Riot needs to come up with a better word for players who can't control their emotions. It's too easy for students to bully other students after finding out they were punished in game by calling them a "toxic person" in real life. A person may have trouble with their temper in video games, but otherwise be a good person, so this label simply aint right.
AeroWaffle7 votesIf you're treating other people in video games poorly you're still treating actual people poorly. Interacting with them through the internet doesn't make them any less of a person.
The only difference is the chance of social consequences are low for treating someone poorly online (since there's less chance that people IRL will know about your behavior online). Feeling protected by that low chance does not make your behavior any better.
ŚtrongMental2 votesFun fact: league is the only game I play that actively makes me toxic (actually toxic, and not a flamer. For reference I have nearly 20k hours in rust...) - IRL I'm actually a pretty nice guy, and don't talk down to others... league is for w/e reason the only thing that brings out my deep, dark, inner demon...
BeatzBoyFTW1 votesYeah, that's the perks of online gaming. Otherwise, you can just switch to Minecraft.
ŚtrongMental1 votesNo i don't think you understand. Perfect reason riot doesn't bring voice comms to league: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAfKND2Qmj8 (MODERATION TEAM: if you disapprove of the linked video, PLEASE just remove the link) Video is able to be found by googling: RUST IS TOXIC by RaccoonEggs (at point of this post video has 2.4m views)
A similar video without equally offensive language (wont say where to find this one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msXlUGkF2Y
rKRex1 votesSame here. But riot is such an echo chamber that they refuse to hear anybodies ideas but their own, proven by the number of downvotes on this harmless thread. No wonder they're getting sued by their own employees. The fact that people downvotes you for even saying this proves my point as well. I used to want to work there but it's pretty obvious that you can't without drinking the riot juice and becoming a progressive zombie like the rest of them.
BeatzBoyFTW4 votesI'm pretty sure there's a thousand other words that are more worse and vulgar to be used to insult others more than "toxic".
rKRex1 votesyea on the flip side im sure there's plenty of better ones too.
ŚtrongMental2 votesThe word your looking for is flame. because that is what most people are referring to when they talk about "toxicity" here... look up the definition for both. Educate yourself and your friends :)
Linked for reference, its sad so many people don't know the difference... https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Toxic%20%28Online%29
