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Chat Restriction and Bans for "toxicity" is stupid to begin with....

Feel My Flay·3/8/2017, 8:40:41 AM·1 votes·1,033 views

TBH i think chat restricitons n bans for "toxicity" due to verbal reasons is completley retarded......reason being, if ppl go out to rant in a game, why did Riot invent the "mute" button? Ok so say im in a game, someone starts trolling me, i start to get verbal with him(yes i shouldnt but if someone ruins a game for me n 8 other pp why shouldnt i be pissed) and he keeps trolling me constantly, id rather not even play the rest of the match...sometimes its just too much to take, and not worth my time to put 110% effort into it, only to waste 30-45min of my life, in a game thats not very enjoyable to play. So most of the time, ill go some what afk(meaning-i would jung or farm whatever i can to get by, but not helping with team fights, because im too far behind) by this point in time, the flame went from him to me....so by end game everyones flaming n i get reported...so with chat ban or regular bans, it shows what ive said in messages....If its so toxic, why not mute? And if you did mute, how would u know im being toxic if you cant read it? im jus saying banning is stupid...why give us the power to mute if you still gonna punnish for verbal toxicity? yes i can understand about ACTUALLY trolling, and being toxic that way....yes ban that, but why ban for verbal toxicity?.....sorry jus ranting, i jus feel like riot needs to fix it...

5 Comments

Zezockary3/8/2017, 8:46:11 AM4 votes

By the time someone has to mute you, you have already had a negative impact on their game while they are trying to enjoy themselves.

Riot realizes that people like that are losing them busibess and has decided to escort those people out of their establishment.

You are allowed to be mad, you are not allowed to harass people because you are mad.

Fondling Gems3/8/2017, 8:56:55 AM2 votes

Just because someone has the option of ignoring your actions doesn't make your actions any better. I have the option to mute a raging player. My muting them has no impact on whether or not they get punished because either way they are causing a strain for other player. Giving players a mute option is not a way for ragers to avoid punishment, it is a way to relieve the stress of a rager in game until the players can report them in the end of game screen.

It is like having the option between getting robbed and giving up money, or getting robbed, refusing to give up your money, and getting killed. Either way the one doing the crime deserves punishment. The victim still has options in the situation. If they come by a solution that helps alleviate the issue for them that does not excuse the criminal of their act. In the same way having the option to not listen to a rager doesn't change the fact that it is against Riot's rules and terms of service, thereby being the equivalent of a crime and as such punishable.

Soulhavok3/8/2017, 10:58:17 AM1 votes

I understand your point regards to being banned for chat reasons. Leaving a game because of a troll however I disagree. I would rather play it out and use the time as practice so I can report them afterwards.

I believe a ban over chat is silly except when someone blows up and instantly says something bad like "go kys %%%got" when it is the first toxic thing they said.

I mute people once I see a pattern that they are escalating but I rarely report as clearly they are having a bad day. I do report trolling behaviour but chat able to be muted and I believe the younger players really need to learn to use the feature.

When you are on tilt just mute all and actually play the game that will avoid riots silly system catching you out.