[2019] How to reduce toxicity's impact on your LP gains

I'm going to start off by saying that I climbed from plat4 to diamond4 with a simple change of mindset. I used to be a very emotional player with a passion to win, this often reflected itself in me projecting my frustrations towards teammates performing sub optimally in my eyes. It got to a point where I even received a chat restriction for it and realised I needed a change of heart.

Toxicity in league of legends is very prominent and keeping a healthy mindset yourself as well as avoiding interaction with teammates who have a negative mindset will greatly increase your LP gains. Arguments with teammates who are behind and whining about X & Y in their team will only tip them further into madness. Even if their arguments are accurate it's better to either give short kind, supportive replies or straight up mute them & their pings. The occasional useful ping they give wont outweigh the question mark spam you'll receive when misplaying.

On top of that I think it's very important to keep your head in the game & don't adjust your plan based on what your teammates whine about, if your botlane is behind and complains (even when they do so in a non aggressive manner) it's better to mute them and keep in mind your win condition now lies elsewhere since roaming there or ganking for them could be a suicide mission.

Often when duo'ing I'd catch myself changing from my usual gameplan as a jungler just to satisfy the needs of my duo who's having a bad game ultimately throwing any potential lead we had or could have had on the map elsewhere.

A change of heart from yourself will also reduce the amount of potential toxic players on your team. Some games are unwinnable, & sometimes you will get royally f*cked by your teammates but a negative attitude and a 15 minute surrender vote because you got ganked won't do any good for your own winrate. It's better to keep your mouth shut & do damage control. Because in a way, if you get camped, avoiding death and keeping up in cs as much as possible, you take away resources from the enemy jungler. You waste his time and open up the map for yours.

TLDR; don't argue with your teammates, don't let their whining affect your gameplay decisions, keep your head cool, gain free LP