Chat Restrictions

Ozlux·10/10/2014, 7:38:22 AM·2 votes·706 views

Chat restrictions are probably the worst possible form of punishment ever. In fact I find Riot's report system completely broken. First off, Riot Games, you all are NOT allowed to ban a players account if that player has spent money on the account. You do not hold that legal power and therefore within a time somebody will file a successful lawsuit against you. Now, back to the restrictions - most toxic talk could, arguably, take place MOSTLY in the /all chat. I'm not saying it doesn't exist amongst teammates, which it certainly does. But with 5/5 messages to say to your team is a very big handicap, and no type of management of messages could make it enough to where you can explain things, state a strategy, or anything else that a ping can not do. The only type of punishment Riot games has that makes sense is suspensions, other than that, it's a pretty fragile system with faulty chat restrictions given to players due to false reports since Riot doesn't properly investigate - and don't tell me they do...because I know for a fact they don't through personal experience.

3 Comments

Astral Zephyroro10/10/2014, 2:02:18 PM2 votes

Technically speaking they do have the right to ban someone, even if they have spent money on the game...

themachamp210/10/2014, 8:07:47 AM1 votes

not to mention that you have a very small amount of time/messages to herd the cattle to objectives.

Tankcat11/8/2014, 7:13:13 PM1 votes

I agree with op. My point of view is different though. If I am in a game the only time I say something in chat is if I am trying to promote teamwork ( lets do dragon or group top and push) That is it. The problem is if some troll or rager on your team isnt doing well and you say something like this they get mad at you and something like F$%K you noob we cant do dragon. This makes everyone mad and most people would just ignore him but not me. I respond and let him know that he is being toxic and not helping the team win. Usually I end up muting them and reporting them after the game. But they will ALWAYS report you back. Never fails they will report everyone on the team if they arent sure who it was. So when I get chat restricted and I've never cussed someone out or said racist remarks like I see I can only assume I'm getting restricted for trying to convince these trolls to stop flaming. With out any human interaction involved in these auto bans people are just getting chat restricted and ranked bans left and right because they reported a troll and got reported back. Back in the tribunal players could see that the person that reported me was actually the one flaming and I was just trying to get them to stop and I would get pardoned. Their is no pardon with this auto system. You are automatically guilty as soon as the troll reports you back.

TL:DR getting reported for reporting a flamer gets you chat restricted and ranked ban, its a broken automated system with no human interaction involved. Bring back tribunal