Is Telling someone to listen to you toxic?

didiz1016·11/20/2016, 9:32:15 PM·5 votes·605 views

I'll put the exact conversation:

Lucian: Just push lane and b, I'm oom. Blitz: (hooks and then loses fight) Lucian: :/ listen bruh

Later on:

Lucian: Blitz roam around, we have like 0 synergy, don't want anything bad Blitz comes bot and gets caught out Lucian: Listen... wtf

Hec: stfu luc, ur terrible, reporting for being toxic

Is that being considered toxic? Would like to know :)

10 Comments

Crimson Cupcake11/20/2016, 10:02:24 PM3 votes

The short answer is both yes and no. I'll explain why:

Lucian: Just push lane and b, I'm oom.

This right here is perfectly fine and not toxic. You are making shot calls, a.k.a. strategic suggestions, to your team. Making good calls and working together is how teams win games.

Blitz: (hooks and then loses fight) Lucian: :/ listen bruh

This is.. technically toxic based upon interpretation, but I will say this is not. At this point I assume Blitz did in fact push lane as you had asked, but for whatever reason he decided to pick a fight. Now while not ideal, he has the right to make that choice even if it is the wrong call. While what you said is not obviously toxic, you made your disdain clear to your teammate, though perhaps you could have phrased it more eloquently. While I do not feel it is toxic, some people do see a phrase like that as toxic.

Lucian: Blitz roam around, we have like 0 synergy, don't want anything bad

Here again you are just making executive decisions, which is totally fine.

Blitz comes bot and gets caught out Lucian: Listen... wtf

But here blitz clearly did not listen, for whatever reason, and you became more frustrated. Telling people to listen is fine, but when it begins to enter the realm of "What the f*ck why won't you listen to me" is when it starts to become toxic. I personally would not report you, but you should be more careful with your phrasing in the future, especially when calling out one player in particular. Some players (like that Hecarim for example) are easily triggered. I'm not saying you have to treat everyone with kid gloves, as that would be ridiculous, but just be mindful of what you are saying to others. :)

Hec: stfu luc, ur terrible, reporting for being toxic

TL;DR Don't be like Hecarim. What he said is toxic and reportable, what you said is not, but it is close.

ShinkoMinori11/20/2016, 10:16:30 PM2 votes

Everyone here thinks almost everything you type thats not a compliment toxic.

Morality Coach11/21/2016, 1:11:08 AM1 votes

I wouldn't do what you said if you talked to me like that. You should learn to use the smart ping system instead of chatting.

Xiao Shuang Yu11/21/2016, 6:28:21 AM1 votes

I honestly think this isn't toxic at all. There's nothing toxic about this. People are just too sensitive. You're telling people what they should do when you think they're making bad choices and when they refuse to listen and get caught, you were voicing your discontent. Toxic is being "what the fuck you noob, go back to bronze" or whatever. And personally, I don't think "wtf" is being toxic when it stands alone compared to being in a sentence like "wtf is wrong with you".

IPlayTwitchUDie11/21/2016, 6:30:05 AM1 votes

you sound beyond annoying, pretty much everyone who isn't a chickenshit would have told you to stfu, maybe even sooner, and i'd report you every time just in hopes that i'd never have to see you again

if you need to command someone, command yourself.

wishbone2511/20/2016, 9:35:02 PM1 votes

that is shark calling nothing wrong with that , if no one leads you can if they don't listen well just do your part lose or win their mistakes

DrCyanide11/21/2016, 6:32:43 AM1 votes

http://orig02.deviantart.net/c1db/f/2013/081/9/a/hey_navi_hey_hey_listen_by_chibininja7-d5ywzp7.jpg

Telling someone to listen to you over and over again can, at the very least, be very annoying.

ModUlanopo11/20/2016, 10:19:37 PM1 votes

It's headed towards being toxic, but the bigger issue is that it probably isn't helpful. Do you feel like you got what you wanted out of that chat? I'm betting you don't.