Single word results in lifetime of punishment from riot?

Senpai Ryu·12/1/2018, 3:22:00 AM·4 votes·2,219 views

I’m a pretty nice player, might joke around from time to time and use foul language. Near the end of the season I decided to use a word I won’t use here, and because of that single solitary word I was given a 2 week ban. The ban I can live with, even if it should have been a chat ban, however the punishment goes beyond that. Because of this ban and the timing I won’t be getting my border or my orianna skin this season. So to summarize, for 1 offense, for the use of a single word, on an account that has never been banned before, I get a 2 week ban, resulting in a year of borderlessness, and the loss of a skin I can’t replace in a lifetime. Thoughts? Riot Support thought I should share my story with the world

27 Comments

Hotarµ12/1/2018, 3:35:30 AM5 votes

Personally I think the 2 week ban is enough. I never liked the idea of someone not being rewarded for what they've achieved.

Punctual12/1/2018, 3:37:50 AM4 votes

You should have known to not use words like those. It's your fault for not being careful enough especially near the end of the season.

NoMoreUserNames012/1/2018, 5:34:15 AM3 votes

It's funny this happens in the sense that Ive been flamed for several games in a row now by several different people who receive nothing. Yet this person can say 1 word and get 2 weeks. Thats 100% BS. People tell me KYS or using racial slurrs and ive sent tickets etc and these people are still playing so it goes to show how awesome the riot reporting system is. Maybe they can try reworking the system instead of new champs ?

CharDeeMcDenniz12/1/2018, 12:07:30 PM2 votes

sooooo you act dishonorably yet still want honor rewards....

...rrrriiiiiiggggghhhhhtttttt.....

BlazinShad0w12/1/2018, 4:04:54 AM1 votes

Are you kidding my girlfriend who was new at the game and barely level 17 learning the game was banned for intentionally feeding and leaving the game because she died like 10 times in a 30 minute game... and her teammates were being very mean so she just stayed in the base for the last 5 minutes of them getting stomped and she got a 2 month ban..... its ridiculous banning a new account for feeding when they are learning roles and champions

Sarutobi12/1/2018, 7:03:40 PM1 votes

Its hard to help since we don't know the word. We all know different people will believe that certain words are/are not slurs. So until we know what the word is its going to be hard to help you. With that said, since you don't want to repeat that word, and the fact that you got punished harshly for it makes it seem like in Riot eyes it was a slur or something to that extent. So because of that you should have known it was something you shouldn't be saying period! Whether you believe you can say that word or not is relevant, this is Riot games and we have to follow their rules, If you cannot, or don't like it by all means find a game that lets you do that!

BushidoBlade12/1/2018, 10:24:31 PM1 votes

The problem is that a lot of words that aren't an obvious slur are still punishable as a Zero Tolerance word.

The word that I used, I had no idea of the history of the word or its real meaning as it's more of a phonetic "sound" than a word, and I was punished for it. If you wikipedia 'racial slurs' there is a long mf list and a lot of people don't have any idea what half of those slurs mean. I have very limited exposure to racial slurs as I am part of a small, mostly white/ first nation community so slurs that aren't directed towards those groups are somewhat of a mystery to me, but i'm still punished for them regardless even though I may be ignorantly offending someone.

of course, no one cares about the accused person's PoV because, in their own minds,they are beyond reproach and would certainly not be punished by this system because they are good boys.

Let's hope that they have bad days too and are punished by the same system as we :)

Honestly fk Riot's disciplinary system this year though. never had a single problem before this year, then I went from 0 to 100 real quick. We need a # for ppl who got fk'd by Riot's system this is beyond bs

IanSilang12/2/2018, 1:04:43 AM1 votes

What was the word.

Sneakeh10/30/2019, 9:06:26 PM1 votes

As a great mind once said, boards are filled with bias riot fanboys, they will say well-deserved even if you got banned for saying "hi" cause rito never wrong