Well it's official i guess.

It takes a lot of effort not to react to people who are rude in the game

it takes effort to not type?

[sg-lux-2]

https://twitter.com/RiotSupport/status/1062416440391680000 https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/TGYs0hwO-2018-end-of-season-rewards-and-honor It's your lucky day.

Yup the recovery time is ridiculous. I've played as long as you have on my main and knowing a 5 game chat restriction from 2 months ago is going to keep me from rewards, for the first time in 5 years, really had my irritated. Seriously considering just playing on one of my newer accounts and seeing how much of the money I sunk into it that I can get back.

So what honor level did you end at? And where did you start (post punishment)?

Took me 6 months to get from honor level 0 to 3, playing everyday for 10+ games

You probably weren't acting as positively as you think.

You should of messaged riot support... I did in a situation where I felt something was unfair and they were on top of it

I'm sorry for you and probably the guys you reported aren't even banned bevause it's way easier for them to ban people that write in chat instead of trolling

The forums are filled with people who worship Riot moderation so I doubt you'll get any sympathy here but hey, then there's this, by just simply saying "Report Player(X)" is a capital offense, no matter if the player you're trying to report is inting and trolling: you're harassing them, like how could you tell people to report a troller? Trollers have feelings too!! Just let the trollers ruin your game, let the people flame you and don't say anything back because, you know, you'd be very toxic. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

So Rioters have stated previously that going up honor levels is more about not getting valid reports than it is getting honors. I also believe that there's a cap of 1 checkpoint every 2 weeks meaning if you were as behaved and played as consistently as you stated you should've been honor 2 again as early as September. You must've gotten many more valid reports than you expected.
Also was this your first or second chat restriction (aka did you drop to honor 1 or honor 0?)
If you dropped to honor 0 then 4 months would put you on a very tight schedule assuming the 2 week limit per checkpoint is correct.

Honor system is a meme. You should've used the exploit. I got punished in June and just made it back to H1 checkpoint 3 but work and school were super busy for me since then so I was only getting maybe 10-15 games in per week.

I ended up just buying my way to victorious orianna with the exploit after support confirmed there will be no repercussions. Just means I'm stuck on LAN for most of preseason. Sad thing is I asked support and they said I'm progressing honor steadily without getting hidden locks which means I'm doing better at the mentality game.

Happened the same to me. It's ridiculous. I was in a normal draft where I was adc and someone that was playing with 2 asked me for the role so I would go jungle. I said i couldn't jungle and then they locked in 3 troll picks with ghost cleanse and followed me the entire game because it was for level up only and they didn't care. They got no punishment as far as I'm aware and I got 10 games chat ban and honor dropped because I called them virgins (the only reason they did that to me I'm pretty sure is my IGN) and said they were retards. On a 20 minute game saying those 2 words doesn't really seem fit to get banned, but the robot replying to my ticket said the same thing he says to everyone "you shouldn't insult them, just report them after". I'm pretty sure there's a mute button. But because of that game i got locked of Clash and Honor rewards now. Same stuff, honor 1 last checkpoint. Pretty sure it's a joke at this point. The amount of people that leveled up honor on November 6th was huge. And they say it's not time locked.

Expecting people to be completely quiet when they are consistently faced with verbally abusive people is fucked up. You're basically blaming the victim because they aren't docile and quiet like you like them to be.

Now you have a second chance to reform and make it up by February

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/TGYs0hwO-2018-end-of-season-rewards-and-honor

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I have played every day since i got my chat restriction on July 3rd.

I've had no punishment since, and I have known that if I do not abide by the rules, I would not get my victorious skin, which I really covet.

The ranked rewards are my main drive to play this game. I figured 4 months of consistently playing and NOT shit talking would get me somewhere, but I just dont know what to do.

I played for about 20 hours in the last 48. I played 37 games today trying to honor farm. I talked people up, I did everything I could, sometimes in the face of GREAT and irritating toxicity (which riot has stated that it's bannable to point out that someone is toxic here's proof, this was Raz from player support:)

You don't need to ask for multiple reports and throwing your team's dirty laundry into all chat will only create more turmoil amongst your team [5:16] [All] ArtOfAttrition (Tristana): yeah report him

[5:18] [ALL] ARTOFATTRITION (TRISTANA): HE'S TOXIC Berating this Ali due to his play

[10:53] ARTOFATTRITION (TRISTANA): HOW DOES THIS ALI STILL HAVE AN ACCOUNT Voicing out your frustrations in chat doesn't solve anything nor does it produce the results you want as the sole intent of chat is meant to provide constructive feedback a player can actually act towards

Sure I deserved the chat ban or whatever back in July, I'm not here to deny that, but I played faithfully for 4 months EVERY DAY and controlled my temper...and for what? To get to the last checkpoint to honor level 2? It takes a lot of effort not to react to people who are rude in the game, to not react to those who want to intentionally ruin your fun with their actions (inting/griefing jg mobs/ telling the enemy team your locations)?

So what if they get banned after the game? They still ruined your play time and it leaves you with a negative feeling even if you DIDNT say something. It's hard not to react, but I didn't. I talked people up, I made some new friends along the way, and overall I feel like i am a better person throughout it.

BUT

4 months is a ridiculous amount of time to still not have recovered from a temporary punishment, and that's every DAY play. I cant imagine how long it takes for casual players. I've played this game for 5 years, I've spent well over 1k on my account in that time on loot boxes and skins. Hell I spent 200 at one point while in a deep depression after convincing my self i'd feel happier if I got hextech annie (and then never played her). I dont know of any other game where it takes this long to remedy a temporary punishment.

Well.. Im sorry riot but I dont know if I can really come back after this. I earned my reward, and now I wont get it. I have played hundreds and hundreds of games (usually 3-6 per day, sometimes more if I decide to aram) in those four months, but somehow it's still not enough to recover.

I dont know what I expect to come of this, but I needed to put my feelings about it out there.

I like your system riot, it just takes FAR too long to recover. 1/3rd of the entire year is too much for a temporary punishment.

I got a chat restriction early in the season. I honestly deserved it, and ive learned to just quickly mute anyone who's being a jerk so I don't get caught up in it. It didn't take me 4 months to get back to honor 2 from honor 1. Were you coming back from honor 0? Which only happens if you've been restricted before or do something more serious. Did you often recieve honors from non premade teammates?

Idk, it just seems strange that its taken you much longer to come back from a fall than it did for me, and I don't play as much as you seem to.

The good news is, as long as you've only had a chat restriction, Riot is granting you extra time to regain Honor 2, as noted above by other posters.

Welcome to my world :)

I said the wrong thing to the enemy team in an ARAM and paid dearly lol.

Bye Bye rewards ;) No way to recover. I went hard and still only made it to the final checkpoint.

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/TGYs0hwO-2018-end-of-season-rewards-and-honor

This would be of interest to you OP.

If all you have received is a chat restriction you actually have until Feb. to get back to honor 2.

Yeah it just doesn't come back, fuck em.

I know the feeling bruh,same here. I have received 6 permabans (2 for flaming,1 for "unallowed party programs" and other 3 for "griefing") yet am still positive towards rito and its okay if i wont receive rewards.. Im probably on edge now cause i think that next ban is gonna be last (ID) so am trying to be "better". For me its common that i wont probably ever receive rewards,even tho they are probably the only thing that encourages me to be better and play.

If it was easy most people would just yoyo it up and down for the rewards. No thx.

If you are just bottling resentment suppose to truly understanding the reason behind your ban then you still have some miles to go.

Hint, spend sometime on behaviour board and your game experience improves as you start to understand where these people, or You, come from.

Understanding is the beginning to all solutions.