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Kouhai Dawn LT3·11/6/2015, 5:20:57 PM·1 votes·462 views

As I'm sure many of you have experienced at this point, the community is declining severely in terms of attitude. I understand riot is trying to fix this with the new report system, however I think that the overall attitude is past the point of little to no return. While I have encountered many cases, both personally and second hand, of moderately to severely toxic players genuinely being "punished", I still find myself in game after game containing similar (or in some outrageous cases the exact same) players who are unwilling to cooperate in a number of ways. Often players will actually cease to legitimately play the game, just to stop and cause problems through angry messaging.

I am by no means an arrogant player, I would describe myself as modest at best. I am often well aware of my performance, and am likely to be the first to point out any mistakes I have made regardless of the state of the match. I would also like to say that I don't believe myself to be a spiteful team mate to those who choose to spend their games making accusations rather than self improving. That being said, I have encountered an overwhelming number of summoners who would rather bicker amongst themselves rather than try to make the best of the situation. I am not an inherently passive person, however I am very competitive, and as such I understand that arguing will not aid the team in any way, however I do have a limit to how many toxic players I encounter. Due to this, my overall demeanor toward other players has declined severely, and I am currently genuinely considering ceasing to play League of Legends.

RIOT, if you happen to cross this post, my suggestion (in relation to this anyways) is that you focus more on matching relatively negative players together, rather than banning or punishing them. It is a very unfortunate thing to be placed back into a match with someone whom you have just reported for a number of acts; a situation that has occurred to me more than would be preferable to anyone.

There are a number of other issues that seem to be relevant as well (the "balancing" of champions, the number of champions, the amount of crowd control abilities to name a broad few), however I am sure many summoners are willing to overlook many of these subjective issues. Aside from myself I am aware of many (close friends or internet personalities) who have quit, or are considering quitting because of the community, and that is a very disappointing thing.

From the rants of patron -auf wiedersehen

4 Comments

Pykel11/6/2015, 5:49:05 PM1 votes

i guess you didnt play in season 1-2, league was far more toxic. as i agree their are still a lot of toxic people out there i feel now its more the community cries toxic if somone does anthing. "hey suppor tcan yo uward dragon its up in a minute?" "omg report toxic asking me to ward". i feel riot does a decent job of stopping most of the toxic players, people need to learn to insta mute toxic people rather than fighting with them all game.

EvilDustMan11/6/2015, 6:06:13 PM1 votes

Lyte has talked about not sticking negative people together. I'm sorry that you've had some bad games, but the community is reforming and being trimmed. Keep reporting.

Android Cowboy11/6/2015, 6:37:17 PM1 votes

The community is reforming? Just say NO to drugs, kids. Gnar

ModAttysu The Poro11/6/2015, 6:39:47 PM1 votes

I'd rather have a toxic player that at least plays decent than an AFKer which means it's a 4v5 definitely. If the toxic player is decent but is, well, toxic, I'll just mute and focus.