Can i really get banned for being bad?

Orionlight·Sep 9, 2018·1 votes·5,924 views

Ok. I am lvl 40. But 90% of that was just sandboxing bot games. I was always a guy who played for a few months and put it down. I just started playing after a 2 year break.

This time around i really wanted to play this game and see how far i can go. I was 2200 rated in WOW arena so i "assume" i can improve here. Now ill be 100% honest im probably not much better then a Bronz 4. Maybe 3 at the moment.

Still. I feel regular pvp unranked seems like a waste of time. I just want to get through the 10 provisional matches, get placed and go from there.

So, obviously i am learning on the go. I do play a ton of bots co-op games. But its not like pvp. I do watch YouTube videos and read, downloaded a app if you believe this.

Still there is a lot to learn. And so im not that good. I wont lie there are some pretty toxic people but it doesn't bother me. I can laugh it off. But they like to threaten to report me and get me banned.

Can i be banned for not being good? Now i don't reciprocate the insults. I once told a guy to stop crying, but for the most part i just ignore and do my best. But i would be upset after a long day of work, if i could not sit down and play a game or two because i got banned because i was not good a jungle or ADC.

Thanks in advance. Orionlight.

21 Comments

VoldymortSep 9, 20185 votes

Can i be banned for not being good?

Jo0oSep 9, 20185 votes

Please don't jump from bots to ranked. Play norms first. Bots do a terrible job of teaching you the game, beyond the real bare-bone basics.

Icy Hot ShotoSep 9, 20184 votes

Riot can tell the difference between a bad player/bad game and someone who's genuinely trolling/inting. So you're fine.

DuskDaUmbreonSep 9, 20184 votes

You won't be banned for just being bad, no. Unless you're somehow so monumentally bad that it actually looks like legitimate inting, of course. But I don't think that's actually possible.

OrionlightSep 9, 20181 votes

Inting?

Jo0oSep 9, 20184 votes

Intentionally feeding.

DuskDaUmbreonSep 9, 20182 votes

Intentionally feeding - when you deliberately die to the enemy several times in order to give them a gold lead.

Baka RedSep 10, 20181 votes

Jo0o and DuskDaUmbreon already defined "Inting". You won't get banned for one or two cases of really bad games that look like inting. IFS has quite a lot of room for gameplay related offenses, because they are difficult for bot to estimate and Riot doesn't want to punish the innocents. Therefore some actual inters game long inting streaks without punishments. Therefore a player who actually tries to win but does badly won't be punished (except in theory).

Phant0m1011Apr 14, 20191 votes

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Jo0o and DuskDaUmbreon already defined "Inting". You won't get banned for one or two cases of really bad games that look like inting. IFS has quite a lot of room for gameplay related offenses, because they are difficult for bot to estimate and Riot doesn't want to punish the innocents. Therefore some actual inters game long inting streaks without punishments. Therefore a player who actually tries to win but does badly won't be punished (except in theory).

Actually wrong because i just got banned for having 5 bad games which i have been reported in my last 20 games and got a 14 day ban. So yeah you can get banned for being bad

Baka RedApr 15, 20191 votes

I am not an expert on Rift matches, but your last Singed match looks like intentional feeding to me; You have serrated dirk and warhammer on an AP tank, you have 13 deaths in a match that lasted for 16 minutes, most deaths occurred in midlane, with 4½ in bottom, when you are supposedly playing top (My guess is that Twitch and Thresh are bot, Neeko mid, and Eve is jungle - so you are most likely top, unless your team agreed that you are something weird instead). That looks like intentional feeding to me and thus you were most likely punished for that. If you disagree, go tell that to Riot Support. It is unlikely that you will get support from the boards for your claim that "you just played bad". For me (and most likely some/most others here) this punishment looks to be just right.

MrFawknSunshineSep 9, 20183 votes

if you could be banned for playing bad then every one below diamond 2 would have been banned already

AJStarhikerSep 10, 20181 votes

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if you could be banned for playing bad then every one below diamond 2 would have been banned already

And then the bottom would keep getting filed off until it's just Faker.

zPOOPzSep 10, 20181 votes

I don't know... even Faker has bad games....

disregardableSep 9, 20182 votes

keep in mind, the behavior that people exhibit in games is generally not allowed.

Riot is just slow to punish people. really slow.

like it takes months of bad behavior to get a 2 week ban, for most people.

My Names GumbasSep 10, 20181 votes

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keep in mind, the behavior that people exhibit in games is generally not allowed.

Riot is just slow to punish people. really slow.

like it takes months of bad behavior to get a 2 week ban, for most people.

Actually it takes a single game IF they happened to spill out a zero tolerance word, Like the N word, F_G, Other racial slurs etc.

zPOOPzSep 9, 20182 votes

Still. I feel regular pvp unranked seems like a waste of time. I just want to get through the 10 provisional matches, get placed and go from there.

It most definitely NOT a waste of time if 90% of your game experience in League are bot games. What is the rush to jump into ranked? You need the stop gaps between bot games and ranked game with normals.

OrionlightSep 10, 20181 votes

I hear you. But from my standpoint. I i play these 10 games (6 so far) and get placed in Bronze something. Every game matters. Like a sport. When i play a unranked game i feel like "i could be working towards my placement."

Its a clumsy analogy but like the preseason NFL it is a real game but its not.

I don't dismiss your point. But the trash talk is no easier in non ranked.

However i do know what its like to be in heated and competitive pvp and have a loose end cost you. So its why im not too judgmental of the flaming i have recived. You reap what you sow in life i guess. Lol.

I am not going to be embarrassed to play in a bronze league. Im in my 40s, i just want a time sink durring the winter. And if i can clime out of bronze id be happy.

zPOOPzSep 10, 20183 votes

Like a sport. When i play a unranked game i feel like "i could be working towards my placement."

You are right. Like sport, you need to PRACTICE before you jump into a ranking ladder game with your team (because your performance affect also your teammates rankings). Bot games are NOT practice because they are predictable and they create bad habits.

OrionlightSep 10, 20182 votes

I respect your point.

Malefic RealitySep 9, 20181 votes

I don't think you'll get banned unless you are intentionally being bad and not trying. But I'm pretty sure if someone is salty enough they will report you and claim you were inting or griefing. I doubt you will actually get banned for it.