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First time in 5 years I've been restricted.

Prodigious Mid·8/12/2019, 8:22:11 PM·1 votes·1,963 views

Ok yea, I made a mistake. I got mad at a few incompetent people in the game. Nothing unusual, just part of the amazing league experience. However, this is the first time that I've gotten any punishment in my 5 years playing league and two accounts. I admit it wasn't necessary to get mad over a game but, I just don't think it was fair that I got 14 days of suspension. Heres what I said: Game 1 In-Game Prodigious Mid: oh Prodigious Mid: i thought it was #remake Prodigious Mid: lmao Prodigious Mid: my mind Prodigious Mid: is blown Prodigious Mid: by how Prodigious Mid: you guys obviously dont know how to play your lane Prodigious Mid: but still didnt dodge Prodigious Mid: and now Prodigious Mid: your like Prodigious Mid: can we ff? Prodigious Mid: it's called go to norms Prodigious Mid: and learn to dodge skill shots Prodigious Mid: wow Prodigious Mid: my q Prodigious Mid: i did Prodigious Mid: ult increease range Prodigious Mid: and you flasehd Prodigious Mid: pFT Prodigious Mid: my ult be on 40% cdr Prodigious Mid: no homo yah? Prodigious Mid: LMAO Prodigious Mid: inbred Prodigious Mid: i made a mistake ^ Prodigious Mid: holy Prodigious Mid: why this game so hard :L Prodigious Mid: i usually win by now Prodigious Mid: those 2 first Prodigious Mid: yasuo Prodigious Mid: if i knockup Prodigious Mid: you need to ult Prodigious Mid: aight? Prodigious Mid: where Prodigious Mid: is Prodigious Mid: yasuo Prodigious Mid: R Prodigious Mid: ????? Prodigious Mid: i got Prodigious Mid: 3 man knockuop Prodigious Mid: all squishies Prodigious Mid: YOU NEEDED Prodigious Mid: TO R Prodigious Mid: AND WE WIN Prodigious Mid: LMAO Prodigious Mid: yas if your as good as you talk you would be plat Prodigious Mid: but no Prodigious Mid: im actually plat and smurfing while you're hard stuck silver Prodigious Mid: LMAO Prodigious Mid: Da Re with accented e Prodigious Mid: LMAO Prodigious Mid: gg Post-Game Prodigious Mid: LMAO Prodigious Mid: the only reason this game went for so long is because you and bot fed like a %%%%%% Prodigious Mid: and you finnaly got fed enough by picking up kills Prodigious Mid: %%%%%% is not racist Prodigious Mid: it's a derogatory word for gay men

To be really honest, I don't think this was even a big deal. I called someone something "Offensive" but in league this happens all the time. I did not call him to action by asking him to quit, I did not tell him the famous 3 letter words of "kys", nor did I threaten him with bodily harm in any way.

If anything I expected something like a 20 game chat restriction giving me a warning saying "Hey, wake the f$@# up, dont say things like that." but no I got slapped in the face with a 14-day ban.

Some context of why I told the bot-lane they "obviously don't know how to play their lane" was because they explicitly said "I don't know how to play ADC/Supp." and still played. I wasn't saying that out of anywhere, I was just being like. "Let me get this straight, you ______ but you still did it?."

41 Comments

ModThe Djinn8/12/2019, 8:26:54 PM6 votes

This is absolutely fair. You may have had 5 years of good behavior, but using homophobic hate speech is not a minor violation -- it's a severe breach of the terms of use, and earns escalated punishments.

GatekeeperTDS8/12/2019, 8:27:52 PM6 votes

Prodigious Mid: the only reason this game went for so long is because you and bot fed like a %%%%%% Prodigious Mid: and you finnaly got fed enough by picking up kills Prodigious Mid: %%%%%% is not racist

Hate speech is an immediately escalated punishment, so that's why you got the 14-day suspension.

Whatever the case, you used either a colorfully racist N-word or a colorfully homophobic F-word and this punishment is 1000% deserved. Talking to someone like that in a video game is really, really sad.

KFCeytron8/12/2019, 10:20:17 PM2 votes

Your opinion of the rules is of zero relevance. When a cop stops you for going 40 in a 25 zone, you can claim "I think the limit should be 45 here" all you want. You're still getting a ticket. If a librarian asks you to keep your voice down while you use the facilities, shouting that libraries should be loud will simply get you escorted out. If you go to a friend's house who insists that you remove your shoes while you're in their home, "that's a stupid rule and I do what I want" will lose you a friend. If you are using someone else's services, facilities, equipment, etc., you abide by their rules or you deal with the consequences. If you think the rules should change, that is a completely different conversation (and I wouldn't give a plugged nickel for your chances at convincing Riot to change their rules to allow behavior like yours).

From Riot's support knowledgebase:

We work with the overall community and within our own company guidelines to identify what disruptive behavior is and what the consequences for those behaviors should be. We understand that it can be difficult to know where the line is, which is why we provide chat logs and we have a few tiers in the ban process in order to allow for you to learn and grow.

You weren't punished for misbehaving in one game. You were punished for misbehaving in one more game, in a consistent pattern of negative behavior that breaks the game's rules. Additionally, the reform card doesn't always show all the logs that led to your punishment: it randomly selects up to several logs. You might see three logs, but you also might see as few as one, even for players whose punishment stems not from a small number of egregious infractions but rather from dozens of instances of mild toxicity. The purpose of the reform card is to tell you how to reform, so it shows you an example of the behavior that prompted your punishment and explains that such behavior is inappropriate and should be avoided if you want to maintain an account in good standing.

Usually, one transgression by itself wouldn't be enough to bring such a punishment to an otherwise clean account, but the IFS works on an escalating punishment system. Breaking a minor rule, like engaging the team in useless arguments, has a minor punishment: a chat restriction. Breaking that same rule over and over again, however, doesn't prompt an endless series of chat restrictions. The severity of the punishment ramps up over time, because the goal is to eliminate the punished player's willingness to break the game's rules. If two chat restrictions don't stop the useless arguments, the system will increase the punishment to a 14-day suspension and deliver a very clear message that the continued rule-breaking is becoming a serious issue and any further instances will result in a permaban. Again, the point is to put a stop to this misbehavior. If a player is more interested in repeatedly breaking the rules than in maintaining access to their account, they'll lose access to their account.

Of course, it's possible to break major rules, like cheating, threatening people, or using chat for hate speech, and skip punishment tiers so that a clean account ends up with a 14-day suspension or even a permaban.

From Riot's support knowledgebase:

PUNISHMENTS GENERALLY FOLLOW A BASIC ESCALATION PATH:

  • First Offense: 10 Game Chat Restriction
  • Second Offense: 25 Game Chat Restriction
  • Third Offense: Two Week Suspension
  • Fourth Offense: Permanent Suspension

However, it is possible to skip to a Two Week or Permanent suspension based on the severity of the behavior in the game. Excessive negative behavior can result in a Two-Week or Permanent suspension at any time without having a chat restriction on the account.

From Riot's support knowledgebase:

We have a zero-tolerance policy for extreme negative behavior as well as extremely offensive language and remarks made in game towards other players. Since it is a severe disregard for the Summoner’s Code this sort of behavior can result in skipping to a Two week or Permanent suspension. Suspensions of this degree based on negative behavior will not likely be reduced or removed.