I know its starting to get annoying listening to this comparison, but I need ask something.
Why does Riot think elo boosting is so much more important than behavior?
I find 4 games a very small punishment for somebody who is known to have behavioral issues, while 7 months is a pretty large punishment for a first offense.
I understand that elo boosting is a big deal, but so is verbal abuse isn't it?
TurquoiseYoshi1 votesThe thing is, XWX is not losing all of 7 months worth of time. He's only missing the playoffs, the regional qualifier for Worlds (if applicable), and Worlds. Also, he tried to sell an LCS-unlocked account. What that means is that it has every skin and champion and rune and I think ward skin ever.
Dracid1 votesThe thing is, XWX is not losing all of 7 months worth of time. He's only missing the playoffs, the regional qualifier for Worlds (if applicable), and Worlds. Also, he tried to sell an LCS-unlocked account. What that means is that it has every skin and champion and rune and I think ward skin ever.
"only missing the playoffs, the regional qualifier for Worlds (if applicable), and Worlds."
you make it sound as if they are not a big deal when in reality its the biggest deal for these guys really.
He is also going to miss the start of the spring split
Overall i think forgiven got lucky on his ban. He has a history of being a dick. 4 games was probably not enough.
XWX on the other hand like the guy above me stated, tried to sell an account RIOT gave him FOR FREE that has literally every rune, champion and possibly skins(im not sure if they get the skins or not). That's a huge breach in RIOTs trust. It says he only got 1 month added for doing that but honestly i think that's a bigger deal than the elo boosting.
TurquoiseYoshi1 votesWill he miss the start of the spring split? I don't know when the split starts, but his suspension is until February.
The account selling is a much bigger issue than elo boosting indeed.
Reynard the ƒox1 votesYeah, well, verbal abuse doesn't infringe on Riot's profit margin like boosting does.
So you can imagine why it's such a big deal in Riot's eyes.
The Lexer2 votesYeah I do agree with you here. Selling an account is a big deal, but its only a small amount of the punishment he actually got.
Smart Kitty1 votesIdk much about how they decide ban periods and all that shit, or how big an impact elo boosting has on the game vs toxicity, but I'll just give my 2 cents. I read a few months back about how that Commando Yi guy got banned for elo boosting his friend, and one of the rioters said after he boosted his friend to silver 1 or gold 5 (whichever it was) he lost several games in a row and got demoted all the way back to silver 4. That rioter implied the main problem was how many people he affected in his loss streak because he was boosted into a higher elo and therefore caused many of the players that earned their way there undeserved losses. So if XWX boosted several people and some of them had the same results as Commando Yi's friend, the impact might be much harsher. In the case of a toxic player, he was probably still trying to win games, but was being aggressive vocally. In that case, you mute him, report him, and he still probably had less of a negative impact on the game.
Now the fact that Forg1ven had only a 4-game ban kinda disturbs me, since he already had a previous history of toxicity, I feel the punishment should've been higher.