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Which Word Did I Get Banned For Saying?

PotentVoid·8/21/2019, 4:19:38 PM·1 votes·3,135 views

I'm pretty sure every time I get banned it's either because I said the word 'f ag'/'f a gg ot', or mentioned 'DotA' (woops, jealous much?) which I don't see the issue with as I don't even have homosexuals on my radar. If you look at the dictionary definition it actually means that something is a drag or a pain in the ass, a toil. Which is how the it originated as a term to discriminate against minorities SUCH AS homosexuals. I prefer to use words with actual meaning without all the bullshit and unnecessary cultural baggage people attach to them. Context is very important and this ban-bot can't judge that. I only ever call certain champions 'f ags', or 'f ag gots'. I NEVER bash on the player. Yet without fail I get banned every time I say that word. No matter how much I try to remedy it with the other players and explain my perspective. There's a bunch of unforgiving and unpleasant people playing this game that go around reporting people solely for the purpose of getting them banned. It's an abuse of power and Riot is promoting it. I sent them a ticket and he kept evading my questions. Then when I finally asked if he was a robot because I sincerely could not tell by his automated responses, he proceeded to close my ticket claiming that they had solved all my issues. I still don't know if that was a person or a bot..

Anyways one of my main questions for him that he didn't answer was, WHY WAS I BANNED? What word did I say that was ban-able?

Here is the log; ... : i dont play this game v much : and mallzahar is a fa g got hero : poor babys : safe space : i forgot lol is for babys : XD : its a fun game : except people ban you for anything : LOL : LOL wp : how do you know what i said if there was stars : ? : you can remove them?> : so if you want to see ppl swewar dont be a c un t about it :) : am I? : i dont agree : how is f ag hate speech : i ddint see anything about homosexuals : you implied that : small minded : report yourselkf : WHAT : I DIDNT USE THE N WORD LOSER : gay and f ag got asrent the same
: what you think they are?> : YOU ARE A PUSSY THEN : WHO HAS SIOLENCE? : poor babies Post-Game : stop fucking crying : the word f ag is like calling someone stupid : same shit : you guys are blowing this way out of porportion : as always with soft ppl in LoL : thats thee biggest problem ji have with this game : i say one wrong thing and im banned : that is fucking sad : losers : go fuck yourself : i forgot : i dont play often : i come back to play with friends : i kleave because of this bs : i play dota : ppl in dota arent soft : they make fun of eachother : its normal

Is it because I called the people who were threatening me with bans c un ts because they purposefully have the language filter off so they can pick on people who said something wrong and try to aggravate them into saying more things to ensure the ban on report? Is it because I said the word homosexual? Is it because I said the word gay? Or called them babies? Small-minded? Pussy? Fuck? Loser? Or because I mentioned dota? Is the guy that was greifing me banned?

Oh and Riot you are welcome for the in-game purchases I bought an hour before my ban. I asked to have a refund on my in-game purchases so I could spend that on interesting visual items for a similar more original game title that I like to play that isn't trying to scam me. Of course, when you spend money on Riot, it is gone, regardless of the circumstance. They will not return anything ever. Literally they care mostly about making money and that is important to remember.

I'm having a hard time understanding how people can be have such low self esteem that reading the word 'f ag got' in all-chat (because they turned the filter off) hurts them somehow, lol. But hey I'm just that trash that said f ag got, so I don't deserve to play your free-to-play rip-off game title with the visual items I just purchased.

I'm only posting this because your moderator completely disregarded my questions and wrote me off.

If someone can inform me as to what I said that was wrong, and what is bad about it that would be great. Oh by the way I offered to the moderator that if he lifted my ban I would disable cross-team chat, and not say f ag, but I think it was a robot so negotiation was impossible.

51 Comments

rujitra8/21/2019, 4:20:18 PM10 votes

You need to stop using hate speech.

And no, you do not get to "negotiate". The rules are clear and the punishment is your consequence for violating them.

ModThe Djinn8/21/2019, 4:46:01 PM8 votes

I have edited out all your comments on this thread that attempt to circumvent the board filter. This sort of language is allowed in chat logs presented to the community and nowhere else. If you post after this message with similar attempts to circumvent the filter, I will take more aggressive moderation actions.

ModThe Djinn8/21/2019, 4:40:13 PM4 votes

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume you're legitimately confused. I'll also disregard the other problematic behavior and focus just on the words in question.

If you look at the dictionary definition it actually means that something is a drag or a pain in the ass, a toil.

This is because dictionaries do not always include hate speech, as it's both slang and extremely offensive. If that dictionary definition were acceptable in League (which it is not), it would need to be in the context of discussing a tiring or unwelcome task. Calling Malzahar "a [redacted] champion" does not fit that so even if there were a usage which was acceptable in League (which, again, there is not) your usage would have been inappropriate.

The entomology of the word as an insult is less clear, so it's not safe to say it came from that definition. The longer form of that word was used as an insult to older women as far back as the 16th century, but other origins of the modern use of the insult have been suggested. In either case, the common use of the term as hate speech has rendered other uses largely archaic. Additionally, the word used to describe an unwelcome task (the short form of the insult in question) has no documented relation to the long form of the insult, making a stronger case for other entomological evolutions.

The above is all for your own education, if you were interested. The simpler point is that Riot makes the rules for what behavior is acceptable in their game, and this behavior has been deemed unacceptable. You can accept that and adjust your behavior, continue your behavior and end up permanently banned, or find another game. This is not a policy that is going to change.

GatekeeperTDS8/21/2019, 4:22:49 PM4 votes

There is so much hate speech in here it's not even funny.

Who in the blue hell told you that it was OK to speak like this, in a video game or otherwise? You'd better think about adjusting the language you use, because you can lose a lot more than a video game account for speaking like this - jobs, friends, relationships, and teeth.

Arcade Lulu8/21/2019, 4:26:55 PM3 votes

You use 0 tolerance words and then wonder why you got banned

Seriously?? [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Jhins Girlfriend8/21/2019, 4:27:19 PM2 votes

You know full well the f word is used as a slur against gay people and has been that for decades.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:36:49 PM1 votes

I honestly don't give a fuck if some weak minded fools are offended by what I said. I know where I stand. I could be ripping on gay people because I think being gay is fucked up, BUT I DONT! So don't take my words out of context to support your self-induced inferiority complexes.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:39:41 PM1 votes

I prefer to use the word awful to describe something full of awe.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:40:17 PM1 votes

ya but guess who is defining society's rules lol...

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:50:14 PM1 votes

I'm not even mad that I got banned because of the language thing. I can accept that. I can deal with it. My trouble lies in the fact that the guy who reported me purposefully aggrevated the situation to try to incite med to say more things wrong. There are people out there taking advantage of the ban bot. I literally tried to explain that i was trying to not be offensive and the guy was being WAY more of an asshole than me. Guaranteed he didn't get banned.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:51:17 PM1 votes

Why is there a language filter?

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:51:58 PM1 votes

So if I said your champion is annoying? Is that gonna make you cry too?

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:52:19 PM1 votes

with no list people are bound to fuck up

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 5:03:58 PM1 votes

WHY DO YOU PEOPLE KEEP MAKING GUN AND SHOOTING REFERNCES?! Why do you think that every point you make should make it seem like I'm a mass murderer with my words. Talk about blowing things out of proportion lol omg!

Tele II8/21/2019, 9:44:01 PM1 votes

Sorry bud. This aint the 1900s. Words change with use over time. Get used to it.

Candoodle8/24/2019, 9:09:27 AM1 votes

This entire thread is a comedy gold mine between OP playing dumb not knowing that F****t is a homophobic slur and great lines like this "I prefer to use the word awful to describe something full of awe." yeah like wtf riot why didnt you read this guys mind and skim through his own personal dictionary to see that F** clearly just means annoying and that he found his teammates play awe inspiring

Tuition Fee8/21/2019, 4:22:06 PM1 votes

I'm seeing a lot of censored words in there. Usually if it's censored on boards, it's a zero-tolerance word or something with absolutely no positive meanings and used for solely insulting someone.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:25:14 PM1 votes

which word is hate speech , please identify for me The mod wouldnt do that.

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:27:37 PM1 votes

Which word. [removed by moderation]? [removed by moderation] isn't homophobic hatespeech unless used in that context. That is the ENTIRE point of this thread

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:29:52 PM1 votes

Go read the god damn fucking etymology of the word [removed by moderation]

PotentVoid8/21/2019, 4:33:38 PM1 votes

It's like the word tax. You know that word as the government taking money to use on shit like the military. But a tax is also defined as a 'burdonsome demand'. When I say "Malzzahar is a [removed by moderation]". I literally mean that he's a drag, pain in the ass, toil. Annoyance. Fucking harley rider. And I never called the player any insults. I think Riot got hurt because Malzahar is their baby.