Why is that Riot will ban someone for saying something on their mind, but will never look into the reason they are being inflammatory. Maybe they are saying things cause there was a player that decided to feed purposely and cause the team to lose a game cause they think its funny to see other players lose any game type. Especially in ranked. Doesn't matter what rank they are in.
If you report that inflammatory thing it will get looked into, the things being punished in response are unacceptable even if someone else "triggered" it. You are responsible for your actions regardless of the situation. Their actions do not excuse yours.
You can speak your mind without being a jerk about it. From Ulanopo's Knowledge Base:
I don't think that I should be punished for trying to give advice.
If you have been hit with a punishment, that likely means that you are being negative in your advice towards others. As an example, stop feeding is not good advice. The negative connotation around feeding in this game makes you seem hostile and accusatory, and will likely cause more problems than it solves. On top of that, youre not actually giving advice, youre only telling them what not to do rather than HOW they can stop feeding. Better advice would be to hug your turret and wait for a gank or help bot snowball, Ill be fine once we get to late game.
Even if you are being positive or neutral with your advice, it is likely to be misconstrued as negative for a whole host of reasons:
- While in a Ranked game, we are likely more stressed than normal, which makes us more likely to lash out at someone, even if they are trying to genuinely help
I want to talk about the final point especially, as there can be any number of things going on behind the screen that you dont know about. They could be tired, or drunk, and therefore playing more sluggishly. They could be actual trolls, and dont care what you have to say. They could already know what theyre doing, but for whatever reason (going on tilt, tunnel vision, etc), forget to act on that knowledge or experience. Or they could be genuinely unsure as to what to do. In all but the last one, they are going to be less than willing to accept anything that you say to them. Even if someone means well when they tell me how to improve in the game, I often already know what theyre trying to say, and am already beating myself up over it. Telling me what Im doing wrong and how to improve merely irritates me even more, makes me more self-aware, and then mess up more as a result of over-thinking something.
If you are still determined to help others, then I strongly recommend that you only do so when they explicitly ask for feedback, in order to minimize your helping words to fall on deaf ears. I also recommend that you maintain a neutral or positive tone. Say what they did right before you say what they did wrong, and theyll be more willing to listen to you, as you will come across as a more balanced individual who can recognize the strengths in others as well as the weaknesses. Also refrain from doing so while in-game, in order to minimize the impact there. There is nothing inherently wrong with giving feedback to others, but, unfortunately, you do so at your own risk.
Contributed by themaddscientist (link (http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=48975593#post48975593))
ADDED: 01 AUG 2014
