Was being called a 'retard' by my own teammates

hater free zone·3/31/2017, 4:54:04 AM·4 votes·645 views

I was receiving a lot of needless hate in my last game because I like to play Shaco support, and my own teammate banned it to spite me, and then just spent the whole game with another player being rude and insulting to me, and calling me a retard and making jokes of that nature.

I work with actual kids and teens with developmental disabilities and hearing people using it like an insult like that particularly hurts, and I let them know in chat, but they kept up the insults and rudeness. I just came to vent that and I really hope that Riot won't allow verbal harassment like this to pass.

I genuinely believe calling people a 'retard' is a particular kind of hate speech and I just hope action is taken.

9 Comments

Deep Terror Nami3/31/2017, 4:56:48 AM4 votes

That kind of behavior is definitely punishable (though probably not treated the same as racial/homophobic slurs etc.) so just make sure you report it. As for telling them you work with disabled people, that's just making you a target and letting them know what kind of ammo to use; simply mute them instead.

Makior723/31/2017, 3:40:15 PM2 votes

Just pick something even more troll, they banned your shaco sup? Tell them how much you've always wanted to try Garen sup and lock it in.

Azure Hamster3/31/2017, 8:04:19 PM2 votes

I genuinely believe calling people a 'retard' is a particular kind of hate speech and I just hope action is taken.

I'm with you, I find "retard" quite offensive.

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