I got unfairly banned

Zëro Twø·Jan 19, 2018·1 votes·657 views

Unfortunately, I got banned for talking to a friend. It was my first time happening and I was like "What's going on?" I feel as if this is totally unfair due to the fact that i've never even got a chat restriction or anything! They straight up banned me. I feel as if people like me are being banned straight up for no extreme reason. I would understand if I got my 1st and 2nd offence for it but they straight up banned me.

Please hear me out riot is there anyway I can be unbanned? I don't care if you chat restrict me but this is going to far! They banned me for 14 days.

15 Comments

ModPeriscopeJan 19, 20183 votes

It sounds like you were using either hate speech or kys, which can make you skip punishment tiers. Even though you were joking with a friend, other people had to see your chat.

Zëro TwøJan 19, 20181 votes

I was just stating to our nasus that Amulet coin first against yasuo

Timethief49Jan 19, 20185 votes

Post the full chatlogs. Otherwise this post is pointless.

Zëro TwøJan 19, 20182 votes

Will do once I can get home

BeatzBoyFTWJan 19, 20181 votes

Reminder to post the ACTUAL full chat logs without editing. It's pointless to lie here, as Riot already has your original log.

TaswellJan 19, 20182 votes

Where you planning something illegal? Even if it was a joke i don't think they would take it as a joke.

I don' really know how you would get banned from talking to someone

Zëro TwøJan 19, 20181 votes

No I wasn't I just called my friend black

Imperial PandaaJan 19, 20181 votes

By black do you mean n***a/er?

Zëro TwøJan 19, 20181 votes

HalcyonDwellerJan 19, 20182 votes

Well that's probably why. Riot punishes use of racist language very harshly, giving you only one warning (this ban you just got) before they will permaban you. If you haven't been punished before then this was probably a 14-day ban.

Unfortunately, once you have received a 14-day ban, you are on thin-ice. Any punishable behavior could result in a permanent ban, even if you don't use racist language anymore. So you're going to have to be careful to not berate teammates for their mistakes and avoid being sarcastic or insulting.

Note: I'm not saying that you've done what I'm about to talk about, I'm just warning you to not do it and explaining why:

Another thing that can contribute to punishment against you is if you ask for reports against another player. Depending on how you do it and how persistent you are it can be considered harassment, and on top of that it's not even necessary to ask people to report someone, because the system doesn't count how many reports they get in a game (when it decides whether or not to review the game for punishable behavior), it only cares if they got reported at all. 1 report is the same as 9, so don't put yourself at risk of punishment by calling for reports against a troll.

Kei143Jan 19, 20181 votes

you should be glad it is just a 14-day ban and not a direct permaban.

OnlyYouCanHearMeJan 19, 20181 votes

That will do it. The use of racial slurs is considered hate speech, which Riot has a zero-tolerance policy towards. Even if you weren't using it in a derogatory manner while speaking to your friend, there is no way that the other players in the chat could know that. And even if they did, many people find the words to be offensive even when used in a more flippant manner.

Like Halcyon says, you will want to be very careful now. Your account is on it's last chance. Any viable reports in the near future can result in a permanent suspension. It won't take a large amount of toxicity, or even more hate speech to do it. You will need to be careful and make sure that you are not toxic with teammates or enemies.

nerak23Jan 19, 20182 votes

How about putting your chat logs up ?

HalcyonDwellerJan 19, 20181 votes

We can't help you if you don't show us your chat logs.

Butt ΡlugJan 19, 20181 votes

The thing is, even if you're talking to a friend, there are another 3 ( or 8 if all chat ) people in chat that will report you if they feel that what you said was wrong.

From the summoner's code :

Remember, taking a jab at your friend in the middle of the game is a lot different than making a glib remark at a complete stranger. Someone who is unfamiliar with what you consider playful may take your comment as an attack and react unfavorably.

You can try and contact the support but i doubt they'll remove the punishment since what you said is considered hate speech ( that is why you skip the chat restriction ).

https://i.imgur.com/ACZhFYu.png

The thing is riot can't tell if you're talking to a friend or not, and even if it's the case, context doesn't really matter for chat punishments, a few weeks ago we had a dude that had as an excuse "Yeah i said KYS but it was directed to a friend who was watching my monitor".

[sg-lux-2]

So i guess you can see that everyone could excuses themselves that way, now don't get me wrong i'm not saying you're lying in fact i believe you, but i want you to understand that riot can't remove your punishment just because you said that it was directed to a friend. They only remove punishments if they made a mistake in the first place, which apparently is not the case here.

Anyway be careful next time it's a permaban ! Use discord/TS/... when communicating with a friend :)

Good luck