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I'm a soft inter, AMA

Lemar·12/14/2018, 5:57:32 AM·2 votes·2,255 views

Hey all,

Before I start, I would like to mention that I am posting from my very first League account. This account was perm'd back in 2015ish. I will be keeping the identity of my other accounts anonymous for obvious reasons, although I am fully aware that Riot can easily find them out real quick.

I wanted to make this AMA in case any people out there were curious as to what our mentality is and why we do what we do. Below is some general information about me:

  • My second account (current main) is currently 2 years old. It has received three(?) 25-game chat restrictions but has never been banned. I don't soft int on my main obviously. Highest rank reached was plat 5.

  • My current smurf that I'm soft inting with is around Bronze III elo I think. Hard to tell with preseason + it's relatively new.

  • I think I've outgrown the game, which is probably one of the biggest contributors to why I have a smurf for inting. I think I have only played 5 games in the past two and a half months on my main. I also don't play too much on my smurf to int either, probably only one or two games a night at most (with gaps).

  • While I do end up soft-inting most (98%) of my games, I don't really start out the game set on inting. I usually start only if one of my teammates starts flaming either me or someone else. Soft inting is only fun if you get a reaction and nothing is easier than getting a reaction from someone who is already predisposed to flaming. If my team is filled with chill dudes (or dudettes), I have no problem winning. The win/loss itself means little to me.

  • Some people have attributed my behavior to stupidity. I graduated from a top 14, private undergraduate and am currently attending an ivy for graduate school. I'm by no means a genius but I wouldn't necessarily label myself as stupid either. Although I will freely admit I'm an asshole for doing what I'm doing.

  • If I'm soft inting, I'm also doing stuff on the side (i.e. streaming Netflix or working on my paper).

  • My favorite part is when a flamer on my team threatens to throw the game if I or someone else on my team does not do "x".

With that out of the way, AMA~

36 Comments

ModPeriscope12/14/2018, 6:20:39 AM6 votes

Why should we believe anything you’re saying?

Telephone Booth12/14/2018, 6:06:53 AM1 votes

Whats your favorite cereal?

mlm olo mlm12/14/2018, 6:08:11 AM1 votes

How many games would you estimate you have "soft inted"? Have you ever been punished for gameplay offenses?

Vreivai12/14/2018, 6:34:56 AM1 votes

How often to people accuse you of inting?

CharDeeMcDenniz12/14/2018, 8:22:06 AM1 votes

why be such a douche?

SonicAF12/14/2018, 8:34:52 AM1 votes

Let's assume you get stuck at iron 3, because people there do stupid shit you can not conceive and you try to stay indistinguishable from a bad player. Do you think it would still be okay to punish you for what you do?

Because currently, I assume, you think that it is.

Baka Red12/14/2018, 10:47:03 AM1 votes

Well, since this is AMA: Don't you have anything better to do with your than waste it to intentional feeding and spoiling the fun of nine other people?

Kei14312/14/2018, 12:18:39 PM1 votes

How do you feel when people defend you by calling you bad instead of inting?

If you don't get a reaction out of people, do you continue with your soft inting?

Do you feel bad for those whom try to come to your defense ?

FioraWillCarry12/14/2018, 4:14:23 PM1 votes

I wanna tank this account to Iron IV. The addition of the new tiers fucked my account's LP gains so I'm gaining too little LP and losing too much. I want to tank it right down until LP gains are reasonable again and start the climb back to Silver from scratch. So far it's really difficult to lose games from B2 and below. Do you think I could soft int and not get banned? Do you think I could lose most of my games, even in a horrible elo like low Bronze by soft inting?

IanSilang12/14/2018, 6:05:08 AM1 votes

What's "your" definition of soft inting?

PurpleYukari12/14/2018, 4:44:29 PM1 votes

If people did not react to you soft inting, would you still do it?