Dealing with Toxic players

AstroFerrari ·Jun 11, 2015·2 votes·758 views

I don't play ADC too much (I mostly play Top) but last night I was in a draft match with my friend and his acquaintances. After the match, one of them started flaming me as if I caused them to lose the match. I warned them before the game even started; I don't play ADC too much so don't expect anything spectacular from me. If anything, I was expecting a pretty casual game since it was just normals and none of us are even ranked. How do I continue to improve while people like this keep annoying me? Mind you that our midlaner conceded more deaths than I did and was caught out of position more. That's not a knock to him, I'm just saying what happened. I also was playing extra careful because Morgana's stun last for 20 years and Jinx can't really escape once she's been shat on.

9 Comments

RoaranorJun 11, 20152 votes

The easiest hotfix is to simply mute the player. Hold down TAB, then, on the far right of the line that has the player's stats, click the mute button. Bam. No more hear-y the toxic comment-y stuff. From what you've given me, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot you can do to actually limit his toxicity (or anyone else with his behavior). If he won't be reasonable or cut the toxicity, then you simply have to limit the methods he can actually be toxic and ruin the gameplay experience for you AKA muting him from the chat. I know the "out of sight, out of mind" approach is kind of a cheese way out, but that's about all you can do. PS: You can still hear pings even after muting.

Kao AtlantisJun 11, 20151 votes

This is great advice. However, I would remind you to report the player at the end of the game too. This is an important step that is often forgotten after muting someone. :)

RoaranorJun 11, 20152 votes

I agree that reporting where it's due is an important step. My reasoning behind not including this is that there are some cases that may not warrant a report. There are usually two patterns that players take when muting.

"Based on what they just said to me, this person might be toxic, so I'll just mute them in advance so it doesn't ruin the game for me", and
"This guy has consistently been toxic thus far, so I'll mute him and try to enjoy the game from here on"

In the latter situation, you should definitely report the person for the appropriate offense as you know they're guilty enough to suffer consequences. The former of two, however, was a bit more premature and may have been done after one or two jerk-ish remarks that aren't really report worthy by themselves (ex. "wtf caitlyn" or "gg mid fed") If that's all they said the entire game, and the majority ruling was that it didn't deserve a report, then your reports will lose a bit of weight. Do this often enough, and your reports may not matter as much in cases where someone is truly toxic (like in the latter).

You're right though. I should've made this clear in my comment, thanks for adding it.

TeachanJun 11, 20151 votes

Pretty much this. Praise based "mute" god.

fdisshtJun 12, 20152 votes

Like everyone said mute Also if I were your friend, I wouldn't invite the acquaintance again. The only reason mid wasn't called out is because he was probably friends with him and you were the other guy your friend invited.

lol little mattJun 11, 20151 votes

I hate people like yall, "omg he said stop feeding scrub" when I am 0/7/0 15 minutes in game im gonna report him for toxic. You over sensitive people need to grow up toxic is EXCESSIVE you cant expect people to treat you nicely when you are ruining the game for everyone in all honesty you should get banned from ranked if you report someone for being toxic yet you feed. by the way think before you report thers no more tribunal so even tho i stopped typeing in game except like 2 times i still get reported and muted. That needs to be fixed the whole get muted for no reason without any justification someone just points and you are punished its like the damn salem witch trials up in here. oh yeah one more time man up, mute them, stop feeding, and get over it, its just words.

RoaranorJun 12, 20152 votes

A few things you should note.

Just because there's no tribunal does NOT mean that cases with excessive flags aren't reviewed by the appropriate Riot team before delivering a punishment.
Muting is just that, muting. Being muted will not flag you for any type of punishment. It literally does nothing but hides your chat input from their screen. Nothing more.
If you honestly think that berating your teammates for performing poorly despite giving their best is a better course of action than offering advice or teamwork, then chances are you've said much more in chat to earn the report that follows.

PS: Most people that mute early in the game forget by the end and do not report. Majority of reports come from the players who kept you unmuted long enough to know that you deserved it. :)

DatalessJun 12, 20151 votes

The easiest way to deal with a toxic player is to not engage. Under no circumstances should you compromise your mental state by allowing a toxic player (or even a player you perceive as being toxic/disruptive) under your skin. The mute button is a wonderful tool and has won me many games by allowing me to keep my head clear.