This community is cancer

ErebusHD·Jun 21, 2018·7 votes·2,442 views

This is literally the worst community ive ever seen. Im new to this game and havent even reached lvl 30. Barely have any champions to play either.The level of hate and intolerance ive seen coming from people is honestly mindblowing. I just had two games with the same mid laner on my team who spent more time flaming the jungler, which was me second game, for not winning his lane for him instead of playing the game. On top of that for some unknowable reason people have this overwhelming desire to act like the biggest ass in the world. Its like they think nothing they do online has real world consequences. I honestly want to know what the appeal to acting like a 5 year old child is cuz for the life of me i cant find one. Now im chat restricted because i had the sheer audacity to defend myself against someone who was flaming me for 20+ minutes and cant receive any in game rewards, THEREBY DEFEATING THE POINT OF PLAYING THE GAME. Whoever decided that loot should be so heavily tied to this so called "Honor" system needs to be fired. Also whoever decided that the only way to get honor back is to grind out thousands of hours of games where you don't get reported also needs to be fired.

If you see '' in your games make sure you take every opportunity to report him when he starts flaming. And yes i realize that name and shame is frowned upon in communities. For this guy, I don't care.

28 Comments

ChermorgJun 21, 20184 votes

This will be blunt, but it's not frowned upon only when you agree with it, and in fact naming/shaming others is against the Universal Rules of the boards. As such, your OP has been accordingly edited. If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to contact us in the Boards Moderation Discord server.

Now, a point. You say you defend yourself, yet you apparently did not mute the person flaming you for 20 minutes. You instead decided that flaming them back was the way to "defend" yourself. That's wrong and a horrible and toxic attitude to have. You are free to defend yourself - mute - but you are not free to retaliate.

Also, it doesn't take thousands of hours of games to get back to honor 2 after one chat restriction. There are people who have done it in less than 50 games and in about a week. It only takes good behavior and moderately active play to climb back quickly - but every instance of bad behavior will make it take longer.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20183 votes

dang i must be confused by the friends ive got who have gone so far as to mute every person every game and refuse from talking to people but still arent getting their honor levels back up after 200+ hours because this game is their life for reason i dont think i will ever be able to fathom. Btw great community youve got here where the best way to make sure you dont get reported is not interact with anyone, in an online game.

ChermorgJun 21, 20183 votes

If they're not talking, there's a good chance they're getting next to no honors. I honor people who use chat honorably, not those who don't use chat at all. People who aren't getting their honor back are either a) still misbehaving or b) not getting honors from their teammates (one reason for which may be they're not chatting and thus their teammates don't want to honor them).

You're free to interact with others, and I do so every game. There are very few games where I never talk (usually only when I'm with a full premade), and most games I'm talking throughout the game. I have never been punished.

The way to avoid punishment is to not abuse chat by flaming/harassing others.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

you expect me to believe that in a community where people throw hate at each other for no conceivable reason that being nice to people is going to progress this broken system? I'd like to put out the naivety of that stance since we have matches where toxic spewing haters get honor because they went 25/2 on a smurf account.

ChermorgJun 21, 20182 votes

I mean, myself, and everyone I know who's honor 4 (or even checkpoints above it), have all progressed, whereas players who either don't use chat at all or are negative in chat are not progressing.

It's pretty simple - if you want honor, act honorably.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

or just hard carry on a smurf account

ChermorgJun 21, 20182 votes

Funny, I've had multiple games where I go 0/12 and have been voted most honorable on the team even when someone else was the hard carry. It's almost like people honor you if you're honorable, not if you carry.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

then clearly the community you exist in is better than the one im in

ChermorgJun 21, 20182 votes

We exist in the same community, you just have been decreased in honor because of your attitude and seem unwilling to accept that your attitude is the problem, not the community/system.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

yes clearly my refusal to sit back and let people insult me in some truly horrendous fashions and wish death upon me is the problem.

ChermorgJun 21, 20182 votes

Then don't let them insult you. Mute them.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20181 votes

so mute everyone upon entering game. thus then cycle begins anew.

ChermorgJun 21, 20184 votes

Why would you mute people who aren't flaming you then, if people flaming you are the problem?

Imperial PandaaJun 21, 20182 votes

So few things.

First, the boards have a no name and shame rule. So you need to remove that players name or risk post deletion.

Second, you didn't defend yourself. Had you defended yourself, you would have muted them and not been punished. No, you retaliated, adding fuel to the fire.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

as i said in my post. i dont care about the arbitrary no name and shame rule. this arbitrary "honor" system your community has clearly does'nt work for shit. Not sure which point im talking about in regards to defending since ive been harassed in too many games to know which you speak of.

Imperial PandaaJun 21, 20183 votes

The honor system is just meant to reward players who follow the rules and don't get punished.

Let me present it this way then. Before you lays a shield and a sword. You may choose one to defend yourself with: -The shield, mute button, will dutifully protect you from any blow the opponent may throw. It is lightweight and strong for this purpose. -The sword, your words, can be used to try to protect yourself. However, your blade is double edged and can harm you if pressed.

To be punished, you have chosen the sword instead of the shield. It is quite possible to interact with people and not be punished.

Agent CorgiJun 21, 20182 votes

If you ask me, I think the Call of Duty community is much worse. As far as I know, you can't get banned for toxic chat there & it can get pretty rough over there.

Problem with League is that you CAN get banned for toxic chat & those that do will usually make new Accounts just so they can continue what they were doing before they were banned.

The only way you can really "defend" yourself is to take the high-road, ignore the guy that's bugging you & report him at post-game. I get that using this way of thinking doesn't always work in the real world (sometimes, walking away doesn't work), but that's pretty much how you gotta go about it here in this community.

If the ingrate does ruin other people's games, then he/she will eventually get punished. After that, it's up to that person to take that ban as a lesson or just go back to doing what they were doing on a new account (which is essentially the problem).

If someone gets under my skin, I just say what's on my mind under my breath instead of typing it out. You can also switch off /all chat & mute players that are being distracting. Just when you do mute them, just don't say anything about it. Mute them & focus on the task at hand. As for your chat restriction, I'd take that very seriously & don't give those trolls an inch. Otherwise they & the Automated system will literally take a mile (in this case, time, money & progress).

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

yeah great system youve got here btw. completely run off of algorithms instead of a volunteer group of players from the community.

AneirinJun 21, 20181 votes

How about you go play another game then? You hate the community, you hate the boards, you hate everyone in game. The logical thing to do would be to leave. You're as bad as the people you're complaining about.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20182 votes

oh really. plz tell me when hating people became the same as wishing bodily harm upon my person and my family members. go on, im waiting.

AneirinJun 21, 20182 votes

You're toxic towards almost everyone in this thread simply for giving answers you don't like. You haven't come here for answers, you've come here to vent. You aren't going to get any sympathy when you're abusive or passive/aggressive to every person you talk to.

ErebusHDJun 21, 20181 votes

clearly you have a different definition of toxic. last i checked i havent swore at anyone directly. i havent made threats or wished harm upon others. i havent used racial derogatory terminology. pretty sure ive leveled no insults to anyone in this post beyond my disbelief of their personal stance, which isnt an insult. so please inform me of which metric you are using to determine i am being toxic when, to the best of my knowledge, i am expressing an opinion.

Imperial PandaaJun 21, 20182 votes

You mean like the Tribunal that got so backlogged that it took months before a punishment might be given?

SLAYER94Jun 21, 20182 votes

as someone who has been playing this game for years your going to get people who flame you for anything and everything. IGNORE THEM. these type of people are legit not worth the time of "retaliating" against because they simply don't care. report and move on they can waste all the energy they want typing insults and snide remakes into chat all it earns them in the end is a ban