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Death Threats to my Family

SOA Junior··1 votes·2,808 views

UPDATE

Riot Games considers death threats to an individual and his family to warrant a 1 day ban. Very Professional.

Hello Everyone,

Recently I was involved in a game on Summoner's Rift in the Ranked Solo/Duo queue. We had a Lee Sin jungle who will be the main character in this post. In the simplest terms, he made death threats to me regarding my wife and my kids.

This type of behavior is a perfect example of cyber bullying. I did submit a report at the end of the game for Harrasment/Verbal Abuse/Hate Speech. I am posting this because I want to be sure that individuals such as this Lee Sin are permanently banned from being able to partake in the League of Legends community. The feeling I had after this game was overwhelming sadness and hatred. I love my family more than anything and when threats are made about them, it hurts me deeply.

Please, Riot, do your due diligence in removing this player so he can no longer hurt anyone else in this community. I have also downloaded this replay and I intend on bringing it to my local Police Department to press charges on this individual. With "Cyber Bullying" being a very hot and controversial topic these days, I have faith that my local Police Department will handle this case accordingly.

The local news will also be receiving this replay and hearing my story. This type of press will not look good for Riot Games as a company if nothing is done to punish this player permanently. I live in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so Channel 4 will be the local media station that I will be submitting this to.

Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from someone at Riot Games soon.

28 Comments

ModMod Propane5 votes

Hi SOA Junior,

I understand that you're upset but I had to delete your threads as they were cluttering the boards.

If you read the reply (click the ! on the top right), I mentioned to you two things:

  1. It is against the rules to name and shame on these boards. By posting a link to your match history, it showed that user's name thus breaking that rule.

  2. As stated, you also posted 13 threads on every sub-board here which warrants for spamming.

I would have offered a warning but with those two actions, it warranted for a 1 day. I can leave this one up since it is not breaking any rules but be sure to read the Universal Rules before posting.

SOA Junior2 votes

I understand your rules for these boards.

Something as serious as DEATH threats to an individuals family needs to be seen. Most forums, in my experience, tend to have posts go unnoticed. The original poster posted to all boards in hopes to receive attention and action to that matter. It seems to me, however, that Riot and their moderators have no desire or intention to remove this type of behavior from their community. I have suggested to the original poster to contact his local media station instead of the PD, first. I have also sent him contact information for a lawyer in case no action is taken against the offender from his game.

Have a great day.

ModMod Curator5 votes

[{quoted}](name=SOA Junior,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=Qmu1VL0N,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2017-04-22T01:11:43.424+0000)

I understand your rules for these boards.

Something as serious as DEATH threats to an individuals family needs to be seen. Most forums, in my experience, tend to have posts go unnoticed. The original poster posted to all boards in hopes to receive attention and action to that matter. It seems to me, however, that Riot and their moderators have no desire or intention to remove this type of behavior from their community. I have suggested to the original poster to contact his local media station instead of the PD, first. I have also sent him contact information for a lawyer in case no action is taken against the offender from his game.

Have a great day.

I'm not sure why you're talking in the 3rd person. We have access to your account information and are aware that it was another of your accounts making that post.

Per the Boards rules, Naming & Shaming is not allowed. If you wish to report a player and have them punished for their behavior, you should do so via the in-game reporting system. If for some reason you did not have access to that after the game, you can submit a ticket to Player Support with the information.

Posts attempting to report players on the Boards will always be removed and spamming the Boards will always result in your posts being removed and your account being suspended.

SOA Junior1 votes

The original poster is Bl00dBr0thers who is my older brother. This account, is mine. I live with the original poster. We have a lot of the same information, considering we're related. Since you're just a moderator of the boards, I'm hoping someone from Riot Games will contact him about this. You do realize that death threats and Cyber Bullying is punishable by law, correct?

ModMod Curator6 votes

[{quoted}](name=SOA Junior,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=Qmu1VL0N,comment-id=0002000000000000,timestamp=2017-04-22T01:16:52.177+0000)

The original poster is Bl00dBr0thers who is my older brother. This account, is mine. I live with the original poster. We have a lot of the same information, considering we're related. Since you're just a moderator of the boards, I'm hoping someone from Riot Games will contact him about this. You do realize that death threats and Cyber Bullying is punishable by law, correct?

If you wish to discuss your issue with Riot you will need to submit a ticket as stated above. No one on the Boards will be able to discuss this issue with you. This is why reporting is not allowed on the Boards.

Again, the best way to make sure someone is held accountable for that type of interaction is to report them in the post-game lobby. That's why the system exists.

SOA Junior1 votes

The same system that allows players, such as the one sending death threats, to submit feedback on? Is the in-game reporting system still the same where someone such as myself can review why someone was banned and submit their feedback to help punish players? (The Tribunal)

FiddlesOnTheRoof1 votes

Tribunal hasn't existed in years. And how do you know this player hasn't been banned?

Zombiemaster4 votes

[{quoted}](name=SOA Junior,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=Qmu1VL0N,comment-id=000200000000000000000000,timestamp=2017-04-22T01:22:58.394+0000)

The same system that allows players, such as the one sending death threats, to submit feedback on? Is the in-game reporting system still the same where someone such as myself can review why someone was banned and submit their feedback to help punish players? (The Tribunal)

The Tribunal, where players were able to review reports against a player and vote on whether or not they think that player should be punished, no longer exists. It has been offline for some years now and has since been replaced with the Instant Feedback System. The IFS is an automated system that is capable of reviewing reports and handing out punishments (if needed) within 15 minutes of the match ending. I can assure you that Riot does not take death threats lightly, and such behavior will very likely result in an escalated punishment, including a permanent ban.

FiddlesOnTheRoof1 votes

LOL. Owned. This shit is hilarious. So many people looking for attention. So many snowflakes.

FiddlesOnTheRoof1 votes

How do we know the player wasn't banned?

jr deputy meow3 votes

jesus christ, you're such an egomaniac

SOA Junior1 votes

Curator,

Isn't this considered as you stated "Per the Boards rules, Naming & Shaming is not allowed"?

jr deputy meow1 votes

is this your first day on the computer or something man Naming and Shaming refers very explicitly to complaining about SPECIFIC summoners BY THEIR USERNAME on the boards it doesn't extend to me suggesting you're a narcissistic blowhard in a direct exchange - maybe you can try shutting me down on Harassment, though? who knows!

everyone knows you're the same person who got banned and judging from your actions it's pretty clear this is all personal and 100% about you, not your family riot isn't fuckin responsible for what that lee sin said to you ingame so long as it goes through their automated reporting system - if you reported them, it's been dealt with. that's all there is to it, jeez

and do you think your local police station has the resources, the time, or the jurisdiction to hunt down some random summoner somewhere in the US or Canada and bring them to court? you're wasting their time, you're wasting riot's time, and now you're wasting my time

Joseph Gladstone2 votes

u trynna send me a link to that news post

FiddlesOnTheRoof2 votes

It ain't gonna make the news. This is just a snowflake looking for attention. No one cares. The guy got punished. The automated system will catch that once the OP reported. This dude ain't gonna sue riot, ain't gonna stop playing.

FiddlesOnTheRoof2 votes

Or you can mute the guy. What he said was messed up and deserved a report, but geez, just mute him. Obviously he's not going to do anything. Obviously he doesn't know where you live. Ignore, or mute, finish your game, and move on. This seems absurd. And threatening Riot if they don't take action? That's so over the top. The mute feature is a wonderful thing. Mute it, ignore the toxic players, and play the game.

EternalShock2 votes

" I intend on bringing it to my local Police Department to press charges on this individual."

thank you riot lyte x2

Scary Door2 votes

This is unfortunately where a reality check needs to come into play:

  1. While a death threat is technically illegal, it is often difficult to prove the intent or, for that matter, the person that actually authoried it in many cases. Therefore, going to the police and other theatrics based upon what someone in an online game said to you will often lead to a dead end. If the threat was very specific and contained more personalized information about you, then it is more likely to be investigated, but logistically speaking law enforcement have higher priority cases and more pressing investigations.

  2. The appropriate channel to report someone that you feel has wronged you is by utilizing the in-game reporting system or opening a support ticket.

  3. Your actions, which included spamming the forums along with naming and shaming the individual involved, do not help matters and actually will get your account banned ultimately.

In the future, mute the player in question, report them and for the love of God, don't take internet death threats seriously. I don't ... in fact, I suaully respond by giving them my address and telling them a time that's convenient for me to show up... guess what? Nothing has ever happened. Nothing ever will. So, just relax, report and move on.

SOA Junior1 votes

Correction,

Riot Games banned the original poster from the boards for posting this. This is such a shame. I guess it just gives the original poster more ammunition against Riot Games and the players they allow in their community.

Raoul8 votes

No, they baned him because he posted the same thread like 15 times in 10 minutes....

SOA Junior1 votes

Correct.

This type of matter needs to be noticed. I feel he did the right thing, although it does violate the rules of the boards. He doesn't use the boards at all so a ban from boards doesn't necessarily effect him at all, but it effected me knowing what happened.

FiddlesOnTheRoof4 votes

You are the OP. And still, no one cares.

FiddlesOnTheRoof3 votes

this SOA Junior account is the same guy. He got banned so jumped onto another account. LOL

FiddlesOnTheRoof1 votes

Riot doesn't care. We don't care. You aren't gonna do shit. And you are the original poster. This third person shit is transparent and laughable.

Aeszarck1 votes

Spamming the Boards is not the thing to do when you want something. Post in the correct Board and the correct Board only, or otherwise you will be warned or punished. We have the Universal Rules here for a reason.

Hawckey1 votes

Cry more please

Benzaquen1 votes

Go ask daddy and mommy to protect you from 15year old fatboy nerd that writes scared you in a video game. pussy

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