The issue with the behaviour system is that it is too black and white.

Dasdi96·11/4/2016, 5:08:54 PM·6 votes·9,902 views

Disclaimer: I am not currently punished for behaviour. The behaviour system works like this: It has a list of phrases and words that are considered "negative". If a player is reported, the system compares the chat logs of the player to the list of words in the system. If at least 1 of the words the player said is in the list of negative words, the system issues a punishment to said player. This punishment scales extremely rapidly to the point were the 4th punishment is permanent ban. You can only go down a tier if you go 3 months without getting punished again. 3 months is honestly too much for reforming. It should be about 20 games without getting punished again to be considered "reformed". This will keep the players who are constantly toxic punished, but will be more fair to players who frustrated every once in a while.

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RiotRiot Tantram11/4/2016, 6:27:06 PM28 votes

The behaviour system works like this: It has a list of phrases and words that are considered "negative". If a player is reported, the system compares the chat logs of the player to the list of words in the system. If at least 1 of the words the player said is in the list of negative words, the system issues a punishment to said player.

This is not how the system works. It is not a keyword based system. It also isn't that black and white. It is a machine learning system that learns from the community what is acceptable and what is unacceptable. It doesn't just say, 'they said a word on a list, they get punished.'

You can only go down a tier if you go 3 months without getting punished again. 3 months is honestly too much for reforming. It should be about 20 games without getting punished again to be considered "reformed".

This is not entirely true. The amount of time it takes to be back in good standing is related to how severe your behavior was, what your last penalty was, how often you've been penalized, and you current behavior. Players who are having a bad day, penalized for behavior that is out of character for them and get a light penalty with be back in good standing rather quickly. Players with a history of poor behavior, those who frequently receieve penalties, and those exhibiting severe behavior will take longer.

The 3 month mark that is repeated on the boards is related to a quote saying it takes the average penalized player 3 months to get back in good standing.

Hambone201311/4/2016, 5:19:47 PM4 votes

It takes more than a couple games to get punished the system already has leeway built into it for people having a bad day.

nerak2311/4/2016, 5:14:09 PM3 votes

It has a list of phrases and words that are considered "negative". If a player is reported, the system compares the chat logs of the player to the list of words in the system.

Wait wut?

nerak2311/4/2016, 5:32:42 PM3 votes

Oh I was talking at the op. I don't know where only words came into it either.

Your comment was put up on my comment list also :) Don't mean to confuse it all just replying to a notification :)

nerak2311/4/2016, 6:57:40 PM3 votes

How can people possibly obey the rules or accurately report people who break the rules without a clear understand of what is or isn't allowed?

Not so hard to do... Don't be a jerk.

Riot can't define Everything in exact "black and white" because they are always changing, some players will try to take advantage of any specific rules surrounded the above mentioned things.