One week suspension because of my name

PacoTabaco·4/28/2018, 11:06:54 AM·79 votes·19,610 views

So my summoner name was ''Stalinist ADC'' and i had a technichal issue with league so contacted riot to see what could have went wrong. In the mail he gave me the solution and then told me that i had to change my summoner name without any expanation( note that i didn't get any reports, usually people didn't care about my name just the rioter did). So i changed it to ''Marxist ADC'' and contacted him to know why my name had to be changed. He told me that it was linked to stalin's regime and that stuff so i though ''well i knew this was going to come''. But he also told me that i had to change my new name ''Marxist ADC'' and the reason is that ''está relacionado con ideologías de dominación metal de la sociedad capitalista''. Transtaled would be that it's ''linked with metal domination ideologies of the capitalist society''. I was like ''What even is this reason'' and decided to go back to my old name(since no one reported me for it i though it was safe, i couldn't get a ban if no one reported me). And again asked for reasons. No reasons were given and i got a week suspension.

155 Comments

Spacesuit Spiff4/28/2018, 6:05:50 PM32 votes

Tbh id expect the boards to be more offended by the ADC part

saltran4/28/2018, 11:24:53 AM24 votes

Stalin did nothing wrong

Friendly Ram4/28/2018, 12:53:13 PM21 votes

This again? First bisex and now references to russias past are banned?

OnlyNineTails4/28/2018, 12:47:47 PM19 votes

I came across a guy called ChildrenRapist last night :/

Chermorg4/28/2018, 11:31:25 AM17 votes

Deliberately choosing offensive names is a punishable offense. You were given a free change, and you chose to use it to skirt the line of what's okay again.

Each region has different standards as to what is offensive and I cannot speak to the EUW standards - but I can certainly see how this would be offensive, especially in Europe.

PacoTabaco4/28/2018, 11:31:24 AM16 votes

And this is my first suspension btw. I didn't even get a chat restriction in my life.

Erwin RommeI4/28/2018, 3:35:20 PM15 votes

I was named Adolf Hitler . I didn't get banned or warned they just gave me a free name change.

SpiritOfOdysseus4/28/2018, 5:57:46 PM12 votes

The same thing would happen if you had "Hitlers ADC" as your name.

Stalin and Hitler were one in the same in terms of their cruelty towards whatever went against their regime. We literally don't have to go over this.

I can see Marxist ADC as a huge improvement over "Stalinist ADC", as Karl Marx can be compared to Ghandi with his school of thought. Apparently the Rioter is Cuban or something /s EDIT: oh this is EUW, well duh

Aakraos4/28/2018, 6:30:46 PM11 votes

This is just crazy, no excuses. Of course I follow the idea that "Stalinist ADC" could be a reasonable name, but question "Marxist ADC" as a name is total censorship. He was an ideologist and philosopher, his ideas did not harm people more then Nietsche's ones. The rioter may have been too earnest by questioning the "Stalinist ADC", but is understandable; he got totally wrong questioning the "Marxist ADC" name, and if Riot's rules are of this opinions, they are wrong.

hhaavviikk4/28/2018, 11:42:14 AM10 votes

quite the silly turn of events, even moreso that he responded in a different language lol

Mr Killalot4/29/2018, 1:02:47 AM4 votes

I honestly think that rioter is just discriminating against you based on his own personal beliefs. Your initial name is arguable at best (like I guess I can see how some people might be offended, but they would have pretty paper skin and are the same type that would go off on you for calling "maroon" red). But to say "Marxist", which is a school of thought, is offensive tells me this is nothing but discrimination on that rioters part. If you truly have never been reported for having an offensive name in game, this is a gross misuse of power by some rioter who is using his own personal beliefs and philosophies to control the game.

Penta Penguin4/29/2018, 3:09:53 AM4 votes

''well i knew this was going to come''

ok then, case closed, be smarter next time