Riot Games is Blatantly Racist

The Clout Lord·11/3/2018, 5:49:55 PM·2 votes·1,362 views

Let me start off by saying, the company as a whole is not racist, just the incompetent, bigoted individuals responsible for banning players. I have noticed that people are only penalized if they offend the Caucasian portion of the player base. I have been called the "n word" with the hard ER on it many, many times and only received a pop-up notifying me that a player I reported had been punished TWICE in the past year. A high-elo player named "Smart Nig" was featured on many streams for YEARS before they either banned him or forced him to change his name. Recently, I was forced to change the name of one of my accounts for a reason unbeknownst to me. Apparently the word "Penis" and the human anatomy is quite offensive to Riot Games, as they took swift action, forcing a name change in under 14 days. I find that quite odd, considering the fact that there was a player in my game named "nigg hunter" in one of my games back in July and he played as recently as 10/24. When we played with him, all of us reported him and I am sure he has received several reports since then, but no action has been taken to punish him. If names that are clearly not offensive are being force changed shouldn't the ACTUAL offensive names be changed as well? Where do we draw the line? Either fix the report system or hire people who can actually do their jobs. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

10 Comments

rujitra11/3/2018, 5:51:59 PM7 votes

Explain why they ban for use of the "n word" or slurs against Asians then?

Like, two week ban, right off the bat?

And you don't always get the notification dude.

Vreivai11/3/2018, 6:04:38 PM3 votes

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I have been called the "n word" with the hard ER on it many, many times and only received a pop-up notifying me that a player I reported had been punished TWICE in the past year.

I guarantee you that virtually every single person you reported for that received a 14-day ban. The IFS has many problems, but being forgiving of the use of racial slurs is definitely not one of them.

Now go back to Twitter, Tariq Nasheed.

mlm olo mlm11/3/2018, 5:56:36 PM1 votes

Name violations are a vote. Get enough reports and they make you change your name regardless of what it is. /s