Would like to hear some insights from rational seasoned players on the abuse of report function.
TAKE NOTE I understand that the decision to ban a certain player is from Riot themselves but right now I am addressing the automated punishments such as chat restriction etc. Please read through, thank you.
I admit that i was toxic in the past. That is why I always reflect whenever I got banned and take it upon myself that I should not have said those stuff. But now I have been very cautious, always thinking twice before I enter, I even change the way I phrase it BUT i got chat restriction again. I submitted a support ticket and the advice was to refrain from saying stuff that is considered "insult" "jerk" "dont say anything if there is nothing nice". Apparently, it is automated now and they cannot provide a chat log.
And if I may ask, did Riot set a standard for what is considered "insult" "jerk" "not anything nice"? Please do understand that although this maybe NA server but there are plenty of international players brought up in different culture. What one may find offensive at one's country does not mean some other people from another country find it offensive. I travel quite often and currently residing in Japan so i am pretty sure of this logic. Well unless of course, it's very very obvious that it is offensive in which I am pretty sure I did not cross that line since its always that one particular player who everyone dislike that report me or the team for telling him off.
Prior to this current punishment and after I got chat restricted and banned the previous time, players report me for 'toxic' only when I highlighted the problem of their mistake at that point. I swear I did not even use any vulgarities or words which define "toxic". I had 2 bans for that and got the chat log and told off by forum members so I know where to draw the line. So what is the point of a team based game if we do not critic on their repeated mistakes and just keep quiet? Accept a loss and lose LP/time because one refuse to listen and feel relieve because we get to report him? Heck, I even got reported just because I said I will report the troll(he feeds on purpose)and nothing else in that game so I assume the account will just record it as "behavior did not improve"? If this is the case, how can any players who were punished in the past get off the blacklist aside from keeping quiet? Is Riot and the community here encouraging this? I seriously want to know.
I am sincerely taking time to write this post because I wish to avoid this again. To me, I always believe that tribunal does not have a shallow definition of "toxic". Its not suppose to be a system for petty minded spoilt brats(I know you lots are out there camping this forum) to abuse it and get past toxic players who are trying to reform to get banned again and again. Usually these kinda players are the ones who aren't good at this game and dislike to be told off and report whoever who told them off. Unfortunately, there are tons of them in ranked play. Out of 10 rank matches, there is only 20% chances you will meet a team of mature individuals who apologize to one another and give constructive advice.
Which brings to me to my suggestion. I think Riot should dish out harsher punishment that will be executed as long as 2 games of more than 3 reports on cases such as intentional feeding and afk(not including D/C and Riot can read from the comments). I believe that this way players in rank especially will think twice about committing such acts that contribute to team loss 90% of the time. If they want to clamp down so hard on toxic, they should do so even more for intentional trolling because if you think about it, trolls are often the reason why toxic players who are reforming are trying so hard to avoid getting banned. Its like asking someone who is going through rehab to get rid of anger management, to keep calm and refrain from violence when he see a stranger beat up his best friend or hoping a lion does not bite someone who try to punch its' face. Of course, the player who was toxic should be banned as well so both will learn their lesson. I know I probably get flammed or sarcastic remarks for saying all this but I am trying to have a discussion here so I am really open ears to any rational replies. Do not spew sarcasm or petty remarks. Thank you very much.