Why isn't banning someone's champion ( if they deliberately told u not to ) classified as griefing?

iamnotscared·9/3/2018, 10:24:54 AM·4 votes·2,969 views

Real life example:I was in my gold 5 promos, last game, I even got bugged by Riot( i had a free win which they didnt give, I had 2 wins already ) , I was in my last game and I get in champ select as MID, I ask my teammates not to ban Zed and one second later the TOP laner bans him, they h ad already picked Ryze and Yasuo , so I had to look up for their counters as I did not know them, there are 5 seconds left and I panic pick Diana , a champion that i never played before and didn't have any idea what her abilities were doing.I go into the game and get stomped by a yasuo main and a Sejuani that was camping me. My question is how come banning some1's champion when they deliberately told you not to ban him/her isn't classified as griefing if you have proof that they did it ?You ruin the player's experience and his game by putting him/her in an uncomfortable situation.Zedsummoner 14 Diana

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NiamhNyx9/3/2018, 10:44:19 AM6 votes

It is not and will not be classified as griefing. You can use ANY reason what so ever to justify your champion ban.

it is a dick thing to do though.

Paíntchip9/3/2018, 11:51:28 AM3 votes

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Real life example:I was in my gold 5 promos, last game, I even got bugged by Riot( i had a free win which they didnt give, I had 2 wins already ) , I was in my last game and I get in champ select as MID, I ask my teammates not to ban Zed and one second later the TOP laner bans him, they h ad already picked Ryze and Yasuo , so I had to look up for their counters as I did not know them, there are 5 seconds left and I panic pick Diana , a champion that i never played before and didn't have any idea what her abilities were doing.I go into the game and get stomped by a yasuo main and a Sejuani that was camping me. My question is how come banning some1's champion when they deliberately told you not to ban him/her isn't classified as griefing if you have proof that they did it ?You ruin the player's experience and his game by putting him/her in an uncomfortable situation.Zedsummoner 14 Diana

Simple, because this guy Yasuo exists.

Phoenixdust9/3/2018, 11:46:37 AM2 votes

"i had a free win which they didnt give, I had 2 wins already " - What? Did you also prelock it before the banning phase?

Anyway, if you are not first pick, it should not be instanly considered griefing, but this is very questionable. If you are FP or your team is FP and you can pick it, then it is obviously griefing, and fck that guy.

Telephone Booth9/6/2018, 9:20:12 PM2 votes

Because you aren't obligated to read the pre game lobby chat. Or any chat for that matter. So they could say they just didn't see it. Also they may not want to risk the other team playing that champ. This was your fault for only having one champ planned out of 20 other possible mid picks. And it's happened to me before when I was maining anivia and I did the same thing you did and got stomped and guess who's fault it was? Mine.

breakordoom4449/3/2018, 5:03:01 PM1 votes

There is always reasons champions are banned, Maybe they don't want to play against this champion, assuming that the enemy have the first pick and will get this champion first, or your teammate dosen't want this champion on his/her team, becuase they are looking for a specific pick and is using the ban to discourage the player and forcing them into said pick.

yeah.

its weird.

Kats Pajamas9/3/2018, 6:31:18 PM1 votes

You obviously ban their champion selection after they bans yours, pick teemo, then afk.

They eventually learn. That fact you still tried to win only enabled him as a bully.

I went like 10/0 one time as teemo while my team fed, and I afk'd by enemy 1 hit nexus while nunu splitpushed our base over 45 seconds.

I'm sure he got the message as our base blew up, and will consider this moment over and over when he thinks about doing this in the future.

Morgana Ultima9/6/2018, 8:39:36 AM1 votes

Why is it not griefing to pick Yasuo in ranked in gold/plat elo when you have a 20% win rate as Yasuo over 100 games?

If you can tell me that's not griefing then I can assure you my banning that guy's Yasuo isn't griefing either.