Perma banned by rito

"kys" is taken as more of a death threat.

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because you're being judged by how you play in a video game, not by your sexuality or race it's just go-to words for insults the other player flaming has no idea if you're either white, Hispanic, black or whatever and besides there is a Mute button as well if you're getting offended nobody is forcing anybody to take crap from others. I've seen a post on this thread about a player joking with his friend saying "kys and he got a suspension for hate speech for bantering with his friend

It's not about being offended, it's about not wanting to play with people who like to verbally abuse and harass others, and the mute button is not an excuse for this kind of behavior either. The more time one spends yelling and raging at their teammates the less time they're spending on actually playing the game itself, which in turn increases the odds of their team losing the game due in part to that persons poor behavior. From Ulanopo's Knowledge Base:

“People who report are simply being oversensitive. The mute button exists for a reason.”

Let’s start with the Riot quote on this (link (http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=30696571#post30696571)):

Why is verbal abuse punishable if there is a mute button/language filter? Players shouldn’t need to rely on features like the mute button or language filter to engage with other players in positive ways. When a player verbally abuses another player and forces him to use the mute button, they have already created a negative experience for that player.

Simply put, Riot says no. You can scream and cry all you want, but it is their house and their rules.

With that out of the way, I think the topic deserves some further discussion. The theory is that, if people resolved to care less, then they would be happier. I often refer to this as “Argument from Stoicism” and I think it is a fairly weak philosophy because it places the burden on the person being expected to endure the behavior rather than the person exhibiting the behavior. “You should be able to handle it” is just a flimsy excuse for being a bully or a jerk. I have to be the bigger man so that you can do whatever you want? That hardly seems fair.

There is also the issue of how I spend my limited free time. Like most people, I am constantly required to make value judgments between the different forms of entertainment that are available to me and, let's be honest, we live in an age of nearly limitless entertainment options. If I'm having a bad day in League, I can just fire up Steam and play a whole bunch of games that don't require me to put up with someone's BS.

This is not an issue of weakness or thin-skin; it's a question of choosing activities that don't leave me feeling frustrated and angry. Too many of those experiences and I'll just find something else to do. Riot knows this.

As for the "kys" case you're talking about, I've seen it. The thing is we don't know what kind of premade it was (in other words how many were in the premade or if he was even in the premade himself) and either way "kys" is not something one should be joking around with.