I got permanently banned about 2 years ago for an offensive name change

Pyrithegethon··2 votes·1,291 views

Before I begin, I had no punishments prior to the ban, no 1 day, 2 day, or 14 day bans. Also no chat restrictions. I just want to get this off my chest. I am not asking for an unban.

The account was Diamond 5 at its best, I spent lots of hours into it, bought lots of skins, and had a lot of memories in general on my account.

I did name change a bit but none of those really led to anything, they were more for fun name changes such as when I decided to be a Draven main for 2 days and changed my name to LetMeDraven. I fed all of those games as Draven.

Then I decided to push it a little. I saw people with names that shouldn't get through such as having the word "porn", Nazi, and some other things not appropriate. So i changed my name to Jewplank a little before the GP rework and kept that name for a month or so when I log in and the game prompts me to name change.

My first action was to try Jewplank again but that didn't work so I checked Riot Support to see if they sent this force name change but saw nothing in my tickets. I later found out after the account was perma banned, it was linked to a different email. I thought nothing of it at the time (before being perma banned).

So I change my name to something like VarinOmega, a name I usually used in games along with CieloGreen for a while but then a tragic event happened when Paris was attacked in 2015. Now I, in all my genius decided to name change into a new name, that if I remember correctly, got me perma banned within about 5 hours of the name change. I don't want to get permanently banned again for saying the name as I think I might get banned again for saying it.

My first reaction was how did I get banned without a warning with a forced name change so I took to support, opened a ticket that took about 2 weeks to finally get a response saying they did issue me a warning to my support account and that I was being disrespectful with my name change to warrant a perma ban on the spot.

I asked for an unban, or compensation on a new account with some RP, got told no. I decided to try all emails I possibly used for league and found one that I hadn't used in a while with 1 support ticket in its history. Yup, the one saying you were force name changed from "Jewplank" as it was reported. Tried telling support that, they said no to an unban or whatever I was asking.

Now today I'm not asking for an unban or that Riot was unfair with my case. Do I want to be unbanned? Yea I do, I asked again and they said there will be no reversal on the account so I'm out of luck there. Then why am I writing this out for people to read? I just wanted to get this off my chest. I was being shitty and shouldn't have done what I did. It has been bugging me for a while now and I just needed to let it out. Ive typed something similar to this but always deleted it, might as well post it this time so I can look back?

This is my new account I made since then, doesn't have half of the champions or close to half the runes or rune pages but it's my account and I dont think I've name changed it from this current name of "Pyrithegethon".

20 Comments

PlsTouchMeGently2 votes

Was the name making fun of the people who died in the Paris attack? If so, your continued immaturity with regards to naming accounts 100% deserves a perma.

Pyrithegethon1 votes

Continued? I havent name changed since I got perma banned. I dont think it was making fun of them?

PlsTouchMeGently1 votes

The first one, with the gangplank related name, then the second one apparently related to the Paris attack.

Pyrithegethon1 votes

I'm not saying I didnt deserve the ban, I kinda had punishment coming, I just didnt expect a perma ban. Again, not saying I dont deserve it and should be unbanned, I didnt expect a perma ban.

Not saying my names were funny or id still name change back to them, I won't do names like that again if that makes sense, im contempt with my current name.

This Is Your Dad1 votes

With name changes they probably saw you continue to try and one up them, got sick of it, and just perma'd you. One time was okay, the second was meh, and by the third time they're thinking you're just trying to mess with them.

Pyrithegethon1 votes

They specifically told me the name was too offensive and insensitive that it warranted an immediate perma ban.

R7 Factor1 votes

I thought they just changed your name if it was offensive...

Pyrithegethon1 votes

I guess they do that once then perma ban if the name is bad enough.

J4 Ulted Mexico1 votes

How is jewplank offensive?

Pyrithegethon1 votes

The word Jew is offensive when used as a joke or racial stereotype. I think at least.

TheViper79111 votes

So many people I report with N word or Jew-followed by something hateful and they are still playing months later. I even open tickets on them, they are still playing with no name change months later.

What did you do to piss riot off?

Pyrithegethon1 votes

As I said, I changed into a name following the attacks on paris in 2015 that warranted a permanent ban within a few hours of name change. Thats what i did.

TheViper79111 votes

Outside of that....maybe they got a french staff member.

Pyrithegethon1 votes

Might as well say what my name was, if I get perma banned for mentioning it then so be it. You can still find the account.

IsisGankedParis

That's the name that got me permanently banned.

TheViper79111 votes

Strange. Ive opened tickets on names like killall<racistword>s. Months pass and they are still playing.

Pyrithegethon1 votes

Guess mine is worse?

Finn Teh Human1 votes

I'm probably not up to date on the new slang but I don't see how Jewplank is offensive... And if you could have created another account to put the name out there because it could just be stupid as fluff or offensive beyond belief...

Pennywise Main1 votes

I knew a guy with the summoner of "P*ssyEater"

Draven main.

100% positive he was, too.

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