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Why toxicity shouldnt be a problem in league of legends

Audricc··3 votes·614 views

Hey whats up, ive been playing league for about 2 years now. Finished season 5 gold and just climbed out of silver (painful af). In about 55% of my games i have to admit i have been toxic, whether it has been because my team doesnt know how to rotate, miscommunication, or feeders. but all i have to say is that it takes two people to be toxic or a least more than 1. If a person is being a jerk just mute, after all thats y the button is there. Riot punishes toxicity so harshly they might as well take away the mute button because no one ever uses it. Even when you have a cooperative team pings work better than typing alot of times. This game is so competitive that it league players would have to be super human to be nice all the time. People act like league is the only game when there is toxic behavior. i dont even feel toxic is the correct adjective to describe shit talkers. i know for a fact trolls in champ select and occasional intentional feeders get way less punishment than a "toxic" person. people in this game act like they are 5 years old and have never been insulted online b4. i believe that shit talking in games isnt a feel problem, just one that has been fabricated to give casual players something to turn to.

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Firu2 votes

This is your opinion and you're entitled to it. However, the vast majority of League players tend to disagree. Further, the player behavior systems has rules that reinforce the notion that verbal abuse and toxicity is a problem (because that system is influenced by views of the majority of players, gathered via surveys) . You should follow those rules or else you run the risk of being punished when you don't.

Fovere2 votes

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This is your opinion and you're entitled to it. However, the vast majority of League players tend to disagree. Further, the player behavior systems has rules that reinforce the notion that verbal abuse and toxicity is a problem (because that system is influenced by views of the majority of players, gathered via surveys) . You should follow those rules or else you run the risk of being punished when you don't.

No, they don't.

There's just a lot of board trolls, like yourself, that spend way too much time whining about behavior.

The current system in place was based on the attitudes in tribunal, which in turn was based on a minority of people who'd rather spend time punishing other players than actually playing League.

Firu2 votes

First, instantly insulting me isn't necessarily going to help the case that I "whine too much". It just makes you seem like you might be one those players who have been punished before and is now angry at Riot.

If you chose not to believe Riot when they say they have data on surveys (surveys which many people have mentioned taking across all the boards) then that's your prerogative.

Further, I actually enjoy playing League quite a bit as I think most people here do. The reason a lot of us participate on these boards is because we enjoy the game and want to ensure it's still a healthy environment to keep enjoying it.

Fovere1 votes

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First, instantly insulting me isn't necessarily going to help the case that I "whine too much". It just makes you seem like you might be one those players who have been punished before and is now angry at Riot.

If you chose not to believe Riot when they say they have data on surveys (surveys which many people have mentioned taking across all the boards) then that's your prerogative.

Further, I actually enjoy playing League quite a bit as I think most people here do. The reason a lot of us participate on these boards is because we enjoy the game and want to ensure it's still a healthy environment to keep enjoying it.

I'd say if you're averaging less than one game per day, yet posting ~36 times in just the last 24 hours, it could easily be interpreted as you spending a great deal more time on the boards than in game.

Firu2 votes

First, this isn't an discussion of how much time someone spends on message boards versus in the game.

Second, I do enjoy playing the game. I've been playing since before Season One. I play 1 to 2 games a day and I have around 250 games of ranked this season (not counting a Normal matches). I also post on the boards a bit because I have a long commute from work and time during the day that I can throw a more minutes on a message board than commit 40 minutes to a game.

Third, how much time someone spends playing the game doesn't necessarily reflect how much they enjoy the game. People have many different things going on in their life. The fact that you are implying my comments are somehow less valid based on the time I spend in a game says more about you than it does me, I think.

You are entitled to your own views about the system. Those views, however, don't entitle you to belittle people who disagree with you. Your arguments tend to rely on the assumption that Riot lies or misrepresents what the systems actually are. Mine rely on the assumption that they don't. We'll never be on the same foot if that's the case. That's fine. But you insist on speaking down to people like me who disagree with you. That's the more immediate issue here.

higura2 votes

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If a person is being a jerk just mute, after all thats y the button is there. Riot punishes toxicity so harshly they might as well take away the mute button because no one ever uses it.

it has been said many times before and i say it again, the mute option and the profanity filter is in place to protect players from negativ behavior, not to excuse a player`s negativ behavior.

if a other player is forced to mute someone in order to play, is that person already breaking the terms there allow them to play in the first place.

Audricc1 votes

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Hey whats up, ive been playing league for about 2 years now. Finished season 5 gold and just climbed out of silver (painful af). In about 55% of my games i have to admit i have been toxic, whether it has been because my team doesnt know how to rotate, miscommunication, or feeders. but all i have to say is that it takes two people to be toxic or a least more than 1. If a person is being a jerk just mute, after all thats y the button is there. Riot punishes toxicity so harshly they might as well take away the mute button because no one ever uses it. Even when you have a cooperative team pings work better than typing alot of times. This game is so competitive that it league players would have to be super human to be nice all the time. People act like league is the only game when there is toxic behavior. i dont even feel toxic is the correct adjective to describe shit talkers. i know for a fact trolls in champ select and occasional intentional feeders get way less punishment than a "toxic" person. people in this game act like they are 5 years old and have never been insulted online b4. i believe that shit talking in games isnt a feel problem, just one that has been fabricated to give casual players something to turn to.

mute them

Poop Jelly1 votes

It's a problem because toxicity, directly or indirectly, is a bad influence on other players. It starts from one person and some people respond back the frowned-upon attitude and it keeps going. I think it's natural to feel frustrated when things aren't going well but pretty sure the toxic person was already miserable, so don't spread that out to other people.

deathgod51 votes

meh toxic players cause fight in my team and cause me to lose, I mute them first and report them after the game for making my mid laner sad.

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