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Could Someone Explain Chat Restrictions To Me?

Tilted Tiger··2 votes·319 views

I just got my first 10 game chat restriction this season and my overall 2nd.

Ocassionally I will get a string of team mates who intentionally try to tilt or grief me. For example as a Shen main I will tunnel vision hard (No minimap awareness) if tilted so I say "Don't tilt me or we will lose". Most teams don't mind, but some people start flaming the hell out of me.

I respond to every single insult or comment, and sometimes this leads in to a gangplank of team mates talking trash to me in an endless stream. If they talk trash I will respond in kind. Ex: Stfu Me: No you stfu.

Why would I get chat restricted for reacting hostile to hostile behavior? No one ever talks to me IRL the way people do on league. No one has ever told me "stfu" or called me a "bitch" in person, so I really don't understand.

I'd ask support, but I recall getting some very copy paste answers, or one time I asked about a skin bug and the guy just made shit up and said the bug never existed (Never resolved).

11 Comments

Final Spark Lux5 votes

Basically, someone else exhibiting toxic behavior towards you doesn't give you the right to stoop to their level and retaliate. Everyone is held accountable for their behavior, regardless of what others are saying or doing. You shouldn't even bother replying to these kinds of players. The best option will always be to mute them and report them after the game. Don't even ask others to report them; your report alone is enough to flag them for review.

Tilted Tiger1 votes

I did not know this, and it really helps me understand how this works. I thought that everything depended on context. Ie: Someone pulls out a knife on you. It is now okay to punch them in the face. Thank you

Final Spark Lux1 votes

You're welcome. I'm glad I could be of some assistance :3.

e46 Fanatic1 votes

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You're welcome. I'm glad I could be of some assistance :3.

Is there any way you could explain how a player who calls me an idiot, trash, harasses me about my starting items and more, can get away without a scratch? Because I reported the player and nothing happened, should I consult support staff about this?

Final Spark Lux1 votes

As long as you've reported the player and they did in-fact exhibit behavior as you described, I can assure you that the system will catch them and punish them accordingly. You won't always receive feedback when this happens (though to be honest I'm not sure why), but not receiving feedback doesn't mean the player wasn't caught.

You're more than welcome to contact Riot Support if you wish, but I honestly wouldn't worry about it. The system is very effective at doing its job.

I'm sorry you had to deal with that kind of player :(.

Kei1431 votes

Each time someone gets reported, the system checks for toxicity and assigns a grade. No toxicity = 0 points, hate speech = 100 points.

Get 100 points within a certain number of games, they'll get punished.

In your game, they didn't get to 100 points, so they won't get punished. ... Yet.

AeroWaffle3 votes

That analogy is different than how it works in the game.

You punch, kick, ect someone coming at you with a knife because that will actually help keep yourself alive. In the game, insulting another person does not stop them from insulting you. So doing so is just retaliation, not in self defense.

Rather than insulting them back accomplishing nothing, use mute. It immediately cuts off all insults coming from them.

Sarutobi2 votes

Chat Restriction is the lowest form of punishment, its telling the system while you are breaking the rules, its not so much that you are getting ban. With that said, according to Riots policy you arent suppose to handle toxic situation with toxic response. Just ignore them. How exactly are you responding to them that way solve the situation? You are only making it worse, because more often than not it will just make them respond more to you in that matter thus more conflict, which in turn means you guys arent paying attention to the game since all you guys are doing is chatting up over and over!

Tilted Tiger1 votes

I did not know that about Riot's policy. They really should put a fun video on the front page.

Sarutobi1 votes

Well it is in the terms of service you are suppose to read when everyone makes their account!

Fegone1 votes

Whatever you say is what you will be charged with, in case it's an offense. Context doesn't matter. It's in the TOS. You know , that long long text that you said you read and understand when you clicked the [YES] button?

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