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What the HECK is with all this FRICKING toxicity lately?

Naymliss·6/10/2019, 11:11:29 PM·8 votes·3,913 views

Look, i'm sorry for the obscene language in the title, but this is really getting out of hand. Almost every single game where i'm losing has at least 2 people, generally 3 people flaming each other back and forth until we lose. Like when the flaming starts we're not even very far behind, but the blaming and flaming just slowly breaks apart the team until we are not a functioning group of players anymore.

I've tried everything. I really have. Instead of just not really typing like I normally do, i've been really positive in chat, praising teammates when they do well, and saying "my bad, I should've done X" whenever anything bad happens. Guess what that gets? That generally just gets them to not direct the flame towards me, instead they'll just flame other people. Like... I don't even know what to do anymore. If it was just a little flaming and bickering i'd be fine with it, but it's most of the players on my team being regularly afk and distracted flaming and typing to each other, not even caring about the game anymore. This isn't even a rare occurrence anymore. This is ALMOST EVERY GOSH DARNED TIME WE LOSE EARLY.

11 Comments

Shadowbyte6/11/2019, 4:22:27 AM6 votes

Toxic community breeds toxic behavior and riot isn't doing much to help. Remember the good ol days of S2 where people don't give up after first blood?

A girl Supp Main6/10/2019, 11:16:07 PM4 votes

School's out and so are the epic gamers.

CarpeConundrum6/11/2019, 11:22:52 PM3 votes

The internet isn't a safe space. This game has far more problems than a little banter or salty language. There are literal bots that run straight down lanes to feed. Afkers and leavers and intentional feeders are far more troubling than someone going "Why can't you ward, dumb dumb"

mack91126/11/2019, 8:54:13 AM2 votes

None in my games tbh

DOUBLE TAPPED E6/11/2019, 9:44:23 PM1 votes

It's HOT OUT and I have NO AIR CONDITIONER. At least that's my excuse. :P

In all seriousness flaming and whatnot in online games has always been a way for me to vent my frustrations. I grew up in an era where it wasn't personal, not really, everyone knew that you were just passionate about winning the game, and it was all cool. Sure things got heated sometimes, but at the end of the day we all knew where we stood.

I spent almost 7 years on this game suppressing that because its such a good game and I didn't want to lose my account, and oddly enough, now that I'm on a 25-game chat restriction right now after breaking my streak, I haven't felt more relaxed in years. It felt so good to get all that poison out of my system, I'll probably be honor 5 before the end of the year.

ChaosReyn6/11/2019, 10:00:45 PM1 votes

It's summer break. It could be the kids, it could be parents who no longer have free time...doesn't really matter why, but summer break and a huge rise in toxicity within the communities of ALL competitive online games (not just this one) go hand in hand.

Same reason people tell you "don't play on weekends" - people have more free time on the weekends than they know what to do with...so naturally, they use it to troll people attempting to enjoy themselves.