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Does anybody have a remedy for Chat Restrictions?

Vistha Kai·2/14/2015, 9:38:58 AM·3 votes·927 views

First a bit of a background. Back in the last season, around May Riot made a new or rather "improved" way to punish toxicity, which was Chat Restricting. At first they were more of a joke; changing after every game. Once you had 10, the next game 40 and after another 1. I was unfortunate to be flagged as toxic back then. I've gotta say, I played many online games and I almost never had negative emotions while playing, not to mention showing them in the game. By then I played League for 2 years and had only one Tribunal case which consisted of one F- word, 1 neutral and 3 completely blank games. I guess 1 word was enough to remove my three honor badges, but who cares about honors, no? But in May it began and continues ever since. Chat restriction after chat restriction in a never ending circle I couldn't seem to break. I was forcing myself to be nice to people, I was neutral with "idgaf" attitude about everything that could happen or be written in the chat, I was trying to be myself from other online games. To no avail. Up until one day I had a day or two off. Just like that, for no apparent reason. Soon after, however, I had really bad losing streak that Scarra could be jelly about. Well, I guess when you end up as last pick for the 10th time and for the 10th time a guy takes the lane you called, dies twice before the minions spawn and goes 0/10 before 15 minute mark, you can be a bit upset. So I got 70 games worth of chat restriction. I mean, I deserved it, right? So I tried to stay calm and, again, be nice to people. Just when I thought I succeded, chat restriction tripled the very next day after I worked my butt off lifting the previous one. I tried even harder, hell to the point I even dropped my "mid, top, adc or feed" attitude and simply don't say a word until it was my time to pick. When people piss me off really badly I simply mute everybody, then mute pings and on top of that move the chat window out of my screen. Again, the only reward I got was tripled punishment. I've seen how people wish others to die in all chat, yet remain able to use said chat, I for being sarcastic and occasional F-word every maybe 10 games have to play half as many games I played last season, just to get rid of one chat restriction.

TL;DR Lyte, you scumbag, give me those reform cards, because chat restrictions stopped being a punishment for me and became a way you are meant to play this game.

6 Comments

RazorTS2/14/2015, 10:08:28 AM1 votes

Bite your lips and endure it, after restrictions end refrain from open insults and needless bashing, stay positive, if you feel you have to say something, try it with a positive advice and try not to be sarcastic or offensive, mute everyone right away who is overly aggressive towards others, that helps me most as i play junglers and they always get bashing for everything, toplaner dies diving lvl 2 then diving lvl 3, yep thats your fault :) accepts that and mute him for rest of the game, then his premade jumps on you mute him aswell well probably buy this point everyone just flame you to no end mute them all, proceed to carry them with 15/0/20 or something

Ada Wong2/14/2015, 10:44:51 AM1 votes

Chat Restrictions are pretty dumb when the players reporting you "Are Toxic" themselves regardless of what people believe the real problem is players who "Refuse to Communicate" "Don't Listen Pre-Game" "Have a problem with someone for playing bad" "Don't like the way someone plays" they start to become verbally abusive in champion select, sometimes even in game, then threaten reports on a said player, even if a player doesn't say anything in chat "Toxic" such as "Insults" or a word at all sometimes "Behavior Warning" will pop up in chat, I had one game in specific yesterday where a player started to flame chat in champion select because of the summoner spells I choose to take as a support, and I told them "I do not appreciate being called a ****ing retard in game" and that is likely what trigger like a 25 game chat restriction from the automated system.

Chat Restrictions will not change pre-game chat if a player wants to say mid or feed to quote the topic which you can find here regarding the issue often players "Do not communicate" what a team composition is, refuse to talk even if someone asks what a person is playing and create issues.

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=37793026 The topic does say that communication is part of the summoners code so if players are asked a question and they reply with toxicity or don't answer go afk eating pizza, then they have every right to be reported this does happen quite a bit I get matched with a player who locks in and goes afk then gets toxic if a role or specific champion is taken they don't like after they clearly went afk and admit to it many times.

Over-All I just don't care anymore win or lose a game, I leave it up to the players if they want to really try to win or not, I could care-less.

. What I mean is many times players just come into champion select throw up bans with no communication, say MID, lock ZED, or something like this, I clearly communicate in champion select how things are, I make them aware that if they are taking my main role, and force me into other roles then with the champions I play the win rate does go down quite a bit, and go about the game, I have a hand-full of champions I play in games with proper communication, and that is what I play, unless I get on a team with Good Team-Members who are respectful, communicate where they are going and such and we have an idea team composition which is rare then I am open to do a lot more things.

In general from the last week of experiences players can be jerks, threaten reports, tell me they are recording and threaten to report it to Riot, I really just don't care all around because the only thing it earns you is a very high increased chances to lose the game anyways, entire team gets muted, and I turn off my sound meaning I don't hear your senseless pings and play the game, going afk is a ban worthy offense, playing bad is not.

Even in Future games I am just now playing, players just refuse to communicate in champion select still creating toxicity when players lock questionable things like Malphite but do not tell us where they are playing and such it creates issues, and likely going to get reported more for their toxicity, and refusing to communicate clearly in champion select. (Riot really needs to add Champion Select to the review board.)

Edit: I also can't wait for the new system and personalized reform cards which include champion select chat, so I can clearly see what I am being reported for, and yes Chat Restrictions to me feel no longer like a punishment personally just a way to play the game after all I mute all toxic players whats the need to chat anyways.

dumnghoti2/14/2015, 3:49:21 PM1 votes

Play Co-oP Vs AI bot matches and don't use chat.