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There is no reason to ban someone because they got upset and lashed out verbally.

Qiyana Ixaocan·2/8/2020, 9:14:30 PM·3 votes·3,518 views

NO ONE IS SAYING NOT TO PUNISH PEOPLE OVER SAYING THINGS, JUST TO NOT BAN THEM OVER GETTING MAD AND TYPING A SENTENCE OR 3 SO LONG AS THEY DIDN'T USE HATE SPEECH OR TELL SOMEONE TO HURT THEMSELVES.

If you use hate speech you should be perma banned. If you tell someone to hurt themselves irl you should be perma banned. If you tell someone "Stfu you bag of dicks!" however because you got upset at something they said or did you should get all chat and ally chat disabled for a certain amount of time. It should not let anyone know you are muted. It should not hurt your account or honor. Everyone loses their temper at some point weather in game or irl. Its not that big a deal. People are people because they have emotions and if we all where always in control of them human history wouldn't have any fighting or wars.

Disable their use of all and ally chat for a set period of time that they can look up in their settings where the option to turn them back is. Don't spam them with notifications after every game or inform them the mute is almost over. Just when it happens notify them they are being muted for a certain period of time, and that you're sorry they felt they needed to lash out, and you understand that sometimes the game can be frustrating, and that they can turn it back on after either a set number of games or certain amount of time. When it ends notify them the next time they login or finish a game and say you hope they have a pleasant time. That's it.

This will instantly help people calm down and think more rationally but it wont make them lose their account because they weren't perfect little robots. It will make it so hate speech is still punished but getting mad isn't gonna cost you potentially hundreds of dollars and years of time for the mere mistake of being human.

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Umbral Regent2/8/2020, 9:40:58 PM13 votes

There is no reason to ban someone because they got upset and lashed out verbally.

But there's no reason to lash out verbally, either. Much less doing so umpteen times across three separate punishments warning you against lashing out verbally.

Like it or not, you agreed to rules that said you're not allowed to flame and lash out. Break those rules and you get punished; break them enough times, and Riot will have to permanently ban you so that you can't break the rules anymore.

If you tell someone "Stfu you bag of dicks!" however because you got upset at something they said or did you should get all chat and ally chat disabled for a certain amount of time.

Riot prefers the Chat Restriction over a Chat Ban; limiting chat to a few lines in a given timeframe across several games is meant to reinforce using chat wisely, for things that will actually better influence your odds at a win.

It should not let anyone know you are muted.

Chat restrictions already do not inform other players that the restricted player in question is currently clearing their punishment.

It should not hurt your account or honor.

I disagree. Flaming is dishonorable behavior, so it should hurt your honor. In general, if you don't want to get punished, lose your account, lose Honor, etc., don't break the rules.

People are people because they have emotions and if we all where always in control of them human history wouldn't have any fighting or wars.

There's a difference between having emotions and being ruled by emotions. It's fine to get upset, but lashing out at others is counterproductive and a bad way to let those emotions dissolve. And with there being plenty of other means to dispel anger besides lashing out and flaming others, you can't really use the argument of emotion to defend flaming and harassing other players.

If you can't help yourself but to flame and lash out, then you need to work on your anger issues, plain and simple. And if it comes to the point of you being permanently banned from League due to flaming - which, mind you, requires a fair amount of time and at least three separate punishments, with a final warning - then your anger is very clearly a problem, and that you need to work on it.

...but it wont make them lose their account because they weren't perfect little robots.

This little bit of hyperbole makes it very difficult to consider your criticisms valid. Riot doesn't expect you to be a "perfect little robot", they expect you to show some common decency and basic respect to other players instead of harassing and flaming them.

You're equating everything besides flaming and venting your frustrations on other people to being "non-human" and robotic, and I cannot take that argument seriously. At all.

...but getting mad isn't gonna cost you potentially hundreds of dollars and years of time for the mere mistake of being human.

Again: If you're getting permanently banned for flaming, you're not "making the mistake of being human". By that point, after a 10-game chat restriction, 25-game chat restriction, and 14-day ban, with the explicit warning that further misbehavior will result in a permanent ban, if you STILL flame and harass others, you're not "making the mistake of being human", you're just going out of your way to be an asshole.

Riot isn't going to let you break the rules over and over and over again.

Kuthillick2/8/2020, 9:19:36 PM11 votes

Quite frankly, yes they should be. By lashing out, in something designed for entertainment, you are hurting the experience of the other players. Find other ways to cope. You receive two warnings before you start getting suspended. If you can't follow the ToS and Summoner's Code you agreed to, you earned your punishment.

MrFawknSunshine2/8/2020, 9:38:19 PM11 votes

treat others how you want to be treated

if you cant say anything nice , dont say anything at all

enjoy your ban

iBuild2/9/2020, 2:36:08 AM5 votes

Don't you get chat restrictions before you get banned? If you don't learn, toxicity not wanted.

xoPrincess2/8/2020, 10:05:42 PM3 votes

"locked up, they won't let me out" lmao