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Sharing what I learned from something as simple as a chat restriction.

GOD o mighty·12/6/2014, 5:06:50 PM·4 votes·855 views

Well the best is from the beginning. I"m pretty BM, I'm quick to anger and insult my own team mates and blame others for my mistakes * over-committing and bad positioning on my AD carry or jungle etc* So I got really toxic during a match and after so long RITO gave me a chat restriction. This chat restriction is the only disciplinary action i have ever revived from RITO and to be honest from any game... Any way I thought it was bull, and that this was RITO being jerk's. So, I like to indulge in a game after i get after work it;s the only thing i really have time for after i get home from work * i work 13 hrs a day 4 days a week with a 30 min commute each way* and so i am normally toxic because i love my job but i get screwed by my boss allot * yeah, yeah.... some of you probably has it worse if you need to know what i do i will post it upon request if you wanna have contest over it* but now that i have played a few games as I'm currently training my JannaJanna support up trying to find all the ways can use her kit. Some games i do bad and then i get mad and then start saying things with mild irritation and that as much as can type i can't get BM on people it stops me and then it causes me think and realize how bad i have become about just tearing into people for no reason other then they messed up a few times. Now that can''t get after people I have to think about what I type allot more and say what i really need to with limited MSG's. What I want people to walk away after this is if you start being a keyboard BAMF it starts affecting how your games end and really how much you really enjoy the game. now that I can't get mad and tell people off in an unnecessary fashion. I'm actually playing better, enjoying the game more and in the last week i have added allot of players to my friend list.

  So don;t be BM, just play the game and let the baddies![Teemo](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.11.1/img/champion/Teemo.png)  play in peace they will get better its just a game. you will play better and you are going to make better plays and more team plays if you address them as places to improve as a TEAM instead of raining on someones parade or getting unnecessarily angry over it. you WILL win more and you will enjoy the game more it dsnt matter what ELO your are in just be a good person for a second and crazy things happen!

** also if a mod see this m not trying to get my chat restriction lifted it was Just crazy how something so small "a chat restriction" made me think so hard about my actions and how toxic of a person i have become, so i wanted to share this with other to maybe get others to think about there in-game attitude**

Summoners code http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/get-started/summoners-code/

Worth a read if you need references on how to not being a toxic player for any game.

3 Comments

disregardable12/6/2014, 5:13:40 PM1 votes

I will say that, while my chat restriction was effective in making me a little less toxic, it was a pretty awful experience for me. When I had good games, it was fine. When I had bad games, it was hell. Toxicity is a form of catharsis for me. If I can't have fun in the game, it's frustrating, and being forced to keep that bottled up extremely exacerbated that feeling. I just wanted to cry or scream or get someone to notice how shit of a time I was having, but I was out of messages. I actually went on a losing streak before switching to dominion games to play them out.

Another thing I gained from my chat restriction, though, is regretting my toxicity once I do it. I'm afraid of another restriction.

darkyouth12/7/2014, 5:11:11 AM1 votes

It's sad to say but toxicity is just part of this community(and all other gaming communities I might add). I myself can say the same thing because I also flame and rage. A match of league in the summoners rift map is very time consuming that is why I always want to try and win. Because a match is usually 20-30 mins(not including the champion select, bans and the loading time) this puts a lot of pressure on the player to do good. If my team members are doing a lot of bad moves that puts us in a disadvantage then yes I will flame I will rage, but would you blame me for it? I have a pretty good record and some of my friends that I've meet throughout the servers of NA actually consider me to be more of a plat player than silver the only problem is that you cannot win a game by yourself not on a 1v5. you might be able to carry a team but that requires teamwork which is hard to maintain if your teammates don't respond to your chats or they just don't say anything at all. You always have to depend on other players who might or might not work with you so it puts a lot of stress on you when you play.