Why does the provoker never get in trouble???

Buckeyes SUCK·Aug 19, 2017·2 votes·486 views

Okay so I am getting real sick and tired of the people who are provoking negative attitude getting off without any punishment. They just poke and poke and poke and wait for you to blow up then laugh and report you when you finally crack. I just got permanently banned because a player on my team was nonstop attacking me for no reason, telling me how bad I was, how I must be new to this game, how I am a feeder, telling me to just leave, etc. (Funny because i went 21/7 in the game, she was just a straight up bully.) It took me a solid 15 minutes for me to finally crack and start being toxic back towards her. I got banned after she reported me.

I think it is complete bullshit how someone can literally bully and taunt someone in a lobby but as soon as the person getting bullied reacts, they get in trouble for it. What do you guys think about it?

Edit: I'm sick of everyone telling me to just mute the person because that can really screw your team's communication. A few games ago our top laner muted everyone from the start because he told us his account is close to getting banned so it'd be best if he just didn't talk at all. Well, he missed out on about 4 kills during the lane phase because he didn't see us trying to communicate ganks to him and we eventually lost the game.

7 Comments

ModPrandineAug 19, 20177 votes

The reason why people say "just mute and report" is because it ensures that you don't go down with them. As for hurting team communication, if they're behaving like that then chances are that they won't have anything helpful or important to say throughout the game, so in that case nothing of value is lost. Besides, you still have 1-5 (depending on the game mode) players to communicate with, so why risk it by not muting them and continuing on as normal?

Mizuki ZahraAug 19, 20173 votes

Report the provoker and explain what he did. It's like they are that one kid who likes the beehive and books it to the car while the rest suffer.

Buckeyes SUCKAug 19, 20171 votes

Unfortunately the damage is done, I am banned and the other person is joyfully playing more games. But I agree. It's like childish shit. The kid will bug the other kid til the kid snaps then act like he didn't do anything and the kid that snapped gets in trouble.

TrulyBlandAug 19, 20173 votes

Think about this for a second... The instigator uses chat to attack you. You use chat to attack them. Why, or rather how would Riot exclusively punish the person reacting?

You neither know whether these instigators really get away without punishment, nor do you know whether this sort of behaviour is even typical for them. Keep in mind, the frequency at which you run into toxic players does not reflect the frequency of these players' toxic behaviour.

Silent GravityAug 19, 20172 votes

All of those things that you said the provoker said to you are negative. Negative chat is punishable. If you reported them, it would contribute to them being punished.

If you muted and reported after the game, you would be fine and they would be closer to punishment.

/Edit Oh-how-I-hate Ohio State

How can you tell if a cat is an Ohio State fan? Lift its tail. Ohio state fans wear a big brown O.

Silent GravityAug 19, 20172 votes

Response to the edit in the OP: After someone has been harassing you for 15 minutes strait, how much valuable information have they given? Once someone has dedicated a couple chat lines to flaming or blaming, they're unlikely to suddenly shotcall the way to victory.