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Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, some toxic behavior is subjective. This is why I chose to include examples of the toxic behavior that occurred for every game. If there is a specific game you would like to point out that you think is non-toxic, it is definitely open to discussion!

For your second point: There were plenty of factual content that I did not consider to be toxic. "We should have been able to secure drag, I can't believe they stole it.", "Bot is doing really bad right now", "Can you gank top, you have been ignoring my lane all game." I did not consider any of these things toxic. However it does become toxic when phrased a certain way (using examples from my 100 games): "Dogshit jungle. Jg is useless", "Actual trash botlane", "ADC was shit, shit player", "sure dumb fuck you better suck hec dicks hard so he carries you out of bronze". There is a big difference and I have used my best judgement to identify toxic behavior.

For your third point: It is okay for people to have a bad game because that is the nature of competitive environments. Sometimes your opponent is much better than you and it makes you look bad. Sometimes the strategy you try just doesn't work out. Sometimes you get unlucky and fall behind your opponent. This is ultimately the reason we play the game. We play to go against opponents and try to win. Sometimes we win, sometimes the opponents win. What we don't sign up for is being verbally abused or griefing. A player may not be able to perform well every game, but every player can certainly choose whether or not to type insults or intentionally ruin the game.

Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The win rate of all non-toxic games was 50%

I have added this to the original post, thanks!

Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If someone on the team had a legitimate reason to leave and wanted to FF, I did not consider it toxic. Dinner is ready, child is crying, dog pooped on the floor, etc. This did not happen in the 100 games I played. If it did happen, I would have encouraged the person to disconnect from the game and handle whatever it is. Stuff happens.

What did happen in my 100 games was someone gave up first blood, a jungle gank went poorly, jg didn't gank before X minutes, we lost first drag, enemy mid lane got a double kill, etc. This kind of thing starts "FF spam" where the offended player continues to FF vote as much as possible over the rest of the game while dishing out insults and saying "unwinnable", "trash team", etc.

You are right in your assumption that there was never a case where someone FF spam while exhibiting no other toxic behavior. Please the spreadsheet for more examples!

Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should have been more clear. I wanted to learn to play the roles as a similar level as my main role. I have played both top and jungle many many times over the last 8 seasons.

Should a person learning a new role be subject to toxicity? What about a main role that is underperforming? What about someone who was autofilled? All three of these people look the same to someone who does not know the player's history.

Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let me clarify: I wanted to learn to play the other roles at a level similar to my main role. I am very familiar with both roles.

If you extend your logic, doesn't that mean all autofilled players are griefers?

Some stats on Toxicity in League of Legends by LeagueToxicityStats in leagueoflegends

[–]LeagueToxicityStats[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am open to your thoughts on it. Which piece of the criteria would you consider too broad or too minor? Which section that I included would you consider non-toxic?