Is something wrong with me?

Fizz Wukong·Jan 7, 2016·3 votes·842 views

I was playing mid against , I killed her 4 times and had 0 deaths. I had about 70 more minions slain than her, had about 90% turret health to her roughly 15% but I was extremely pissed off laning against her!

She kept spamming the laugh after she landed a combo (which was especially annoying before I got my 1st kill) and it rubbed me the wrong way.

Can I report that as verbal harassment or something? It was extremely abusive and I think I may have broken my computer if she was winning lane. I don't think I have anger issues, but that laugh was definitely toxic. I didn't report her after the game because I didn't know what box to check, but their has to an option for it.

Unsportsmanlike?

30 Comments

MasterSomethingJan 7, 20165 votes

Laugh spamming is taunting, and taunting is fun. Don't be so damn sensitive- laugh right back and enjoy yourself.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20164 votes

See above comments. Being taunted doesn't bother me, but having a mosquito buzzing around me for 20 minutes, forcing me to pause a movie to try to find it and kill it so I don't miss dialogue is a problem.

PDE5 InhibitorsJan 7, 20164 votes

Yes, there is something wrong with you. It's called being a cupcake. Grow up.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20162 votes

Well, hostile much? Very uncalled for.

PDE5 InhibitorsJan 7, 20164 votes

You asked a question and I gave you an honest answer. If you can't handle it, don't ask the question. And if you consider being called a cupcake (which is apparently true) so hostile, then it's worse than I had originally thought.

PIMPSMOOTHJan 7, 20163 votes

I don't know if emote spam is reportable, but why would it bother you when you completely wiped your hiney with her?

[zombie-brand-clap]

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20162 votes

It's annoying. It's like that sibling that taunts you all day, but your parents will ground you if you do anything to him. It disrupts the game, LoL is a very sound dependent game, necessary for hearing things like Sion RekSai Jinx ults, pings and abilities being fired from the fog of war. I've dodged skill shots by randomly moving adjacent when I hear certain sounds.

I don't mind be taunted, my corpse danced on after I die, but Lux' laugh is like Mike Tyson chewing on my ear every time I hear it after that game.

NommyPancakeJan 7, 20163 votes

There's nothing you can do, if all they do is spamming emoji (taunting, dance, laugh).

Personally, I do not like it and I share your sentiment/feeling about it.

On the other hands, think like that: The reason why she spammed it because she lost her lane -- she won't spam it otherwise.

That's probably her way of "admitting defeat" or "honoring your skill play."

KorilloJan 7, 20163 votes

Some people will try to tilt their opponents, this being 1 of the methods. Anything is fair in war, as they say. Perhaps it is unsportsmanlike to spam emotes, but I very much doubt they would receive punishment for it.

Letting something small like that bother you so much is an issue you're going to have to work out.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20163 votes

I appreciate your respectable response, 10x less toxic and abusive than the PDE5 guy. Your response also makes sense, using mind games (manipulation) to get an advantage, something I do on the basketball court and in the dojo all the time.

AkeneroJan 7, 20161 votes

I do that early game only, or as support as something to do, but constantly spamming it is a dick move

EvilDustManJan 7, 20163 votes

This is where the board and I diverge. I don't understand why the board is so in favor of laugh spam. If I typed 'A' into all chat every five seconds, it would get on your nerves. And you'd gleefully call me out for spam.

The fact that I have to stop playing the game to mute my opponent because they are deliberately trying to put me on edge is annoying.

Try to imagine playing the game with a yapping dog in the room. A yapping dog your opponent sent over to annoy you. A yapping dog that waits until you messed up in the slightest before yapping.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

Glad somebody understands.

shyvJan 7, 20162 votes

why do you care if you won lane that hard?

don't be so sensitive, she's just having fun, reporting her is a dick move

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

I saw a forum on here somewhere where a guy said he was banned because he typed some champion quotes. I'm not really all that informed on champion quotes, but if that's enough to get you banned, then shouldn't spamming said quote be enough to get you banned as well?

I'm not making it my mission to get people banned, but I think the circumstances for spamming quotes and typing the quote in messages should be the same.

shyvJan 7, 20161 votes

if the player behavior and moderation board is telling you you're too sensitive, then you're WAY too sensitive because 90% of the time all we do on here is nitpick everyone's mistakes and tell them they deserved a ban

but you're really going to try to get someone banned over using the in game laugh that riot provided??!?!!? really dude??? grow up

BlitzidiousJan 7, 20162 votes

Next time something like this happens, mute them. It'll stop you from seeing it and hearing it.

TrulyBlandJan 7, 20165 votes

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Next time something like this happens, mute them. It'll stop you from seeing it and hearing it.

This. If it's an ally, the issue might be a bit more complicated, since you don't really want to mute your allies unless they "force" you to. (For the same reason most allies will comply if you politely ask them to stop, though). But being able to communicate with an enemy isn't really all that important. So personally I don't really see a need to report the enemy for anything spam-related.

TenzosanJan 7, 20162 votes

The most you could do is report for unsportsmanlike conduct. However that is part of the game and has become one of the few (albeit annoying) things that players can get away with to taunt their enemies. It is passive aggresive... or passive toxic behavior. But not really ban-able.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20162 votes

After I made this post and read all your replies, I've browsed through the Player Behavior section of the forum and it's quite clear that most players agree that people should be reported restricted/suspended quoting certain champion quotes for certain champions. The guy who got the chat restriction even posted a youtube champion spotlight link of the champion he was quoting. His e-mail said he was restricted for verbal abuse, harassment and unsportsmanlike conduct.

My first question is, of course, why do in game emotes have phrases that violate RIOT's terms of service? Then my second question is, why aren't there consequences for spamming these emotes, if there are consequences for typing the phrase ver batim?

shyvJan 7, 20161 votes

the person you're referring to is k45 and he's a total dick for other reasons. he did NOT get banned for using taunts or even typing the champion's taunts out in chat.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

I don't remember the name of the posters (plural), but the community (you and I) acceded to their logic; positive voting.

SwallowerJan 7, 20162 votes

Yes, the Taunts may be annoying, especially Lux, Jinx, and Lulu in my personal opinion. However, there is really nothing you can do about it. You could report for unsportsmanlike conduct, but that would still be a long shot. But, as Da Supawaffle and TrulyBland said before, just mute them it will stop you from hearing it and if for some reason that doesn't work, turn off your sound. Though turning off your sound might be tough to hear helpful pings. No need to get frustrated over such little things that can be solved with simple solutions and basic knowledge of the behavioral system.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20162 votes

Didn't know muting them stopped emotes, too, thanks.

SwallowerJan 7, 20162 votes

If anything I think it stops the sound at least, but again if it doesn't work just turn down your volume a bit.

Radnar the boldJan 7, 20161 votes

I think there are more important things to deal with. Idk this is more of a rubbing the wrong way sorta of thing. I played a riven top and she laughed every time she killed me. yet I made a comeback and won lane and did not stop laughing.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

Sound is a very important factor in this game, especially when playing against a Jinx Sion RekSai , hearing allied pings and synergizing combos. Being taunted doesn't bother me, but sound spamming is a major troll move. I can dodge skill shots in the jungle throygh fog of war by moving to the side when I hear the ability casted. I've escaped a Garen when face checking a bush because I summoner 6 when I heard him yell. I've saved an allied Tryndamere from being killed because I CC'd the enemy champ when I heard him yell.

Radnar the boldJan 7, 20161 votes

laughs are not heard throughout the map, you have to be sort of near them. Serioulsy there are more important issues than a sensitive to a laugh. Don't play aram because all we do is spam laughs and taunts.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20162 votes

I was laning against her, very near her, very annoying.

Samus72Jan 7, 20161 votes

You can only report emote "spam" if they use the command so many times in a row. I don't know what criteria Riot use. But in WoW, if you use an emote more than twelve or thirteen times in a ten second period, the GM's smack you. I imagine Riot has something similar.

But I'm not sure what the big fuss is. You said yourself that you killed her four times. I'd say you got the last laugh on that one.

Quick note about Lux. Her abilities slow or freeze you in place. You can still attack while under her shiny effects. So, if she's within range, shoot her.