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Former honorable players, how did you become toxic?

Aryan MasterRage·10/22/2019, 5:09:40 PM·1 votes·2,207 views

For me it was probably the trolls, afkers and feeders who were in my team and trolled the game. Seeing them go unpunished despite reports after ruining the game and waste 2 hours of my time (it takes 2 extra won games to get back to the elo where I should be given nobody trolled the first game) just feels so disappointing and frustrating. I played since S2 and I reached diamond in S3, however I was not good enough player to hard carry every game in diamond, and I couldn't just shrug off those occcasional troll games that made me lose valuable points of elo for no good reason. First I became mildly toxic and eventually got restricted last season.

Verbal abuse, while not nice, was still easy to shrug off since the mute button exists and it doesn't directly cause elo loss. I'm pretty sure giving harsh punishments for verbal abuse while letting the trolls have it easy is the worst way to handle the toxicity in this game. Trolling is a major reason why verbal abuse level in the game is so high. Giving a punishment to somebody who flamed a troll and let the troll walk free will result in a extremely resentful environment.

10 Comments

AccurateYeet10/22/2019, 5:13:21 PM2 votes

Didn't. Still an honorable player.

GatekeeperTDS10/22/2019, 5:16:22 PM2 votes

Current players who think having casually racist summoner names is cool, what's your thought process?

Kei14310/22/2019, 5:35:18 PM2 votes

I find myself getting more toxic when I care about my rank too much. "If I win this, I'll be gold" and "If I lose this, I'll demote" are the biggest culprits.

Mentally, I put a much higher stake that is needed and over empthasis on needing to win while ignoring the things I need to do inorder to actually play better.

Of course, I don't let it get to the point where I'll burst, but I do see an increase in my passive-aggressiveness in the games I deem as high stake.

Notice that I don't call them trolls regardless of how good or bad I (or they) do. Even though fundamentally I believe that we are referencing the same thing. That's the difference between being able to control yourself and full raging. Trolls intentionally want to ruin your games, and while there are people that tilt through the roof and make bad decisions and ultimately losing the game, 98.5% of the time I don't believe they are intentionally trying to sabotage the game.

OtterlyLost10/22/2019, 5:40:09 PM1 votes

Honestly, I started getting really toxic around last season after they gutted my champions. It felt frustrating to lose games and not be able to do anything about it because my champions were garbo. it just sort of snowballed from there to a,"I hate this fucking game." By in large, its just frustration.

TIKrunk10/22/2019, 5:56:54 PM1 votes

I tend to reserve toxicity for myself. Making mistakes drives me crazy, and I don't like the feeling of being a hindrance to my team. That being said, I try not to take that frustration out on others. Everything else is outside of the realm of my control, so I try to keep that in mind and not get upset. The only thing I have any control over in those situations is how I react to them.

I can't help it if someone is trolling, or feeding, or AFKing, or anything. I can control how long I wait to queue up for my next game, and, if I run into a particularly "ugly" match, I'll tend to wait an extra 5-15 minutes to give myself a better chance of not getting matched with the same players. I'll maybe even shut the game off for a couple hours and try again later. If I'm in a party that decides they want to troll, I can leave that party once the game is over. If someone is talking shit, I can mute them, but I tend to just ignore it because they can get the attention they crave from someone else.

There's no reason to be a flaming bag of dicks to other people. Every rationalization or justification I've ever seen people come up with is nothing more than whining and weak emotional fortitude. Stop looking for excuses to be an asshole. Stop using language that makes you weak, like "they made me do it!" Own the fact you made a conscious decision to do something.

Tele II10/22/2019, 10:42:29 PM1 votes

I didnt, but I'm sure its just people in the heat of the moment. Being "toxic" isnt that big of a deal. It just breaks the rules. It doesnt mean they have to have some grand reason or that they change as a person. Sometimes you just say some things that happen to break the rules of a video game lol.

hshtagniemehrcdu10/23/2019, 12:20:56 PM1 votes

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For me it was probably the trolls, afkers and feeders who were in my team and trolled the game.

Always someone else, isn't it?