Why Riot can't say EVEN the length of a given ban to someone?

JhinCredible·1/29/2019, 3:11:58 PM·2 votes·2,013 views

I mean It's not any personal info like a name, surname or phone number... It's just a length of a ban. I wrote MANY tickets to report some really toxic players and I would like to know ONLY and ONLY the length of a given ban to the reported person. Why you can't share this information? Is there any coded secret code for lifetime free RP or what? When I asked some time about it, I did not receive any answer why they can't share it... It's so dumb... If anyone knows, please explain, any Rioter maybe :/

6 Comments

Umbral Regent1/29/2019, 3:18:01 PM4 votes

Well, I'm not a Rioter, but I have a fair enough guess why they don't share any info whatsoever regarding player punishments.

The primary reason being that any information can be used by players knowledgeable about the system to track and harass the people they reported. Even something as innocuous as knowing what type of punishment was applied can be enough for someone to go out of their way to rub salt in the players wounds.

And, naturally, getting punished and then having someone stalk and ridicule you over it isn't exactly conducive to reform.

At the end of the day, you really only need to know two things; 1. that your reports do matter and are looked into (whether by the IFS if you submit post-game reports, or by Riot if you submit Support Tickets), and 2. that if someone broke the rules, they will be punished.

EvilDustMan1/29/2019, 3:36:50 PM3 votes

Mute, report, move on.

Don't dwell on the past. Just let it go and hope the system gets them.

rujitra1/29/2019, 3:25:27 PM2 votes

It’s not that they can’t share it. There is no law prohibiting them from sharing the status of an account publicly or with other players.

However, they’ve determined (rightfully and logically so) that there is no benefit to them sharing such information, and much downside. The biggest downside is that it would further your inappropriate attitude that you have to know if someone’s punished or not - that is a combative and toxic attitude to have in League and Riot does not want to do anything to encourage such an attitude.

GatekeeperTDS1/29/2019, 3:56:59 PM2 votes

It's because you are supposed to be focusing on you, your gameplay, your behavior, your honor, your punishments.

I can't imagine many of us would be happy with Riot if they shared any account-related details with other players. It's truly not our business to know what happens to someone else's account.

Say you get in a heated argument with someone at work, and they escalate it to a point where the whole office can hear it. After the managers and HR speak with both of you, they determine that you did nothing wrong and that closes the case for you - you weren't punished or anything. Let's say this other person got a written reprimand in their file - nobody is going to share that with you except that person (if they choose).

That's not a perfect comparison, but it's the same idea. We have no right to personal information about other people, even if we were somehow involved with them in a specific incident. It's for the best.