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A more Permanent solution

AniviaBestWaifu·4/11/2019, 10:51:33 AM·2 votes·1,706 views

I just finished a game with a guy literally bragging about how many times he's been banned, made a new account and came back. The second time i've met a player like this this week. may have been same one, not even sure. But both were bragging about their ban's like they were badges of honor, throwing around racist slurs from the get go of the game, mocking new players, trolling, feeding, etc. in general, bad behavior to the extreme, all cause they think there's nothing that'll be done about it. account ban's are stopping this players, if anything they're happier if they do get more accounts banned. and they're making learning the game a struggle for new players as well. They openly flaunt their terrible behavior and racist attitudes, and the last one was bad mouthing the whole team and RIOT themselves cause "riot aren't ever gonna touch me, so i'm free to do as i ******** please you *******". can't we ban these people by IP addresses or something? as much as i hate that idea, these guys are wearing their account bans as badges of honor, so obviously that's not enough.

10 Comments

Jamaree4/11/2019, 10:56:46 AM2 votes

Can't do IP address bans anymore, did before, banned campuses, also internet cafes and hotspots.

Umbral Regent4/11/2019, 11:03:44 AM2 votes

As Jamaree mentioned, one of the biggest issues with IP bans is the amount of collateral damage it can do to shared-IP spaces, such as college campuses and internet cafés. If one person gets IP banned in those shared spaces, then everyone gets IP banned there, resulting in a lot of people unjustly punished for someone else's misbehavior.

Additionally, IP bans are easy to circumvent. I don't personally know how, but I've seen it said that it takes little effort to get a new IP, so anyone determined to circumvent the rules and the consequences for breaking them would have little issue doing so.

As it stands, there really isn't any viable, permanent solution to those players who go out of their way to be belligerent assholes. Just gotta keep reporting them and forcing them to start from square one until they tire of it.