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SO... Riot, How about a little explanation to all of us who feel cheated.

Wobus·2/25/2016, 6:01:54 PM·6 votes·989 views

Like the title says,

we have been dozens if not hundreds to e-mail support, post on your boards and other boards about your decision to put through this massive ban wave, which most of us seem to find unjustified.

How about you guys put your big boy pants on and explain what is going on to your community.

Yes, every time there are ban waves, people go out and complain. Yes, some people cry wolf but have indeed committed ban-able actions. But in this case, I really think you guys made an honest mistake. There can't be that many people lying about their actions.

Oh and one other thing, how do you guys feel about punishing people that can't even know themselves wether or not they are doing something wrong.

What you guys are doing is kind of like having a police officer pull you over for speeding. Officer: "Sir you will get a ticket because you were speeding" Driver: "But there are no speed limits signs anywhere" Officer: "You were speeding, so I have to give you a ticket" Driver: "Yes but how do you know I was speeding" Officer: "I won't be able to go into the specifics of that speeding abuse, as divulging this information could compromise future investigations."

Now if Riot was truly protecting it's players, specifics would be given or at least a warning so that people can figure out what they are doing wrong so that this permanent ban doesn't happen.

I mean come on, we ALL AGREE that scripts, hacks, exploits should be permanently banned and without any chances. But unauthorized third-party programs!?!? In so many cases people did nothing wrong, they might stream with applications, they may have windows processes running without them even knowing, video card processes etc... We don't know what is the culprit because you won't tell us. You are promoting a chain of wild guesses and possibly wrong informations

This feels like playing Russian roulette to me!

So about you give us some explanations? If you can't, then how about you realize you made a huge blunder... How about you un-ban peoples accounts and do this the right way next time. The right way being, informing people about the specifics of what can and can't be used and then when is kind of on the line or things change then maybe give people a warning before drastically throwing down the Permanent Ban Hammer.

My 2 cents Wobus

20 Comments

DrCyanide2/25/2016, 6:19:06 PM6 votes

I mean come on, we ALL AGREE that scripts, hacks, exploits should be permanently banned and without any chances. But unauthorized third-party programs!?!?

They're the same thing. What do you think a script, hack, or exploit is? It's a program, and it's a program certainly not made by Riot, making it a third party program.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/69qVefAr-can-we-get-a-list-of-approved-apps?comment=0005

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These most recent suspensions are for scripting suites, specifically. Custom assets, skin installers, or voice applications just tend to be an easier scapegoat for those attempting to dispute a ban, but to be clear, we're not going to action for any modification that doesn't directly influence competitive integrity.

By Riot's own account, they're only banning scripters here.

You see the same things this ban wave as you see in other ones, many players who shared their account/got boosted and that other person used the scripts. Many of them have points in their match history where you can see this happen, such as a top main swapping summoner spell keys, going ADC for several games back to back and completely dominating the other team, only to swap summoner spell keys back and go back to top lane.

TheLittlestLulu2/25/2016, 6:06:00 PM5 votes

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Yes, every time there are ban waves, people go out and complain. Yes, some people cry wolf but have indeed committed ban-able actions. But in this case, I really think you guys made an honest mistake. There can't be that many people lying about their actions.

Are you really doubting that people who effectively lie about how mechanically skilled they actually are would lie about not using scripts to live that lie?

TheLittlestLulu2/25/2016, 6:14:50 PM5 votes

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I mean come on, we ALL AGREE that scripts, hacks, exploits should be permanently banned and without any chances. But unauthorized third-party programs!?!? In so many cases people did nothing wrong, they might stream with applications, they may have windows processes running without them even knowing, video card processes etc... We don't know what is the culprit because you won't tell us. You are promoting a chain of wild guesses and possibly wrong informations

Riot already specified that the banwave was specifically for scripting suites. The only thing they didn't mention was which scripting suites it was.

selvatica2/25/2016, 6:09:43 PM2 votes

Riot will never explain anything to anyone for any reason. Why you ask, because by banning your account they KNOW 9/10 people will go on to make another and re-spend all that money for champs, skins , etc etc. Riot is just a greedy corporation who could give 2 sh@t's about gamers like you or me.