Why do I deserve to get told to kill myself...

...just because I play with friends?

Anecdote: While playing last night with two friends, in a normal game, we encountered a solo Rengar who just leaned into everyone all game. Rage every two seconds. You know the type. Of course, it didn't take him long to figure out that we were a trio, and that's when it really escalated. Fast forward through homophobic/racial slurs, and lots of allchat rage, we get through the game. This guy adds me as a friend (of course I accepted just to see what he had to say) with the sole purpose of telling me and my two friends to drink bleach every morning.

Now, I'm really not upset that this was said to me. It happens all the time. But it does sadden me that people are this way. Moreover, it shows me what all the Dynamic Queue hate has done to the game. Toxicity has always been a part of the game. But now, the community has given itself a reason to be terrible, because it's a witch-hunt to find the social players. Even in normals, where we're supposed to play with friends.

Can we stop pretending that this season's system just magically created more toxicity? Or that people with friends are the biggest offenders? Because this happens a lot, and having a sad excuse for your toxicity doesn't make it okay.