Ban by IP address

cjp6050·1/16/2017, 9:06:52 PM·3 votes·8,706 views

It's impossible to get out of Bronze with all the Trolls and afk players. I don't even care that much about winning to be honest. I just want to have a good time and I can't when the game is over before it begins. I want to toss the idea out there that if a player gets reported x amount of times (trolling or intentional feed) in lets say a month they get a month long IP ban.

It would need to have a more in depth review process to correctly implement but would greatly improve gameplay.

What do you guys think?

14 Comments

AeroWaffle1/16/2017, 9:32:46 PM7 votes

Public IPs are often shared by several computers.

College dorms for example.

Zombiemaster1/16/2017, 9:41:45 PM3 votes

First, something like this would definitely need to have valid reports trigger the punishment. Just receiving reports is not good enough as they could very easily be false reports. So, receiving enough valid reports would trigger a punishment. The thing is, though, this already happens, it just isn't as fast as most people would like in most cases, for intentionally feeding that is.

When it comes to intentionally feeding, or trolling in other ways, Riot wants to be absolutely sure that the player in question really is intentionally feeding and not just having a bad game so they don't punish any innocent players. Because of this, the process of punishing intentional feeders tends to take longer, causing some players to get away with it a lot longer than they should, but I can tell you that people do get punished for intentionally feeding.

As far as IP bans, they are fairly ineffective. For one, it's not that difficult to change your IP address. Many routers change their IP address simply by turning them off then on again, so it's pretty simple to avoid IP bans. However, even if it weren't, IP bans come with collateral damage. Years ago Riot actually did issue IP bans, but one time they banned the IP of a college dorm, causing several innocent players to be banned for the actions of one.

Omnistone Karma1/16/2017, 9:28:25 PM2 votes

Idk man, it seems like a great idea at first, I admit that But maybe he / she has spent hundreds of dollars in that game which is all lost then, poof gone, bye bye Cy@ ( For a month )

The player might have ruined it for himself / herself but it's still harsh..

Might be a better idea to just give him a normal ban for a month, the player will probably get the message and has to play at a new account if he wants to play that month with an account which is very limited

Xen0nym0us5/29/2018, 2:42:13 PM1 votes

Dynamic IP? Shaco miss me with that ban shit [sg-ezreal]

ph1234k1/16/2017, 10:42:49 PM1 votes

Even IPs from private ISPs are generally shared by DHCP, so you just get your neighbours banned once your lease expires. Also that means one dumb child in a house can ruin even a professional player's account.

IP addresses just aren't unique enough to ban.

Colton1471/17/2017, 8:48:26 AM1 votes

Honestly, IP address bans don't really work out real well, as it is fairly simple to change your IP address.

Some people probably play on a Public IP (as stated above), so it would not bed fair to others that play the game to be punished as well.

cjp60501/18/2017, 12:10:09 AM1 votes

I did not think of collateral I see that point....

What about a MAC address ban that is specific to a certain device?