Got a 2 week ban. Asked Riot about it. Got hit back with a perma ban.

Nove··5 votes·1,684 views

I am a competitive person. I've never trolled or AFKed in a match. I may have gotten passive aggressive at times, but is that really worth a perma ban? I never say hateful speech to other summoners. I literally try to win every match. Idk why they won't show me the logs. I don't know what to do right now or who to talk to. I feel so helpless.

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Great Muta2 votes

Now this is a pile of bullshit and is everything wrong with the behavior system

Telephone Booth2 votes

I think it's fucked up that they tell you it's for intentionally AFKING or trolling, but since you say you never do that, everyone believes you and says riot is full of shit. I'm sorry but I can't just take your word for it. It wasn't for toxicity... it's cuz you afk consistently apparently. I could be wrong, but I don't know you and I doubt riot would ban people for no reason. There's just no reason for that. If you really never AFK, yet they ban you after 2 two-week suspensions, I would be shocked. But I've never seen proof of that, just people upset over their bans, willing to say anything to be the victim.

18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes

i got the same shit for minor toxicity. ive never trolled a game in my life in ANY game whatsoever. i play to win in every single game ive played in my life.

they said i could have been reported for intentional feeding as well. ive never fed on purpose in my entire life.

i dont like losing. i dont like ruining my champs stats and such.

guess telling my trolling jungler to stop being an asshole was worthy of me losing my rewards even though that was my first punishment ALL season long.

Nove2 votes

You got a perma or 2 week?

18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes

2 week. if i got a perma on my smurf i would quit out of being disgusted.

i had a 10 chat restrict and then continued to get trolls and intent feeders. barely said anything toxic and was playing around teammates calling them the suiciding trio ( they were really aggro players) they were calling themselves names on the trio team and such and we alll had a blast. did the system realize that? nope. labeled me as toxic and got me 2 week banned.

Astôlfo2 votes

Did you get any email? Is there a specific year code? (Like, banned till 2100, or 2222, or so on and so forth)

Packun Flower2 votes

Though I am sure that OP was most likely toxic and deserved his punishment. I will state that being punished even more for speaking out against an "All powerful" system is legitimately terrifying to me.

I have never been banned or chat restricted but when I do here cases like this where someones punishment was escalated simply because they sent in a support ticket asking for their case to be looked at I feel we begin to stir away from a community run system to one of total monarchy to even dictatorship, which isn't all that unrealistic seeing as Riot does have the final stay.

In the end what I'm trying to say is, Toxic people should be banned yes, but to have them punished even harder for simply asking why is a legitimate concern to me as a regular community member and I don;t really support it.

GankRiven1 votes

tbh riot has been like that from the beginning. i wouldnt expect to walk into someone elses house and tell them how they should put things, raise their kids, what to buy, etc etc... and to be fair riot says in their tos that they have the right to do as they please with your account. meaning they can ban your account and they reserve the right to not tell you why.

Nove1 votes

but when I do here cases like this where someones punishment was escalated simply because they sent in a support ticket asking for their case to be looked at I feel we begin to stir away from a community run system to one of total monarchy to even dictatorship

I, too, was really shocked at how my case was handled.

but to have them punished even harder for simply asking why is a legitimate concern to me as a regular community member

You have just summarized my thoughts perfectly. This is what I meant by when I felt helpless. I simply wanted to know. And by doing that I basically fucked myself I guess

Morality Coach2 votes

Thank you for banning this guy Riot, I can't stand kids like this.

Iplaytogetubannd2 votes

I had the exact same experience. I went from 0 to 2-week ban, when I inquired to rito about the two week ban thru a ticket they converted it to a perma ban.

This has embittered me. I haven't played a match in two weeks now, even though I have 2 remaining active accounts. If I do decide to play on those accounts, I'm pretty sure it will be ranked matches and I'll be in it to provoke others into getting banned too. This game is toxic by design. I used to enjoy it, but when players are clearly in it to abuse the punishment system and get others in trouble, it's time to bail out of this sinking ship.

EvilDustMan3 votes

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I had the exact same experience. I went from 0 to 2-week ban, when I inquired to rito about the two week ban thru a ticket they converted it to a perma ban.

This has embittered me. I haven't played a match in two weeks now, even though I have 2 remaining active accounts. If I do decide to play on those accounts, I'm pretty sure it will be ranked matches and I'll be in it to provoke others into getting banned too. This game is toxic by design. I used to enjoy it, but when players are clearly in it to abuse the punishment system and get others in trouble, it's time to bail out of this sinking ship.

Congratulations, you've succeeded in proving that you ARE a toxic player. Ban seems deserved.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Well, if they didn't give you chat logs, what did they say? I've got nothing to go on.

Nove1 votes

https://gyazo.com/9cd77ca74dc30b2fdeff429b5507227b

Before this, all I did was ask them why I got the 2 week, because there was no email in my address. 4 days later it gets elevated to a perma :OOO

He said in there that I had 3 different 2 week suspensions, but that was actually the 2nd one, and when I asked about it... BOOM ban hammer.

Deep Terror Nami3 votes

The only thing I can say is to reopen the ticket and talk to Spoopy about how many suspensions you've actually received.

Dominick Destine2 votes

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Well, if they didn't give you chat logs

Despite claims to the contrary by Riot Tantram, I was hit with a zero-to-permaban for a very low level of toxicity and was NOT given chat logs either. I was not given any information for a very long time. The complete radio silence was very painful. I am not the only one either. Back when the ban wave hit and I was caught in it for some reason, others came out with the same story.

I don't know if OP is lying or not, but I can tell you that it does happen and it is far worse than any so-called "in game toxicity". This is legitimately terrifying. At risk of being punished here on the forums for speaking against the draconian system; To Kill a Mockingbird was not a book about aviaries.

By the way, WTF? this guy got THREE TWO WEEK SUSPENSIONS?! I got hit with a zero-to-permaban for SIGNIFICANTLY less. Wow. Why does Riot hate me so much? holy shit.

Nove1 votes

I only got 2 and that was the 2nd one. I questioned it, then I got a perma...

Oleandervine1 votes

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I only got 2 and that was the 2nd one. I questioned it, then I got a perma...

Your account was slammed with a ban. An automated ban. When you questioned it, it got manually audited by a human at Riot. That human clearly saw a consistent stream of bad behavior and reports, an decided to escalate your ban due to the lack of reform from former bans. In essence, if you'd accepted your ban and not brought it to a Rioter's attention and had it manually audited, you would probably not be perma banned now.

Nove1 votes

You're absolutely correct. I've thought of this. But I also think the manual audit was not worth a PERMA. I used to be so much worse like filling up chat with so much toxicity and negativity. But because it's nearing the end of the season, I know I was in tryhard mode. I can't imagine myself saying anything worth a perma ban in the last couple weeks.

Kei1436 votes

dude, tantrum as explained your case already.

You were perma-suspended for security reasons.

Then 14-day banned after manual review.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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You were perma-suspended for security reasons.

But why? I did nothing wrong , security wise. I have never used a hack in my life and I don't share my account with anyone.

Then 14-day banned after manual review.

Which was a horrendous call, in my opinion. At first I felt relief but as time passed I came to realize Riot grossly mishandled my case. This is why I do not support the draconian system.

Kei1433 votes

[{quoted}](name=Dominick Destine,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=pt95qqYk,comment-id=0000000100010000,timestamp=2016-10-15T00:26:08.169+0000)

But why? I did nothing wrong , security wise. I have never used a hack in my life and I don't share my account with anyone.

Indeed you didn't necessarily need to do anything wrong, but the Hacker got your account info and might have been sending illegal messages (such as "FREE RP sites" or "BOOSTING SERVICES") to others.

Thus to stop them from doing that, the only way is to suspend the account until the owner contacts Riot to release the security.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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Indeed you didn't necessarily need to do anything wrong

The prosecution rests.

TrulyBland1 votes

If something seems fishy, they will temporarily lock your account. Safety measures like that are pretty much standard and don't actually require you to do anything wrong security wise. Apart from accounts never really being 100% safe, your account doesn't even have to be compromised to begin with, for such safety measures to apply. For example some game companies go as far as locking your account when you try to log in from a different country all of a sudden.

ModPeriscope3 votes

FROM RIOT TANTRUM

You didn't get a 'zero-to-permaban' like you post.

Your account was locked, until you wrote in.

Accounts are locked for many reason. Some reasons include account compromise and payment issues. That is like saying that someone was perma-banned because someone stole their account.

You were given an email that specifically told you to write in to player support to address your account issues.

I've also explained that you didn't get a reform card because you didn't go through the instant feedback system, you case was entirely handled by hand. So, I'm not sure why you are commenting about the instant feedback system and it being draconian, when it has in fact never affected you.

You also didn't reform completely if you were being constantly reported and were 14-day banned by manual review. I've had this conversation with you so many times.

Dominick Destine1 votes

Except that entire post has already been disproven.

Tantram didn't lie, but his argument has no fundament, I.e. Why was my account locked to begin with ? I did NOT receive an email explaining this and he strawmanned me into the argument "The instant feedback system is draconian" which is NOT what I ever say.

I say the disciplinary system is draconian because it is draconian. It's not complicated. Riot is not always right.

69469238DEL11 votes

You got two temporary bans? Man you shouldve stayed quiet, after the first is a perma

Nove2 votes

Yea in retrospect I should've done that. But I guess I was just so confused as to why I even got another 2 week.

This is basically an example of how I used to be https://gyazo.com/5f0088d5802d63e533cf9641f9a87d13

But like nowadays I don't even dare to cross such a line. I don't know how my actions could've been justified for a perma ban. I feel like you have to be Tyler1 levels of toxic or get caught for boosting or something. But a little passive aggressiveness here and there. Idk everyone is like that...

ArcticWolf242 votes

how you used to be MIGHT be up for a perma ban... but that a big maybe...

so they might've banned u for that?

Nove1 votes

That's how I used to be like over 6 months ago. Haven't been like that for so long.

Awesomedude88881 votes

FYI: This is pretty much borderline toxic flaming. Wouldn't be surprised if you actually got banned for this, nor would I be surprised if you got away with it.

Nove1 votes

I said that is how I used to be. Those weren't the chat logs for this ban.

bbc world order1 votes

After being toxic, you dare complain about getting banned? No, you shouldnt get a perma-ban, for you are only innocent. . . You are always innocent.

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