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Do's and don'ts

Madtepez·10/30/2015, 12:57:58 PM·1 votes·1,107 views

Hey guys in blue !

So in another post i did mention what i think you shouldn't do (http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/sYGnAAr9-521-report-system-unskilled-player?comment=00020000)

But here is where i think you could have a great contribution, in giving us insight in what is deemed appropriate or not.

The player chart (or wathever it's called) basically says : don't be an ass. Ok i got that part but what about the "grey zone".

So for instance, yesterday i was matched with that dude everyone know : he is last pick and before any greetings he just utters the best catch phrase in champ select "mid or troll"

Well, by that time you already know it's going to be a long game :p. So we decide to leave him mid, he goes TF mid and proceed to feed (I told you you knew him too). He goes 1 v 3, he has no ward, he dive under turret to finish off someone, the whole package. And all he does is flame, he flames for no SS, he flames cause the jungler don't gank, he flames cause thresh misses his hooks, calls us noobs (in full MAJ ofc) etc... and he end up 4/19/10 in a relatively competitive tough lost game

And yeah somewhere along the way (at 4/12) I told him: "TF, could you stfu, you are 4/12". If we go strictly by the book, i understand it is somewhat rude and could have been handled better. But how polished a community do we wanna be ? What is your stance ? Is that kind of attitude OK, should it be discouraged, should it be punished ?

12 Comments

Mimy10/30/2015, 1:01:46 PM2 votes

Hey guys in blue ! So in another post i did mention what i think you shouldn't do

At first glance I thought this was gonna be a thread concocted by Dr Susses.

Deep Terror Nami10/30/2015, 1:09:48 PM1 votes

That would still be discouraged. I think a good rule of thumb for this kind of situation might be; Treat everyone with respect as if they are showing you respect, whether they are or not.

You don't really know what they are going through at the time. They could be having a tough time at home/work and venting in the game when they normally don't. Returning the negativity will almost always make it worse.

When you think what you're about to send is negative, rewrite it so it's neutral or positive or just hit Escape. If they don't want to listen to reason, you can't reason with them. Just mute them, and report them at the end if you think it's necessary. If they do this often they will get their punishment in due time.

Oh, and the guys in blue are Arbiters.

Daen10/30/2015, 2:29:31 PM1 votes

And yeah somewhere along the way (at 4/12) I told him: "TF, could you stfu, you are 4/12". If we go strictly by the book, i understand it is somewhat rude and could have been handled better. But how polished a community do we wanna be ? What is your stance ? Is that kind of attitude OK, should it be discouraged, should it be punished ?

Overall, as Deep Terror Nami mentioned, this would still be discouraged. If you feel like you need to say something along these lines, even "TF, be quiet, we get it" would be better received.

Speaking personally, if what you mentioned here was the only negative thing you said all game I probably wouldn't report it after the game. Might say something along the lines of "relax", but I definitely get that it'd be super frustrating to hear this guy constantly flaming everyone. That being said, other people might not share my viewpoint there and it would probably still be considered a valid report.

Zielmann10/30/2015, 2:34:05 PM1 votes

Generally, avoiding 'stfu' and calling out player records wouldn't be advised. I don't imagine doing this once would cause issues for your account, but if you repeatedly and consistently do it, you may well find yourself in trouble.

I would argue that the proper way to handle this situation would just be to mute the TF. If you truly feel compelled to say something, I'd go more along the lines of "TF, please calm down", or "TF, can you please just be quiet so we can focus on the game?". But, as you said, we all know this player and know that such requests will just get ignored anyhow. Hence my suggestion to just mute the guy.

TBakes10/30/2015, 4:50:33 PM1 votes

Be the bigger person in all situations. When a child is throwing a fit and yelling and screaming is it appropriate to yell and scream back? No. Treat all of the flamers, AFKers, trolls, etc. like the children they are and either mute them, don't respond, or respond in a neutral way.

My favorite response when someone is flaming me is "^^". For example:

Flamer: "this team. i swear i always get matched with terrible players." Me: "^^" Flamer: "no help! god you guys are noobs!" Flamer: ALL: "report leblanc unskilled" Me: "^^" Flamer: "wtf is ^^ stop doing that"

This is about as immature as I get. I basically just try to get the other player to re-read what he/she said. Generally, though, I love that mute button. Even if my teammates are typing "EZ" in all chat I will mute them. Honestly, I want chat to be used for forwarding our team's chance of winning and if teammates and/or enemies are not using it for that reason, then I mute all and just use pings.