Riot loves to ban the verbal but not the trolls

Projectile Vomit·1/10/2016, 7:51:49 PM·6 votes·1,228 views

I cannot believe how backwards this punishment system is. It seems to me that all riot cares about is banning people who are verbally abusive while the trolls who feed there lane over and over and over again on purpose cause they didnt get mid, go unpunished. There are waaaaay more troll feeding scumbags then there are verbally abusive players imo. Maybe riot should create a troll report button and actually review the cases instead of just the verbally abusive. Even people who afk all the time are getting away with only a higher que time for 5 games. There would definitely be way less verbally abuse players if they actually gave a shit and punished these feeding afk trollers.

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Deep Terror Nami1/10/2016, 7:59:49 PM5 votes

Feeders and leavers are already automatically punished by the system (Feeder Detection, Leaver Buster). Trolling is just much harder to detect in an individual match (than chat offenses) unless it is actually being watched; that's why you need to use your reports appropriately. They establish a pattern of their behavior, so that once it's determined they are probably doing something wrong that the system can't detect they will be manually audited.

Just because you saw one person troll doesn't mean he usually does it, will get away with it, or that others get away with it just because you saw him. And no matter what happens to them it doesn't excuse your own behavior. You and you alone are responsible for your actions, so don't pin it on someone else when you get punished for verbal abuse.

Sarutobi1/10/2016, 8:14:13 PM3 votes

And where are you getting that Riot isnt banning people who troll? Ive seen people on these board come and complain about "trolling" their games and getting ban for it. What you fail to realize is that one is easier to detect than the other. Toxic behavior can be found by just looking at the chat. Whereas Trolling is such a vague word basically anything you do could be considered to some as trolling because everyone has a different definition to that word.

But with Trolling like for example Feeding. You need to find out that are they actually feeding? Is it Intentional? Are they doing it continuously in all their games? Are they going into to lane just to die? Are they getting camped? Are they just having a bad game? Are they having a Bad Match up? So many questions that could make or break if the person was actually doing what they were doing.

You dont get ban for just having one bad game. This goes for both trolling and being toxic in chat. Hence why you rarely see a chatlog from someone with only one game in it. Riot knows people can lose their cool with one game. its the moment you think you can do it in all (or most) of your games is where they draw the line.

Then its the fact that a lot of people have different definitions on the word. What do you consider as Trolling, or moreso Feeding? To some, people think getting First Blood is feeding or that getting 2 death is feeding. Some people think Supports who get attack items, or Boots other than mobility, or getting kills is consider trolling. Some people think playing a certain champion is trolling. The fact of the matter is with a word that is so vague and different towards everyone makes its harder to find and punish.

PIMPSMOOTH1/10/2016, 8:19:30 PM2 votes

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FrankerX1/10/2016, 10:32:45 PM1 votes

its really hard to say if someone trolls. for example you could run into the tower twice and die on purpose. your mate calls you lets say "i always have the braindead feeding trolls in my team" now he is fucked because if someone reports him the system will most likely punish him or at least watch him.

while you can just play normal after you died 2 times on purpose and the system will think it was just a mistake you made.