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Behaviors That Should Result In Auto-Punish

CloakAndGrenade·9/21/2019, 6:20:09 AM·2 votes·1,956 views
  • Threatening to afk the game. (5/10/20 Game Chat Restriction)
  • Threatening to afk then actually going afk. (one day ban first time, seven day second time, permanent the third time)
  • Stating that you are 'done' in chat and proceeding to afk. (one day ban first time, seven day ban second time, permanent the third time))
  • Threating to run it down/intentionally feed/throw the game on purpose. (10/20/permanent game chat restriction)
  • Threatening to intentionally feed/run it down/throw the game then actually inting (Permanent ban, no exceptions)
  • Pinging an ally members items more than five times in sixty seconds (disables pings for two minutes the first time, rest of the match the second time).

We went from an absolutely rediculous overtuned report system that was chat restricting people for practically nothing to a system that isn't even touching the most toxic players of the community. This kind of crap the system should be catching the easiest because they are blatant. They litterally go on mini-rants in chat about how they are going to ruin the game for everyone around them and nothing happens.

I suggest the above changes.

3 Comments

TrulyBland9/21/2019, 6:54:31 AM5 votes

This kind of crap the system should be catching the easiest because they are blatant.

What is easy for humans is not always easy for machines, and vice versa. Detecting a lot of the things you mentioned isn't that easy. At least not with a reasonably low false positive rate. As a matter of fact there are systems in place to detect things like that. I've seen rage-afkers getting banned. And these subforums regularly produce threads complaining about bans for inting. Here's the latest I've seen: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/vFEbAV3O-let-me-get-this-straight

All game play related punishments result in a 14-day ban first time (since Riot holds a firm belief in giving people a chance to reform) and a permaban on second offense, which is harsher than your proposed afk-punishments, and only mildly less harsh than your proposal regarding inting.

The chat offenses are even treated much more harshly by Riot. [Edit: Upon second thought, not necessarily. I don't know if threatening to afk/int is met with a punishment on first detected offense. It might be it requires multiple instances.] Starting with longer restrictions than you propose (15/25 games for the first two offenses respectively) then transitioning to bans. 14-day on the third offense, permanent on the fourth. (Small sidenote: Permanent chat restrictions look good on paper, but in practice they cause more problems than they solve. Bans are more reliable.)

Pinging an ally members items more than five times in sixty seconds (disables pings for two minutes the first time, rest of the match the second time).

That part I can agree with, though. That said… I personally just mute the pings of that person myself when something like that happens.

Kei1439/21/2019, 5:41:20 PM1 votes

Lord DGAF players do get punished, you just don't see it.