3 years ago when I started playing my first MOBA, League of Legends, I played it for fun. It didn’t matter what champion you play or where you played them. The whole point of it was to have some fun with the people you where playing with.
Now to the present day and I have never played with so many angry and toxic individuals like I have over the last year. Grown men going made because someone band their champion because he was last to pick and the chances of the other team pick it is high. that same person then goes on to pick someone who he has never played and run it down mid (running into the enemy team giving them kills and gold advantage). That same person then goes on to flame their team blaming them for the lose. making the rest of the team start arguing and name calling.
Don’t get me wrong I am no angle myself but the one thing I don’t do is go out my way to spoil someones game.
This is a team game just so you all understand. A team of 5 random people WORKING TOGETHER to beat the enemy. WORKING TOGETHER I will just highlight this because this is the total opposite to how this game works. The team ends up fighting so much with each other you feel like its you against 9 others instead of 5.
Don’t get me wrong its not always like this, you do get people who work so well together that it makes it feel fun instead of a free for all. These are the games we all look for but they only ever come up once every ten games.
The question is why are people who play MOBAs like this? I have narrowed it down to a few things.
1) People think they are better than they are.
lets face it we all do it, but not to the point where you think you can carry the team only to end up feeding like there is no tomorrow. Then going on to blame the team for not helping you.
if you are as good as what you say you are you would not need as much help as you ask for in lane.
2) Duo players think they are unstoppable.
let face it two is not always better than one. Especially when you have two friends in the same lane thinking they can take on the world this is where most issues occur. you can bring it back if one person is playing bad. However when you have 40% of your team going mad because its your fault they are losing lane you don’t stand much of a chance.
3) Players who who are in a higher league automatically think they are better. This is definitely not the case. I have a friend who is in a league higher than me and I know for a fact he is not a better individual player. He is toxic, aragent and thinks he’s better than what he is. This is the typical attitude of higher league players.
These things make the game unbearable to play most the time. Makes it feel more of a job than a game. Games don’t need to feel this way they are meant to be fun, friendly and enjoyable.
Riot do what they can to try and ban toxic players but how can you ban biggest part of you player base?
Unfortunately this is the state of online games and it does not look like it’s going to get any better any time soon.
Only options are to mute all or just stay offline.
As it stands staying away from league of legends is the way to go…….for now.
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