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How does the ban system even stop toxicity?

Darmerz·6/23/2016, 3:44:06 AM·1 votes·613 views

Okay so roughly how does the ban system even work at this point? Is it just me or does it almost seem rather.. busted? I had a match with a Lee Sin as our jungle and i was supporting with Thresh, and about 15 minutes in he said "GG we lost this game because of Thresh," and then types "GG Thresh feeding" in all chat ( I just had my 3rd death and he had already gotten 7 deaths), anyways how the hell does this ban system work, because here is this guy barraging me after those 2 lines with more toxicity, so I reply to him with nothing offensive, just that he has "fed" more than me. He then proceeds to write a paragraph on how I've been toxic the WHOLE game and that all 9 people need to report me so I can get banned. So what do I do? What any normal person would do, I defend myself in explaining how I havent been toxic this whole game, and then he says im bad at the game, etc. So end game comes and everyone on my team leaves the lobby, 2 people on the enemy team arguing with each other and then proceed to leave, im almost 100% positive that I was the only one who reported Lee, but honestly, does that even do anything? Yeah you can argue that the reports "will add up over time", but in my situation, how long does that even take ? What if only one person reports this guy at a time, and then perhaps a few more times, but nothing to get him restricted or anything, and then time passes by without him getting reported and just nothing? I just dont know what it takes anymore to get those type of people banned. How does everyone feel about this ban system right now? Does anyone else feel like it is doing good, but just isnt fully delivering justice to the ones who are consistently toxic but get away with it? Am I in the wrong for defending myself against someone who unexpectedly tries to get 9 other people to report me even if he's doing worse than me, just because he needs a target to take out his frustration? This isnt a suggestion about fixing the ban system or anything but just a rant. What am i supposed to do if I get reported and chat restricted for defending myself but it comes off as toxic when someone is toxic towards me? A lot of people may say just remain silent but its not really that simple, I get people that go COMPLETELY out of their way to try to get me banned, when say, im having a bad game. How am i supposed to be silent in those situations, when those people end up getting convinced to report me and I get restricted for it?

9 Comments

AraMoOse6/23/2016, 3:57:42 AM4 votes

Was that really one paragraph?

Additionally, in the very broad sense that I've skimmed over some sentences in your paragraphs, this just seems like a who's who of the most common misconceptions about how the system works. I recommend taking a look at the FAQ, which i'm sure is in here somewhere.

ModPrandine6/23/2016, 5:52:59 AM3 votes

Word of Advice: use paragraphs as very few people are gonna want to read just one big block of text.

No flash no life6/23/2016, 6:33:49 AM3 votes

Ban system isn't intended to stop toxicity. Toxicity should've been stopped before players enter this game, that's what terms of uses stated and players agreed to it. Ban system is there to punish those who lie about the promises they meant to keep.

Jo0o6/23/2016, 5:36:39 AM2 votes

You didn't do "what any normal person would do". Normal people don't take the abuse of immature folks hiding behind internet anonymity. Next time, just mute, report if you feel the need, and move on with your life. "Defending yourself" is almost never worth it for any number of reasons.

Taeseuk6/23/2016, 6:54:51 AM1 votes

As hard as it is to ignore responding in the first place was an awful idea, telling him he fed more than you was obviously going to set him off as he was looking for an argument and you walked right into it.

You say you "defended" yourself but in my experience anybody that defends themselves in these situations are angry/annoyed so they usually end up being toxic themselves without even realizing it half the time.

Usually if you feel the need to try and convince your team/their team that you aren't being toxic you fear that you will be reported and the only reason to fear being reported is if you did something wrong given if you hadn't your report(s) would be dismissed as inaccurate and ignored.

The best thing you can do is just mute the guy and move on with the game just playing the best you can and try to not let people bother you so much especially in a game.

Darmerz6/23/2016, 10:37:52 PM1 votes

I see, thanks for the feedback, I'll take a more general approach at this next time and just choose to mute him, that's probably the best way to go about it nowadays.