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Instant 14 Day Bans... What are your thoughts? + A suggestion

Infringed·10/16/2018, 7:36:22 AM·2 votes·1,346 views

**Background: ** I recently got a 14 day suspension. During a game, I let my temper get the best of me and I said a phrase that encourages suicide (I think you all know what I mean). The phrase has really been desensitized on the internet, and in the moment of my anger I didn't realize the weight of what I was saying. However, I understand that I completely deserved my suspension. Again: I understand that I completely deserved my suspension!

In the past, I have been honorable enough to never receive a chat restriction or suspension (4 years of active play).

**Suggestion: ** Phrases that riot deem to be bad enough to skip all previous punishment levels should be blocked completely. I see no reason for them not to be. Yes, people will try to get around a filter, but why not filter out the phrases anyway. If not protecting the community from hate speech and other things, it is protecting the sender from making a mistake in the heat of the moment. Everyone slips up sometimes, especially when they are on tilt or having a bad day. If there is a filter that completely blocks your message from being sent, it will give you a moment to think about your actions, and realize that you should not say that.

**Final Thoughts: ** Do you guys think an instant 14 day suspension is deserved after what I said. Yes what I said is horrible, but it is not hate speech. (Discriminatory language). Essentially, for one message that I should have rethought, I am now losing rewards for a season of hard work, and am one slip up from a permanent ban. Let me know what you think.

5 Comments

Silent Gravity10/16/2018, 7:52:24 AM4 votes

10 Filter all 0 tolerance phrases 20 New variations are used 30 Filter all new variations 40 IF every single combination of symbols is filtered THEN GOTO 50 ELSE GOTO 20 50 Congrats everything is filtered

DongerStruck10/16/2018, 11:37:42 AM2 votes

Actually a realy good suggestion.

ModThe Djinn10/16/2018, 11:52:18 AM1 votes

I must admit that I do think the 14-day ban is fully appropriate. Whether you are a traditionally honorable player or not, you told another player to kill themselves over a video game. You shouldn't need a warning for that, and the fact that you typed that in the first place is the problem.

I also don't think filtering is the solution, because all that does is encourage people to use other, less easily detected ways to express the same sentiment.