I've noticed a common problem amongst people and the report system:

AgeOfTheMage··2 votes·371 views

They don't realize it's an automated system with certain trigger words such as "kys" and saying that or the n word is immediately punishable, even when used in a joking manner or even when not directed at anyone. you should send out a notification to League players about this.

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Jo0o2 votes

It's not the worst idea. But devil's advocate: Should people really need a reminder that hate speech and telling somebody to kill themselves isn't appropriate behavior?

Ph03n1xb1rd3 votes

Hmm, do you understand anything what you read? Or just spam rito fanboy phrases for fun?

"Do not tell Ashe to KYS" - This is detected by the system, THIS IS NOT TELLING SOMEBODY TO KILL HIMSELF! WHAT PART DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND OF THE POST?!

Jo0o1 votes

What's your deal, dude? Are you just here to argue with people?

Ph03n1xb1rd3 votes

You just wrote something plain stupid what totally contradicts the intention of the post. Like you cant read. And yea, if somebody lacks basic ability understand what he reads, and after that responds total BS, I will come and argue.

Jo0o2 votes

I literally said I was acting as devil's advocate. If the phrase isn't commonly used in EUW, allow me to explain it: I'm offering a rebuttal for the sake of discussion, without necessarily standing behind that rebuttal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_advocate

I understand and respect OP's point, and I think my response was properly respectful.

Meanwhile, I don't think I've ever seen you agree with anybody here on the boards, yet your name keeps popping up. So again, I ask: What's your deal?

Ph03n1xb1rd3 votes

Man, I hope you realize that OP's point wasn't "making an announcement to ppl to know telling somebody else "kys" is punishable".

OP said, we should make an announcement to inform people, that even when they say " DO NOT KYS", which is totally the opposite of "KYS", still can get you banned. Yet you wrote something totally different. But just to illustrate what you said, I will make something totally unreasonable too: But devil's advocate: Should people really need a reminder that killing your parents is bad? (See, it still has nothing to do with OP's statement, just like yours. Isn't this a little bit useless to write here?

Jo0o1 votes

Have you ever successfully disagreed with somebody without insulting them? It's how productive debate, which I was hoping for with my initial response, actually works. Try it.

OP spoke in broad strokes. You're referring to specifics that weren't even included in this discussion, and they're very much exceptions. And even in regards to those corner cases, my original point applies: When you identify that somebody is abusing the chat system, repeating literally the words that they use is the worst possible reaction. The intersection in the Venn diagram of people who act that way, with people who would receive and retain an announcement warning them against that sort of behavior, seems extremely small to me.

Fortunately, as we've seen on these boards, folks who DO fall into that trap can often have it undone via a support ticket.

I'm generally in favor of more transparency on Riot's behalf, which is why I do partially agree with OP's sentiment. However, I'm also constantly surprised by the degree to which people attempt to circumvent the system to remain toxic, so I'm guessing Riot has their reasons for NOT providing transparency on certain issues. One hypothetical reason against this announcement: Anybody who continues to violate the rules in this way would immediately blame Riot for not making the announcement more visible, or at a better time, or any number of other excuses. In a f2p game like League, Riot needs to be careful with what blame they accept for the actions of their players, or else appropriate bans and other punishments become more difficult to justify.

Ph03n1xb1rd1 votes

"You're referring to specifics that weren't even included in this discussion, and they're very much exceptions." ------- "even when used in a joking manner or even when not directed at anyone "

The thing is: OP said, we should remind people, that using these words in ANY context can lead to ban - Your response somehow to this thing was: "Should people really need a reminder that hate speech and telling somebody to kill themselves isn't appropriate behavior?" The fact that NOBODY EVER in this thread said that we should remind ppl that telling somebody to commit suicide is bad", yet you still asked the question about this implied me that you didn't understand OP's idea.

And actually an announcement that "writing KYS, no matter what context do you use it in, can lead to ban" is a totally correct announcement, they don't say that they will ONLY ban you if you write this, they just give a little help to reduce the number of unfair bans. And if anybody complains about not getting an announcement about the "%%%%%%" word, they can not care about them, like they don't care about anybody who complains about trolls. So Riot doesn't give a fck about a part of the playerbase, so I'm sure they don't have to worry about blaming (they will be blamed, but just don't care about it).

y0r1ck1 votes

Man this is so dumb. You misread. Give up lol.

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