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Breaking Meta=14 Day Suspension

Bootygeek·6/20/2016, 3:06:51 AM·5 votes·2,015 views

Hi all I'm Bootygeek and I'm a bit of a newbie to league. I have been playing ranked for a little while and recently the wait times for my primary roles became too long so I started going fill. This always has me playing support which isn't my primary role but I know how to play a few champions so whatever, I'm not going to intentionally lose but my performance wont be stellar. If I don't play 'meta' supports I always get flamed hard and I recently got a 14 day suspension which is absolutely unacceptable behavior from Riot. I am not trolling and I let my teammates know that I will be playing a non-meta support and will help them to the best of my abilities but that if they flame me I will mute them for my own sanity, this is clearly communicated in champ select and some may say ranked isn't the place to try new things but I disagree, ranked is absolutely the place to try new things (provided you have taken it out into normals a few times first), this is how things become 'meta', people play new things in new roles with new builds in a competitive environment. You cant tell me ap nunu support won't ever work because you can't see into the future, protobelt makes him super deadly but he does need a few minions in lane to sustain himself from poke. There is downside but his ult is deadly with spooky ghosts and exhaust to keep everyone in it for the full effect. So why does Riot allow this? 2 week suspensions to players who are trying to find the next tank ekko and full pen lucian? I don't think I am smart enough or talented enough to find those things but its fun to try and can be great if everything goes right. This is not against the summoners code, this is not enjoying the game at the cost of others enjoyment, if they can't enjoy a game unless I conform to babysit them with soraka/leona under penalty of ban then this game isn't what I thought it was. If you agree, let Riot know, you cant ban us for not conforming to a meta.

48 Comments

Deep Terror Nami6/20/2016, 3:11:02 AM6 votes

If you want to contest your ban you'll need to submit a Support Ticket.

Angry Monster6/20/2016, 3:17:36 AM5 votes

You mean not going sightstone and taking CS with out relic?

Yeah i would of reported you also. If you do not want to support wait out the damn times. You are on a low silver account. The times are not that long.

ShinkoMinori6/20/2016, 4:27:32 AM4 votes

You are making the game not enjoyable for your adc and your team by being a burden to them. 4v5 is not fun. To break the meta you need to be smart first, you need to know why sightstone is important in support and not having it hinders your team. You clearly don't have what it takes to be entitled to "breaking the meta" you are just a lowly silver 5 with barely any knowledge of the mechanics of the game and a hindrance for your team.

Learn to play the game, be smart and stop trolling your team in hopes of being carried.

Narvuntien6/20/2016, 5:56:26 AM3 votes

Support Nunu is actually fine, non meta but actively useful. Teemo ergh not so much, really only useful in the laneing phase, with the blind to win trades but afterwards he doesn't offer enough. I'd be annoyed but still deal with it

Kat is not and never will be a support that is active trolling, she offers 0 as a support to the team, she is all damage.

The important thing is did you buy item 2049 ?

Nik Nikerson6/20/2016, 5:45:31 AM3 votes

I'm just going to go ahead and say that when you die 19 times as Kat support, you're trolling. It's not the off-meta pick, it's what you're doing with them.

jr deputy meow6/20/2016, 6:10:03 PM2 votes

no matter what you pick in terms of champion for support, even if it's some shit like graves, it's not bannable. not getting sightstone is also not bannable. I've never heard of taking the adc's cs as being bannable - though i don't do it. I feel like if you were 14-day banned, there had to have been something else.

for context: i play heavily off-meta when i'm not playing my main champ. I used to spam ADC leblanc and Orianna, jayce jungle, support urgot, AP corki, zac, and twitch mid, jungle karma, etc. all of this in ranked. I have never been so much as warned.

ModPrandine6/20/2016, 3:13:57 AM2 votes

If you want some actual help then please post your Reform Card here (the entire Reform Card, not just bits and pieces of it). I will say though that you aren't banned for breaking the meta-you're banned for creating a negative experience for the other people in-game. From the Tribunal FAQ:

Can I be banned for not playing the meta? Players are not banned by the Tribunal for not playing the meta; they are banned for consistently creating negative experiences for others.

We have data suggesting that reviewers of Tribunal cases are very thoughtful and accurate in their verdicts, so if you were reported for not playing the meta but were being a positive player, you can expect to be judged fairly.

In general, players should feel empowered to play what they want and to try new strategies; however, this does not give you a license to be disrespectful or rude to your fellow gamers.

Dank Magiciann6/20/2016, 6:18:40 PM1 votes

you are the kind of player that gives the bronze elo its full entitlement to elo hell.

Linthe6/20/2016, 6:27:32 PM1 votes

Please provide the info from customer support.... I dont believe that off meta picks were the reason for the punish....

scazzman6/20/2016, 3:10:29 AM1 votes

im assuming this was on a smurf as im not seeing a single game as nunu in your match history

MegaManYYZ6/21/2016, 5:45:43 AM1 votes

i don't know, if you think nunu support is so deadly why aren't you winning with him? you have a 14% win rate on him and some games where you have 15 or 16 deaths.

you also might have mentioned that you are going to feed in game, which flags the system.

Msatie6/20/2016, 3:14:02 AM1 votes

there is a 99% chance riot will give you "chat" as your reason for being banned

solution. dont chat ingame. then you can play nonmeta supports without getting banned

if you ever chat ingame, you risk being banned

chances are your chat was toxic in riots view.

Bootygeek6/20/2016, 3:44:22 AM1 votes

Well does it say I have to build a sightstone in TOS? I place lots of wards, I built spooky ghosts, and I poke with my snowball, what more do you want? I don't have to conform to YOUR meta, I can make my own, its a community game and just because most people agree on supports only being champions X,Y, and Z doesn't mean the rest of us agree. You can report but that isn't the spirit of the game and I have put in a support ticket. I am just trying to let people know that the whole breaking the meta thing will result in a suspension/ban if you have a few bad games and that we need to make that stop.

Communist Toast6/20/2016, 3:53:51 AM1 votes

sounds to me like you were raging back at them. cause you don't get banned for playing teemo support

Seriphym6/20/2016, 4:44:24 AM1 votes

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I am not trolling and** I let my teammates know that** ...** if they flame me I will mute them for my own sanity**...

^ and there is where you should be looking for the answers you seek.

Muting a flaming teammate is not actionable, however telling them you are going to mute them IS.

King Prophet6/20/2016, 5:21:34 AM1 votes

Perhaps AP nunu Isn't the hidden op but instead tank nunu with frozen heart and 40% cdr. Nunu's E and R both slow Attack speed as well. 25%(E) + 25%(R) + 15%(Frozen Heart) = 44% AS slow. Also good peel for your marksman.

Tahyana6/20/2016, 1:59:42 PM1 votes

As someone who plays all roles in case she gets stuck in something other than the role she wants which happens, I will elaborate on why taking the ADC's CS is bad.

ADCs need the CS, all of it. They are farm heavy and need to build their items quickly. However, they have to compete with the enemy ADC by zoning them out to deny them farm before they do it first. By taking your ADC's CS, you're denying them farm and aiding the enemy team in an indirect way. The longer it takes your ADC to build, the more likely it will be for the other ADC to have their power spike and wreck your team. That is why you build a support item.