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As I play League, I grow more toxic

Elohaven·2/2/2018, 11:40:57 PM·1 votes·348 views

I've begun realizing I stopped losing with a lot of grace and chatting with my teammates more positively. Instead, I've expressed more of my hate towards their actions such as:

  • Not peeling and complaining I die when I get a Twisted Fate teleporting/Vi ult'ing/Shaco coming on our backline
  • Engaging poorly
  • Prioritizing kills over objectives

Before, I was quite angelic - literally. I would spend time chatting away suggestions or positively negotiating strategies. I guess exploitation of my kindness and poor reciprocation made me feel inextricably bound to negative thoughts about League thus my recent behavior.

This trend was good to notice because I was Honor 5 last season for a reason. I haven't hit the "kys" level of toxicity but I noticed I finally spoke out in disbelief at the in-game actions. Due to this, I have a specific musical composition I play in the background when I play League to remind me to keep emotional apathy at least or positive emotions at most when playing League.

I think it's helped me really be cautious of my "tilt". We all tilt and need to vent - and I vent about every 20 to 30 games for 3 games or so - but having something to distract that toxicity as you play is nice.

Posting this since my friend found it helpful and I would love if this tip helped anyone else.

4 Comments

sh1be2/3/2018, 3:13:29 AM2 votes

Yes very true. I used to be like "im never going to be toxic" BUT GODAMMIT.

HavokDash2/2/2018, 11:47:26 PM1 votes

I am the same way, I mean I started in season 3 and was naive. or as you put it, angelic. I was excited, happy to help, willing to always try my best and willing to make sacrifices to save my team Over time I just grew numb of the kids who were more interested in inflating thier kda while the enemy nexus was exposed, giving the enemy chance to recover and win. Its gotten to the point where I just no longer care about my teams. My heart blackened by the kill kids and dumbfounding actions.

HalcyonDweller2/2/2018, 11:56:01 PM1 votes

Thanks for sharing, good tip to listen to music and be wary of tilt.

I think it stems from the nature of the community. Over time in a competitive game, a game that follows the same general patterns and goals every time you play, will lead to learning habits.

Practice makes perfect, both at gameplay skill and at quick judgements and toxicity (unfortunately). And over time people become jaded by bad experiences with teammates.

It is human nature to remember the worst of things and forget the best, because memories we form are stronger when they are tied to strong emotions like anger. So we latch onto and remember the most frustrating people and become quick to judge other people as being like them when they show even a hint of behaving at all like those others.

Goldilux2/2/2018, 11:58:23 PM1 votes

being aware of tilt is super super important! whenever I start tilting, I stop playing league after that game because its just a downward spiral after the initial tilt.