My friend, who goes by the name of Deigh....has been banned for 14 days, for abusive language. I watch his matchs, because alot of times we take turns, on our accounts. He got reported for nothing, and then banned 14 days for nothing. Shouldn't you guys at least look into these types of things, before banning someone? I think this is ridiculous. If this ever happens to me, i'll take my money, and time, and effort, and pour it into another game. I'm disgusted.
Zombiemaster4 votesWell, if you want to help convince others that your friend was banned for nothing, you're going to need to provide the chat logs that your friend was sent (with your friend's permission of course). If you do, I or one of the regulars here can help provide some insight to what helped lead to the 14 day ban. If you don't want to, that's completely fine, but just know that really no one will believe your claim that he was banned for nothing.
If your friend wants, he can try and appeal the punishment by sending in a support ticket and talking with support that way. Although they are quite rare, mistakes can happen, and I'm fairly certain that Riot would be more than willing to overturn the ban if it was indeed not warranted
Something to keep in mind, too, is that while you may believe what your friend said may have been acceptable, that doesn't mean that the majority of the community will find it acceptable.
OmegaRed851 votesWell, if you want to help convince others that your friend was banned for nothing, you're going to need to provide the chat logs that your friend was sent (with your friend's permission of course). If you do, I or one of the regulars here can help provide some insight to what helped lead to the 14 day ban. If you don't want to, that's completely fine, but just know that really no one will believe your claim that he was banned for nothing.
If your friend wants, he can try and appeal the punishment by sending in a support ticket and talking with support that way. Although they are quite rare, mistakes can happen, and I'm fairly certain that Riot would be more than willing to overturn the ban if it was indeed not warranted
Something to keep in mind, too, is that while you may believe what your friend said may have been acceptable, that doesn't mean that the majority of the community will find it acceptable.
I competely understand. He does say things he shouldn't, but it's always provoked. He rarely types in-game, unless someone says something to him. I'm sure he'll provide the logs, but We live in Seattle, and he doesn't get home until later tonight. I'll see about it then. Maybe write an appeal. Thanks for the help guys.
ModUlanopo8 votesI competely understand. He does say things he shouldn't, but it's always provoked.
Well, there's his problem. Riot doesn't accept the excuse that "someone else started it."
Angry Monster2 votestypical child like thought process, they started it so i can do what i want.
Not going to fly
ThePartyLeader1 votesThey do look. Sssooooooooo.
OmegaRed851 votesIf they look, why aren't the little kids that were cursing him banned too?
EvilDustMan1 votesIf they look, why aren't the little kids that were cursing him banned too?
Let's see some chat logs.
OmegaRed851 votesHow do I get the chat logs?
Lithium Rosa1 votesYour friend should have them, Riot usually send them to the banned players in e-mails
OmegaRed851 votesI'll have to let him come home from work first. I'll take a look at them then. I clearly remember all four of the ppl he was playing with, being feeders, and immature with the insults. So, I'm still puzzled at how they got by with it, but he got banned for defending himself, and threatening to report them...
Lithium Rosa1 votesDid he report them after all? Well if he didn't he wouldn't receive a notification. Also, if your friend was using words like "fa&&ot","Ret@rd", etc, it wouldn't matter who started the argue, he would be banned for sure...
Zombiemaster1 votesYou don't know for sure that they got away with it. I mean sure, you can check those accounts and see if they are still playing games, but that doesn't necessarily mean that those people weren't punished, especially with the way punishments work currently.
As of right now, punishments are given out in this order:
1.) 10 game chat restriction 2.) 25 game chat restriction 3.) 14 day ban 4.) Permanent ban
The punishment you receive is based on what you're last punishment is. So if your last punishment was a 25 game chat restriction, then your next punishment will be a 14 day ban, regardless of how minor the offense may have been. It is possible to be escalated straight to the 14 day/permanent ban, but that's only if Riot deems your case severe enough. Otherwise, you will follow this standard progression. Also, it is possible to lower your punishment level by one tier if you manage to go about 3 months without receiving a punishment.
Now, back onto "why weren't the others punished as well." Well, one explanation could be that they were punished, but their punishment level is lower than your friend's so they only received a chat restriction, which is impossible to know, unless you manage to catch them streaming.
Another explanation is that maybe they don't behave like this as often as your friend. Riot doesn't punish players for a single incident (unless it is very extreme). They punish players when they show a pattern of unacceptable behavior. Theoretically speaking, you could be "toxic" in 1 out of every 100 games, and it's likely you won't be punished because it's a rare occurrence. So maybe those other players don't behave like that very often.
Lastly, Riot's stance has always been that retaliation is unacceptable. If you're defending yourself from another player's toxic behavior with your own toxic behavior, all you really do is make the situation worse for the others around you, and doing this is punishable.
OmegaRed851 votesHe's never recieved a punishment before. So, why did they go straight to ban?
Kãtãrinã1 votesThey look before issuing bans, also sharing accounts is also bannable offense so
OmegaRed851 votesI don't share an account. We share the gaming desktop computer we use.
PDE5 Inhibitors1 votes{quoted} desktop computer
LOL
DrCyanide1 votesYour friend got a 10-game and 25-game chat restriction before the 14-day ban. Those are signs it's not nothing, considering false reports are thrown out.
OmegaRed851 votesHe did not get a 10 game OR 25 game chat restriction. He's never been in trouble or had problems before. I asked him if he would post the Chat log, and he showed it to me. It's bad to be sure, but so were the things said to him.
This is his first punishment, so I'm not sure why they went straight to ban.
DrCyanide2 votesThe only way you skip those steps is if it was very, very, very out of line.
OmegaRed851 votesHaha, it was bad. He used the words f**, and retard.
Jubbinaut1 votesThis is his first punishment, so I'm not sure why they went straight to ban.
Generally speaking, this is done pretty rarely. Specifically, this is reserved for what has been called "extreme toxicity," which includes all forms of non-verbal toxicity (such as griefing or intentional feeding), and particularly heinous language, such as hate speech, death threats, and the like.
PIMPSMOOTH1 votes[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]
Metalhead71 votesAnd once again we got this insolent bastard here making fun of unnecessarily summoners who are trying only to defend themselves.......
[zombie-brand-facepalm]