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PSA: R%%%%% is not considered hate speech in LoL

Eedat·2/24/2019, 7:39:08 AM·4 votes·2,024 views

And what I mean by "not considered hate speech" is that it is not in the instant 14 day ban, zero tolerance category as racial or homophobic slurs. You do not get an instant 14 day ban for using it in game.

I am referring to the R word that is slang for people with mental handicaps or learning disabilities.

I felt the need to explain this because I've seen quite a few people be confused about this since it's censored on this board. I've even seen Specialists on this board tell people that using it gets you an instant 14 day ban in game. This is incorrect. R%%%%% is considered toxic and will definitely contribute to you moving up the punishment ladder, but it's not a zero tolerance phrase.

The word was censored on this board only about 2 months ago entirely at the moderation team's discretion, not Riot's. You can read about the decision to do this here:

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/community-moderation/i1T5Hmxp-individual-word-censorship-on-the-boards

I also got further confirmation which you can view here:

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/community-moderation/BNzMgycE-need-moderator-confirmation

11 Comments

Yami No Ignis2/24/2019, 7:43:06 AM2 votes

You're a god

Hotarµ2/24/2019, 8:12:02 AM2 votes

Yeah, I've been guilty of this in the past (pretty recently actually)

I think it's just because the word is automatically censored on the Boards so we mix it up with conventional zero tolerance words (that are also %%%%'d out)

If you see us saying that on the boards, just call us out on it because we'll probably continue doing it in the future tbh

Kelg2/24/2019, 8:28:47 AM1 votes

idk i reported someone that said it and I got the ban notice for them immediately

Umbral Regent2/24/2019, 12:23:42 PM1 votes

I've seen conflicting information about whether or not it merits a 14-day suspension from the gate. I've seen equal measure of cases where it was used and only resulted in a chat restriction as I have seen "first offense 14-days" where it was the only applicable word that was used.

Whatever the case, I will still strictly warn players against using it, because whether it's presently punished as such or not, the word is still hate speech, and if/when it gets cemented as ZT in the future, I don't want to see people acting oblivious to the nature of the word.

Myrmiron2/24/2019, 12:33:33 PM1 votes

I use that word rather often and never even got a chat ban.