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LoL is not the same

Dzefrik··4 votes·2,809 views

Hello. I have some thoughts i want to share, i am not really "in time" with todays league but i play from time to time.

I created a account back in 2012 or 2013 i think, i have for all life been playing sports games and never really gotten into PC games, but something with this game was special, the community was nice (even if there were some retards, like every game) but i learned to ignore these and had really fun. I even got crests of honor etc. I was behaving well.

But then, i had some problems in life and got on a tilt with league about one year ago. This ended with me getting a perma bann in january this year.

Since then for logical reasons i havent been playing LoL haha, but sometimes i take some games on a friends account. The thing i have realized there is that there is much less communications between players today than when i started to play. Less banter, but also less flame. And this was a big part of what got me into the game in first place. It was all knds off people. Funny, angry, ironical etc. Today i have a feeling people are just affraid of getting banned if they say something wrong.

My own bann was deserved, i am not saying anything else. I have grew up enough to realize that, i said some stupid sh*t. But this post is not about me, even if i am strongly against perma banns, i think there are better solutions. With perma banns you maybe bann some people who cant fix theyre behavior, but for the majority i think they can fix it, things in life affects you and people grow up.

But back to the point, for the 20-30 isch games ive played this year i have noticed much less, realy bout 50% less communication. And the all chatt is practicly dead. Majority of games i dont see any communication between the two teams (which again, i loved before).

What are youre thought who play LoL more reguraly today? Do you think the same or not?

Sorry for my bad english :)

19 Comments

RiotRiot Whiskies8 votes

I haven't felt that the community is afraid. There are definitely still plenty of folks who are 'happy' to flame and name-call, but also just as many who joke and chat it up together. I play nearly daily, and each match is different, but I wouldn't say that the more social aspect of the game is dead. I prolly talk too much tbh! Sooo... I'll blame all my poor plays on being too garrulous (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

SavageAsFuak5 votes

if you guys fixed the ban system people wouldn't be scared to talk and enjoy the game an youd actually get more players

Gary B Enkelis2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot grrrlee,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=iJU8IhZv,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2016-08-15T17:28:51.748+0000)

I haven't felt that the community is afraid. There are definitely still plenty of folks who are 'happy' to flame and name-call, but also just as many who joke and chat it up together. I play nearly daily, and each match is different, but I wouldn't say that the more social aspect of the game is dead. I prolly talk too much tbh! Sooo... I'll blame all my poor plays on being too garrulous (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

TIL: Garrulous. :D

scazzman3 votes

i disagree. whats starting to happen is the "positive" players have left the game, neutral players refuse to type, and ignore the rest of the team to avoid drawing attention to themself and the only players left in chat are the "toxic" players who dont care what people think, they just will sya what's on thier mind

RiotRiot Whiskies7 votes

I... did you just call me toxic? Q____Q

Gary B Enkelis3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot grrrlee,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=iJU8IhZv,comment-id=000300020000,timestamp=2016-08-15T21:11:30.277+0000)

I... did you just call me toxic? Q____Q

I haven't left the game either. :D I like to think I'm not toxic, and even positive, sometimes too...

But I mean maybe everyone is a little toxic sometimes. Maybe not ban worthy toxic, but everyone has their off days I suppose.

scazzman2 votes

i did not say you are toxic at all, im saying how positive players have either left the game or dont use chat. also. please dont put words in my mouth

flame231 votes

Notice how riot grrrlee can't respond to my post lol because it's true players like myself don't even talk in chat anymore cause of riots crazy over ban hammer.

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

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i disagree. whats starting to happen is the "positive" players have left the game, neutral players refuse to type, and ignore the rest of the team to avoid drawing attention to themself and the only players left in chat are the "toxic" players who dont care what people think, they just will sya what's on thier mind

This is not putting words in your mouth. You just said: "positive" players have left the game

If positive players have left the game then logically only unpositive players remain, and since we remain you are saying we are not positive?

EDIT: Oh my bad. SORRY. I guess we could be the neutrals. Sorry. Sorry. Really I am now confused.

EDIT2: Actually you said only "toxic" players are left in chat, and we're saying that we chat, so you were calling us "toxic". Right?? Not toxic but "toxic" ?? I'm confused. :D

Actually I never said I chat, before. My bad. Sorry again. I do chat. I am sometimes toxic. I'm not a saint. I'm so confused right now.

flame231 votes

Game 1: Enemy team: what's wrong with your adc she afk? Me: Yes, just sitting under tower flaming me. Enemy Team: Sorry to hear that we will report. Me: No worries it happens. My adc: Stop taking my F%%%%%% farm you mother F%%%%%% piece of S%%% Me: well don't be an @$$ and sit under tower flaming your support because I didn't pick the champ you wanted.

Game 2: Team member who trolled my lane in ranked: Report Trynd refuses to get out of my lane. Me: I was selected top, but just mute him he has been toxic and whining since lobby, I'll just go mid. Team member who trolled me duo partner: Report trynd for trolling.

Game 3: Team mate: How the F%%% did you die there, you piece of s### noob, I hope your mother dies of cancer. Me: Hush.

These three games I get a chat ban, so yea actually people are afraid to talk in chat, I no longer talk in chat at all because the banning system is broken at the moment. A player should not be ban for answering an enemy team member or standing up for himself.

Just food for thought.

Desolas Arterius3 votes

What I've seen happen over the past is not so much people are afraid to say anything, it's because the community has grown so much compared to when it first started.

Before the community was a lot smaller, so people would talk more and reach out to others to play. Eventually the community got so large that it's just another "online" game to play.

World of Warcraft is a huge example of this. As the game progressed and got more "casual" friendly to bring in more subscriptions, the community started to die down more as the numbers increased. Most of the time you don't need to talk to anyone in the game or even rely on a guild anymore. You can do everything solo so there's no reason to use the chat function or make friends in-game.

Same with league. There's no real reason to use the chat function anymore. You can communicate via pings, and you don't even have to call out your role anymore. It's all streamlined and simplified.

It's not exactly a bad phenomenon, but it does happen. Most people playing League nowadays would rather play with friends instead of making friends through the game, so that's less chat use and more ping use.

Hope that helps :)

Dzefrik1 votes

Alright, well put :)

It was just something i noticed playing from time to time this year.

Borring if the case is as you write. Personaly i don't think i ever would started to play this game if it werent for the social aspect. The direct and instant communication with people. But i guess people are different. Some just want to play the game and do not care about anything else :P

Itankyou2 votes

(even if there were some retards, like every game)

TBH I stopped reading, is this ur 17th acct?

Dzefrik1 votes

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TBH I stopped reading, is this ur 17th acct?

What you talking about?

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

{quoted}

TBH I stopped reading, is this ur 17th acct?

I stopped reading after that also.

Itankyou2 votes

Then along comes a rioter to read the post of the troll, just what you'd expect from a troll loving company.

Azure Hamster1 votes

I don't see what you're talking about in my games. I've been playing a lot for almost 4 years now. This doesn't really prove anything. :)

Caitlyn

daemonthane1 votes

Let me clear things up>> riot person, you play with a whole different type of player than I do..... I'm currently unranked deciding if I even want to continue playing after just hitting level 30. I would say to you, there is a LOT of FEAR about even talking. I have grown shy of talking after being harassed and threatened with being reported because I didn't play the way they liked or what they liked. It's like everyone is either walking on eggshells, of just don't give an eff and are as rude as they wanna be. Some of you in riot need to create new accounts and try going from 1-30 and not be mentally scarred... seriously, what a let down after getting to 30, I can't even exchange thoughts without being concerned about the "ban-hammer" because of the automated report system. This game has/had potential.... it's being squandered to placate the snowflakes out there on the rift.

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