I was chat restricted for 10 games :'(

Fizz Wukong·Jan 7, 2016·1 votes·467 views

I was chat restricted for using the n-word to refer to my cousin. We played a match together, he had just got a triple kill and I said, "My (n) just rekt your whole team." When he ganked mid for me and got me kill I said, "My (n) my (n)." Nobody said anything in game about it, but I was informed I was reported after then I had a chat restriction when I started next game.

Whenever I ask a white person why they consider the word so offensive, the only answer I get is, "I just don't like it," or, "It's an ugly word."

Anyways, I learned my lesson, won't be using the n-word again, just don't see what the big deal is.

12 Comments

TeemoJenkinsJan 7, 20162 votes

It's an offensive word to the majority of people because culturally we're programmed to find it offensive, if someone on the opposing team used that word in an attack against you, you're saying you wouldn't report them? It's also a "hot" word where if used in a chat log and a report comes - it's an auto penalty. You're lucky it's only 10 days.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

That has completely different connotation when used against someone as opposed to the complimentary way I used it in and how my cousin perceived it, just like we use it when we're around each other.

It's kind of like when females refer to themselves and their friends as "sexy bitches" but we know we both know we aren't allowed to walk up to one of them and call them that, all the same, if one of their friends used the word out of anger, that would also illicit a negative response.

I just think context should have been taken into consideration before giving me a chat restriction.

Regardless, their game, their rules, I'll abide by them.

Samus72Jan 7, 20161 votes

It's not a cool word to use regardless of your nationality. Don't use it in League of Legends. You'll always be punished for it.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

It's not about being cool, is that really what white people think? Explains a lot, but I do comply with the next statement. As my mother always told me, "You don't need to know why, just do as you're told."

Samus72Jan 7, 20162 votes

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It's not about being cool, is that really what white people think? Explains a lot, but I do comply with the next statement. As my mother always told me, "You don't need to know why, just do as you're told."

Aaah! No need to play the "race" card.

Maybe I'm unique in this approach. But I don't use words of a derogatory nature directed at my friends. I have one that likes to use the b-word to describe themselves. But I would never use that word to refer to her. I don't care how angry I was. I simply will not direct that word at her because the b-word is associated with uncomplimentary things.

Now, it doesn't matter if I am black, white, Asian, Martian, Vulcan, or Elven. The N-word is not a complimentary word. I wouldn't direct it at anyone. To use an uncomplimentary word as a form of affection, to me, is wrong.

Regardless, Riot's game rules say not to use those words in their game. You've said you'll abide by that. Okay then. Problem solved. But it's not about race nor should it EVER be about race. That's what I think anyway.

Fizz WukongJan 7, 20161 votes

You fail to understand my concept because you're white. That alone makes race, cultural background and upbringing very relevant. It's kind of like that episode of South Park with Stan and Token after Randy said it on Jeopardy. At the end of the episode, Token finally accepted Stan when Stan realized, "I get it... I don't get it."

Samus72, with all do respect, you don't get it. I do get your (along with many other white people's) biased perception of the word and this is a white man's game, so as you said, "Problem solved."

DexterousGeckoJan 8, 20161 votes

do you honestly think that every black person thinks that using the 'n' word is appropriate even when referring to other black people? Also, why do you think it's okay to use a word that was used to perpetuate a hatred of an entire group of people by whites?

Oh, and other words like the 'f' word (for homosexuals) and the 'r' word (for people with disabilities) and identical btw. Certain words are just not appropriate to use in any situation. There is no positive meaning of these words.

Fizz WukongJan 8, 20161 votes

The ignorance. Who are you to tell people how they should perceive a word? Must be white as well. Last I checked, it's up to the targeted person to tell you how they feel.

Same goes for bullying and joking, it's up the the targeted person to tell you how they perceived it.

White people have to have control over everything, only your definitions and how you label words are relevant to your people. Your way or kill.

It's kind of like the sagging thing, in no way, shape or form was it harming anybody, but it became illegal because white people didn't approve. Side note - I'm going to point out that sagging isn't something I ever did before you make a racist assumption (stereotype), but I never saw the problem with it.

Not wearing a selt belt is illegal, still doesn't make sense to me, but the white man said so, so we have to wear seat belts. Has absolutely no effect whatsoever on anybody at all except the person not wearing a seat belt.

Your statement is another example of how much control your people have to have. You say the word is offensive, it has to be offensive to everybody and bad for anybody to use. People of Mexican nationality at my high school called each other "ese" all the time, my white high school priniciple decided it was inappropriate and that you'd be suspended for using the word.

Where is the limit to your control? At what point do you feel you have enough power? Seriously?

Samus72Jan 8, 20161 votes

It's about respect, Fizz. Something you clearly don't understand.

Fizz WukongJan 8, 20161 votes

Same question I just asked Gecko, who are you to tell my cousin and me that we should feel disrespected?

My next statement doesn't apply to this game, but it bothers me so much that I can be somewhere, having a quiet, private conversation... exchanging stories of "relations" with a friend, and a person can eavesdrop and decide they're offended but why we're talking about.

I'm amused that every person on this post thus far, has basically been against me on this topic, but on an earlier post I made expressing how I was the victim to a Lux laugh spammer, everybody told me to suck it up and stop being a sensitive bitch.

Is consistency too much to ask for? I guess white people also gets to decide if the victim is actually a victim, too... and it's always circumstantial.

I think I need to hire a lawyer just to comment in this damned forum, everybody is in such a rush to disagree with everything I post, regardless if disagreeing with the new post contradicts their standing of the post they just disagreed with 20 seconds before.

PIMPSMOOTHJan 8, 20161 votes

If you're a black person and you "just don't see what the big deal is" about that term, then you're completely hopeless and not a single person here, regardless of how much historical and informative text they type, will make it sink in for you.

Enjoy your restrictions.

Fizz WukongJan 8, 20161 votes

First off, your name is PimpSmooth, "pimp" being a very derogative, inappropriate word with no positive meaning around it all. Used to describe despicable, disrespectful people of the lowest social class. Way to be a hypocrite Mr. Pimp.

Alas, I have another great story. A guy gets written up and sent to the office, threatened with having to serve time in the ISSR (in school suspension room) because a teacher heard him call another guy "fat" and sent him to the office without humoring his explanation. The victim walked down to the office with his friend, the guys first name was Phat.

I used to joke that it'd be funny if his last name was Fuc, pronounced "foo", anyways, would be funny all the same.

Regardless, how do you think it made him feel for the teacher to send his friend to the office for calling him by his birth name?

Of course, calling somebody by their name and using the n-word are two completely different things, but there is a similar concept in the perception part of it.

I'd further like to point out the white teacher told Phat that he shouldn't let people talk to him like that, implying that he should be offended and that his friend (don't remember his name) was black. Basically, "That black guy called you fat, you should take offense, but even if you don't, I'm sending him to the office/courtroom anyway." Never even listened to Phat's side of the story.

Phat wasn't even a fat kid, he had an athletic physique. So why should he be offended even if somebody did call him fat? Had nothing to do with him at all, the white lady decided that if being called fat offends her, it should offend everybody.