Saying Open Mid should be flagged as offensive language

How Do You Meta·7/9/2016, 12:34:53 AM·5 votes·1,169 views

This word tilts and destroys any and all team morale from the get go, I know that at one point Lyte said (even though he left) that certain words and phrases are unacceptable, well this is one of them. I just had a game where we went 0/3 in and then one of my teammates kept harassing us to open mid, rq, then lead to another person leaving the game and it became at the drop of the hat a 3 v 7.

People think that just because Koreans do it that it is ok, but it isn't, you are afking/intentionally throwing a game when you think it is lost (and it might not be) and you decimate any potential for a comeback because your teammates feel crummy and you make it harder to win for everyone. In their culture, a lot of them play in internet cafes and do that to "save time" that they are paying for, saving time or not, you are still trolling and throwing a game, it is not acceptable and the phrase alone shouldn't be allowed at all.

23 Comments

Cyndercat7/9/2016, 12:48:36 AM2 votes

Immediate punishment with no regard for context? No thanks. Also there can be a rare game where all 5 players agree to open mid without any arguments, especially if they are premade and I see no problem with that.

Declaring open mid to enemy without having consent from all 5 members of team should be reportable and punishable but dealt with the same as hate speech is? No way.

Friendly Ram7/9/2016, 12:55:33 AM2 votes

I believe open mid is a great alternative to getting stomped on for another 20 mins due to trolls.

Kei1437/9/2016, 1:30:19 PM2 votes

I've seen people punished already for saying open mid.

It's typically under negative / unsportsmanlike behavior.

disregardable7/9/2016, 12:36:11 AM2 votes

"do you think they're open mid?"

/permabanned.

yeah, no thanks.

Troll for Trump7/9/2016, 9:41:58 AM1 votes

It's not offensive language, but is probably one of the numerous "unsportsmanlike conduct" types.

nami tf7/9/2016, 6:17:10 PM1 votes

What does open mid mean?

420 grams7/9/2016, 6:20:47 PM1 votes

I'd say it's intentionally feeding, not offensive language.

HolpLess7/10/2016, 12:15:16 AM1 votes

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LMFAOOOOOOOO ARE YOU SERIOUS???? LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

FuzzasaurusMeow7/11/2016, 3:32:51 PM1 votes

well what if its like 12 to 1 and you have an afk and a troll? what if you're team agrees to open instead of sitting in that hellhole ruining your kda for 20 minutes? would you still get banned?

Xidphel7/9/2016, 12:52:49 AM1 votes

All I can think of when viewing this topic is this.

CLG ear7/9/2016, 12:54:03 AM1 votes

i don't think it's in riot's best interest to allow 1 or 2 players to ruin the game for the other 8 because someone got first blooded

Dereq7/9/2016, 1:25:03 AM1 votes

I think u are justified to feel that way, the comunity is like that, theres not much to change them all. sometimes is open mid somtimes trolls, sometimes bots, sometimes salty, sometimes offenders, and lastly sometimes really bad at playing people