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What makes a name bannable?

Victorious Rakan··3 votes·2,201 views
What makes a name bannable? * r/leagueoflegends

Trying to get some community feedback on this. Please see the attached reddit post and post your thoughts there or here if you prefer:

I'm currently debating the validity of a name ban I had received for my summoner name 'Anus With Herpes' Now the first thing I would like to point out is this wasn't a ban I received because of other players reporting me, I submitted a support ticket to have an incorrect IP reward corrected, the Riot Support member (Templar Iytsuna) who got the request immediately locked my account after receiving the support ticket. I've had the name for over 6 months and have had interactions with 100's of players both in game and in the message boards with no issues. My argument to the support ticket was that the name contains no profanity, racism, sexual explicit terms etc... He responded that "if players find you're being offensive and making poor usage of it then they have every right to submit a report." I then informed him no such report had been made as he was the one who deleted the name after seeing the support ticket I submitted about a client issue. I've since been attempting to have the issue escalated to a supervisor or another party to review with no such luck. So why am I posting about it here? I'd like to get more of the communities input on the matter, the name does not use any slang only medically correct terms for a body part (BTW Riot an anus is not a reproductive organ) and a virus. While I understand the terms 'anus' and 'herpes' can seem taboo they're not vulgar, they're not being directed to a specific group or minority of peoples. Obviously if I was being reported by a player after every match I played I wouldn't feel this way but that's not the case, the community of players hasn't had an issue with the name in fact the only 'negative' feedback I received from a player that I can recall is them telling me the name was "kinda gross". So I want to know what part of the name constitutes having it banned? Is 'anus' deemed offensive because it's part of our body where waste is exited? Is 'herpes' offensive because it's an incurable virus? (I know there will be some that say it's because it's semi-classification as an STD but herpes is not strictly an STD). At what point does the human digestive track become offensive, is it anything after the small intestine? Are all medical conditions deemed offensive or vulgar? Chickenpox, cancer, heart disease, which ones are acceptable to have in a name? Please let me know what your honest opinions are, I'm trying to get opinions for both sides of the argument from Rioters and Players.

15 Comments

This Is Your Dad4 votes

Your current name makes me vomit.

Victorious Rakan3 votes

Because something is seen as gross doesn't mean it violates any of the TOU, now I'd understand more if I was directing the condition onto someone else or a group of people but the name doesn't do that. Leprosy is just as disgusting so should that infection be added to the banned word list? Or is it because of the word anus? It's the proper medical identification for the body part I'm not using slang terms to identify it. An anus is part of the human digestive tract, the same system that has the upper and lower intestines, are those parts of the anatomy just as bannable?

This Is Your Dad1 votes

Well on the bright side I get to taste my delicious meal a second time.

Lux Is Mai Waifu3 votes

didn't think I'd ever see a thread dumber than people raging about bans they deserved on this board

aatruck2 votes

change it to hemroid wuth herpes

Silent Gravity2 votes

Since you're asking for opinions, I'll give mine.

{quoted}

medically correct terms for a body part and a virus

I don't think your desire in making the name was just to have a body part and a virus. I think that you chose those specifically for the purpose of being disgusting. You achieved your goal and disgusted someone. It makes sense to change it from what it was. Your new name is better, but barely so.

/Edit 1 As far as not violating the TOU, 5.1.v. Transmitting or communicating any content which, in the sole and exclusive discretion of Riot Games, is deemed offensive, including language that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, or racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable;

I think your name violates the 'obscene' or 'otherwise objectionable' category.

/Edit 2 5.1.xi specifically mentions summoner names, and includes the previously quoted categories.

Victorious Rakan1 votes

I don't agree with the obscene part of it, I think if i was using terms like "asshole or butthole" or putting it in context that would make it morally wrong "I give herpes for fun" etc... Then I could definitely see it as obscene. Now as for the 'otherwise objectionable' I would 100% accept this, my only problem is they refuse to tell me what part of the name is wrong, which part of it is objectionable? Can I not have the word anus, or is it because the word herpes? If Riot came along and laid out "you can't use X term along with Y term" then I'd be happy, but all they've said is that it violates TOU, which is what I'm disputing.

aatruck1 votes

love the current name

wouldent be the dumbest thing i ever done

Victorious Rakan2 votes

Thanks, I want my old name back though :(

aatruck1 votes

yeah like thats going to happen

ModPeriscope1 votes

Reportable names is something I find pretty interesting, in that what the community will find as appropriate or inappropriate will probably vary widely. For your name, I don't know if I'd actually report it because I look more for harassing/hate speech names, which you pointed out.

However, think about it this way: how would a person with herpes feel when glancing at your name?

Victorious Rakan3 votes

Understandable which is why I chose the name to be self directing and not aimed at anyone (You have herpes, You got herpes etc...) Obviously I can't speak for everyone that has herpes as to if they'd be offended or not all I can say is that no players had brought it up to me or reported it. If this was offending people and I was getting reported for it after every couple games I could understand that and I wouldn't be fighting it, but that's not what happened. My name wasn't banned because the community found it offensive or vulgar, it was banned because 1 support staff saw the name from a support ticket I submitted and banned it.

ModPeriscope1 votes

I don't think it matters whether it's self directing or not. I think your name makes herpes seem more like a joke than a disease, and it could be offensive to a group of people. So your name isn't flagged with reports for a name change, but your issue is why you were forced to change based off the opinions of a sole Rioter. I can't speak for Rioters, but I think upholding game/company policy is what happened when they saw your name. Maybe you haven't been reported for your name, but that doesn't mean that no one is offended by that name.

I used to play FFXI, and I had an account named "Biggusdickus" (heh). It was actually based off a character from Monty Python's "Life of Brian". I enjoyed having the name until I reached out to a game manager, who locked my character away until I changed my name.

Victorious Rakan1 votes

{quoted}

So your name isn't flagged with reports for a name change, but your issue is why you were forced to change based off the opinions of a sole Rioter. I can't speak for Rioters, but I think upholding game/company policy is what happened when they saw your name.

I can understand a Rioter seeing the name and saying to themselves 'wait a minute here' but I don't think they should be able to do it without reason, when asked what was wrong with the name I was given a generic response paragraph containing the same information posted here by Silent Gravity. I gave my argument to Riot how it did not directly fall into any of the bannable categories, the only thing remotely close would be 'otherwise objectionable' and if that's the case then I feel that Riot should need to clearly define what parts need to be changed and why, would the name be acceptable if it were 'Lips With Herpes' or 'Anus With Cancer'? If they're going to just use a blanket 'objectionable' as the reasoning then I feel I should be offered some specifics when I challenge it with a valid argument.

Kaeblen1 votes

I wonder what kind of lifestyle you live, that makes you ask this type of question.

the bottom line is, if your name is vulgar (yours), or refers to some kind of slur, or is otherwise intended to be inflammatory, it is worthy of either a ban or a mandatory name change.

Crude and vulgar references are not "funny" (I want to get that argument out of the way). What exactly made you think your previous name was ok?Or your current name even slightly improved over the other?

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