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Thoughts on getting banned from the boards

zeskgames·11/4/2017, 2:05:06 AM·8 votes·927 views

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Where to begin? I guess with how I got banned. One day I was playing top and got stomped by a Yasuo, again. Unlike all the other times, it was late at night, the game was a dumpster fire, every lane was fed. When Yasuo dashed up to me and 3 shot me right before the game ended I lost it. Thoughts were swirling through me head,

"How could a champ like this even exist?"

"What kind of sociopath would design something so disgusting?"

"And who in their right mind would go about playing them?"

I took to the boards, went to the gameplay section and wrote a scathing rant about how Yasuo, it's players, and it's creators were all terrible people. Every word, every letter typed with uncontrollable rage and after finishing my two paragraph long rant I posted it, and then waited. The next day early in the morning I checked on my work, I went through every comment, friend and foe on the subject alike, insulted them for not agreeing with me, or insulted them for not agreeing with me on the levels that I felt. I decided one post wasn't enough, so I made a second, though more organized it was the same hateful writing I did the first time. Then I got a comment that said "Dude, you need to de-stress before you get banned". Arrogantly, I thought "Ha! I'm just telling the truth and it scares him." Hours later, I got a message in my alerts, I had never received a lesson in my alerts before, clicked it, and found out I was hit with a 3 day ban. At first I was confused, what did I do that was so bad? I'm just voicing my opinion. Then I read back through what the moderators sent me, I said some horrible things, things I regret. My ban was just.

What did I learn? You may be thinking "Blah, blah, blah cool story bro, what's the point?" Simple, never post while tilted, you'll just write something that will get you in trouble and you'll regret later. Learn from my experience so you don't have to. To anyone I insulted during those two days, I'm sorry. I'm probably going to get torn apart on here for apologizing since its "for the weak" or whatever, but it needs to be said. Learn from my mistake so you don't have to.

17 Comments

ModUlanopo11/4/2017, 2:35:23 AM10 votes

I don't think it's ever weak to look back at your behavior and consider what you might have done differently. Stoicism (the real version, not the macho nonsense so often touted around here) teaches that all feelings are correct and okay; it's what you do with those feelings that counts.

Sometimes a game is going to be an absolute shitshow and there's nothing wrong with being upset. At least in this case you didn't get your account in trouble and seem to have learned an important life lesson.

Kudos, man. I mean that. Not everyone can be strong enough to admit when they were wrong.

AetherArising11/4/2017, 4:40:16 AM2 votes

Mate, you got balls of adamantite for admitting you were in the wrong. Idk you but you seem like a good sort. Wish there were more people like you out there, since asking for a purely nicer community is impossible, whom have the guts to say "Hey, i screwed up and I admit it."

Props to you [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Grim Reaper 811/4/2017, 2:09:06 AM1 votes

They are so many people like you tnx to flawless system :)

Telephone Booth11/4/2017, 4:16:46 AM1 votes

I've been banned from the boards twice. Once for 24 hours, and the other for 3 days. I wasn't angry, I wasnt insulting anyone. One was for expressing my opinion on homophobia, which was a conversation I joined in on, so it's not like I brought it up. The other was for a crass joke about a mushroom. I laughed both times. I just forget the rules sometimes and speak as if it's a YouTube comment section. Meh. Luckily I only use the boards when I'm bored at work.

Snake Prince11/7/2017, 8:58:30 PM1 votes

submisive .

Modi11/4/2017, 3:18:18 AM1 votes

Recognizing internal issues (no matter what kind of issue) is extremely difficult. Making an effort, to change can be even harder. You should be proud of your introspection and your effort to learn. There are a great many people who refuse to learn or change (just look at this board for evidence).

I will say there are many ways to disagree while still being respectful. Also, try not to feed the forum trolls, they are worse than in-game trolls.

ShinkoMinori11/4/2017, 2:09:32 AM1 votes

I don't think anyone who you insulted will read this or care enough to know you are apologizing.