Just One More Smart Ping

bug23451·10/15/2016, 10:44:46 PM·2 votes·549 views

It was a sunny Friday not a cloud in the sky when I decided to play Jihn while he was on the free rotation, Nagakabouros smiled upon me and gifted me with with the weapon of " High Ping". I graceful accepted this gift from high above and was forever grateful, I was ecstatic to create new art out of the enemy Caityln and Leona. The weapon assisted me greatly with my quest allowing me to receive a double kill and the ability to last hit every minion, sadly this was the extent of my dominance in Bot lane. Due to my inexperience with the holy weapon the weapon refused me as its master and went berserk attacking me directly, I defended against its strike with all my might but atlas I was struck and was impaired for the rest of the game. Although no one seemed to realised that I was suffering from the awful disease called "lag". My decline from my Bot lane throne was slow and painful, I started to miss CS and skill shots were hitting nothing, therefore I was unable to create art and was deeply depressed with myself. It was at this point that my support Sona commented on my lack of CS with a passive aggressive tone, as if the betrayal of my weapon wasn't bad enough now Sona had stabbed be straight in the heart with a smouldering hot iron dagger. After recovering from the traumatic event Sona caused I believed it was time to let my team know of plague I carried apologising for my foolishness in the process. After explaining myself Olaf responded with "sure" in a sarcastic manner. I could not believe what I had just heard, my limbs became heavy, unable to carry myself, further prohibiting my ability to create art from my enemies. I became an outcast with everyone turning their back on me due to my negative score that I am still ashamed of to this day. Even Sona the one person I thought I could trust had let me, preferring to assist Top lane instead of me but despite this I moved towards my goal with my head high as I refused to disappoint Nagakabouros any further. A few moments later I failed to flash Leona's Solar Flare and I had been slain. I received a barrage of enemy missing pings followed by Sona comment of "..." and Olaf's comment consisting of vulgar language. I apologised and stated the numbers to show that I am still lagging in the hopes that this time they will believe me, this only resulted with the rest of my team joining in on the abuse. Diana began to type in all chat saying things such as "This Jhin" and "Report Jihn for trolling". After hearing this l felt my heart being ripped out of my body and a moment of realisation dawned upon me, my team believes I am trolling. Finding it difficult to move on and with the fear of further failing Nagakabouros I requested a surrender vote but it had failed. This action lead my team further to believe that I was trolling, with Olaf responding with words I do not wish to repeat. I waited silently for the next 3 minutes under the safety of my Bot lane inhibitor tower as it was the only shelter on the Summoner's Rift which I could find. Believing that the situation could not possible get worse I yet again requested a surrender vote, thankfully this time it passed. I have been haunted with the trauma that this game caused ever since and remain unable play Jihn.

Due to the atrocious event I had to go though I have been trying to think of a ways to prevent this happening to others and I believe that I have come up with a solution. The solution I propose is an added feature to the Smart Ping system, the ability to be able to Smart Ping your Ping to your team mates. This implementation could drastically reduce toxicity as people will not be able to flame each other if they are under preforming due to high ping as the person lagging is able to provide the team with numbers that cannot be argued with. Currently there is no way to prove that you are lagging, stating the numbers can be seen as a lie and therefore trolling, disconnecting can also be seen in a similar light.

Yes this actually happened I just dramatised it your your entertainment.

Let me know your thought on the idea and have a great day all.

5 Comments

Fondling Gems10/15/2016, 10:48:08 PM1 votes

It was a sunny Friday not a cloud in the sky when I saw a massive wall of text and said "Fuck dis shit I'm out!"

TLDR for those interested: "Be able to ping your ping so allies know if you are lagging"

Pus10/16/2016, 12:52:29 AM1 votes

Also a "There's a ward here" ping would be nice