A Cry for Help

psycodiver·3/7/2016, 8:27:12 PM·4 votes·2,547 views

Hi, I have been playing since beta (or around that time.) Over the years I've understood to "mute all" at the beginning of a game. I don't think I need to justify this as it should be obvious why.

When the tribunal was introduced I ran into a problem. I was sent a warning email that I will be banned if I continue to ignore my team. The only reason they gave was that they had a number of reports about me ignoring the requests of my team members.

It seems Riot has given me two options: Option 1: Buy a gun, place a bullet in it, cock the trigger, and place the gun in the hands of my "team" and indicate for them to shoot me in the head. Option 2: Quit the game.

I think tribunal needs to review the rules surrounding this issue. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

16 Comments

RiotRiot Tantram3/7/2016, 8:39:04 PM11 votes

What? It's never been punishable to not communicate in chat. Please post the email.

Awkward Couch3/7/2016, 8:37:10 PM1 votes

Wait, do you still have that e-mail? Because you can't get in trouble for doing that. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=828321&page=3#post9792390 I'd send in a ticket with a screenshot of that e-mail because someone at Riot fucked up.

psycodiver3/7/2016, 8:47:20 PM1 votes

This was some time ago, it was at least over a year ago. When it happened it turned me off playing, that's why this was a slow response. I thought Riot had lost their minds.

I can check my old emails for it but I think it's unlikely that I will find it because it happened so long ago. I can say with certainty that IT DID happen.

Perhaps the rules of the tribunal has changed since?

Linthe3/7/2016, 8:51:41 PM1 votes

No.. Failure to communicate (verbally) is an urban myth that is often perpetuated in this forum. Pings are ALWAYS an acceptable min level of communication.

Think about it like this:

Player gets chat banned for verbal abuse.

Then player CANNOT chat. So player is guaranteed to get punished for failure to communicate.

Does not happen. (I often go entire games without saying anything in game.. sometimes nothing in pre or post game either.)

psycodiver3/7/2016, 8:57:42 PM1 votes

Some people show doubt that this actually happened. I can understand that, it might be unbelievable to some people. I will check my inbox. I will say again it is unlikely that I will find it considering it happened so long ago.

In any case, it seems that this is no longer or wasn't being practiced. So that's good news for me, I'm happy to hear that.

EDIT: I haven't cleared out my inbox since 2014. :)

AJStarhiker3/7/2016, 9:23:21 PM1 votes

If it happened when Tribunal was introduced, that would have been back in S1 and Refuse to Communicate may not have been fully established as a dump report. Or it could have happened during the rolling chat bans, when the system messed up by assuming no chat equalled no improvement.