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PSA: Punishment tiers don't have a set date for descending them, much like hextech eligibility.

Reaper Review·4/19/2016, 4:13:14 AM·4 votes·1,359 views

I still see people saying that it's 3 months to drop a tier, but that isn't how it works. Rioter response I received when asking about my own bans:

AGENT SPOOPY - April 07, 2016 14:16

Hey again,

That is something I can definitely help you out with! I'll outline all the steps your account went through below:

10 game chat restriction, October 24th 25 game chat restriction, November 3rd 2 week suspension, November 7th to 21st Permanent suspension, February 5th

I've heard this 3 months guess thrown around by a lot of players, and I'm not sure where it came from, but that's not quite how it works. Depending on the level you're at, the amount of time it takes to decay changes significantly. Higher tiers require a longer amount of time and more games played for the status to be adjusted. This is just an example so don't take it as an accurate representation, but a 10 game chat restriction could take only a week or 2 to wear off, while a 2 week suspension could take several months since it's the harshest punishment there is (prior to a permanent ban anyways).

Additionally, the amount of time it takes can be shortened or extended depending on the player's behavior. If a player has 10 games with good behavior for example, and then has 1 game of bad behavior, this could revert the progress made by those other games and keep the player's account in a state of negativity limbo.

While it is possible for an account to skip tiers and just jump to a permanent suspension, your account was escalate from a 2 week to a permanent one in this case.

Hope this helps to clear everything up for you. :)

Agent Spoopy Player Behavior & Game Support Candy Collector ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Someone needs to compile an organized list of myths regarding the punishment system and the right answers to all of them so we can sticky it.

10 Comments

SmokedAlmonds4/19/2016, 4:22:12 AM3 votes

I don't think it is a myth. I think it changed when they added w/e they did for hextech reform since that time seems variable.

The 3 month metric is sourced and players have been reporting it to be accurate.

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For LeaverBuster, it's based on games. For some systems based on time, it's 3 months. It does NOT take a single game's report to send you up tiers and a premade of 4 actually can't affect your account by themselves... you generally have to be pretty awful to get any penalties in League. The vast majority of players that are active today will never see a punishment at all.

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Neurocat talked about the escalation system when it launched here: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/Boqd81O0-upcoming-upgrades-to-chat-restrictions

Also, just so there isn't any misinformation, it takes 3 months to drop down one tier of penalties, not to 0.

AJStarhiker4/19/2016, 4:27:43 AM1 votes

Someone else probably has the actual link, but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Red posts that 3 months was a rough estimate based on regular play showing improved behavior. Actual time could be variable.

F034/19/2016, 4:28:19 AM1 votes

If you're on level 2 it would be 6 months

Whats so hard to understand?

You don't get to 2 week ban level and wait 3 months like everyone else to have an account on good standing again

Leblancster4/19/2016, 5:03:15 AM1 votes

Heard through the grapevine that after about carrying 10 games with +teamwork etc... eligible for hextech rewards after 10 chat ban.