How do I make sure to not to get perma-banned??!

Camil Toe·Nov 29, 2016·1 votes·1,078 views

So recently I have found myself getting sucked into /all chat. After playing for some time now I have recently received a 2 week ban. Based on the chat logs it was deserved and I do not deny getting toxic. Firstly, I have disabled all chat to cut back on what I see from enemy team. Other then that though how do I ensure that I do not get perma-banned? Like if I just decide not to type in chat at all anymore what so ever but still ping team can I get reported for lack of communication? And if so are those reports different from verbal reports? Would really like to avoid losing my account after all the time, money and energy I've spent on this game.

13 Comments

Finn Teh HumanNov 29, 20162 votes

You actually can't get banned for not talking to your team anymore. Pings is also considered communication too. So if you don't talk in game or just mute everyone you can't get banned.

Camil ToeNov 29, 20161 votes

cool, thats one less thing to worry about then.

ThefrostyvikingNov 29, 20162 votes

Well if you find yourself unable to ignore the all chat then disabling it was good idea. And i don't think you can be reported for no communication as long as you ping enough. If people complain saying that that pings aren't enough because it's easy to forget them then that's their issue as far as i am concerned.

^Person above seems to think something similar.

Camil ToeNov 29, 20161 votes

Ok, thanks thats what I was worried about. Rather just not talk at all to make sure I do not get reported.

HyperiönNov 29, 20162 votes

There isn't any need to talk in the game. The pings can pretty much tell everything. Just mute everyone. Disabling all chat was a good step. Now just take it a step further and mute your team and just ping.

Camil ToeNov 29, 20161 votes

Yeah, think i will have to do that also. Just gets super irritating when you get flamed (usually by the person 0/5 at 10 min) and I am the person that has to talk back. lol really have to stop though. Do not wanna lose my account.

MadmanWithBoxNov 29, 20162 votes

Disabling all-chat is a great first step.

{quoted} Like if I just decide not to type in chat at all anymore what so ever but still ping team can I get reported for lack of communication?

-Can you get reported? Yes. But you can get reported for literally anything, all it takes is for someone to hit the red button.

-Would Riot punish you for it? I don't think so; not in this context.

Failure to Communicate reports are often threatened by players, but (to my knowledge) seldom acted on. Lyte has said on multiple occasions that most players don't use chat.

The only time you need to talk to your teammates is when you're doing something crazily unexpected. There was a recent case of a streamer queuing for support and playing Roaming Smite Singed. He got a 2-week ban because he wasn't informing his teammates of his wildly off-meta strategy in lobby. He'd just silently insta-lock and leave his ADC in a 2v1 lane.

Doesn't look like that's the case here. You could probably just /mute all at the beginning of every game and be fine.

Sona PingNov 29, 20162 votes

You aren't going to get reported/banned for not using chat. Just make sure that you don't do things that would antagonize people, don't AFK in base, don't tilt-out if losing and solopush a side-lane over and over, that sort of things. Just never do anything questionable.

Ever. Because after a 2 week ban, you are basically on the last line of shape up or ship out and it will take a very long time to get back into good standing, I think especially if you are not using chat but desperate times call, right?

Camil ToeNov 29, 20161 votes

I never afk in base , troll, etc. It's all from getting toxic with trolls. So hopefully if i just stop talking completely I'll be alright. How long does it take for your account to be considered "reformed"?

MadmanWithBoxNov 29, 20161 votes

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I never afk in base , troll, etc. It's all from getting toxic with trolls. So hopefully if i just stop talking completely I'll be alright. How long does it take for your account to be considered "reformed"?

As far as I know, the punishment is over when the ban is up. If there is a chat restriction included afterwards, you'll be told how many games that will last.

I mean, your account will be monitored more closely for an indefinite amount of time. If you make toxic in chat, even a little, they'll be quick to act on it again. Riot doesn't publish details on how long that watch lasts, but it should be a non-issue - because you don't plan on misbehaving.

Sona PingNov 29, 20161 votes

I'm not saying you do, if you were thinking that I was. I was only giving those as examples to say you should not do anything at all questionable like ignoring the game and only farming a lane which isn't mentioned as a specific example of rule violation but is something that people may report you for giving up and waiting until the game ends because you are already at 3 strikes right now and don't want anything valid to be reported. We don't want to touch anything; it's fragile .

And I'm saying not to ever, ever do anything questionable at all, ever, because...

DISCLAIMER: This is based on what I have read on the boards. I cannot find any official statements. I cannot attest to accuracy or that they are matching Official Riot Policies. It would be nice if Riot stickied them or something.

...it keeps being said that in order to move down a tier you have to show improved behaviour in many games over a time. I have concerns that since it was due to chat, and you are not using chat, you wouldn't be showing that much improvement, you know? But I don't know. As for time frame, I have heard some say three months per, but others have said that it's about amount of games and amount of improvement and I would think the latter is more likely. After all, it doesn't make sense that someone just not play for a few months and be "reformed", right? And I do recall someone did get banned because he went right back to harassing his teammates for losing after taking a break from the game.

I would say to contact Riot Support and ask them for the specifics because I don't feel comfortable declaring anything because there is no resource I can find to reference or point you to.

Z StatisticNov 29, 20161 votes

The system is draconian and authoritative, but tbh it really doesn't punish you unjustly. It's not going to barge into a little grandma's house looking for coke that doesn't exist and then sentence her to forty years in the pen. It's more like you were going two-hundred miles an hour and so they revoke your driver's license for five years and a $10,000 fine.

I would suggest using more formal behavior, more polite speech, and more charitable in your altercations. But if you just want to spam nonsensical slurs without anybody giving a damn because it's the internet, I would suggest playing TF2 instead. It's common for people to say 'ggez' and no one flips the fuck out.