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why is it when you fall behind in game and get flamed and talk back, you still get suspended?

Infested·8/31/2019, 1:07:50 AM·2 votes·1,718 views

I just received a 14 day suspension after sitting through a game with a top laner and support who consistently flamed me throughout the game because I refused to tower dive at level 3 for our top laner. I took 1 turret hit and bailed because I was going to die and possibly not even get the kill, like anyone else in their right mind would actually do. I'm sorry and I realize people shouldn't respond to toxic behavior but after a while it's just stupid to sit there and have people tell you to refund your skin or that you're a f***ing r%%%%% and that it's gg already. Does the report system even look into the context of which things are said and what is reported? or does it just look for keywords? All I said was that they were r%%%%%ed and that they sucked while I'm being called a monkey, a r%%%%%, constantly for about 20 minutes. I don't even know how to mute people in game like people tell me which is kinda sad because I'm level 42 or something but mostly played vs bots to level up and never needed the feature. This was ranked btw so I understand people get upset over bad plays but if other people instigate the argument, does riot not forgive people who respond to this kind of behavior?

edit: I edited out some words as I realize people don't want to read that kind of stuff, but also noticed when I hit edit that it changed some words randomly to gibberish... not sure if that's a bug or not.

edit edit: I appreciate all the feedback and will think about how and what I say if I say anything at all. I see where the mute button is now and will be using it in the future. I didn't realize there are bannable words or auto-punish words so it makes more sense. For people who deal with a lot of ridiculousness in a day I hope you guys don't respond as I did and get suspended. Just step away or find that mute button <3

24 Comments

Zlera8/31/2019, 1:18:09 AM6 votes

Lets say someone killed your friend, then you killed the person that killed your friend.. You still go to jail, do you not? Context doesnt matter, the whole "I may have been toxic but he was first" claim is not taken into consideration, nor should it be.

rujitra8/31/2019, 1:27:39 AM5 votes

First, there's a boards bug where censored words sometimes get randomly put into other parts of the post when you edit (it's happened to me too). The boards people are aware from what I read.

Second, the rules don't say anything about flaming being ok if you're behind or if someone else started it - the rules are the rules.

GeminiRune8/31/2019, 1:16:19 AM3 votes

Why do you feel the need to retaliate to those flaming you? Not to mention utilizing zero tolerance phrases whilst doing so?

There's always a way out of being flamed and no it is not cowardice or thin skinned to do so. Just mute. Care about your game and others who will have a better demeanor in the witness of struggle.

IFeltLikeAGringo8/31/2019, 1:27:36 AM3 votes

Because no one wants to deal with teammates arguing, so everyone who argues gets punished.

AlienPrimate8/31/2019, 1:15:15 AM2 votes

The intended response is to mute them and move on. Also a lot of times on a level 3 dive as you describe you can get the kill while being executed if they haven't hit you yet.

Kuthillick8/31/2019, 1:12:20 AM1 votes

Context is not taken into consideration and nor should it be. You are responsible for your own actions and have tools available to you to help you block out this stuff. If you don't know how to mute you can google it. Also - just hold down tab and click the speech button by the players character picture. It sucks that people harass and flame and are generally toxic, but by responding you are just adding to the problem. Mute, Report at the end of the game, and move on.

Light Burner8/31/2019, 1:25:01 AM1 votes

I just made a post about the system not taking into consideration context and posted my chat log of me getting a 10 game chat ban and it got downvoted a ton. Players dont want it, riot doesnt care so its whatever dont waste your time anymore