Hi,

[EDIT] I see a lot of people in the comments talking about how they don't like people dodging Icebox. It is not at all what this post is about. My point here is that it is not normal that people can be toxic in the lobby and I can't report them if the game does not start. [/EDIT]

Literally seconds ago, I was in a competitive game lobby (plat elo, EU region), it was going to be an Icebox game.

The second I loaded in, 3 of the five players in my team started to be extremely toxic, both vocally and via text, towards the fifth player (insulting his family, wishing he died, etc...) and at the same time encouraging him to dodge while they instalocked duelists. I immediately knew that I was going to dodge this game. I asked them why they were doing that and, of course, got no answer but they started flaming me instead.

I am positively certain of two things :

- they are three pieces of human garbage, and their lives lives are devoid from love and affection

- they were doing this to avoid playing Icebox, and avoid the queue-ban associated with dodging as well

So, my point is that this behavious is totally unacceptable, and should in a perfect world warrant an instant and permanent ban. I know this is not going to happen, but we should ABSOLUTELY be able to report people from the lobby, even if the game is not going past the pick phase.

There, that's all I have to say. Toxicity does not really get to me, but it can for sure be really hard on some people.