Collision Griefing

Kelvynn··7 votes·3,818 views

I have never seen anything like this before, let alone in a Platinum ranked game. I guess there is a first time for everything.

What happened: at the start of the game, in the first Carousel draft, I moved towards the champion I wanted to grab. I was running alongside the locked Carousel border, just ahead of that champ, waiting for it to unlock. Just like most players do. There was another player standing there. When I tried to go around him, he moved sideways to block me using the player collision. And he kept blocking all my attempts to go around him! Very skillfully too, have to give him that. I had to give up on my champ, go the other way and grab something else. And that player tried to follow me and grab it too.

I don't presume to understand the motivation of every underage jerk, but... what the actual fuck?! Why would somebody do this? That player obviously sacrificed his own chance to get a valuable champ just to prevent me from getting what I wanted. In a Platinum ranked game!!

I've never seen that player before. He hasn't said anything. I have nothing to report him for, technically. The only possible explanation I can think of is that I was the highest ranked player in that game, and he was trying to screw me because he thought that I was the biggest threat.

But this whole situation is bullshit. Why is there player collision in TFT in the first place? What purpose can it possibly serve, other than enabling a new way of griefing? DISABLE IT!!

14 Comments

RoaringWhisper5 votes

This isn't new - like at all. That's why I think it should spawn you in center and disable collision when your shield drops. There's literally no reason for us to be able to interact with another player on the board outside of chat, it's not like we need to be able to target each other.

RoaringWhisper5 votes

I really don't like the system as is, because it's exploitable by larger groups.

Kelvynn4 votes

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I really don't like the system as is, because it's exploitable by larger groups.

To think of it, maybe he had a friend in there who wanted the same champ/item as me, and he let his friend grab it by blocking me.

Still, this is a total bullshit tactic. It's like in chess, if you could put your hand on top of the other player's piece and don't let him make a move. Absolute bullshit.

True Garen1 votes

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I really don't like the system as is, because it's exploitable by larger groups.

Being able to enter with parties is exploitable by larger groups. (This isn't the only feature.)

Ztoka1 votes

I think it would be great to spawn in the center and then move once your shield/barrier drops. I have lost many items, to a higher placed player just because of where the champ/item was when my barrier released me.. Feels bad losing the one advantage of being in a lower place due to...... MORE RNG.. lol

LaserWolfMurder2 votes

That dude is probably a savage with Rocket League mechanics.

Ipheya2 votes

{quoted} When I tried to go around him, he moved sideways to block me using the player collision. And he kept blocking all my attempts to go around him! Very skillfully too, have to give him that.

The way you worded it makes it sound like he outplayed the hell out of you. LOL

I think the collision thing is fine, but once a player grabs a champion they should be pushed away from the carousel.

Kelvynn1 votes

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The way you worded it makes it sound like he outplayed the hell out of you. LOL

He totally did. In a mini-game that has nothing to do with the actual TFT and shouldn't be a part of it.

Ipheya1 votes

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He totally did. In a mini-game that has nothing to do with the actual TFT and shouldn't be a part of it.

Well think of it this way, if there were no collisions and many players tried to grab the same champion, the player with least latency (most likely) would get the champion, which is not fun at all. With the collisions at least you can place yourself in front of everybody else and get the champion first, and all the other players can actually see that that champion has been claimed already, or try their best to compete for it anyway.

I've met players who stop to see where i'm going to try to grab the champion that i want. That's why I sometimes pretend to go for something that i don't want or I just wait patiently for the champion to rotate to me hoping that nobody picks it. And I know how frustrating it is to lose your pick to some brat but that's the whole point of the carousel, the champions are not granted, you fight for them by positioning your little legend. At least that's how i view it.

Your story is funny, but don't think it's unique, everyone who has played tft knows this well.

True Garen1 votes

The other thing is, it often appears to the enemy player as you described. Actually, people just can't make up their minds, and have poor control over their pet.

Also, the movements and personalities written into the pets tends to re-inforce that they are reacting consciously, when they aren't. If it was a simple arrow, then you wouldn't take it personally.

Riot is laughing at you.

Ztoka1 votes

Shut, it was way worse when you could still do it once you had your item.. Now they only allow it before an item is grabbed. Really see it all the time though. I honestly think riot believes it is part of strategy as they allowed it to remain.. It actually is strategic if you think about it.. Not griefing at all really.. I've had plenty of folks try doing to me, grabbing stuff I was going for though it didn't seem to benefit them. One of the few "tactics" in the mode tbh.

True Garen1 votes

If you suspect that this behaviour will occur (by second or third carousel), then you might fake out the troll by feinting for an item that you don't want. I think that this worked for me a couple times (but again, it could all be my imagination).

Thing is, you describe the event in initial carousel draft. Unless for spatula or recurve bow, so who cares?

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