Is Riot ever going to admit that permenant bans don't solve toxicity

Hallbuster·6/27/2017, 4:54:53 PM·1 votes·518 views

Coming from a player with no ban history or toxic behavior, I do not believe Riot should allow ANY kind of toxicity in their game. That being said, I also do not feel that permenant bans are not the right ways to address this, as it creates additional problems, mostly smurfing. Players obtain smurfs by doing two things, making them or buying them. Smurfs who made a separate account will use that one account to do whatever they want without reccupasation. While players that buy them create an illegal market that floods the servers with bots, making game modes next to unplayable, aka twisted treeline.

Instead of punishing toxic players for bad behavior we need to reward them for being good. Players who don't AFK / flame / troll in 20 or more games should be eligible for temporary ip boosts or additional hextech boxes.

15 Comments

TrulyBland6/27/2017, 5:12:51 PM3 votes

Of course permanent bans aren't a good solution, hence why Riot uses them as a last resort when it's statistically speaking certain that the individual won't reform. If Riot thought permabans "solved" toxicity, they wouldn't issue chat restrictions and two-week bans. They also wouldn't have reworked the honor system; or even introduced it in the first place.

Permabans are the bottom line. They are the maximum inconvenience that Riot can sensibly impose, which at that point is purely used as a deterrent to even play the game. Permabans are the go-to method of dealing with whoever cannot be dealt with by any other means, and as such they're not meant to be a solution. They are there to mitigate damage when no solution was found.

Quepha6/27/2017, 8:33:52 PM2 votes

Solving toxicity is impossible, the goal is to reduce it as much as possible.

Jo0o6/27/2017, 6:28:52 PM1 votes

In addition to the good points that the other two have made already, the new honor system is going to give us special honor chests.

ScantyXKneesocks6/27/2017, 8:00:06 PM1 votes

They're really leaving it to the players. Mostly the toxic ones. To realize that they are getting angry over a video game. I can see a few employees of theirs laughing at how mad some people get

oSEXYPLATYPUSo6/27/2017, 9:58:17 PM1 votes

riot can only be reactionary to behavior they cant stop or police it from happening....

people who break the rules needs to be banned.

its not riots fault they are toxic nor the actions of others.

it comes from people being immature jackasses and think cuz its on the internet its ok

HexaDecimel6/28/2017, 5:16:22 PM1 votes

You may want to have a look at the new Honor system. Rewards players for being honorable regardless of whether or not they win.

This Is Your Dad6/27/2017, 8:31:23 PM1 votes

With the stupid botting accounts permabans mean nothing. I just get stuck here in silver 3 with all the toxic smurfs joining ranked again to buy 6 tears and run it down mid if someone pings them 1 time.

Krigjer6/27/2017, 6:23:05 PM1 votes

Instead of punishing toxic players for bad behavior we need to reward them for being good. Players who don't AFK / flame / troll in 20 or more games should be eligible for temporary ip boosts or additional hextech boxes.

They tried this with icons and mystery skins if you were a player with an account in good standing. It proved ineffective for people that already misbehave, and was just an extra reward for people that already followed TOS.

ModPrandine6/28/2017, 10:55:05 PM

While there needs to be meaningful rewards for those that behave, there also needs to be meaningful consequences for those that misbehave.