User blog comment:Kashicorn/SURRENDERING/@comment-4131177-20130311184811/@comment-132.190.92.85-20130315064201

@XelNecra

Yes - 1000% of the time I would do what you just said for my best friend. However, this person I'm playing with that's flaming at me is not my best friend. It's some random person who I can't see that's angry at me for some unjustified reason.

I'm not going to show blind sympathy for someone I don't know. Your questions: "How is this anonymous person on the internet any worse then your best friend?" strikes me as kinda odd. My best friend is my best friend for a good reason. He's nice, helps me out, and we have fun together. If he's feeling down and says some shit, I know he doesn't mean it.

This random person is flaming me and making me feel bad. I don't know how this person is normally. He could be the Pope for all I know. However, I do know that bullies don't back off if there's no incentive to. It's emotionally rewarding to belittle others. I'm just giving some counter-incentive so that it's not done so that they'll think twice next time before flaming.

If I'm stressed out, I don't play ranked LoL because I know my performance will be bad and I'll get even more stressed out. I'll play vs. bots or dominion/ARAM with friends or some other game where:

1. Winning/losing doesn't matter too much.

2. It's very easy to win.

So yes, I will try to emotionally hurt people who flame at me in this game as much as possible. However, I will try my best to be as courteous as possible to those who are courteous to me.

So back on topic: No I won't surrender 20 if I don't want to. You can try to convince me, but flaming is not an effective means of persuasion.