Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen is one of the best players in League of Legends and has played as a jungler for Fnatic, CLG, and currently Team Liquid. In a video, he explained why junglers often receive a lot of hate and toxic comments, regardless of whether they play well or not.
What exactly is the problem? LoL is considered a toxic game. If a match doesn’t go as planned or if one makes a mistake, it often leads to complaints and even insults in voice or text chat. We repeatedly report on MeinMMO cases where toxic behavior ruins the fun for players.
Riot Games is aware of this as well. They are continually trying to develop new methods to curb this behavior. So far, with moderate success.
Pro player Broxah has now spoken about the issue of toxicity and how to deal with it in a video. As a professional, he also receives comments and remarks frequently. Junglers are often targets of such attacks. He himself has no hope that this behavior will improve anytime soon, and thus offers tips on how to cope.
“Even if you play really well, people will criticize you”
What does Broxah say exactly? In his video, the pro explains that it doesn’t matter what league you are in, there will always be flames and toxic behavior:
This happens to all junglers. It doesn’t make a difference. Even if you play really well, people will criticize you. […]. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have achieved as a LoL player. No matter what ranking, the behavior of your teammates will never change.
One reason for the many flames directed at junglers is said to be the misunderstanding of teammates. They should actually be able to handle their lane (Top, Mid, Bot) on their own, but often fail and then blame the jungler:
Because the players on the lane don’t understand that it is their job to play well on their own in the matchup. Their task is not to be a little child whining, crying, and waiting for the babysitter while the jungler does everything for them.
From Broxah’s perspective, it is therefore important to learn how to deal with these issues.
Stay positive, even when you want to respond
What tips does he have? In general, Broxah recommends muting players who start flaming in the chat. Because even if you don’t react, you still keep reading the chat and start to get annoyed.
It is also important to stay positive and hope for the best. Once you start to get annoyed or respond with flames, you enter a spiral and stop focusing on the game itself.
The players who flame you and ruin your game, you will probably never see again. Is it really worth it to insult back and let them ruin your gaming experience? […]. In the end, when it comes to achieving a higher rank, every game is important. You can win a game by simply ignoring people [who flame].
In the video, Broxah even managed to win a game where he was flamed right from the start.
Similar tips regarding tilt were shared in 2020 by LoL pro Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, who has been playing for G2 Esports in LoL for years and also struggles with flames in SoloQ:
LoL star gives wise tips on how to deal with the biggest enemy: the tilt
