How to Promote Positive Play

masterflyydawg·6/5/2015, 9:09:32 PM·2 votes·623 views

Alright, so recently my account was suspended for being extremely toxic. I completely agree with the ban, and this isn't my attempt to make excuses or demand anything, I just want some help. In normal every day life, I'm a pleasant guy, but for some reason when I play league, my inner rage demon comes out and I freak out about team mates doing stupid things. I'm not toxic every game, and I've been honored and friend requested for being funny and helpful, but when I do rage, I go OFF and I don't like it. When the game ends, I just feel bitter and angry, which really isn't a feeling you want after playing a freaking game.

So my question is this: How do you guys stay positive and promote positive play in your games? I don't want to get suspended or banned any more, and I want to have more fun in my games. Any help would be appreciated.

9 Comments

Jrud6/5/2015, 11:06:45 PM3 votes

Step 1: Change your mentality.

The number 1 thing that I think about when it comes to this game that calms me down is "What is your end goal of playing this game?". and my answer? Is to have fun, and if I get better as a side effect, then so be it. I do not aspire to be pro, nor will I ever be pro, so that guy in top lane that is 0/8 vs 600 stack nasus with his tower gone that still runs in 1v5? lol IDGAF about him... he is the team mascot. He wants to win. He wants to win soooooo bad, and thinks he can turn it around, but just lacks the ability.

Step 2: Learn to deal with other negative players.

There are three kinds of people you're gonna have to deal with that you will want to rage at:

Type 1: PPL who think they're good

"It's the jungle's fault I lost lane!" "I got ganked 5 times and my jungler didn't come once!" "We woulda won if you just went in with me!"

Best way to deal: Don't directly insult them, even if trying to give constructive criticism. They can't deal with criticism of any kind.

Type 2: PPL who don't give a damn

"Whatever" "idc" "AFK"

Best way to deal: Don't directly insult them either. They're going to AFK, then you're going to lose for sure.

Type 3: The ragers

"You're bad and you should feel bad" "Why did you go in 1v5 when you saw we weren't nearby?" "What the %*$@ did you do that for?" "Why were you there?" "Where were you!?!?" "Uninstall now plz"

Best way to deal: Mute and report.

Or if your zen is particularly strong that day, try one of my other favorite options:

"I heard that if you yell at your teamates it makes them play better."

"Oh, you mad bruh? :D"
"How mad are you?"
"Whatcha gonna do about it?"
"You gonna cry? :D" "You gonna whine and cry that I lost the game for us? :D" "How about after game we hug it out like bros?"

"OMG your yelling is making me play worse!" "Now I'm playing bad because you're yelling at me!" "Can't play good cuz I'm being yelled at :(" "Your yelling is negatively affecting my pro LOL skills"

"Don't worry bruh! :D I know i'm 0/8/0, but I will beat him in the next 1v1! Don't worry!"

JAGMAG6/5/2015, 9:31:22 PM1 votes

by muting everyone and refusing to use the chat pings only

TeemoJenkins6/5/2015, 10:37:26 PM1 votes

As a former smoker... I have my vaporizer by my desk and i puff on that when I'm irritable and waiting to respawn after team mates make me ... cranky. If they make a mistake, just think "I've had bad games too" because we all have and continue playing your A game.

Ih8ucuzurtoxic6/6/2015, 12:16:04 AM1 votes

JRUD's got the right idea.

Your emotion over what happened is counterproductive to what you need to do in order to correct what occurred.

The biggest issue in the game is the lack of learning. There are many players who feel they know more than any "baddie" and when presented with another strategy that isn't exactly in line with their thinking that it must obviously be wrong.

When there's a game and you see bot lane die. Why did they? Is it really as your mind tells you that "dammit they're so bad"? Or maybe it's because you didn't grab a ward for them to ward river and you didn't follow mid down so it was a 4v2 and they couldn't see it coming.

Examine yourself. It's the ONLY thing you have control over. The best players in the game know they can carry 99% of normals and bronze/silver games because they know the rules/strategies of the game and how to abuse them to the point they excel way past their peers. Instead of raging at bot cause teemo came and stole your blue with one last hit while you just started jungling; go bot and take out their ADC cause it's a 3v1 while teemo sits in a bush like a teemo (I literally just did that, kinda proud of it).

There's thousands of examples, but what I try to do is learn something every day. Either a new champ, or a new way to poke, or fix a bad habbit, or duo jg/top with a friend and work on invade strategy. If you're bettering yourself, you will excel because that's how life works.

Raxicor6/6/2015, 3:36:06 PM1 votes

Sometimes something simple like typing a "gj" in chat after someone gets a kill is enough to boost the morale of your team. Or if a opponent gets away with a sliver just say "we'll get him later". These things come off better than "GG noob ur so bad" or "fuk where were you?". Stick to things that would be safe to say to a bystander in real life. Its like when you work at a regular service job. If you yell at a customer, you are not going to be held in high regard by anyone and will get fired/reported.

Also if you limit your comments to things that are actually relevant to the objectives your team will most likely see that they get done. "Drag is up." "Bot lane tower is really low." "Splitting top. I have TP." "Coming bot after red." All of these are very relevant to gameplay and are not focused on forcing your rage down some stranger's throat.