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You Know What, I Think I'd Like Shadowbanning, Actually.

Tegash·8/17/2018, 12:42:13 AM·2 votes·892 views

Since the implementation of Riot's Glorious Anti-Cheat Measures about 2 months ago, I've had... more scripters in my games, actually.

And with the release of Nexus Blitz Alpha, I've had about 1-3 per game, on each side.

So I don't think that it's really quite working.

Almost 4 years ago now, when I started playing League, I heard of the Prisoner Island concept and I hated it. It sounded awful, the way Riot spun it. Imagine having a bad day and slowly getting stuck in a spiral, where you're matched with more and more toxic players, until finally it's almost impossible to get out! It's just awful.

And yet. Over my League career, I've come to start thinking that maybe it's a better alternative to what we have now. And I think that's both of a reflection of me and the game, because I've never wanted to support this. But maybe it actually is a better alternative to the current system.

Imagine if you will, you have these people who get flagged for scripting. And instead of banning the account, and having them make their 2nd or 3rd or 19th account on League of Legends, they simply get matched with other scripters.

It wouldn't take much adjustment to matchmaking, and it would require zero change to the reporting system. Maybe slow it down a bit to make absolutely certain that the reportee is in fact cheating. But after it's certain, they simply get matched with other people like them.

The same can be held for player toxicity. Trolling. Et cetera. Suddenly the community feels much nicer, much more sportsmanlike. Because the people who are ruining the game - instead of being allowed to rejoin the community with a clean slate, for free, by making a new account - are being moved into a bracket of similar players. Which, is honestly how matchmaking should work.

12 Comments

Acanthus8/17/2018, 12:56:25 AM3 votes

As an honor 5 player, I gotta say I really don't like it conceptually. If you think about it, rito spends a lot of time and resources on cleaning up the game as well as showing that they're cleaning up the game, from reform cards, player support, and instant feedback mechanics, to the player behavior forum where Riot Tantram engages with players of all stripes. Creating a prisoner island is tantamount to opening up a space where they are not doing these things. Yeah, that's a no shit sherlock moment, but think about the consequences of that, from publicity through footage and streams to people feeling like it's okay to be toxic because they don't notice repercussions. Having been here since season 2, I can tell you that the game has gotten significantly and noticeably better in regards to toxicity, so I don't think the efforts or path they've chosen is in vain.

SugeMinPikk8/17/2018, 12:43:54 AM2 votes

There has also been a notable increases in ARAM, TT, and Co-op vs AI bots

ManBearPyg8/17/2018, 2:11:41 AM1 votes

Wouldn't the scripters notice immediately?

Solicitude8/18/2018, 11:20:49 AM1 votes

You dont take onto account one thing though. RIOT has stated that they will never ban someone for scripting immediately, rather ban a big number of scripters in waves with intervals between them. This is so that the people who create the scripts dont find the way RIOT's tracking system works and thus become able to trick it and the scripts become "invisible" to it.