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I have been Permanently Banned and don't know what to do.

BossLeaders·2/21/2020, 11:00:20 PM·1 votes·3,184 views

I have just been permanently banned. I understand why, and I understand that Riot are unlikely to reverse this decision. I'm writing this because, well... I don't know what to do. I love League of Legends. It is, without a doubt, my favorite game and I have been playing it for what feels like a decade now. It is one of the best things to have ever happened to me, not just because of the happiness it brought me but also because of the friends I made while playing it. I understand that my ban came quickly, following a series of rapid punishments leading up to this final conclusion, and part of me even knew that this was going to happen with the way things were going. When I got my two-week suspension I truly tried to change my behavior, to become a better player and avoid the unhealthy outbursts that got me suspended in the first place. I tried taking a break from the game, playing different champions, even playing support! I wasn't happy with the way my behavior had changed, and it felt like I was just falling down a slippery slope with no hopes of stopping. I clearly failed to improve, and that's why I'm writing this. But now that I'm banned, I don't know what to do. League of Legends was so important to me. If I could go back and do things differently I would. I would even be happy playing the game with my ability to chat permanently removed. But I know it's too late for that now. I guess a part of me wants to apologize. I'm sorry for not being the good sportsman I used to be, and negatively impacting the experience for myself and others. What could I have done to avoid this? What can I do in the future? There is nothing like League of Legends that I could ever go to, I've tried other games and this was always the best. What do I do now? Where do I go from here? I know it isn't going to get me anywhere, but I filed a support ticket just because there may be some chance of making this better, but I'm not getting my hopes up. The truth is that I don't even care about all of the money I've put into the game. What I'm going to miss most are my friends. They were some really great people, and now I'm just going to have disappeared one day without them ever knowing what happened.

13 Comments

rujitra2/21/2020, 11:02:21 PM4 votes

You either move on to another game, or you create a new account and level it up and start all over.

"part of you" knew this was going to happen? Your 14 day ban made clear that the next punishment would be permanent.

GonahtanuGepardi2/21/2020, 11:54:24 PM4 votes

I have been in the same spot as you and it happened to me in the preseason for season 8. I had been playing since season 1.

However, there is one major difference between our cases.

You said that you had a feeling that you would slip and get the permanent ban. Why didn't you disable your chat then? They added an option in patch 9.14 that let's you disable team chat and disabling all chat was already possible. Disabling team chat makes it so that you can't see what your teammates type and you can't type anything either. You had that option, i didn't. I would have used it if that option existed back when i was in the same situation.

You can bet it was a hard hit for me too to lose everything i had on the account. However, i created a new account and at first i had a hollow feeling when playing but now it doesn't bother me anymore and i don't think about it anymore. It just takes time to heal. I started to use the option to disable the chat instantly when it was added to the game because i know I have the tendency to call out obvious mistakes my teammates are making on an impulse that i can't fully control. So this helps me stay "positive" and keep my honor above level 2 too which allows me to play clash. In all honesty, i have had a lot more peace of mind when i don't see what my idiot teammates are typing.

Tele II2/22/2020, 2:38:31 AM3 votes

Maybe its just the reality check you needed to start fresh. Its hard though. Sometimes after a bad breakup, people reinvent themselves and become better people after a period of depression. Sometimes, they sink into that depression and embrace the anger and it ruins them. Dont be the latter.

Just make a new account, start searching for those friends, maybe using legends of runeterra or whatever to find them? Im not sure, but ive heard the friends list carries over? And start muting all in games for a change of pace. See if it helps. Maybe loneliness will make you want to turn that chat back on, and if you do, just remember that its only a video game and nothing you say to anonymous strangers in game is gonna change them.

You cant teach any lessons here, people will just see you as a douchebag and ignore/disregard your bullshit in chat. A lot of people seem to think they can "teach a lesson" by insulting players, but they fail to realize they are nobodies with zero influence over others in the setting of an online video game. So just remember that and maybe youll feel stupid (like you should) the next time you want to blow up at someone in game. It happened to me... slowly shifting from insulting people to suddenly feeling like a douchebag if I was to insult them. Like who the fuck am I? I dont care what they think of me, so why would they care what I think of them? Now I just laugh at the petty shit I see in chat over mistakes made in a fucking video game. Doesnt even bother me. Good luck!

Pombagira2/21/2020, 11:55:25 PM2 votes

Sometimes being at rock bottom helps us realize to improve. If you make a new acc, you can at least play ranked and be around silver/gold elo, it will also be easier to climb with.

RibbyTheButcher2/22/2020, 9:35:37 AM1 votes

Punishments in this game are not designed for reform, they are designed for suffering, IMO. But the one thing Riot can't stop you from doing is making a new account. If you do, I recommend turning off chat, its so rare to find someone who isn't a total degenerate so all you are really missing out on is team communication, and so be it. I personally would rather lose games because of no communication than have to talk to the kind of filth that play this game.