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It was fun Riot.

Ultimate Cream··10 votes·6,085 views

Today my account was permabanned and it was surreal. It was my day off, just finished running errands and was relieved that I had the whole day to play Lol. It was a a normal routine for me, made working 6 days a week bearable. I come home, log on and what do I see? A chat log of all the toxic things I said in reaction to another toxic player. Boom!! " your account has been permanently banned". You don't really feel anything at first, then it starts to set in. Rage, despair, regret it all hits you like a random 10 year old coming up to your doorstep claiming he's your son, you're not really sure how to react. I'm honestly disgusted with myself for feeling those emotions but it just happens. When you spend 6 years of your life playing a game religiously then one day it's all over, it kind of leaves you in a blur. I spent the whole day just sitting around looking up ways to unban my account. Unfortunately it seems impossible and now the regret has set in. All that thrown away because I reacted and couldn't just mute the guy. After a little while rage started to kick in. I was more mad at myself than anything, who else was to blame besides me. Talking to support was like talking to person who knew they were gonna leave you, they just showed face to ease the sadness of you knowing that everything you worked and spent time on was going to be thrown down the drain. The sad part about all this, my relationship of two years ended shortly after I found out that my account was banned and I'm not sure which one hurts more. I know in the end it's just a game, but when you think back to when you first started it kinda of hits home. I'm not sure what I'm going to do now, but starting a new account and thinking about all the hours you have to spend to regain 6 years of work, it puts you in despair. It's sad that I've gotten attached to this game and I feel it's even more sad that I'm crying about but I needed to get this off my chest. - Lesson of the day, "don't rage and just have fun". Man today sucked.

28 Comments

Sir Prepuzius2 votes

Rage, despair, regret it all hits you like a random 10 year old

man, thank you for put into words the feelings of someone getting banned

that's what i like to hear

that's why i report toxic players

nothing personal, of course

aniway you could always make a new account, spend a bit of money and buy your preferred champions

not a big of a deal, no?

StonePlatypus2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Sir Prepuzius,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=OBMAskOU,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2018-06-06T09:45:24.162+0000)

man, thank you for put into words the feelings of someone getting banned

that's what i like to hear

that's why i report toxic players

nothing personal, of course

aniway you could always make a new account, spend a bit of money and buy your preferred champions

not a big of a deal, no?

Thats half the reason Riot actually bans people. They want them to buy more champs/rebuy their skins.

muramasamune1 votes

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Thats half the reason Riot actually bans people. They want them to buy more champs/rebuy their skins.

I've said this before as well, banning a $500-$1000 'whale' account means they will likely get more moneys with the knowledge that a new account will probably be made. Permabanning an account doesn't make much sense as a punishment if the goal is to keep the player out of the game. If that's really all they really cared that much then why not refund the money or maybe even half of it after banning? Everyone that I've known or read about on the forums that got permanent banned, is still playing on a new account. But $$$$

Suckdeezbeez1 votes

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Sir Prepuzius1 votes

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Yeah i do the same thing. I like to make accounts with really liberal sounding names and get a few kills, type in something like "is this the best this server has to offer?", call people "americans" and just watch them dig their own graves. Its fucking hilaroius and i absolutely LOVE destroying peoples accounts lol. I stopped spending money on skins and champions a long time ago. Makes it so when ur acct is turfed its just another $15 - $20 charge to buy a new one.

well i'm not at your level dude you're evil! i just report those who annoy me, i don't even need to bait anyone they just come by their own will

Eybdoog2 votes

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Chibi Zephyr1 votes

Hey man I'm workin' hard on that climb. You could at least pretend it takes skill xD

Chibi Zephyr2 votes

Hey, really sorry to hear about your relationship, I can't help with that, but I do have good news about the work you put into your account! The work isn't actually lost, what you were working on wasn't some silly progression bar like an MMO, but rather your own skill, which Riot can't take away from you :) You worked hard getting better at the game, and that skill is still with you! So make a new account, add your best buddies, and hit the rift like always champ; oh and mute the guy next time ;D

PS: Really, you should consider writing, your use of imagery is perfect. I particularly enjoyed this line, "Talking to support was like talking to person who knew they were gonna leave you, they just showed face to ease the sadness of you knowing that everything you worked and spent time on was going to be thrown down the drain." As someone who went through that many times, it really tugged on the heart strings.

MAGA Trump MAGA1 votes

They expect you to mute and report Toxic players not respond to them.

Risen294 votes

[{quoted}](name=Black Gay Guy,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=OBMAskOU,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2018-06-06T09:36:23.586+0000)

They expect you to mute and report Toxic players not respond to them.

That would be easier to do if they actually did anything constructive with your reports.

I have not seen a notice of a player getting punished in many months, but I have reported plenty of extremely abusive or griefing players who deserved punishment. Ive seen people on this forum get permabanned or banned for way less than what I report people for.

Its easy to feel like the only punishment that person will get is the one you dish out to them when Riot is asleep at the wheel letting a worthless AI police things for them.

MystVearn1 votes

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That would be easier to do if they actually did anything constructive with your reports.

I have not seen a notice of a player getting punished in many months, but I have reported plenty of extremely abusive or griefing players who deserved punishment. Ive seen people on this forum get permabanned or banned for way less than what I report people for.

Its easy to feel like the only punishment that person will get is the one you dish out to them when Riot is asleep at the wheel letting a worthless AI police things for them.

Because you only get notified when your report happens to be the last straw

Imperial Pandaa1 votes

Not really anymore. The notification is just spotty at best.

Risen291 votes

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Because you only get notified when your report happens to be the last straw

Some of it was so abusive that it should have at least been an automatic chat ban. But I got no such report.

But, regardless, they need to change the report system so that everyone who reported that person for that behavior gets notified down the line.

I think it would do a lot not just to discourage toxicity, but also to encourage good behavior, if people saw that something was actually getting done with their reports.

Riot has only themselves to blame for a large proportion of this toxicity because they allow the playerbase to feel as though justice is never being handed out by them. A simple principle of society is that when people stop feeling like the authorities are metting out righteous justice then they will start taking things into their own hands to punish people. You end up with people choosing to verbally abuse others or grief them, as a way of trying to modify their behavior, because they have no faith in Riot's report system accomplishing anything.

I have stopped expecting Riot to do anything about the griefers in my games, but I don't want to take things into my own hands and get banned, so I am just forced to modify my expectations of Riot that they are ok with this kind of behavior continuing. It is getting to the point where I wonder why I even bother reporting them. There's no satisfaction in doing it. It feels like a complete waste of my time.

muramasamune6 votes

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That would be easier to do if they actually did anything constructive with your reports.

I have not seen a notice of a player getting punished in many months, but I have reported plenty of extremely abusive or griefing players who deserved punishment. Ive seen people on this forum get permabanned or banned for way less than what I report people for.

Its easy to feel like the only punishment that person will get is the one you dish out to them when Riot is asleep at the wheel letting a worthless AI police things for them.

This guy knows what's up. I feel like this post will get downvoted from the majority of the softies who love seeing peoples hard work go down the drain cause they defended themselves once or twice against 4 other people 'banding' together to find an excuse for the loss then reporting it.

But the majority of the new league of legends people want the chat to be soft cause they can't hit the mute button but for some reason can hit the report button. Now that I think of it, hitting mute instead of report is actually easier...

I've said it many times and got downvoted, there shouldnt really be permanent bans for someone saying whatever they want in chat, I think the real people worth reporting is those who troll in game and force the actual loss of the game, which should be the real issue.

But this guy said it perfect, the AI can do the work for Riot so they take the easy route.

Imperial Pandaa3 votes

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This guy knows what's up. I feel like this post will get downvoted from the majority of the softies who love seeing peoples hard work go down the drain cause they defended themselves once or twice against 4 other people 'banding' together to find an excuse for the loss then reporting it.

Focus on this part. You claim people defend themselves and get banned. Then later, you say it is easier to mute than to report. If the person who was "defending" themselves muted the other players instead of retaliating; they wouldn't be banned.

Chibi Zephyr2 votes

I believe he's saying that you should be able to mute or defend yourself, and so should the other person, and that reporting should be reserved for individuals who compromise the integrity of the game. Personally, I agree with TheLeviathanAxe.

Suckdeezbeez2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Chibi Ðeviljho,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=OBMAskOU,comment-id=00000000000100000000,timestamp=2018-06-07T09:08:29.413+0000)

I believe he's saying that you should be able to mute or defend yourself, and so should the other person, and that reporting should be reserved for individuals who compromise the integrity of the game. Personally, I agree with TheLeviathanAxe.

Reporting and permanent bans should be for people that use homophobic or racial slurs or intentionally lose their team the game. Thats it. Bickering, arguing etc. theres a fucking mute button for it. Its so offensive to normalize racial and homophobic slurs as "just as bad" as being passive aggressive. Its disgusting.

Chibi Zephyr1 votes

I think your report is worth less and less the more you report. Try holding onto reports for only the most abusive of cases! Also, from my experience, getting someone penalized doesn't feel good after a few minutes. I think of people like OP and how they just get a little carried away and before they know it they're going through what he's feeling, then I feel terrible about it.

Imperial Pandaa1 votes

Nah. They got rid of report weight when the ifs came out, at least for verbal cases.

Chibi Zephyr1 votes

I learn more about what should be general knowledge every day C:

Risen291 votes

[{quoted}](name=Chibi Ðeviljho,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=OBMAskOU,comment-id=000000000002,timestamp=2018-06-07T09:04:52.956+0000)

I think your report is worth less and less the more you report. Try holding onto reports for only the most abusive of cases! Also, from my experience, getting someone penalized doesn't feel good after a few minutes. I think of people like OP and how they just get a little carried away and before they know it they're going through what he's feeling, then I feel terrible about it.

Many people have said that is no longer the case. That each report triggers the system the same way, and multiple reports from the same game have no bearing on punishment.

I would like to know what is actually true.

Jamaree1 votes

Sorry it took you losing your account, hope you the best on whatever you do.

KSYN1 votes

I despise people who think muting solves anything, and reporting is just lazy guesswork.

Riot doesn't deserve any of your fucking money right now btw.

Ulquiorra01231 votes

I think we honestly need to relook at what is ban worthy and what isn't. I have had some 5 accounts perma'd but this account as well as my main have never been punished cause both accounts I just realized: it's better to not care about the outcome of the game, because then you are in line with everyone else on your team. I don't think calling a teammate out for their blatant stupidity should be banned at all, I think the only way people learn is through criticism. I have watched teammates walk to their lane, die, then walk to their lane again and do the exact same thing that got them killed less than a minute ago. I don't think rito understand that they have innately stupid people playing their game, and the matchmaking system will hand them free wins half the time, so they are always climbing anyways and eventually get into smart people's games.

I also don't think that going off on a toxic player should be ban worthy, this is incredibly stupid if you think about it. They are the ones being toxic, telling them to shut the **** up shouldn't be ban worthy, but it is.

Hell I have actually gotten silenced ingame on an account for having a friendly argument with a teammate over the balance of lucian a year or so back, I'm assuming a teammate didn't like what was said, but it happened, was the only game in the screen you get.

I think the whole system needs a rework and we need to go back to death threats, or blatant racism being grounds for ban, instead of coddling dumb players who aren't trying to win. I think we can all agree that Ranked is a competitive environment and people say stupid crap in competitive environments, look at any other game with a competitive scene and see how toxic it can be. But the difference is, they don't get banned because at the end of the day, what you say cannot affect someone unless they are a liberal who are super entitled to special treatment. This problem with coddling these stupid players has led to the drone fest that is both high and low elo on NA. People rarely say anything, and you just kinda accept going into champion select that there is a 50/50 chance you lose the game to some retard who doesn't understand basic functions of the game.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I tried in a game, you have to have the mindset of "fun" which doesn't align with what should come out of a ranked environment. Things should be intense, emotions should flare, stupid things should be said, its what made climbing in ranked fun. That all changed when literally anything you say that someone doesn't agree with can be banned.

I've been playing for close to 7 years now, and I can confidently say that the banning system singlehandedly made ranked a casual experience. It's why I only duo with friends to help them through series now. That's the only time I play the game now. There are just better competitive games that allow for self expression.

Rito will never change this system however, doesn't matter what anyone says. They believe in Liberalism, the coddling of the weak, and although I don't agree, I respect them for standing their ground.

Tyra Wadman1 votes

If you are notorious for being rude and toxic (saying things like "KYS" and "#$@$U*#$&U#$ uninstall") then you're going to get noticed and something is going to be done. I just want to play the game and learn from my mistakes. Not have someone sit in fountain typing to me all game.

If you're silly enough to put in X amount of dollars into a game that doesn't tolerate harassment (you know, the thing that drives away the OTHER customers) you shouldn't be surprised to find your account banned one day.

Nothin' really to OP, just everyone else and their conspiracy theories...

Budget Yami1 votes

#FEELS BAD MAN

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