How do you respond to toxicity from teammates in ranked matches where communication is key?
- Thread starter Soundtrack2chaos
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Oh so you're quitter...game is not over until the final second.
As far as toxic players I just mute them....and keep on playing.
As far as toxic players I just mute them....and keep on playing.
So you give up and call for forfeits when people aren't performing up to your standards...
...but throw games and troll when people tell you that you aren't playing up to their standards?
Y'know, there's an old saying that goes something like "If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."
Basically, the OP is the sort of player that makes me wish Psyonix had an ignore/block system in their matchmaking systems to avoid them in the future so I could immediately add these sorts of people that call for a forfeit 30 seconds into a match because we gave up a goal and are down 1-0. He's also the sort of player that calls his teammates trash despite having the lowest score of the trio.
...so you're one of THOSE
OP, if Overwatch and XCOM have taught me anything, it's that the game ain't over until the big "you lose" prompt appears
Exactly, no win tastes sweeter than a huge comeback. I hate when team based competitive games have a forfeit feature to begin with. Tried to play League of Legends a bit, the forfeit option only added unnecessary drama when people get pissed when you don't want to give up. "Forfeit or I'll report you *slur*!" And even if the situation would be so dire that comeback would be literally impossible because of the time left, it's still a chance to hone your skills. Or maybe try out a new strategy/build etc. that you might not otherwise do.
There was a lot of people asking for it when Dota 2 got really popular, to Valve's credit they never caved and added it. There probably are times when a forfeit feature could be usable, 15 sec left and you're down 0-12 in rocket league. But being able to call for a forfeit when it's like 0-3 and 2 min left...just play the game and at least try to win instead of giving up.
You can't give up sometimes even when they're hitting your ancient:
OP and their ilk is the reason I only play online games with friends or if I have to play with randoms that shit is on mute.
The value of it in LoL is that the games can theoretically go on forever. I agree, short matches should never have a forfeit, but there are tons of times in LoL where you're definitely screwed by 20-25 minutes (you can't surrender earlier than 15 minutes (unanimous) or 20 minutes (4 to 1)), but you have a team comp that can still just stall out for another 40 minutes before finally losing (basically just going dead-weight on somebody). There's no skill being learned by just farming waves unless you're literally Iron or Bronze, and you can always just use the practice tool to practice your PvE farming anyway. For that reason, I like the surrender option because you could all just fit another game in instead where you can legit practice.
Famously, pros in LoL often surrender very quickly at the top of the ladder just for efficiency's sake.
Oh I know Moba matches can go for a long time, I've played over 80 minute games on Dota 2. Some of the best matches usually. Could be that big comebacks are more viable in Dota than LoL. But yeah Dota pros forfeit too, still happy it's not a feature in regular games (not that I play anymore though). Winning one team fight at the right time can turn it around.
This is true. Dota has a lot of comeback mechanics, while League generally doesn't. At least in the sense that if you're getting pub-stomped by 20 minutes (when a surrender can be likely), there's no comeback happening there because the opponents are far enough ahead, they can whiff on half of their abilities and still nuke your team. There was just a video on the LoL subreddit of a Tahm Kench who was so fed that he literally walked into the enemy team like 1v4 and killed them all just basic attacking them lmao
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FWIW, you guys classified my actions as toxic and I spent the last week not responding to negative commentary from teammates, not requesting FFs and not throwing games.
I do not feel like my actions did much of anything. I do not feel any better a player or person after changing the way I approach this game. My teammates have not played any better as the result of me not doing what I used to do for the past week and change.
The only "positives" that I came away with after changing my behavior was one comeback when we were down 1-4 and I was doing all the work, we ended up playing well towards the end and won. The other positive is I've stopped caring about what my teammates do on the field and became more focused on just my own performance. If my teammates mess up, good for them, if they play well, I also don't care either.
So, I might continue to be less "toxic" by being apathetic about my teammates. It hasn't made me enjoy the game any more or less than I always have. So there's your update after this thread somehow backfired on me.
I do not feel like my actions did much of anything. I do not feel any better a player or person after changing the way I approach this game. My teammates have not played any better as the result of me not doing what I used to do for the past week and change.
The only "positives" that I came away with after changing my behavior was one comeback when we were down 1-4 and I was doing all the work, we ended up playing well towards the end and won. The other positive is I've stopped caring about what my teammates do on the field and became more focused on just my own performance. If my teammates mess up, good for them, if they play well, I also don't care either.
So, I might continue to be less "toxic" by being apathetic about my teammates. It hasn't made me enjoy the game any more or less than I always have. So there's your update after this thread somehow backfired on me.
Yep, I had a guy on APEX yelling racial slurs at our other teammate so when the other guy that was getting yelled at dropped out, I left a message wishing him luck with his solo career in game and in life and then dropped too.
No time to waste time with assholes