Boards›Player Behavior

Riot and anyone out there please listen

godzilla888·9/15/2016, 6:55:01 PM·2 votes·622 views

So I got permanently banned about a week ago and I got really sad because I have spent a lot of my own time and money into this game, and it wasn't the first time I got banned, lemme explain, I have spent about two or three years playing this game and it has been the best of my life every game was filled with laughter from my friends until my friends planned things behind my back reporting me for like 10 games straight for no reason other to see that it would be funny and they admitted it to me after the fact. and when I emailed Riot about it asking if they could shorten it because my friends even admitted to reporting me for a joke they just replied with a "get new friends" along with other stuff, At that point I was like whatever as long as this doesn't happen again I will be fine. I was wrong. going through high school I have made many friends through league and strong relationships with them (at least I thought) until the same exact thing happened again..... my friends reported me multiple times again for a joke and I told them not to but they insisted for the comedic purpose., And I'm not saying I was never toxic and I have been but it has been a rough week alone because my parents have recently been going through a rough time and its a stressful environment already but let alone league banning me permanently. like I know I shouldn't be toxic but like I cant help it sometime like all my emotions spill out and with my parents problems it doesn't help me at all. I would always go to league and most like win games and get happy, and that wasn't always the case. But I just wanted to see if anyone out there would agree with me on this one I don't know what else to do and I just really hope riot and you guys out there listen.

11 Comments

Jurojin Wuji9/15/2016, 7:07:51 PM3 votes

Im sorry for you having such troll friends. Im sorry for your personal life issues, but no. if you flamed or spread any toxicity to anyone without thinking about how other players might be feeling or what they are going through, you are unhealthy for the game.

We all have problems, dumping your stress onto other people via League is not how to handle problems. That's what therapists are for.

Desolas Arterius9/15/2016, 7:08:23 PM1 votes

Sorry to hear this happened, but I can't exactly agree with you unfortunately.

Few reasons why:

You can't be punished by reports if you didn't do anything wrong. Even though your "friends" ganged up on you and reported you repeatedly, it wont trigger the system review unless you did something or said something worthy of punishment. I know you said you had bad days sometimes, but keep in mind this doesn't justify rude behavior, or any behavior deemed "toxic" or "negative". Life happens to all of us, but try not to take out your frustrations and anger on other people :)
You probably should have stopped playing with your friends after they harassed you the first time. You seem young, so I know making mistakes is all apart of life. I myself used to have terrible friends as well growing up, but I've learned to deal with them and stop associating myself with them. As should you! Dont let them bully or harass you just because you're "friends" with them. They don't sound like friends at all, and your life might be way better without them.
You can't be permanently banned unless you were either A. Extremely toxic or using every derogatory word in the vocabulary for malicious reasons. or B. went through the 4 tier punishment system which warns you for each punishment you receive and how it will increase if you continue. I'm assuming what happened was the latter, which means you were warned before to cease your behavior and attitude or you would receive harsher punishment. Those tiers are essentially your second chance at the game from Riot. If you haven't changed by the time you received a permanent ban, then that means you didn't really plan on changing at all.

I know emotions can be tough to control, and some times you can have the worst day like your grandma dying, or car breaks down, etc. But remember, this does not excuse poor behavior. You'll need to learn to control those emotions so you don't lash out on your teammates. Taking breaks between games, playing normals for casual play, or even going outside for a walk are great ways to deal with stress when playing league. We all slip up sometimes because we're not perfect, but remember that your teammates are humans just like you are. They might be having a bad day too, so it's not really fair to take out your frustration onto them.

I hope that helps and I wish you luck.

Radnar the bold9/15/2016, 7:20:38 PM1 votes

Riot reviews every case of a report that comes through. If they find that no negative or verbal harassment was used, then they toss it and move to the next. In any case, the ban would have come from the games you played and raged.

As for using this game as an escape, I would only do that if I had friends to play with. Playing with friends is a better stress reliever. I know when I play with my friends, I rage less and less.

Jo0o9/15/2016, 7:33:26 PM1 votes

What the fuck is wrong with your friends?

Telephone Booth9/16/2016, 2:16:55 AM1 votes

Focus on school, not league. Learn when a period is appropriate. Your grammar is atrocious.

As far as agreeing with you, I don't have enough information. I wasn't in your games. You said yourself that you were toxic, so I don't know how many games you've ruined for other people for your own comedic pleasure. You know, your friends might actually think you're an ass to people online and decided to report you as a joke because of it. I don't know. None of us know, so it makes it hard to agree or disagree.

I know it might be hard to control your emotions during hard times, but you sure seemed to have a blast playing with your friends. So you're capable of laughing it up, yet you're so distraught that you had to be toxic to people? Are you mad, sad, happy? I doubt you were in an uncontrollable rage while you were being toxic... it sounds more like you were being toxic to make your friends laugh or something. Being angry and emotional doesn't make it okay to be an asshole to strangers. The rules still apply, regardless of your situation. Sorry dude, quit league, focus on school so you can make good money when you grow up.