Question about punishment tiers

Eedat·12/14/2017, 7:46:02 PM·2 votes·802 views

I've personally never had any type of restriction on my account but I was just wondering how this one scenario works.

As we're all aware, there are 4 punishment tiers

10 game chat restriction
25 game chat restriction
14 day ban
Permanent ban

Also as most of us know, certain behavior such as slurs, threats, wishing self-harm, etc can skip an account with no prior punishments directly to a 14 day ban.

My question is can slurs, threats, self-harm, etc escalate an account from the chat restriction tiers to a permanent ban or does it always drop you into a 14 day ban first? Say someone just got done their 25 game chat restriction then called someone slurs. Would they get a 14 day ban or a permanent ban?

10 Comments

YokoNomi12/14/2017, 7:50:44 PM1 votes

The severity of a punishment always depends on how severe the crime is. I'd imagine racial slurs and direct harassment of a player to receive a harsher punishment than a tilted player unintentionally letting loose in a game or two.

The thing to note is that it also depends on whether or not the person has been punished before. Typically repeat offenders are on thinner ice than someone just then being introduced into the system.

Dnthmp12/14/2017, 7:54:09 PM1 votes

Idk. But I can tell you I had a deserved 14 day ban for bad behavior and received a permanent ban for telling a player, that was as toxic if not more than I use to be, to grow up. It doesn't seem that it matters how bad what you say is if you get reported and it could be construed as unpleasant you'll get escalated to the next tier of punishment.

As in my case you can get executed for jaywalking if it is your final strike in the 4 strikes your out system. All it takes is someone reporting you so tread carefully this is Riot country and it is totalitarian, be afraid to chat.

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/4KlOrpeG-permabanned-for-no-reason-chat-log-included

Extreme instances will skip to worse punishments.

Giojun12/15/2017, 4:41:43 AM1 votes

Call someone bonobo, you'll get that 14 days, Fam.

MadMad Sickness12/15/2017, 9:05:00 AM1 votes

in some cases you can be escalated to a permanent ban from restrictions. I would argue that it can even happen if you have never received a punishment before.

It all depends on the severity.

Telephone Booth12/16/2017, 3:53:07 AM1 votes

That is at Riots discretion, but yes they can escalate it to a permaban if they feel it is necessary. They won't provide you with exact guidelines as to what exactly they find necessary, of course.