Sincere input from a banned player

BustedUpSeaHag·6/28/2017, 3:55:55 PM·0 votes·171 views

Hello,

My account recently got banned. I'm not here to dispute or discuss bans, just to hopefully provide some input that may help current and future players.

To keep it short, here are some thoughts I had:

In the end, no-one wants to be banned, so maybe just some ideas to consider:

  1. Create a feature to allow a player to restrict himself to x number of games a day. This would be controlled and freely changed by the player, but it help to stop people from playing too much and not even realizing their own frustration (I think many people can relate to this)

  2. Create a feature to allow players to voluntarily mute themselves (choose to not allow yourself to send messages) A lot of times people feel the need to defend themselves and it can be hard to play with out communication, but if you can read what the team is saying and force yourself to ignore anyone taunting or trolling, it could help mitigate frustrations from escalating

  3. It would be nice to be able to see what your current status is within the honor and penalty system. If people could see how good or bad they are doing and how close they are to punishments, it could really shed a light on the behavior to see the numbers. I understand that its not riot's job to stop people from being butt heads, but it could be helpful to put a mirror in front of them, so to speak - to allow them to see the numbers or metrics and adjust behaviors accordingly. Knowing where you stand in the honor system could encourage you to achieve more rewards or knowing which stage of punishment you're at or how often you're reported could change your behavior too if you could see it on a regular basis. It could also help them to understand what the correct norm is for a game.

Thanks!

4 Comments

Jo0o6/28/2017, 4:02:05 PM2 votes

I get where you're coming from, but I don't think I've ever seen a game implement features like these. The closest I've seen are some games with parental controls, but that's almost entirely phased out in modern gaming as far as I can tell.

New honor system's honor levels should help with that last bit.

ModPeriscope6/28/2017, 4:09:39 PM1 votes

I would like to see your first idea implemented. The 2nd, no, since this is a team game. The 3rd, they have implemented the new honor system, which does display your standing with the honor system.