Why was I punished for this?

Tasogare··1 votes·408 views

Recently I played a game with a graves with the name of 'htiloas.' Below I have pasted the things I said during that game. None of which I thought were offensive considering I got a 25--game chat restriction. The only thing I will admit was offensive was my use of the 'n-word' which I will take responsibility for, but it wasn't in any means an intentional racist comment or threat. Game 1 Player l: dis boi graves Player l: you were offered jungle Player l: and you decided to go graves adc Player l: loooooooooooool Player l: ??? Player l: i'm thresh aren't I? Player l: lmao Player l: so mad its hilarious Player l: nicre Player l: ? Player l: graves is flaming Player l: im not gonna support him Player l: didnt even leash jungle Player l: wtf??? Player l: you called us %%%s and you're gonna say 'im not saying anything' Player l: lmao Player l: nopls Player l: haha Player l: lol Player l: :D Player l: wp guys Player l: nah Player l: .-. Player l: more kills less deaths :) Player l: awwww Player l: dumb slow Player l: I was just trying to recall Player l: no harm done Player l: chocolate %%%%%% Player l: owch Player l: ggggg Player l: lol I don't think this game was worthy of a 25 game chat restriction seeing as Graves was being toxic, calling us offensive slurs, and was repeatedly and openly rude to all of us. Someone please help me, if any of you have any experience with this kind of situations. Did I do something insanely wrong to warrant this punishment? If so, please let me know. Thanks!

13 Comments

Karunamon3 votes

The only thing I will admit was offensive was my use of the 'n-word' which I will take responsibility for

You just answered your own question. Play your 25 games, don't do that again, and you'll be fine.

However:

Player l: im not gonna support him

This right here is an exact example of something Riot calls out as reportable in their support articles. Probably shouldn't do that either.

Tasogare1 votes

Yes, I see but am I just one of the special cases where someone actually gets unlucky and is punished? I don't know if it's just because I'm in bronze elo where the people aren't the nicest, but I've seen people type racist comments and things like that before and i've never seen a notification from the tribunal after I've reported them... And yes I see your point about me not wanting to support him, but I felt it acceptable because these were normals, he went out of his way to spite our jungler, and he was calling us rude terms as well... Is that not punishable for either??

Karunamon3 votes

It totally is punishable, but the way the reporting system works, you don't get the "we got 'em, thanks for your help" popup unless your report, personally, was the last one that led to someone getting the item 3133 dropped on them.

Don't ever, ever think your reports are useless, bad feedback from the client be damned. Every single one counts so long as you always report legitimately.

Usually it takes more than one game of bad behavior to wind up chat restricted, though hatespeech is a bit of a special case.

Tasogare1 votes

Alright, I see the error in my ways. Thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it. I'll finish these 24 more games and see if I can't stop saying bad words xD Thanks again!

Zombiemaster3 votes

The only thing I will admit was offensive was my use of the 'n-word' which I will take responsibility for, but it wasn't in any means an intentional racist comment or threat.

Even if you didn't intend it to be intentionally racist, it's very hard to convey that to a complete over the internet, and someone could very easily take it as racist because they don't fully know your intent. This type of language can easily be grounds for an escalated punishment to a 14 day or permanent ban, so I'd say be glad that didn't happen with you here, and to avoid such language in the future.

Tasogare1 votes

Yeah I guess you're right, but am I just one of the few unlucky cases where Riot actually punishes someone for racism? I've played quite a few hundred games and I've seen racial slurs and the like everywhere but I never get a notification from the tribunal after I've reported them... Am I doing something wrong?

Zombiemaster4 votes

No, you aren't doing anything wrong if you are reporting them. The notification will only show up if your report was the final report that triggered their punishment. If they don't get punished immediately after your report, it doesn't mean that their behavior was acceptable or that your report didn't matter, because if they continue that behavior they will be punished and your report will definitely help with that. However, if this situation, you will not receive a notification that someone you reported has been punished.

EDIT: Also, with the current system, a single game most of the time will not result in punishment. Punishments are generally given when a player exhibits negative behavior across multiple games. So, if a player is punished from your report, it likely means that they haven't had enough reported games to trigger a review of their account. Like I said above, it doesn't mean that their behavior is acceptable.

For you specifically, I highly doubt that this one game was what contributed to your punishment. The system is designed to send you only 103 of the more recent games that helped, but it's not necessarily everything that lead to your punishment.

Tasogare1 votes

Yeah I see now lol... My bad, I can kinda see why I was punished now, I'm not the cleanest person on LoL right now haha. Thanks for your help again friend, I'll try my best to stop doing stuff like this now :)

AraMoOse2 votes

Racism is completely unacceptable. It is usually punished with an instant permanent ban. You should consider yourself lucky to have received only a 25 game chat restriction.

Tasogare1 votes

Like I've said to the previous people above, I've seen multiple cases of other players being racist and throwing racial slurs around randomly, but have never been punished for it either. Why is that?

Tasogare1 votes

I do understand that I shouldn't be saying things like that, however I don't think that's why I was chat restricted...

AraMoOse2 votes

Do you think the fact that some people get away with murder means you should be allowed to murder people?

Tasogare1 votes

That's not what I meant when I said that. I was asking why other people haven't been punished, but I understand now Thanks for your help anyways!

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