A certain Rioter's action is disgusting.

D E Merry··4 votes·819 views

I am unable to name the Rioter whose action is disgusting. This is because of the Summoner's Code, which states that on the forums we aren't allowed to use "Naming and Blaming." I cannot call out on a certain player who uses drophacks, I cannot call out on a certain player that uses ghosting. Yet a certain Rioter is extensively naming a certain player and the actions they took against that player, reminding other players of their negative actions so the pain won't be forgotten. Isn't this completely hypocritical of your own rules? This Rioter is willing to universally ban the IP of a certain player for toxicity, yet refuses to ban those who show clear negativity and toxicity towards that player. There are people in that reddit thread talking about he's autistic or utter shit constantly. Isn't it just as bad that you are bringing up this specific case against him on social media? I'm not telling you to unban his account. I'm not saying his actions were right or wrong. However, when you smite him for what he's done, only to allow others to shit on him verbally and you refuse to smite them for doing the exact same negative "toxicity" that he has done, isn't that just plain bullshit? What if someone who says "go kill yourself" makes someone kill themselves, is it then that you will act and ban another player? Dear Certain Rioter, I'm not saying you're a bad person. But I am calling you out on this certain action, and if you want to justify this permaban by, and I quote, "his track record of extremely abusive behavior in and outside the game," surely allowing more hatred against him openly in the same post that you mention his banning, by refusing to smite abusive behavior before your very eyes and even inspiring this behavior by reminding everyone about it, your action in this case truly is disgusting. If you want to justify your actions, why not find the IP address of everyone who says a hateful comment towards that banned player, and ban them temporarily because they did the exact same thing you permabanned the player for? Otherwise, those actions truly are hypocritical and should be despised. If you're going to stop short, don't do the action at all. Either go all the way, or don't go at all.

11 Comments

Deep Terror Nami5 votes

This means nothing without context

D E Merry2 votes

I can't give you the proper context due to the fact if I say the Rioter's name and what he did, I will get this forum posted deleted or have the names deleted due to the fact I can't name or blame, but the other comment mentions the Rioter's name, and it had to do with the case of XJ9 where 2 years after getting permabanned and his twitch channel removed, the Rioter rementions this guy was banned publicly on Reddit for no reason. I can't publicly call out the RIoter, but the Rioter can publicly shame.

Matthias91192 votes

If a Rioter posts something publicly, you can quote/link to/discuss it here. You can't call people out for in-game behavior on the boards.

Generally speaking, Riot does not apply in-game sanctions for things people post on the boards or Reddit. "Famous" streamers are held to a somewhat higher standard of behavior due to their exposure.

D E Merry1 votes

SO I am allowed to name Riot Lyte for what he did, and he's allowed to call out xj9 for being "toxic" in game which is why he's not allowed to play League on an alt account, yet I can't name someone for being toxic in game? Is that what you're telling me?

Matthias91191 votes

Riot does not want witch hunts and public shaming of in-game behavior on their forums. They might frown on it elsewhere (Reddit, etc.), but they also can't do anything to stop it.

If you want to (calmly) discuss something Riot's policies or something that a Riot staffer said, that's fine.

XJ9 did more than just run-of-the-mill "being toxic", and it's well known that Riot keeps tabs on highly-watched streamers. They commented publicly on his case because of his high profile and because they took the unusual step of banning his apt accounts (and, IIRC, getting him banned from Twitch as well).

Eleshakai2 votes

Oh, so they didn't do anything wrong then. They followed the rules of the community they were posting in. Reddit has no rules about naming people like that, regardless of what the rules are here.

And yes, you could publicly call them out - on Reddit.

D E Merry1 votes

"Anything violating Riot's ToS or EULA" is forbidden on the LoL subreddit.

Eleshakai1 votes

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"Anything violating Riot's ToS or EULA" is forbidden on the LoL subreddit.

Naming and Shaming doesn't violate either of those. It violates the forum code of conduct.

Genuwhine1 votes

lyte doesnt care he just trys to look good. He needs to go back to school and get a phd in psychology

AJStarhiker1 votes

Every time I've seen a Riot mention a person about behavior it's because that player was posting in the forums/boards and demanding a Red response. That's not calling out a player. And most of the time that response is after that play has already posted enough material no one is surprised that the person was raging about a justified restriction/ban.

Byakuya Kuchiki1 votes

what did he do?

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