What is "trolling"?

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Repeating an incorrect point doesn't make it right. That point has already been refuted.

The fact that you say that my point is incorrect doesn't make it incorrect.

Technically, even the fact that Riot even agrees doesn't make me correct either, but it really really helps!

In fact, i'm going to quote a large portion of a Riot Gromp's comment on this to support my claim. Feel free to read the whole comment here

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/79aGu3wR-support-singed-isnt-banable-but-thats-not-the-point?show=flat&comment=006b

Q: Do unconventional picks/strategies increase the burden of communications for the player and their teammates? Y: Yes.

If you're gonna throw a curveball at teammates, you also need to communicate your intentions to teammates. You shouldn’t just expect everyone to "get it", so tell them what's up. To be clear, this player does attempt to communicate intent and strategy, but a good chunk of teammates across hundreds of games just don’t want to sign up for the plan. That lack of agreement on the new plan makes for a pretty chaotic game and leads to a huge share of this player’s reports. If a teammate in champ select says, “pls no, this is game 5 of promos”, maybe stick with something conventional and skip tilting your teammates off the face of the earth. In short, argue for your idea, but stay ready to be flexible.

In the same vein, teammates should be willing give unconventional picks/strategies a fair shot. They could surprise your opponents more than they surprise you. We need to leave plenty of space for experimentation in League (Hi Support MF), even if it sometimes leaves us in less than perfectly comfy games.

If you're about to play stunbot Twisted Fate tank support with Talisman, Righteous Glory, and Protobelt, let your team know the special kind of hell you're aiming to create for your enemies, and how they should adjust their expectations and approach to the game. If, instead of that, you wholly fail to communicate, or completely disrupt game after game, it makes sense that you’d rack up a ton of reports, net manual reviews and even potential penalties from Player Support.

The net result is that players, if playing to win, have a fundamental right to experiment in League. It’s good for the game. At the same time, common sense and good sportsmanship say that experimenting players need to clearly communicate intent and win conditions to their teammates.

I highlighted some key portions in bold for you.

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So playing off-meta now means you're bullying others into a different strategy? This is nothing more than an avoidance of the issue with a fancy rationalization. You could use this argument for almost anything you disagree with. I pick a poke mid and it means I'm "forcing" our team to avoid all-ins and have a different game than they may have planned. I pick a scaling jungler and maybe that means I'm "forcing" my team to play safe.

Yes, believe it or not, unconventional picks tend to require more adaptation from both teams. Let's not pretend that's a bad thing. If that's the argument for punishing someone, you can't in the same breath say that you're not punishing for playing off-meta. That would be like firing someone who has a cold and when asked saying that it's not because they were sick. It's because they sneezed.

Wow, and you say that I made bad analogies.

Poke champions work still well with engage comps, so that is just stupid. Now if you had reversed it, you would have a better analogy. (and yes, I would say that it would be reportable to have an Alistar consistently dive in on bunch of full health enemy champions when his teammates do not have the damage available to secure a kill, and ultimately got killed as a result.)

The scaling jungler one is a tad better because it would force the laners to not expect strong ganks and counter ganks, .. but laners are really meant to be able to win their lane without the jungler, ... so, close, but no dice.

And once again you came back to the perpetually false argument that any of this had anything to do with what specific champion he picked.

I honestly wish there were some way that I could "say" this slowly for you so you will understand, but you read at your own pace so try sounding it out this time.

His failure to communicate, organize, compromise, and execute a strategy WITH his team was the problem. His teammates clearly were not willing to elect him the team captain, so he needs to come to an agreement WITH them, in order to avoid reports.

And to reiterate, being reported is not inherently worthy of punishment. Creating mass chaos damn near every time you set foot on the rift definitely could be.

And your getting fired over a cold analogy ... lol.

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you arent trying to understand. you cant control what people are offended by and them being offended by it doesnt make it right

Exactly and in fact, you can say the most innocent thing and have it be taken out of context. Hasn't anyone learned anything from the 5 second sound bites in the media over the last decade? It will always be twisted to support whatever agenda that show wants to promote and sometimes they don't reveal their bias. Most, such as John Oliver do but many others pretend to be "fair & balanced."

How someone reacts to what you say isn't in your control and the very concept of "making someone mad" is deeply flawed. I don't remember being given a human remote control with an angry face button. It's all about attitude. Some people really can be offensive on purpose and it's usually pretty obvious but many of the people claiming to be offended are only offended because they choose to perceive something in a way that fits their victim mentality or negative view of a given person. If I were to tell a Silver player that he's in the bottom X% of players, I'm sure many would be offended even if it was completely factual.