New Verbal Harassment Initiative is Counterproductive (@Lyte)

I'm aware of the new counter-abuse initiative that recently went live, and I've come to realise something. This was a terrible, terrible decision. While it was made with the right intentions it's making league a more toxic place. Here's why.

What happens when an avid league of legends player is banned? Does he spend two weeks doing other things and clearing his mind to come back a reformed player? Does he decide this game is not for him, that it makes him react too angrily towards others? No, he quickly creates a smurf account and brings his toxicity back, only now it's worse and it's directed at new players.

Do you guys realise what this does? It makes the experience for new players worse, while simultaneously avoiding proper punishment for toxic players.

I can think of a far better approach towards discipline. First of all, ranked play could be disabled. That would be disciplinary action #1. If that does not improve behaviour, then chat could be restricted to 1 message a minute of whatever it is right now. If that doesn't work, then just disable chat for them. Permanently.

Instead of trying to punish annoying players in the greatest way possible, just make it better for everyone else instead.

EDIT: In general, the response to my idea was generally one of dismissal. I know how to read a room, so no worries. Also, I wasn't aware Riot had such a sophisticated system in place to track smurfs, so to me this is a huge relief. Thank you everyone for taking the time to read my post.