User blog comment:Fistful of Force/Insults/@comment-4929087-20120707014924

LoL along with most MOBA games are very aggro-centric games. There is a very strong human impulse to insult others (Making you feel as if you higher on the food chain than them and therefore better than someone) that LoL inspires, and there is almost no repercussions to insulting players despite Riots best intentions. Unfortunately this is basically an uncounterable part of MOBA's, you can't just stop every single guy who decides to be an ass. I do have a way of circumventing this human impulse though. Believe it or not, the way to get them to shut up is to be nice and civil. The nicer and more sensible you are to them, the more they feel like an ass for saying unwarrented things and this might break the delicate circle jerk mechanic LoL feeds off of in this game. Taking the blame for something that is inherently your fault or advising others is a way of improving your ability, and even helps win games.