Troll picks

Rιn·Oct 24, 2017·0 votes·2,642 views

Something that I've always struggled with understanding is: what is a troll pick and is it a reportable offense? Disclaimer: the topic is mainly supposed to cover ranked as it's far more competetive than normal games. Last game now I had a Tristana jungle in ranked, it seemed as though she had no intention of winning or helping the team. While the player was not intentionally feeding or griefing me and some other team members experienced it as trolling to a certain extent. When some of the team members told the player they intended to report him/her, he/she simply claimed that he/she was doing his/her best and that it was toxic to claim that he/she was trolling. Was this an instance of a reportable offense?

If I use the same logic, could I justify picking AD bruiser Soraka Top as long as I claimed I was doing my best?

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Coopa123Oct 24, 20172 votes

If I use the same logic, could I justify picking AD bruiser Soraka Top as long as I claimed I was doing my best?

Theoretically yes. Nobody is forced to play meta-champions. And as long as whatever they wanna play theoretically works they can't be banned for it.

AD Soraka might be extremely weak, but it's still allowed. And so is Tristana jungle. However: Playing a champion with no ap scalings and still building full ap should be reported i.e. Garen or Zed

RιnOct 24, 2017

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Theoretically yes. Nobody is forced to play meta-champions. And as long as whatever they wanna play theoretically works they can't be banned for it.

AD Soraka might be extremely weak, but it's still allowed. And so is Tristana jungle. However: Playing a champion with no ap scalings and still building full ap should be reported i.e. Garen or Zed

Unfortunate, it truly has no place in a competetive environment. I'm not against unconventional picks or unusual playstyles, but when you're playing something that's obviously not good, with no intention of winning ... [sg-janna]

Coopa123Oct 24, 20171 votes

that's obviously not good, with no intention of winning ...

Nobody said anything about "no intention of winning". They might play something unconventional and still try to win.

I played AD Twisted Fate jungle like 2 years ago and got to plat. Best example is Pink Ward, who got to Masters with AP Shaco. Like 3 years ago there was a guy who reached Diamond with AP Sejuani midlane.

Just because something is unconventional or weaker than a meta champion has nothing to do with someone not trying to win a game.

alasarcherOct 24, 20171 votes

Troll pick doesnt exist in Riots rules. That term was invented by low elo players who watch too much twitch and care too much about meta that they dont even understand. You can pick any champion to any role, build any items. So Tristana is fine.

RιnOct 24, 2017

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Troll pick doesnt exist in Riots rules. That term was invented by low elo players who watch too much twitch and care too much about meta that they dont even understand. You can pick any champion to any role, build any items. So Tristana is fine.

I don't mind unusual playstyles, but troll picking is kind of a thing, deny it or not and I think it should be a reportable offense.

RιnOct 24, 2017

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I don't mind unusual playstyles, but troll picking is kind of a thing, accept it or not (it's an ACTUAL issue) and I think it should be a reportable offense.

HalcyonDwellerOct 24, 20171 votes

Troll picks are not really a thing.

People will threaten to troll and play something bad, and this is the closest anything can come to a "troll pick."

Off-meta is not Troll pick, neither is accidental feeding.

People use "trolling" to label a whole host of things that they find upsetting whether those things are malicious or not.

Only malicious behavior can really be considered to be trolling.

RιnOct 24, 20171 votes

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Troll picks are not really a thing.

People will threaten to troll and play something bad, and this is the closest anything can come to a "troll pick."

Off-meta is not Troll pick, neither is accidental feeding.

People use "trolling" to label a whole host of things that they find upsetting whether those things are malicious or not.

Only malicious behavior can really be considered to be trolling.

Off-meta is extremely vague.

HalcyonDwellerOct 24, 20171 votes

I'm not sure what your point is. Can you please clarify?

alasarcherOct 24, 20171 votes

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Off-meta is extremely vague.

Its not really. Off meta is just term for "play whatever u want, wherever u want, its allowed".