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Banned for"Use of Malicious Third Party Programs"? THERE IS HOPE

Hotsauce Enema··6 votes·1,620 views

So like MANY others, last month I received a perma ban via "instant fail system" for "use of malicious third party programs. But the problem was... I've never used any! So I opened a support ticket, and spending a few days getting the absolute WORST customer support from rioter "Templar Itsunae", who claimed that they had personally looked into the issue, found evidence that i was using malicious programs to gain an unfair advantage, and that the ban was absolutely not placed in error. I even asked to escalate my issue to someone higher who either could, or just simply would help me, as Itsunae obviously would not, didn't care, and obviously didn't do their job, only to be blown off and have my case closed. But a month later..... LO AND BEHOLD!!!!! I checked my email to find an APOLOGY LETTER from Riot stating that I was unfairly banned due to a false positive in the instant feedback system. But according to Itsunae who i assume could have looked at my stats, and replays of questioned games to see if i really was cheating, there was no way it was placed in error. So I'm pretty sure they just blatantly lied. But oh well I guess. Bottom line, the system IS FLAWED, I was right, and maybe Riot will finally get their heads out of their asses and make good with the players falsely banned (which I can only assume is in the thousands considering how many million active accounts there are) like they have done with me. Although I do feel an automated apology letter is hardly compensation for being 100% wrongly screwed over for a month and blatantly treated like nothing more than a number by support, and possibly being lied to by that rioter.

Emails and apology proof here:::: http://imgur.com/a/gFHFh

TLDR: Instant feedback system is flawed, Rioter Templar Itsunae is lame, I was right about being falsely banned, Got my account back a month later with an apology.

12 Comments

Sarutobi5 votes

The Instant Feedback doesnt deal with 3rd party program, so im not sure why you blame that!

Martensitic2 votes

So one case, of the hundreds I have seen claiming innocence, actually turns out to be a false positive...

#...and based on that you call "the system flawed"?

Well, going by that particular brand of logic, heart transplants would be massively flawed as well...because about 15% of patients die within a year post-surgery.

Nothing to see here.

PersianShinobi1 votes

How do you know that NONE of the other ones aren't actually innocent, and just weren't lucky enough to have their accounts reviewed for whatever reason? I'm not saying that Riot is evil, but as a company run by humans, Riot obviously can't be perfect. Mistakes happen, it's okay to admit them.

Martensitic3 votes

How do you know that NONE of the other ones aren't actually innocent

Statistical certainty. The system doesn't have to be perfect to be considered in working order.

No system outside of pure mathematics is even capable of perfection, so the entire premise of requiring a system to be perfect to be accepted, is absurd.

PersianShinobi2 votes

I did not mean to imply that the system doesn't work or that the system needs to be perfect. I was just trying to say that obviously, the system isn't perfect, so mistakes can and will occur.

Martensitic1 votes

So you are saying, complex systems are never perfect?

Wow!

In other news, the period between sunrise and sunset is called "day".

Kei1432 votes

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i assume could have looked at my stats, and replays of questioned games to see if i really was cheating, there was no way it was placed in error. So I'm pretty sure they just blatantly lied.

Here is where you go wrong.

The supports job is not to "review game to game", but to look at "whether you were flagged by their anti-cheat scan".

At a certain point, the system was overturned and flagged a certain program as a cheat when it wasn't.

The support didn't lie to you, they just when to check the scan and your name did appear. they have no control of what gets scanned, how it gets scanned, when it gets scanned. He is simply reporting what is on the scan and is told the scan is pretty much correct.

The poor support isn't to blame in your circumstance. But of course you just see them as one person, which is why you put the blame on him.

ModUlanopo2 votes

He is simply reporting what is on the scan and is told the scan is pretty much correct.

In most of the recent cases where a ban was overturned, it's because they were flagged for using a program that was later determined to be (barely) acceptable. It wasn't as though they were flagged in error. A smaller number were able to demonstrate that the use occurred during an account breach. I don't know the details for the OP, but I do know this type of reversal is quite rare.

Lewdzer1 votes

I really hope thats what happened to me Q_Q I just logged on after taking the longest break, no email, no nothing.... which sucks because I have all the champions and been playing on and off since season 2 xD.

SecondAirbane1 votes

demand they give you your honors back and $5 RP in compensation then it'll be even

TrulyBland1 votes

Pretty sure they do the first, don't know why they don't do the second by default, scaling by time spent banned.

PersianShinobi1 votes

Because they know you're gonna spend that $5 on the game regardless, so why give it to you for free? Be honest, after this event, are you gonna spend less money on the game? Tell your friends to spend less money on the game?

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