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Ultimate Cream·6/6/2018, 9:28:16 AM·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

Chibi Zephyr6/7/2018, 9:02:24 AM2 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.

Sir Prepuzius6/6/2018, 9:45:24 AM2 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?

Eybdoog6/6/2018, 3:02:04 PM2 votes

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Ulquiorra01236/7/2018, 1:06:59 AM1 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 Wadman6/8/2018, 12:07:04 AM1 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...

MAGA Trump MAGA6/6/2018, 9:36:23 AM1 votes

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

Budget Yami6/8/2018, 12:55:22 AM1 votes

#FEELS BAD MAN

Jamaree6/6/2018, 9:48:42 AM1 votes

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

KSYN6/6/2018, 9:49:19 PM1 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.