report someone if I am not offended by their behavior. I'm already hurt by plenty of things peopel say; I don't need to be offended on other people's behalves.

16 Comments

shark musicJan 4, 20165 votes

I play by the same rules I have for gaming around a table top in my living room. I don't do or say anything I wouldn't do or say to a friend or guest who had come over to my house to play D&D, or Monopoly, or Pokemon. I don't tolerate anything from other players that I wouldn't tolerate in that same situation. It should not be difficult for people playing a video game to have fun and remain civil.

I grew up in arcades, playing games a hundred times more difficult than any game in 2016 will ever be, and no one ever raged. Well, once and while someone would flip out and punch a machine that took their quarter. But this whole concept of your mood being dependent on the last five minutes of game you played, and then, worse, inflicting that mood on people around you, is both repulsive and repulsively self indulgent. It's something you only find in people who were raised by their xbox. People who were forced by neglect to replace their parents' love with an achievement system, and thus derive all their self worth from an imagined ability to make their xbox daddy proud. It's crushingly sad, but the sooner those poor internet orphans are forced to civilize for the real world, the better. For them, and for us.

Because, really, think about it. If you can't maintain composure through a bad game of League of Legends, what hope do you have of ever navigating the trials and tribulations of real life in the third dimension? You don't do people any favors by leading them to believe that their tantrums and abusive behavior are in any way normal, or acceptable.

PIMPSMOOTHJan 4, 20161 votes

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I play by the same rules I have for gaming around a table top in my living room. I don't do or say anything I wouldn't do or say to a friend or guest who had come over to my house to play D&D, or Monopoly, or Pokemon. I don't tolerate anything from other players that I wouldn't tolerate in that same situation. It should not be difficult for people playing a video game to have fun and remain civil.

I grew up in arcades, playing games a hundred times more difficult than any game in 2016 will ever be, and no one ever raged. Well, once and while someone would flip out and punch a machine that took their quarter. But this whole concept of your mood being dependent on the last five minutes of game you played, and then, worse, inflicting that mood on people around you, is both repulsive and repulsively self indulgent. It's something you only find in people who were raised by their xbox. People who were forced by neglect to replace their parents' love with an achievement system, and thus derive all their self worth from an imagined ability to make their xbox daddy proud. It's crushingly sad, but the sooner those poor internet orphans are forced to civilize for the real world, the better. For them, and for us.

Because, really, think about it. If you can't maintain composure through a bad game of League of Legends, what hope do you have of ever navigating the trials and tribulations of real life in the third dimension? You don't do people any favors by leading them to believe that their tantrums and abusive behavior are in any way normal, or acceptable.

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Z StatisticJan 4, 20161 votes

I'd be pretty ok with someone at the table saying, "omg, you fucking asshole" at the DnD table, especially if said person decided to backstab their friend in the RP and kill them for leet goldz. It depends on context. But as per the title, what are your extremes i.e. the points beyond which you would say either, "I will never punish this" and "I will always punish this" regardless of context?

To preempt you, "toxic behavior" is too vague. I'd like someone more concrete such as "I will always report death threats regardless of context."

Samus72Jan 4, 20163 votes

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Z StatisticJan 4, 20161 votes

All you're doing is mustering a defense against...someone? I'm not attacking you. The first respondent was criticizing my word choice of "jaded". You are the second respondent. Why do you feel the need to defend yourself against a nonexistent attack and ultimately dodge the question I asked in the title?

62227164DEL1Jan 4, 20162 votes

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Troll ArmadaJan 5, 20161 votes

Actually, I have zero doubt that a large percentage will end up in jail eventually for things unrelated to League.

Of course, there is always that IAMA on reddit claiming that funds from mmr boosting and selling accounts went to fund his sick mother with cancer... so they morally they are in the right not us.

nerak23Jan 4, 20162 votes

For those who claim people are too sensitive, which is a worse crime: the toxic jerk who makes life miserable for everyone? Or the person who turned the jerk in?

Clearly the Toxic Jerk ! The people who hit the report button for such things are not the problem...Thanks for your post ;)

disregardableJan 4, 20162 votes

You should report anyone that ruins your gaming experience. Whether some type of comment bothers me or doesn't varies from game to game.

Z StatisticJan 4, 20162 votes

Very vague. Could you go into more detail?

disregardableJan 4, 20162 votes

I mean, what is vague about it?

Someone insults me, it bothers me, I report them. Someone insults me, I don't mind it, I don't report them.

I think everyone should do that. The report system is there to stop people from ruining other peoples' games. If something someone does bothers you, report them.

Z StatisticJan 4, 20161 votes

I guess I wasn't clear: What is the most offensive thing you'd never punish, and what is the least offensive thing you'd always punish?

PIMPSMOOTHJan 5, 20161 votes

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I guess I wasn't clear: What is the most offensive thing you'd never punish, and what is the least offensive thing you'd always punish?

Least offensive : GGEZ

Most offensive thing I wouldn't punish? Not sure........

Troll ArmadaJan 5, 20161 votes

this is more of a tip for cheaters than it is for real players, but nothing makes me tilt more and report report report than a cheater then bragging at the end of the game with gg ezz, etc

like most of the time, I'm just too tired to even worry about this low life trash, but then they have the nerve to say "me be smurf, gg ez"

when you know that they got friends on your team feeding or they are using scripts rather than high elo tactics/strategies, that's when I'm like this crap getting reported.

so like the tip is, cheaters, don't brag about crap after or during game because you think everyone is an idiot.

Troll ArmadaJan 5, 20161 votes

I do this, but I get the feeling that it cheapens my reports because I hear riot saying that the more you report the less your reports have weight to them.

This might make sense in Gold or Platinum, but in bronze you're left reporting at least every other game, typically in batches of 2-4 summoners, since the trolls typically queue up in duo configurations.

MisterHealYoGirlJan 4, 20161 votes

Oversensitive: Requests. Doing poorly, as long as it doesn't seem intentional. Reasonable: Slurs and hate speech. Jaded: Multiple instances of hate speech and threats.