How to avoid a perma ban?

Krissi2197·12/21/2019, 3:21:43 AM·1 votes·2,045 views

(No, this isn't about me. I'm literally in a game rn lol)

My friend just got a 14 day ban right after getting off a 25 game chat restriction. Like he got off his chat restriction then got 14 day banned in the same day. I think he finally got a wake up call and is really scared of losing his account... I explained to him that he's on VERY thin ice and anything bad he does will result in a perma and now he's pretty paranoid.

Do you have any tips for him not to get this punishment? I recommended disabling chat and muting all but his argument is that he'd like to see chat comms simply because sometimes he enjoys interacting with the team and also doesn't want to miss any important things said in chat.

9 Comments

Imperial Pandaa12/21/2019, 3:31:56 AM5 votes

If he refuses to mute, remove chat, or even disable his enter key. The only thing can really advise is improve self control.

He needs to not type in frustration. He can say whatever irl but not in game. Even I'll say stuff like "this person is really fucking stupid. Wonder if they ever played x" not super toxic, but it would count against me in game.

Clockwork Mouse12/21/2019, 3:29:07 AM2 votes

Follow the rules.

rujitra12/21/2019, 3:33:33 AM2 votes

If your friend is scared he will lose his account, then he needs to invest the time to figure out why he is being toxic, and take steps to prevent that from affecting him in the future. He needs to really consider why he said each message he did - and figure out how to prevent himself from doing the same in the future. Nobody else can do it for him - because nobody else can get inside his head.

Some things that I commonly hear help people reform are:

Remembering that if someone's truly trolling, they want a response - and if they're not truly trolling, then you're just being an asshole to an innocent player. Either way, flaming isn't the answer (you're either giving the troll what they want, or you're being an asshole to an innocent person).
Remembering that honestly, there's almost no chance you see the player again (at least that you will remember who they are). Who gives a flying fuck if they think your dick is big when you're never going to see them again. Don't waste time on people like that.
Asking what would help you in their shoes. We've all had games where we die a lot, or keep making bad plays, or forget about abilities (cmon, there's at least one game you can't stop getting hit by charms/whatever, right?). What could someone say to you that would help you stop making those mistakes? If someone were to start being a jerk to you, you'd get mad and tilt and play worse - so why would you do that to a teammate? Constructively helping them (reminding about CDs, reminding to stay behind minions or tower,suggesting items, etc) will go miles more than flaming.
One common theme is people flame because they feel like someone else isn't "playing to win". In what way is tilting your teammates "playing to win"? If your friend finds himself flaming people who aren't playing to win, then why doesn't he simply flame himself - because his attitude tilts him out of wins.

NF Remilia12/21/2019, 6:38:21 AM1 votes

"Im literally in game right now"

So you are afk and writing this post?

Salty Mc Feed12/21/2019, 1:11:11 PM1 votes

Don't give Riot money, then you don't need to be afraid. You get reported for all kind of nonsense, because league players are overzealous with reports and Riots glorious fight against so called toxicity didn't exactly reduce this cutthroat mentality among players, players who btw all behave very similar but somehow still think that they are right and the others deserve to be banned. Disabling the chat would be ridiculous.