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"You are not allowed to have fun. win or quit"

Eternal Torment·12/10/2017, 8:08:32 PM·1 votes·584 views

A sentence that has really made me feel like people on here are just drop dead low Level morale. Being trolled is one Thing which already tilts me to the point of needing anti depressants if i wanna Keep playing. But then the enemy not even trying to end the game, and instead go on a witchunt for any non-trolls with the reasoning that it is fun to do so and that they cant be punished because they said nothing toxic? having had this experience for days now made me realize just how fucked up this situation is and the people who caused it.

I post this in PB for really only one reason, and thats to ask just what can i do against it? if my teammates, one, or two in most cases as of late, troll me, we cant surr because we dont have 4 votes, we cant afk because wed get punished and we cant report them because they werent verbally toxic, just brutally bullying us under the cover that "it's how the game works, if you cant deal with it, quit".

this is a literal impossible situation. what am i supposted to do if i dont wanna live through that hell? ive already had to quit league as a whole once over how These scenarios caused me to resurface into Depression, and think what you want but i would really REALLY fucking love to avoid this from happening again because next time for better or worse i wont be coming back from that dumphole.

what am i supposted to do against such a situation!?

7 Comments

ModPeriscope12/10/2017, 8:27:20 PM5 votes

It sounds like you have deeper underlying issues from depression. So I'd seek help if you're having episodes of depression from other factors that don't involve this game.

If you're only having depression when you play this game, then you do have a few options. I'd start with playing with friends. You'd be with a group of players that know you, and overall, I'd think it'd be more fun than usual. You can also mute other players, or if you're extremely dissatisfied with others' chat, you can hit /mute all. Hopefully this helps, but if you still feel like this game (and only this) is causing you depression, then I don't think you should continue playing.

HalcyonDweller12/11/2017, 8:40:29 PM3 votes

That's a really difficult situation. I would start by disabling all chat. This prevents you from seeing any taunting or inflammatory statements made by the enemy team.

That only solves half the problem, because yes, players will act cruelly in-game. The best advice I have for that part stems from a Buddhist proverb about Karma, "Everything that happens to you, you control" (I might be mis-quoting it slightly). Essentially it means that even though bad things happen, they only affect your state of mind as much as you allow them to.

If you choose to not take it personally and instead choose to assume that the player who dove you was just being an idiot because they are lusting for kills, it stops being something they did to go after you personally and becomes something they did because they don't understand the objectives of the game. By removing the personal aspect of it, it becomes more of a neutral event instead of a toxic one.

I know that it's not entirely that simple, and that patterns of thinking are sometimes hard to combat or get away from. But trust me, it's doable, I've broken my own thinking habits, and it was absolutely worth the effort it took me to get there. I have faith that you could do the same if you decide to put your mind to it!