When Tribunal bans the passive-aggressive player.

Shikameishi·May 3, 2016·1 votes·682 views

So, today I decided I wanted to play with my friend that was under level 30, level 19 to be exact. I understood the fact that some of the allies/enemies in the games I played with him aren't exactly the best players. Well, in one of these games I ended up having an AP MF mid and Sona who were queued in one of my games (Two of the people my friend and I reported for their flame against our team). Both of them were toxic towards me and my friend, so I retaliated with passive-aggressive responses towards them. To tribunal, "retard" and "bronze" is more offensive and unacceptable compared to "%%%%%%" and accusations of being a bad player and so on. Sure, it is my fault for responding to them in the first place, and I probably deserved the ban for being a salty Udyr main, but are two reports from a troll duo really greater than multiple bans from both teams?

5 Comments

Reaper ReviewMay 3, 20165 votes

All reports are equal in most cases. Being reported by one person or nine makes no difference.

The only thing a report really does is flag the game for Instant Feedback to scan the chat logs and hand out punishments accordingly.

ShikameishiMay 3, 20161 votes

Well yeah, I understand that, which is why I'm partially accepting the ban, and I understand that most bans are handed out accordingly to people who are consistently toxic, but these reports came from two toxic players themselves, and I wasn't harassing them. Tribunal sees my consistent passive aggressive chat as a worse offense?

Edit: I know, I'm complaining about this a bit too much, again I'm a salty Udyr player :^(

SmokedAlmondsMay 3, 20162 votes

The tribunal doesn't see it as a worse offense. In fact, it is not comparing your offense to theirs at all. It is comparing your behavior to community standards, not the behavior of the other people in your games.

Toxic situations are not a competition where only the worst one wins a punishment. Everyone who crosses the line gets theirs.

ShikameishiMay 3, 20161 votes

That's kind of why I'm salty over this. It doesn't take into account who's the one reporting it.