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My friend got banned and restricted of his ranked rewards

nachtziend·11/14/2017, 5:21:48 PM·2 votes·872 views

Hi everyone,

my best friend got ineligible for every ranked reward for being offensive in one game. I got every reward we were working for together, but he didn't get a single thing. So basically he deactivated his account, and doesn't want to play the game anymore. Which I personally feel really sad about, because we played like almost every game together, as this has been the first game we had been playing online.

So now I kind of miss my buddy, because I think the main thing of this game is to play together. And as your instant feedback report is way to harsh, I think its just tearing people appart. Not making the community better in any sense...

Is there a possibility for him to get his rewards, following that I will get my best friend to play the game again? I get that you put his lvl 5 honor to dishonorable, but is it really necessary to take away the gold border he worked for all season long.

Greetings,

a sad friend.

(P.s.: he got banned over 1 game where he said the word (fggot 3 times to a camping opponent, not meaning to be offending, but just tilted over the camp)

48 Comments

ModThe Djinn11/14/2017, 5:28:22 PM5 votes

Punishments do not break up the community. Bringing hate speech into games in anger does. That word is always offensive and steeped in hatred and prejudice.

Zombie Gerbil11/14/2017, 6:39:23 PM2 votes

You lost a friend, the community lost a toxic player. With that said, your friend deserved the ban and I have no sympathy over that. One less toxic player means one step to a better community. No matter how many steps it takes, or how many people need to be banned, it's one step for improvement. If he wants his rewards, tell him better luck next time and tell him this is not the game to be toxic in. He's not allowed to be.

Find a better friend. A friend that the community can get behind.

Taeseuk11/14/2017, 7:54:33 PM1 votes

Why should he still get rewards for saying something so offensive?

It only seems harsh to you because it's your friend and so you care about him and the work you two put in.

He did the act so now he has to suffer the consequences it's really that simple, yeah it sucks he lost out on the rewards but maybe he'll think twice before using such a word as an insult/response again.

Miami Horror11/14/2017, 8:10:11 PM1 votes

in my opinion, I think riot should introduce a system wherein the player would be notified each time they receive a report and the reason why the report was made, sort of like being notified each time you get an honor. It would make players think more cautiously before speaking and would probably prevent cases like this from happening again in the future since they can now tally their report total.

EvilDustMan11/14/2017, 8:14:22 PM1 votes

No, your friend said a word that is definitely not okay. On top of that, he is just being toxic. If he can't understand why he got in trouble, that's his problem, not Riot's.

Wife In Lantern11/14/2017, 7:38:13 PM1 votes

Hey. So i know exactly what your friend is feeling at the moment (I received a 14 day suspension as well). However there is malleability in riot's decisions. If you can prove that your friend has not be consistently toxic and has genuinely "reformed" riot may actually give you a chance at season rewards again. Take into account that this sort of decision is very rare and you will have to send in a detailed ticket to riot explaining your circumstances and prove your friend's non-toxicity. Good luck though.

Existential Bard11/14/2017, 5:37:40 PM1 votes

You aren't really losing a friend. Your friend's account isn't permabanned. He just had his rewards removed. He could still play if he so chooses. In the future he just needs to be weary of what he says in chat. I find voice chat to be fairly nice because you can communicate with friends more effectively and not have to spam chat with negative comments.