I Messed Up

Bogwandi·Feb 21, 2017·2 votes·1,640 views

During a heated game, I begun verbally abusing my team mates. After the game, I was perma banned. I have anger issues and am seeing a therapist to work through them, and I understand that what i did was wrong, but may i somehow request leniency? I will not make excuses, however I would like to note that I lashed out at members of my team verbally after they insulted me (called me trash, told me to kill myself). I've submitted a ticket (ID: 25614907) but I am worried it will go unnoticed. I have a lot of time and money invested into this account, I really do not want to lose it. I'm hoping that maybe a rioter will see this and perhaps be able to offer some leniency.

I was having a bad day with a lot going on, and being called trash and told to kill myself and otherwise talked down to me caused me to have a teensy mental breakdown- that's what I think happened. This is not an excuse for my hurtful words, rather an explanation for my brief lapse in judgement. Please, this game means so much to me.

13 Comments

Brutalitops01Feb 21, 20173 votes

See, this is what I like to see when I see people talking about getting permabanned for being toxic. That being said, they do typically give people plenty of warnings before permanently banning them by way of temporary bans and just outright warnings. You messed up and you admitted it, and I do hope that you can get your account back, though I doubt it will happen.

BogwandiFeb 21, 20172 votes

But there was no chat restriction or a 14-day ban, it went straight to perma ban, and i believe this is the first time I've recieved a measure of disciplinary action- at least for many years. I understand what i did and what I said were wrong, and am trying to improve myself as to not allow myself to get to that point again. I think a 14-day ban or chat restriction would be more than fair as punishment for my lapse in judgement. I'd even go so far as to personally write apologies for my team mates whom I offended.

DarianEXFeb 21, 20171 votes

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But there was no chat restriction or a 14-day ban, it went straight to perma ban, and i believe this is the first time I've recieved a measure of disciplinary action- at least for many years. I understand what i did and what I said were wrong, and am trying to improve myself as to not allow myself to get to that point again. I think a 14-day ban or chat restriction would be more than fair as punishment for my lapse in judgement. I'd even go so far as to personally write apologies for my team mates whom I offended.

You deserved it <3 Thats why xD Riot doesnt care

Hambone2013Feb 21, 20171 votes

They might be willing to reduce a first offense to a 14 day. Only a ticket can tell you. I wouldn't hold your breath though

DarianEXFeb 21, 20173 votes

Nah you deserve it xD just like all of us

LostFr0stFeb 21, 20172 votes

It's unlikely that it gets reduced if you've already been through the other punishment tiers (the 10x and 25x chat restrictions and the 14-day ban) but that is for player support to decide. Time and money spent also has no value in terms of leniency fyi.

AJStarhikerFeb 21, 20172 votes

Write up a support ticket. It can take a few business days to get a response past the automatic "we got your request and will forward it to the appropriate department" email, but keep it polite like you did here, and ask about your behavior history and you should at least get some answers.

Biggest tip for support tickets: don't keep resending or updating it especially to ask when they'll get to it. Every time you do that, the ticket is returned to the back of the queue

Acolyte of SteelFeb 21, 20171 votes

...If I were a Rioter, I'd give you some form of leniency. You're showing signs of taking healthy responsibility for your actions, far more than what I normally see in these threads.

You:

Realized you were hurtful, and that was bad (so many league players don't even get to this point, let's be honest.)
You feel guilt for the way you conducted yourself.
You have identified the issue which caused you to act in that manner.
You are actively trying to resolve the issue.

Four steps that few people successfully check off when handling their anger.

Toxicity will always be a part of such a competitive game and trashtalk will always be around, but this exact type of thread is something that I as a Rioter, as someone who's responsibility it would be to judge these type of cases, I would attempt make a positive example of you regardless of previous logs. Personally, I would encourage this mindset towards bans and toxicity. The only thing I would do is attempt to find some way for you to work it off. Ex. Implement a system where, during a set time period, your over-all ban will be lessened each time you receive an Honorable Opponent, Teamwork, etc.

That would encourage a positive turn-around and potentially cause a shift in mindset, actively forcing the player to reassess their decisions in the moment with a vested interest in staying calm.

(As a final thought, I want to congratulate you on actually attending therapy for your anger and wish you luck on your road to stability and happiness.)

DarianEXFeb 21, 20171 votes

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...If I were a Rioter, I'd give you some form of leniency. You're showing signs of taking healthy responsibility for your actions, far more than what I normally see in these threads.

You:

Realized you were hurtful, and that was bad (so many league players don't even get to this point, let's be honest.)

You feel guilt for the way you conducted yourself.

You have identified the issue which caused you to act in that manner.

You are actively trying to resolve the issue.

Four steps that few people successfully check off when handling their anger.

Toxicity will always be a part of such a competitive game and trashtalk will always be around, but this exact type of thread is something that I as a Rioter, as someone who's responsibility it would be to judge these type of cases, I would attempt make a positive example of you regardless of previous logs. Personally, I would encourage this mindset towards bans and toxicity. The only thing I would do is attempt to find some way for you to work it off. Ex. Implement a system where, during a set time period, your over-all ban will be lessened each time you receive an Honorable Opponent, Teamwork, etc.

That would encourage a positive turn-around and potentially cause a shift in mindset, actively forcing the player to reassess their decisions in the moment with a vested interest in staying calm.

(As a final thought, I want to congratulate you on actually attending therapy for your anger and wish you luck on your road to stability and happiness.)

If riot unbans his account. Ill call unfair :D hahahaahaaha. They cant unban accounts you know why if they do so they will have people harassing them for their accounts. How do you know if he means it. He probably doesnt and will do it again. WHO KNOWS RIGHT. If i was a rioter i wouldnt but I wouldnt want to be a rioter anyways.

Acolyte of SteelFeb 21, 20171 votes

I see your point as well, which is why I suggested a system to work it off and making an example of him instead of a straight un-ban.

This was a really positive approach to the issue that I would like to see more often in the community. As long as the community doesn't know his history, he remains a positive example based off this thread. Whether he turns around after that is up to him - but working off his ban, letting him inch it back slowly, gives him active practice in making positive choices instead of negative choices, so that once the ban is lifted he is better prepared to conduct himself well in the future. It would serve as a learning experience. The motivation to do so is the set time limit to work the ban backward. Of course there'd be a minimum on it so you can't just get +2 Teamworks and then wait it off now that it's not perma.