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What Nubrac did IS against the rules

The Ecdysiast·6/15/2019, 7:47:46 PM·34 votes·10,224 views

I just want to clarify this for everyone, so that no one who's uninformed gets lead astray by the people who don't know the rules and who are trying to say his punishment was false:

Summoner's Code rule number 1 is Support Your Team. In paragraph 2, it states:

  • Being a good team player begins at champion select. Be open minded when considering the needs of your team. If you're the last one to pick, try to fill a niche in your team that hasn't already been filled. If everyone's picked and something stands out as a deficiency in your team composition, try asking for another player to fill the gap, or change roles to embrace that responsibility yourself.

Whether or not you like that this is a rule is a different matter. But as it currently stands, selfishly troll picking a "strategy" that requires your entire team pick and play around your poor choice, and/or refusing to play your assigned role in any Draft mode just because you don't feel like it, is against the rules. Now, it will take multiple games of this to actually see punishment so if you wanna skirt the line every now and then, they won't catch you. But do it consistently like Nubrac did, and you will receive punishment.

This is not my opinion on the matter. This is and has always been Riot's interpretation of their stated rules. Stay safe, and be a team player.

It's exactly like following the chat rules. Whether or not you agree that calling people trash every game should warrant a punishment, it will.

Edit: I'd like to mention, if you want to do such a thing in Blind pick, where roles are not assigned, you could make a much stronger case for not following roles. But if you want to play either Draft mode, Normal or Ranked, then your duty to support your team begins by following your assigned role. Or at least asking if anyone will trade you and accepting their decision.

If you don't want your role assigned, then you're free to not play the Draft mode. As it goes, whether you decide to only play normal blind or decide you're fine getting punished for it, you'll miss out on the Victorious skin either way. The punishment you receive is the consequence you get for deciding not to be a team player. If it's worth more to you to get to be selfish, then by all means embrace the punishment you asked for.

105 Comments

Hotarµ6/15/2019, 8:03:05 PM31 votes

Thank you, finally someone gets it.

Look, Teemo support or roaming Teemo support is not punishable on it's own, it is and should be punishable when you aren't cooperating with your teammates. Plenty of high ELO players (namely Doublelift and Jensen although a few others have come forward like Hashinshin, Yassuo, and IreliaCarriesU.) have come out and openly said that Nubrac doesn't communicate and is often more of a detriment than a benefit.

Nightblue should be held accountable for what he said, Nubrac should be held accountable for what he did. There are no sides to pick here.

C9 Aphrolift6/15/2019, 8:42:42 PM6 votes

From: https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201752884-Reporting-a-Player#h2q3

The following are behaviors that would not be acted on by our disciplinary systems: Playing poorly but still trying to win.

Strong language that does not insult or demean other people.

Choosing unusual champions, building unusual items, or experimenting with new ideas that don’t match the current “meta”.

It's all opinion.

Where does it state an off-meta supports expectation is higher to "communicate with their team"?

IMO: "Communication" is just an excuse. Riot doesn't want to come out and say you could be randomly banned from playing an off-meta or unique pick because it would deter ppl from trying it. But, if people complain, you could be banned for w/e reason they feel like making up.

RallerenP6/15/2019, 8:06:29 PM5 votes

The summoners code isn't a rulebook.

It's a guide on how to be a friendly player, but it is not an enforcable set of rules. Otherwise people would be obligated to build friendships with other summoners, or be obligated to help players get better at the game.

Neither of these things are enforced rules, but is a social codes. Ways to enhance the experience for you and others around you. Which is why it's called the summoners code and not the summoners rules.

I agree that Nubrac deserves a punishment, but you can't make breaking the summoners code the reason for it.