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Iv'e noticed riot is treating "toxic" players lately and it's odd during end of season rewards.

2nMdDVW9Nu·8/26/2015, 2:21:50 AM·5 votes·1,894 views

You don't need to know why we got to this point, but what he did say was that when he was being himself (a sarcastic asshole) in game earlier this season he just got a slap on the wrist in chat restrictions and made himself tone back a little, skip forward to what I assume was 3 days ago and both his main and his smurf got 14 yes 2 WEEKS after getting punished 1 time over 6 months ago using no racial slurs, no homophobia, only swear words which are know a 2 week ban worthy offense? Iv'e been "toxic" in the past and am most likely still myself and it scares me that for acting in my normal manerisms iv'e developed over 18 years is now punishable in any way without doing anything illegal of the sorts..odd but I don't know if this means people who formerly got chat restrictions are now getting outright 2 week banned.

For all you in riots eyes "toxic" people do you know anyone this has happened to either yourself or a friend of yours?

8 Comments

Vistha Kai8/26/2015, 2:33:12 AM4 votes

I'm being myself all the time. Timeline. In my first 2 years no punishment of any kind. Then April 2014 comes, instantly punishment. August 2015, still chat restricted.

The best part? The number of games goes up and down like pre-election polls despite myself not changing anything about my behaviour.

Except one time when I made an experiment and was highly positive durning a 100 games long restriction. The result was three times as big restriction, so I said, "Fuck it" to myself and resumed being a sarcastic prick. Seemingly for the better. My last restriction was ~100 games only. Compared to my record of 625 that's quite an improvement, isn't it?

On the other hand I have yet to be actually banned for toxicity.

PS. League of Legends is also the first and so far the only game I got any kind of punishment for anything. http://memecrunch.com/meme/2VKC2/just-let-that-sink-in/image.png

1Rival8/26/2015, 4:30:08 AM2 votes

Unfortunately for you, this is RIOT's game you are playing on. And how you conduct yourself, behavior wise, on the rift is up to them.

You looked at the TOS, you accepted it already... you shouldn't have any reason to complain about why the rules are the way they are.

That's like a professor saying "you need to get a 92% in this class to get an A". Then when you got a 90%, you go back to the professor and nag about how you didn't get an "A", and why you can't wrap your mind around how the professor won't give A's out... because it would make them look like they are great teachers.

I am glad they are strict on the community about abusive chat. If you want to see a a game full of toxicity, and how it can adversely affect the player base... go look at CS GO. The kids flock to that game, because they are able to let their anger out without repercussions.

Then what happened?

College students get tired of the kids, so they leave the game.
Kids get angry because they're losing. They flame the enemy team.
Kids that win like to brag, so they flame the enemy team.
Losers get mad, they find ways to cheat. They find wallhacks
Wallhackers infest the game. Game ruined.

Ser Garland8/26/2015, 6:18:32 AM2 votes

Why do we even have chat filter??? I mean, with all the chat filters and mute buttons and what not, you think people that are and aren't okay with that kind of language would be properly quarantined from each other.

But apparently even uttering these words, no matter the context, is a bannable offence now. So why even have the option to say them??

Colgate Gator8/26/2015, 2:15:53 PM2 votes

If anything, I believe the system is quite lenient, I have some people in my friends' list that I'm somewhat confused as to why they haven't been punished.