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Riot enforcing the Meta with bans?

stripedshirt··4 votes·715 views

Here's a quote from WookieCookie in response to a player inquiring about why he was banned for two weeks:

"The behavior is similar to matches where you play support. I can see you like an aggressive playstyle, with champs like Braum you're no doubt eager to secure the kill for your ADC. But in some matches your ADC is hesitant, and in these cases you've gotten extremely upset. In the end, out right leaving the lane to roam, or just ending up at top lane despite the protests of other players on your team." http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/BPW3ButA-anyone-else-getting-random-2-week-bans

In my opinion this is an absurd statement for a Riot Employee to make. Riot has stated multiple times they have no interest in enforcing the meta and, yet, here we see that if you play a "support" role you're confined to bottom lane unless you wish to face a potential ban.

Under this new system, it seems, unconventional or unpopular ideas are subject to ban despite the fact that such a decision directly conflicts with their list of bannable offenses. Hypocritical much? https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201752884-Reporting-a-Player#h2q1

Is it acceptable for Riot to be enforcing the meta with the 2 week ban hammer? If the ADC bot lane is feeding and the support role decides it's better worth their time to help other lanes, should they be potentially banned for this?

4 Comments

disregardable5 votes

Obviously not, and I've not been unknown to roam as support (or even ADC) in that situation. However, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. This guy probably threw out several insults to his ADC before he eventually left, and he probably reacted hostilely to his teammates questioning his decision. The last sentence makes me think he even started taking farm.

Eljin4 votes

I think the part you need to focus on is " you've gotten extremely upset".

Leaving lane to help other areas of the map is probably not even on Riots radar. Dropping a 'You are such a worthless ADC, blah blah blah,' and then pissing off is - and should be- considered improper behavior.

deadlychuck3 votes

I've played duo top or duo mid with my duo partner multiple times before, because the both of us have called bot lane positions then someone on the team ignores that and decides to go there anyway. I've never gotten ban, despite our team sometimes being angry at us for doing so. I think what it comes down to is more that if you are abandoning the lane or bad mouthing your lane partner then you might get ban. Though just because you are not playing a conventional position has never gotten anyone directly ban as far as i can tell.

I mean some champions are even just really good at roaming and constantly ganking as support Alistar Leona Thresh

stripedshirt1 votes

I've played duo top or duo mid with my duo partner multiple times before, because the both of us have called bot lane positions then someone on the team ignores that and decides to go there anyway. I've never gotten ban, despite our team sometimes being angry at us for doing so. I think what it comes down to is more that if you are abandoning the lane or bad mouthing your lane partner then you might get ban. Though just because you are not playing a conventional position has never gotten anyone directly ban as far as i can tell.

I mean some champions are even just really good at roaming and constantly ganking as support Alistar Leona Thresh

It seems completely feasible. Riot has also banned players for picking a champion out of pick order, which you can see in that thread I linked. It's more of a recent change so it's likely you haven't experienced it yet.

Imagine you and a friend join a game, your friend says "me and deadly going duo top" and someone else calls you trolls. You both go duo top and your team calls you trolls all game, say you picked out of pick order because you both can't choose top. You lose your lane, lose the game, and your team as well as the enemy team reports you. Then you come on the forums asking why you were banned and they say "refusing to co-operate with teammates during champion select and abandoning bot lane. Then refusing to go bot lane with the ADC despite the team's objections to duo top." Doesn't seem to different from what WookieCookie already said.

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