Got hit with a 14-day suspension with no prior marks against me in 4 years of playing.

Bouncemaster Zac·1/22/2018, 7:17:29 AM·2 votes·656 views

EDIT: FOREWORD: This was a vent post, I've cooled off since. I'm leaving it unedited for posterity's sake.

Of course, it's because I dropped one of the automated detection phrases. Got flamed particularly hard by a player in my game, who eventually got the rest of the team to gang up on me before he turned on them too. I hit him with a "kys" and then muted him. Reported him in post-game, I (clearly) got reported as well. I get hit with the second-highest punishment the system has to offer, he's in another game right now. This has convinced me not to be less toxic (because I'm not a toxic player and never have been, literally first offense) but rather I have realized I should be more openly toxic with my team, as toxicity is encouraged and rallied behind by other players. I just have to make sure to dodge any auto-detected flags and I'm golden.

I realize that I broke the ToS and flagged phrases instantly shoot you up the punishment ladder regardless of prior status. I realize that according to the ToS my punishment is both appropriate and deserved. I do not, however, feel bad nor do I plan on "reforming," because I don't need to. Rather, since I've already hit the 'loss of all rewards' marker in the first week of the Season, I feel free to be as toxic as I'd like. I'll just make sure to be toxic the way other players are toxic. I'll stick to "god you're shit," "you lost us the game," and "this is why you'll be bronze forever" like everyone else instead of two or three autoban phrases.

TL;DR: generic Player Behavior complaint post, feel my punishment isn't really justified, don't feel sorry for what I did, literally only making this post to vent because it makes me feel better even if it makes the situation worse, etc.

35 Comments

Karunamon1/22/2018, 7:23:01 AM4 votes

[{quoted}](name=Bouncemaster Zac,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=GxhE4Edh,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-01-22T07:17:29.404+0000)

Rather, since I've already hit the 'loss of all rewards' marker in the first week of the Season, I feel free to be as toxic as I'd like. I'll just make sure to be toxic the way other players are toxic.

Do you wanna lose your account? Because that's how you lose your account. You're familiar enough with the system to understand how it works and you don't understand that you're now on the thinnest of ice.

I do not, however, feel bad nor do I plan on "reforming," because I don't need to.

But hey, you do you.

Rester1/22/2018, 7:18:38 AM4 votes

Any Hate speech including "kys" is zero-tolerance and gets escalated immediately to a 14 day ban regardless.

ModPeriscope1/22/2018, 8:24:25 AM3 votes

feel free to be as toxic as I'd like. I'll just make sure to be toxic the way other players are toxic.

You're not locked out of rewards forever. You can improve your behavior and get back honor as well as still be eligible for end of season rewards.

HalcyonDweller1/24/2018, 10:41:31 PM2 votes

This post is going to get slammed by people looking down on you for claiming that you plan to be toxic. I know that you said further down that you only said it because saying so was cathartic, but you might want to clean that statement up so you don't get any unnecessary harassment from people who aren't willing to chill out.

Also just a heads up, any punishable behavior would result in a permaban after this, so even just the minor forms of negativity that you suggested you would do could get you banned. I don't recommend doing any of that, not only will it get you punished, but it won't make your games fun anyways.

o brigid o1/22/2018, 7:37:01 AM2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Bouncemaster Zac,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=GxhE4Edh,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-01-22T07:17:29.404+0000)

I feel free to be as toxic as I'd like. I'll just make sure to be toxic the way other players are toxic. I'll stick to "god you're shit," "you lost us the game," and "this is why you'll be bronze forever" like everyone else instead of two or three autoban phrases.

This will get you permabanned. Since you will be coming off a 14 day suspension, even 1 report is enough to trigger a review and if it looks like you're being negative at all - not just using trigger words - they will ban you forever.

I hope being salty and going out of your way to be negative toward other people trying to play will be worth losing your account of several years.

With this kind of attitude, no one will be sorry to see you go.

The Cream Reaper1/22/2018, 7:32:37 AM1 votes

chat logs?

Telephone Booth1/23/2018, 11:07:18 PM1 votes

Wow you're bad at learning from mistakes lol. The lesson you and any reasonable person should have learned from this, is not to type specific words that will automatically trigger a ban.

Butt Ρlug1/22/2018, 7:23:09 AM1 votes

If you reply to him with "kys" you are lowering yourself to his level and thus you deserve a punishment if you get reported for it.