Toxicity and The "Right Way" to play TFT

Whoever may find this,

First off, it is extremely frustrating to me when people lose to me and then flame because "you don't have any synergies, maybe you should play the game right". I don't understand how DULL people are. One of my favorite aspects of this game is that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to play. There are comps and units that are stronger and ones that are weaker, but never right or wrong. I just wish that more people understood that the game is designed to be played however the player sees fit. That's all for this point hahaha.

Second, I cannot stand when people flame when they lose to me because I "abused" champions who are strong in the meta right now. I had a stacked 3* and beat this guy fair and square, and he immediately bursts into a rant in all chat about how I am cheating and he is going to report me. Why am I the bad guy for playing the units that are strongest? He acted like I was abusing a real bug, not just playing the game how I saw fit. I ended up winning that game but he was flaming me the whole match from when he lost (5th) until I won. It really degraded my player experience to the point where I wasn't even happy or satisfied that I had won a game. I think adding a mute feature for chat would help a lot with this. Obviously, we can't change people's attitudes. But, to be able to block out negativity like in this scenario would be really nice. (also if there is already a mute feature and I'm just stupid, lemme know lmao).

That's all. Just wanted to get this out there.

Best, JJ

P.S. Even though I used an anecdote, this post is about gameplay/the community at its core, so I think that it belongs on the forums.