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"I shouldn't be banned for telling the troll to kill itself! I just want justice!"

TequilaZombie·8/30/2016, 10:35:15 AM·49 votes·2,461 views

We've all heard this argument in the boards before. Someone has a troll in their team and think that by flamming the troll they are getting justice. Soon enough, the inevitable analogy comes up: "The best way to stop a bully is to stand up to him".

However, those people (who are probably new to the internet) fail to grasp the difference between a real life bully and an internet troll. For all of those making this confusion heres a quick guide:

In real life you can punch a bully in the face. Nobody wants to be punched in the face.

In the game, you can only argue with the troll. That's EXACTLY what the troll wants.

The troll is not going to be offended by anything you say. You can get really creative with your offenses, he will just laugh it off while giving another kill to the already fed Jinx. There is an old internet rule that if you're not familiar with, you should be: DON'T FEED THE TROLL. A troll wants to create a negative reaction. By fighting him, you're giving him exactly what he wants.

"So what should I do?

Mute, shrug it off, report, move on. There is literally nothing else to be done that will have a positive impact.

Focus on the other 3 people on your team. Make coordinated plays. Learn to split push and bait objectives. If your comp allows it, make isolated picks. It's hard as fuck, but a game with a troll is actually manageable, at least in low ELO.

"But I wunna serve justise!1!"

As sad as it may sound, besides reporting, there is NOTHING YOU CAN DO. The very nature of an online game ensures that the troll will win if you play his game (at least until we get an option to slap people in the face via internet). A troll's goal is to have you respond in a negative way to him. If your idea of justice is talking shit to the troll, you're feeding him exactly what he needs. You give him a double win: he gets to ruin your game AND your day at the same time. Not only that, but you show him that what he is doing works, inciting him to do it again on his next games.

By changing your attitude towards a troll you might not only have more enjoyable games yourself, you're also reducing the odds of him trolling other players, as he will gradually see that he doesn't get the reactions he wants. And as a bonus point, you prevent yourself from being banned.

Sources: 4 years in League and a crap load of years on the Internet.

58 Comments

Pika Fox8/30/2016, 12:40:58 PM19 votes

This is why we need a tool that allows us to punch people through computer screens.

Nyanza8/30/2016, 3:31:04 PM10 votes

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"But I wunna serve justise!1!"

Play Garen

Mistress Madoka8/30/2016, 3:48:34 PM6 votes

There was one time where I had a trolling teammate turn the match in our favour

They began Dancing instead of Fighting

the enemy started Dancing with them

Bot lane became a Giant Dance Party

They forgot to pay attention as Jax backdoored the nexus

Only Play Darius8/30/2016, 5:58:53 PM5 votes

Also in real life you can't always walk away from a bully so confrontation could be the best option. Online after that game there's a good chance you won't see them again.

arghilost8/30/2016, 4:32:35 PM2 votes

So why is it okay for Riot to try and change internet culture/censor what we say but we can't attempt to change the culture that "there is nothing you can do" against internet trolls?

If it makes people feel better to tell the troll to kill himself, they should be allowed to do so. Muting and reporting him doesn't get my LP back nor does it solve anything. Verbally destroying him at his own game is much more satisfying until they are the ones forced to block you. You become the person he has to run away from.

Atanchan8/30/2016, 4:09:43 PM2 votes

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As sad as it may sound, besides reporting, there is NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

Clearly, Riot should solve this by allowing accounts with no strikes to look up the personal information of accounts with strikes on them, as well as providing those no-strikers tools to DDoS and hack into the non-League accounts of those strikers. >>b

General Esdeath 8/30/2016, 10:54:09 PM2 votes

At the same time I don't care to report people flaming the trolls. I just sit back and kek

Witch of Babylon8/31/2016, 1:38:56 AM1 votes

It's sad that most of the reports we do we don't get the dealt with notification, meaning they never got a punishment.

vv7eZjd8Pj8/30/2016, 9:05:54 PM1 votes

Lol i just don't get why in turn I'm the one to get punished.. And the troll doesen't. The tribunal is down and even if it was up, the person wouldn't of seen what he did in game. I really hope they fix it and ban people who intentionally feed. No point putting that as a feature if they don't use it properly.