Why isn't there a zero tolerance policy for racial/homophobic slurs in League?

imNick·3/6/2016, 3:34:36 AM·9 votes·1,546 views

As somebody who is gay themselves, I don't really find it appropriate for people to use slurs in League. They're seldom funny, if ever, and they don't contribute to the game. Whenever people use them, I usually mute, ignore, and then report afterwards. Seldom ever do I ever get the message that something has been done. I know that personally, I am a hardened individual and I have pretty thick skin... However, slurs like f**/f***** and n***** can trigger a lot of people.

28 Comments

MeilinII3/6/2016, 3:37:59 AM8 votes

There is a pretty low tolerance for that shit. Homophobic and racist slurs are some of the most common ways that punishment tiers get skipped with the instant feedback system. You might not get the notification, because it's not often that you're the straw that broke the camels back, but look around these boards and see how many people get instantly escalated to a 14-day or perma for that shit. In fact, one RIOTer manually upped a person from a 14-day to a perma for that shit on here recently.

ModMod Curator3/6/2016, 8:29:45 PM5 votes

If you're in a match with someone who uses racial/homophobic slurs, report them. The system will take care of them.

If you see it happen here on the Boards, report it and we'll take care of it. There is zero tolerance for that type of language here.

Your Next Kill3/6/2016, 3:37:51 AM4 votes

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there already is a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech. From what I recall, if you use these kinds of slurs and get reported, it skips the 14 day ban and perma-bans you instantly.

Don't take my word for it, though. This might not be the case.

Dominick Destine3/6/2016, 8:06:09 AM4 votes

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As somebody who is gay

Already stopped caring.

If you think an argument is in any improved by the person delivering it, you are wrong... in fact trying to leverage your personal life as part of your argument is indicative of you having a terrible argument to begin with. This goes double if your argument is; "If someone says something against MY group, it should be extra punished"

Your argument is atrocious. Here's how it could be NOT atrocious; "Any insults to any large swath of people/group should be punished" then I'd at least respectfully disagree rather than turn my head at your nonsense. You are not special, your group is not special, we are all the same here; LoL players, that is the ONLY thing that matters.

Race, religion and other similar things are not relevant here. We are all equal here.... either all insults are zero tolerance or none.

slurs like f/f* and n* can trigger a lot of people.

Oh wow, now not only do I not care.... I find your attempts to actively undermine this community to be reprehensible.

League of Legends is not Tumblr. Toxicity is bad, toxic people are bad... but that's one extreme. You are bad in the opposite extreme with your desire for ultra feminist/leftist authoritarianism. All extremism is bad but your version is especially bad.

Do what you normally do; If someone is toxic , report after game and move on. The system is working perfectly fine and Riot has done a great job conserving a good atmosphere in their game.

disregardable3/6/2016, 3:52:59 AM3 votes

Because that solves nothing.

It punishes people that didn't know the rule exists but does absolutely nothing to problematic people that just pick a different word to insult you with.

Drehirth3/6/2016, 3:57:56 AM2 votes

feel like you just want attention tbh... like it isn't tolerated already.. if they frequently act that way they will get banned. Seen people get punished right after a toxic game several times. and alot of those threads "why was I banned" have behavior like that in there too so...

ModAttysu The Poro3/6/2016, 5:53:52 AM2 votes

I think it's because as a robotic system, it would have a hard time differentiating between context. Hear me out:

You're so fucking gay you stupid fuck

That play I made was so fucking gay, dammit.

Fuck off

and

Fuck me

As you can tell, different context for different scenarios. Of course if someone is being offensive, report them, and most likely other games or other phrases used in that game will obviously set the system off of a verbally abusive person, but I think too much censorship isn't better than none.

PS: As a pansexual female, I tilt my fedora to you good sir.

Virgin Ray3/6/2016, 3:43:16 AM1 votes

Riot does a pretty decent job censoring slurs. Like if you replace some characters on slurs it still censors it, like replacing an i with 1. Sadly you can't really stop people from cussing because someone is having a bad game and feeding. The only insults I get on games are involving with mental levels. Like retarded, autistic, dumbas, etc. You can't really call someone a racial slur because you don't know what race your team mate is.

SorryBoysImLes3/6/2016, 8:27:08 AM1 votes

Because their system is mediocre. I more-or-less quit playing because of this reason in particular. Got into a game a few months ago, went to my jungle and pre-made not refused to leash. I literally said nothing about it and they randomly start attacking with "you fING stupid dke leash yourself" to which his buddy replied "yep were not helping for fggt with s*"

They lost bot, hard, and every mistake leading up to it they randomly blamed me saying things, in all chat, like "we're doing bad because of this dirty fING fg on our team, can't do sht probably because she's mentally fked, she has to be if she doesn't like guys"

Despite me being 2/0/4 and assisting other lanes just fine. Enemy team apologized and said they'd be reporting the two as well.

Out of curiosity about a month later I looked them up. They had been playing non stop since then, which mean if they did receive any punishment, which I doubt, it was nothing more than a chat restriction.

I'd rather not place any more time or money in a game who's company has a punishment system that doesn't punish fair and evenly, and seemingly works based off nitpicking.

People can be mildly annoying and toxic (as shown by reform cards) and being bumped to 14 day/perm bans. Then we have people like the aforementioned who may or may not receive a necessary punishment, despite nonstop harassment of individuals.