Does Tribunal System work on Toxic Players in PBE?

Nvioo·11/11/2015, 7:47:35 PM·1 votes·269 views

Ever since the expansion of PBE testers http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/pbe-signups-open there has been an increase in toxic behavior in the PBE. It mainly started with the introduction of the pre-season patch where most players wanted to play champions in roles by which those champions should not be played in. I believe that this ruins the experience for testing out anything in PBE if the game quality is not equivalent to live server standards: top lane champions are played in the top lane, mid lane champions are played in the mid lane, etc. Team builder which isn't an option currently https://gyazo.com/5a5a47a7a4bd30d6f40887de3f167575 may help with role problems, but is just a suggestion. However, the main reason I created this post is because of my first sentence which stated the increase of toxic behavior. I recently played in a game where the player that I was laning against insulted me when he died. As soon as I replied, he went on a rant about how I'm bad at the game (even though he lost lane/ game) and it reached the point where I had to mute him. Btw it doesn't take long for me to mute someone who is constantly trying to harass a player(s) on a team whether it's my team or the enemy team. This player that I muted and later reported gave rise to the question: "How do players like this receive access to the PBE?" If his behavior was not enough to convince you and you think that I'm just being too "soft", well take a look at his name https://gyazo.com/2aa2df6e0ec0f35b95a9105d37aae592 Not only was he feeding and griefing, but I'm sure other players would take serious offense to his name.

TL;DR: Players that create a negative environment in the PBE, whether it's with their name/gameplay/communication/etc should not have access to the PBE when they're plenty of other players who will not create a negative environment. This is my opinion, but obviously open to discussion. Thanks for reading and I'll be looking forward to your feedback/thoughts on the current situation regarding PBE.

2 Comments

Zielmann11/11/2015, 7:59:01 PM2 votes

Reports do work on the PBE, so be sure to use those as you encounter negative members over there. Players do get banned for toxicity on PBE.

BlueThingamajig11/11/2015, 8:01:41 PM2 votes

Short Answer: Technically no, the PBE reports never went to the tribunal. Practical Answer: Riot is stricter about behavior on PBE than on Live.

Longer Answer: If my information is still up to date, Riot implemented a system which was a precursor to the system on Live now (The one that detects toxic language patterns and bans off of it), and also went through the reports themselves to issue bans (Of which, Riot has ALWAYS been stricter than the tribunal).

Having been a long-time user of the PBE (Back when there were about 20 people online at any given time for the PBE), I give you my sympathies for the awful people that show up every time there is an open signup. And all I can offer is: Mute, report, and don't let it ruin your day. Riot does take care of it, it just happens that there is a higher density of awful people in the periods following open signups compared to live servers.