Holding players "hostage" in game

Soviet Overlord·12/12/2016, 12:50:26 AM·5 votes·1,729 views

i just had a ranked game, no names are going to be shared. The situation is that one of our team members played very poory and made very bad decisions. This turned him into some weird rage monster type thing where he was inting and telling our team he would no longer cooperate unless conditions were met. This being "i want you all to apologize to me for being assholes all game" and then bming us in chat. he made other demands but i had muted him already, i only read excerpts from what players on my team were repeating

I reported for all things available but this simply isn't just communicating he literally walked around the enemy jungle spamming emotes when our base was being sieged.

Why does this game bring to light almost exclusively negativy in players? what happened to having a good time?

11 Comments

ReadyxPlayerxOne12/12/2016, 2:24:04 AM1 votes

I don't agree with holding the game hostage. But it's enormously frustrating that the carry mentality is the only way to advance purely because RIOT can't make a better matchmaking system. It's seriously annoying when a team loses in champ select. It's mind numbing to realize you have more cs as a support than your adc ( and all you've been doing is relic shielding) or a million other things.

I try to carry every game. But I shouldn't fucking have to carry every time. When people do truly horrific things, on both sides of the table. It's terrible to play those games. But the answer isn't just banning people that flame or get mad at these dumb actions. It's also weeding out the jerk that thinks duo support is a good bot lane or that a teemo should die 7 times before they're useful...

Z Statistic12/12/2016, 5:18:46 PM1 votes

Having a good time is secondary when your self worth is invested in your performance. That might sound ludicrous since this is a game, but it's true. Some people take tasks very seriously. When things go wrong and they view it as other people's fault, they lash out at those people. If their ego isn't so fragile and they realize they are the problem, they can still lash out because they've now internalized the failure as a part of themselves for the aforementioned reason.

It's both a good and a bad thing as self investment in an activity is one of the best drives to self improvement.

Morality Coach12/12/2016, 7:22:53 PM1 votes

I always hold the game hostage in normals if my team BMs me.

Never BM someone that is better than you in a normal. They probably know how to throw without setting off the feedback system.

Troll Armada12/13/2016, 3:15:45 AM1 votes

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