@Riot Why isn't perma-muted a punishment?

OneExit·7/1/2016, 8:19:03 PM·3 votes·1,465 views

Just a question. It seems a tad more logical than completely banning someone's account.

(Not sure if this is the right board, but I'll try here first)

EDIT: I am NOT talking about people who intentionally feed; if you intentionally feed then you deserve your ban. I am specifically talking about players who flame, because in that case their chat is the issue. IF after a permanent ban they begin to resort to intentionally feed then that is A NEW CASE AND THEY WILL EARN THEMSELVES A PERMANENT BAN. I AM NOT SAYING REPLACE PERMANENT BANS. I AM TALKING ABOUT AN EXTRA STEP.

17 Comments

Nanuk Pihoqahiak7/1/2016, 8:21:09 PM3 votes

Because someone who is permanently muted still has potential to damage games.

iisabrina7/1/2016, 8:32:50 PM2 votes

Permabanning chat is toxic to our players on our team. I hate nothing more than a player who cant communicate via words especially when hes doing nothing.

there are times where Ill gank a lane, and help them triple kill the lane, but Ill die just by a few HP, Ill check their summs and they had heal, and Ill type, couldnt use heal? and they wont respond

this is just an example but there are so many versions of shitheads.

Ive only had one 10 game chat restriction (a few months back) but if I was forced into a game of carrying a bunch of idiots, I need the chat. I need to tell them when to push where and what I am going to do, and who should do what in reaction. I would never play a ranked game without full chat privileges

Because the problem (sort of problem), I have when I am helping my friends in bronze matches is you will tell them to do something, and they NEED the next step. they cant think for themselves.

Anyway what I am trying to say is chat communication is necessary. After the 10 game chat restriction I only use chat to communicate game play strats, and occasionally if someone fucks up 0/100 in the first 2 minutes of the game, I say nj bronzie.

Savage Devi7/1/2016, 8:23:40 PM1 votes

There's a reason it's a chat restriction and not a chat ban we use. The chat is necessary. Even if a toxic player didn't resort to in-game trolling and griefing when their chat gets taken away (which let's face it, they will, which is another reason chat bans won't work), they'll still have a negative impact on a game because they cannot communicate. Chat's important, you're not gonna be able to tell your teammates to beware of Galio's fancy new protobelt via pings.