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Not your every day "unfair ban" post.

Ezille·2/12/2018, 9:28:22 PM·4 votes·523 views

Hi everyone-

I'd like to take a little time to explain something that happened today, while giving you all a little context about myself.

My name's Ezille, I'm a previous toxic player- now a more reformed and mature player. It's been over 2 years since my last report, and I'm enjoying the game in ways I haven't before. Thanks in advanced Riot, for shaping me forward.

I was playing a game today, in which I had someone say in champion select "You're a melancholy fa**ot."

I was stunned, because I take offense to that word - I'm a gay man living in a pretty conservative area, I get it a lot - it hurts.

He then immediately banned the champion I had selected, while saying "lol oops".

We got out of queue, someone on the other team had dodged, and I was paired with him again (my fault, yeah, irrelevant for now).

He had announced early on in the game that he would end up not helping, he was done with my team - which was weird, because we were winning, and my team was doing well. We had asked the enemy team to report him because of his behavior, my entire team was against him at this point.

I hadn't exchanged any lashes out, maybe an occasional 'shut up'-

But I had told the enemy team that he called me that phrase (in direct quotes - basically like "he called me a ******") in game and in champion select.

I was reported after the game and now I'm facing a two week suspension. However, everyone in that game knew that he was toxic, and I was merely quoting what he had said - we had all ended up reporting him.

I don't really feel like this is a fair judgment on my account, as I did not lash out at him or anyone- I had stayed calm, kept my team encouraged and was able to carry a 4v5 victory.

I've reformed myself and it's really poor judgment to affect my account when I handled the situation as best as I could. I really feel like I should have my situation assessed and looked back at - and maybe demote my punishment to maybe a chat restriction? If that's even still justifiable.

Thanks for reading,

—Ezille

25 Comments

HalcyonDweller2/12/2018, 10:04:22 PM4 votes

I'm sorry you went through that crap, it sucks to have jerks for teammates, and it's even worse to get wrongly punished (if that's what happened). I don't understand why this post is getting downvotes, it seems like a legit case so far. Although it would help if you shared your chat log from the reform card that you got when you were punished.

Sometimes cases like this where you quoted another player and were not being toxic yourself Riot might lighten the punishment. But it's not guaranteed. This is based on an assumption that you're being truthful and were calm and encouraging for the game. But if that is indeed the case then your chances of being helped by support go up by a lot.

Submit a ticket to Riot Support and hope for the best. You're not the first person to mis-trigger the system and you probably won't be the last. if they judge your case to be innocent enough then they might lighten or even lift the punishment and give you a warning.

As far as what you could have done differently that game, you shouldn't have called for people to report that person, this is unnecessary (because reports don't stack). It's not punishable by itself - but if you did it repeatedly then it may have been considered harassment, which would push you over the edge into a punishment if you have had a chat restriction recently.

That aside, it's never a good idea to repeat offensive things that people say. I understand you were just telling people what he called you, and that it was to provide context for why you were asking people to report him... However, if armed with the knowledge that reports don't stack, you would have known that there was no point in providing that evidence and asking others to help report the offending player.

tldr version:

Post your chat logs, that helps us boards users to see if there was anything that you might have done that could earn you a genuine punishment. This helps us to determine what sort of feedback to give you as well as whether or not to upvote your post to give it visibility.
If you're being truthful then you didn't do anything really punishment worthy, just quoted a player because you mistakenly thought it would help to lobby reports against someone. In the future you would do well to remember not to ask others to report someone, as well as not repeat offensive language that others direct towards you.
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rework trundle2/12/2018, 9:35:27 PM3 votes

I'll take for granted you are speaking the truth and not turning the story in your favor.

The sad part of an automated system is that it never takes the context into account, yes, even if it was to quote someone else. You can try talking to Riot support if you haven't already, that's your last hope. Best of luck!

Nyloaf2/12/2018, 9:40:14 PM1 votes

Just a headsup, dont callout in posts, it's against the rules and your post is going to be edited by a higher up soon if you dont :x

also, I think without any chatlogs that the suspension was rather uncalled for, and I hope the other player gets/is punished. however, i think perhaps you should post the chatlogs here as well

TheUrbanKitsune2/12/2018, 9:43:07 PM1 votes

I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt because you seem sincere. If this really is the issue you should try to submit a support ticket and see if there is anything Riot can do to help the situation.

Also a heads up, you may want to remove the name of the summoner from your post as 'naming and shaming' is against the boards policy.

PrismalDawn2/12/2018, 9:44:07 PM1 votes

For a guy getting out the "toxic player" base you have to be careful with what you say, I'm pretty sure you are judged more harshly. Next time, mute and shut up, really. This does sounds like an every day "unfair ban" post too.

Telephone Booth2/12/2018, 10:27:40 PM1 votes

Ya seems pretty non-malicious. I wish Riot would just explain to you how telling everyone what your teammate said serves no positive purpose and will result in a punishment if you repeat any zero tolerance phrases. They could just knock you down to a 25 game CR and leave you with better knowledge. 1 report does the same as 9, so it's never a beneficial thing to share with your opponents what your teammates did wrong. At least now you know, but it would be nice if they lowered the punishment for ya.