4 years ago

Why do people have to be toxic?

Seriously. It's a game. Clam the * down.

Been playing ranked arenas and was having a pretty good run. Was teaming with a bunch of randoms. Won most matches and before the game I'm about to mention, I'd only lost once. (Today).

For pretty much all the games my damage was well along side my teammates. If my teammates did 300-500 damage mine would be roughly somewhere in between or slightly under, and either tying for kills or at least having a decent amount of assist.(I use alternator alot so my damage is generally slightly lower)

The game with the toxic player I encounted went very poorly. My teammates hardly pinged out enemies, didn't bother going for materials, and from the very start they rushed in, getting themselves killed. However they managed at least 600 dmg apiece.

I was trying to be more strategic with my placement (but unfortunately never had a good angle) and would try to assist whichever one started taking the most damage, but because they decided to go completely opposite directions, I hardly every had the time to get to one before they got knocked and generally just got the * kicked out of me by the time I got there. I only managed a little over a 100 damage that game.

Even trying to stick with one or the other didn't go well because they'd either leave while I was attempting to shoot someone, or I'd just get beamed.

Neither of my teammates ever said a word until the very end when one of them decided to call me trash and curse me out for my low damage, and anything I'd try to say he just talked over. Dude loved hearing himself *.

It's laughable. Because if I'm so bad, why did all my other games go so well? Even more so when the game I had immediately after we kicked * and I had over 1k in damage.

Obviously the other team was very much better than me and my team. That shouldn't warrent another player cursing someone out when they lose.

I can't account for players who want to play a team based game but act like a one soldier army.

My aim could be better, my placement could be better, my strategies could be better, but I can't make up for a team that has no interest in playing like a team, especially against a team of very clearly more experienced players with better communication.

We all have good games. We all have bad games. Get over it.

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18 Replies

MyName1sNotJohn
4 years ago
@XxColdFangxX I mute everyone always lol. Just assume people will be toxic. Especially in arenas
XxColdFangxX
4 years ago
@MyName1sNotJohn The only reason I haven't done that yet is the very slim chance that someone might actually use the mic to communicate strats, but it's only once in a long while I get one of those.
Xubunnytwo
4 years ago
Not everyone is toxic, it is a lot of mental patients for the most part. I had my headset and mic on but not transmitting. I went in to play as Crypto (the game states he is surveillance) on the Kings Canyon, I dropped to hack the Map Room. The other two drop like rocks into the fray, I ping them all the enemies.
Text: "There are all the teams on your map."
and they die in seconds after I left the map room. I finally hear them calling me *, as they ping their deathboxes...
Opened my mic: "I am too far to reach you. I did my job of giving you intel on the map and the next ring."
Cussing and swearing continued until they rage quit the match. I some how managed to survive until #2 and killed the lifeline for the win.
The moral of this story; Be polite and always stick around for the win. Don't take it seriously, it is a game, games are fun, you are not going to make any cash winning BR or Arenas. Have fun!
XxColdFangxX
4 years ago
@Xubunnytwo they need to actually start doing something about these players. It's no fun for the rest of us trying to enjoy the game only to get cursed out by a screaming prepubesant that thinks he has the right to open his damn mouth over a bad match.
Midnight9746
Hero+
4 years ago
@XxColdFangxX Voice and text chat should have a way of recognizing when someone is being toxic, and automatically mute that player, and keep them from being able to communicate to their team, further pairing one toxic person with others, so those who just wanna play, can play.

I always keep everyone muted unless they're a friend for this very reason as well; and if that "friend" gets all toxic, I instantly unfriend them and leave their party. I have zero tolerance when it comes to being treated like trash.

Back before muting was an option, I heard every insult in the book, and the ones yet to be written. I heard someone make racist remarks about my color when I was picking Bangalore back in Season 0, I've been called trash, garbage, dog <>, etc. No one deserves to be treated that way. No one.
XxColdFangxX
4 years ago
@Midnight9746As much as I like that option I don't see how much it helps if it doesn't happen until the end of the game, unless the punishment carries over into other matches for a time.
For text chat..perhaps they need a list of blacklisted words and when the system detects someone trying to send such things it blocks the message, warns them, and if it continues, bans them from talking.
As for voice, I don't really know how they can detect someone talking, but if someone gets enough reports then perhaps a timed mute ban?
Midnight9746
Hero+
4 years ago
@XxColdFangxX I mean.. games like Phasmophobia uses voice recognition, so that's what I meant for voice chat.
XxColdFangxX
4 years ago
@Midnight9746 I haven't got to play that. Doesn't it activate on keywords?
XxColdFangxX
4 years ago
@Midnight9746 I attempted to kill a toxic player with kindness the other night..I think it worked out pretty well considered at the end of the convo I got sent a heart emoji
Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@XxColdFangxX
In my experience, 9/10 player in pubs who actually feel the need to vent rage by being toxic are average-to-just above average players who think they are good players only because they hid in a bush through Gold and reached Platinum 4 where they got hardstuck (which they ofc blame on "stupid teammates"). Good players usually dont even bother but just insta-leaves (which I guess can be seen as toxic but actually is a pre-emptive measure to NOT become toxic). I just laugh at toxic players who are bad and in the situations where I actually mess up, I usually just go "yeah my bad I messed up" and that usually is enough for them to calm down.
But like I said; most toxic players are just bad and too stupid to realize that it them and their gameplay that is the problem and not the teammates. Like this guy from a game I just played. Our squad got eliminated in a 3v3 early in the game at the drop and he started to rage and swear on the voice channel but when I finally died last, after I had knocked one and cracked the two others armor multiple times, the summery revealed it was the rager who was the weak link in the team =) Just ignore and carry on.
Ranked is another situation though and it can be so frustration to play ranked with randoms that even I (I never rage in casual) get pissed off. So I actually dont recommend anyone to play ranked without premades close to your peak ELO. There is just too many uncertain variables like misunderstandings, miscommunications and different strategies, for it to be a positive experience.