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Permaban or Perma Mute?

Rainbowpillow·10/2/2018, 6:17:07 PM·1 votes·1,578 views

Ill try to be brief with this and won't really go too deep into personal stuff but i recently got permanently banned for ''verball'' toxic behaviour. I don't defend my actions and i do honestly regret my behaviour as i have now realised how valuable my account was to me.

What i want to suggest here is, maybe, before or even instead of a permanent ban is placed on someone who is being ''verbally'' toxic there should be a permanent ingame mute put on the account. I feel like that is a fair and sound punishment for continuous ''verbal'' toxicity. This ofcourse as long as the player isnt also toxic when it comes to strictly gameplay, ( Inting, trolling, etc). I think the permanent ''ban'' should definietly primarily be for people who break the rules when it comes to the gameplay and not ''verbal'' toxicity.

I aknowledge that i might be bias in this case since i ofcourse wish that i could get my account back with a permanent ingame mute on it. This because i know all my my offenses have been for ''verbal'' toxicity and never gameplay related, thats just not who i am. I care about winning and having high quality gameplay which might also be the root of my previous ''verbal'' toxicity.

Anyway i what do you guys think? I know this could be argued both ways but do you guys think that a permanent ingame mute should mainly be the ultimate punishment for ''verbal'' toxicity and the bans for gameplay related offenses? Yes, no, and if so, why?

5 Comments

Scuttle10/2/2018, 6:22:02 PM8 votes

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/d2M1uX57-instant-noreason-permanent-ban?comment=000400030003

Permanent mutes aren't an answer. Players that want to lash out and cannot due it via chat, will do it through other methods. We have a lot of data backing this up.

We don't want money from toxic players. We want them to stop playing.

DrCyanide10/2/2018, 6:24:50 PM1 votes

They tried infinitely stacking chat restrictions in the past, but too many people who got that would end up inting/trolling, which takes longer to verify and punish. That's when they switched to the current system. Blame those that came before for ruining it for you.

Personally, I think there should be another ban between 14 day and permanban.

Alzon10/2/2018, 6:24:54 PM1 votes

Agreed with Scuttle. Plus, I don’t want teammates who can’t communicate. I always run into those people who just /fullmute all at the start of a game and get gangbanged because they can’t see pings or chat. And I want teammates to be able to tell me what’s going on, too. Restricting toxicity should not come at the expense of hurting others’ gameplay.