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Toxic Community perma bans

DeMGoTcHaBoYz··1 votes·1,337 views

Recently perma banned due to retorting with similar language to 2 players in a game who were hostile. (negative attitude/bad language)

Some final thoughts before leaving this game behind.

Riot continues to have the most toxic community/ban happy system of any online game I've ever played. This is a competitive environment, people react differently under pressure. I personally do not take any offense to someone venting or raging if that's their way of coping with a situation putting stress on them.

That being said, riot's notification to players that people have been punished seems more of a reward to keep people trigger happy. The feeling of justice served via reporting every affront. Be it poor performance, bad language, itemization. When a game has become sensitive to the point of using bad language, calling someone's BS or a bad play is so traumatic for that player, their only option is to report this as a means of what? feeling better and getting back at the person calling them out? Seems less of a system for improved player attitude in games and more of catering to those with a need to justify their continued investment into this game. Hopefully dev's looking to make a future online game who use this as a template to reflect on community management systems take some lessons learned. Make a better product than this. This game is fun, under the right circumstances. I hope this community improves in the future.

14 Comments

Jamaree8 votes

Sweet, another toxic player gone, no longer to return, system works.

Thee Pie Man4 votes

I find your entire logical chain ironic here but let's focus on one part, specifically these two things.

"Recently perma banned due to retorting with similar language to 2 players in a game who were hostile. (negative attitude/bad language)

Riot continues to have the most toxic community/ban happy system of any online game I've ever played. This is a competitive environment, people react differently under pressure. I personally do not take any offense to someone venting or raging if that's their way of coping with a situation putting stress on them. "

You got perma'd not JUST because of the retorting, and you should realize that. You got perma'd for continual bad behavior. You didn't learn your lesson and the system took care of it like it should.

How can you not personally take any offense, while at the same time "retorting" as in you felt the need to say your piece on something, in a similar manner; that you believed to be hostile to begin with? If you really wouldn't have taken any offense, you probably wouldn't be here for this reason at the very least- sooooo obviously you did take offense to something that was said to you for whatever reason, be it venting or what not and that landed you in hot water. Although you omitted your logs which- in my opinion means that you know what you did was bad.

That part is good, that's a step forward. It's a shame you didn't learn that until your perma-ban though, and instead of actually changing yourself for the better you're stomping off to go do something else, which may be seen as growth to some but to me it's just kind of running away from the problem instead of facing it overall, you're not living with a mistake you're brushing it off instead. Completely up to you though, just as was your choice to say negative/rude things in the chat.

Regardless, you deserved it. "Eye for an Eye" never really makes a lick of sense, you don't want certain things being said to you- or at least generally that's the consensus the community agrees upon and utilizes for the system currently in place, so the idea that you feel it's somehow or someway unjustified or unfair because other people were doing similar, again makes little sense. Generally if you wouldn't say it to your mother in a nice tone, then you shouldn't say it to anyone else and should keep your thoughts to yourself. That's my personal rule of thumb and I've never been chat restricted or banned.

Well, peace to you~

Silent Gravity3 votes

If this is true,

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I personally do not take any offense to someone venting or raging if that's their way of coping with a situation putting stress on them.

Then, why did you feel the need to do this?

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retorting with similar language to 2 players in a game who were hostile. (negative attitude/bad language)

DeMGoTcHaBoYz1 votes

I don't think you understand. There are no "hurt feelings" involved. Someone initiates trash talk, I'm all game for it, I will trash talk back. Not because i am hurt, upset, angry. I enjoy all aspects of competitive play. The trash talking is another fun angle of it. If you start it, that's fine with me, let's give it a go back and forth. Don't cry and report someone after because you're so upset, when you initiated it! People who reflect on these situations as personal attacks on them by some random person online is pathetic. Lighten up, get out of your bubble. If this is too aggressive an outlook, I am not meant to be part of this community. Maybe I need more tendies and hunny mussie. haha

Voldymort1 votes

i hope you realize one day how hipocritical you're being right now...

DeMGoTcHaBoYz1 votes

I was banned for talking trash back. That does not mean i did it because i was upset, i did it in response out of amusement. Am I the only person who plays games, sports or otherwise competitive situations that LIKES when people get amped up enough to lash out? For some reason you are struggling to understand the concept behind talking trash being fun. it's banter, it's amusing to see people get so hype over trivial nonsense. My issue is, don't start it, if you can't take it. It is the embodiment of today's modern online gamer. Calm down out there, it will be ok.

Voldymort2 votes

For some reason you are struggling to understand the concept behind talking trash being fun. it's banter

it's not banter if it's toxic, by definition

Banter is the art of using word play, opinions, exaggeration, irony, sarcasm, and other comedic themes to (playfully) humiliate, make fun of, and laugh at your friends. if you use insults, slurs and are generally being a jerk then it stops being banter

DeMGoTcHaBoYz1 votes

Why not? What makes people get so hurt over bad language? no personal threats issued, no sexual harassment, just good old fashioned trash talking each other. Sensitivity set to maximum

Silent Gravity3 votes

When you want to reply to someone, it helps to click the "reply" button underneath their post.

I'm going to assume, based on the time stamps that this reply was to me.

You seem to be misunderstanding me. I am asking you why you got so hurt over bad language. What made you consider those other people hostile?

Voldymort1 votes

Recently perma banned due to retorting with similar language to 2 players in a game who were hostile. (negative attitude/bad language)

I personally do not take any offense to someone venting or raging if that's their way of coping with a situation putting stress on them.

i like your mental gymnastics process...

DeMGoTcHaBoYz1 votes

Gymnastics? Friend..lets talk about this. Help me help you. Explain your confusion. Working together, i know we can sort it out. It's simple, initiate trash talking, gets offended when responded in like kind, reported for the same behavior initiated, banned. What's interesting is riot reported to me that they were banned as well. The system working to keep the peace.

Voldymort1 votes

Explain your confusion.

i'm not the one who appears to be confused...

You said that you "don't take offense to raging and venting" but at the same time you admit to being banned for "retorting with similar language to 2 players in a game who were hostile. (negative attitude/bad language)". Somebody is lacking in the self awareness department if you ask me....

or are you going to tell me that you retorted without taking offense to their flaming, but because there was some other reason?

fatherdarius1 votes

Perhaps he just trying to [ahem... cough] communicate with them 'on their level'.

If so, I'd say mission accomplished. :\

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