14 day ban after 9 years of solid service??

Méchanica·1/19/2018, 7:45:47 AM·2 votes·922 views

So, I have been playing this game since, i don't know, almost the beginning? I remember when this thing was still being compared to the original DOTA map. No, not DOTA 2, I mean the MAP, from WARCRAFT 3. I have been playing since near WARCRAFT 3.

I was having a heck of a weekend - vagrants soliciting me for money, tweakers getting work in my company over me, family acting strange - I just wanted to play some normals. Just for that League experience. No ranked, just gameplay.

I get into a match on a late Thursday evening, and within five minutes the ADC is saying in all chat that I am bad. I am not sure five minutes is enough time to evaluate skill.

Well, I will shoot straight; I was mean. I was excessively mean. I spent the entire forty minute match asking this person where their trash talk had gone. Besides a couple times where they had the time to reassert, of course, that they felt I was bad, they didn't reply. But I was mad, and I allowed myself to continuously ask, to the point of being obnoxious, where their trash talk had disappeared to. After all, even if we are winning, shouldn't you stick to your guns and insist someone is bad regardless of how the match turns out? That is what I was expecting.

What I got, however, was a FOURTEEN DAY BAN several minutes after the match ended. I didn't report the guy - obviously he was intent on being a jerk without even experiencing my gameplay - but myself? I may have said some things I wouldn't really mean to a fellow player, but is my first and only offense really deserving of a FOURTEEN day ban? That, to me, is extreme. I am all for punishing unsportsmanlike behavior, but does every first time offender deserve that kind of ban?

I have been playing League of Legends faithfully for nearly 9 years. I have invested much time, MUCH money, and much dedication into making this my hobby. Is it really fair to impose the penultimate penalty at first offense by a dedicated player?

36 Comments

redniwediS1/19/2018, 7:46:58 AM6 votes

Riot's punishment system doesn't care about time or money, it cares about behavior.

https://i.imgur.com/ACZhFYu.png

All are equal under Riot's rules.

TheHobbits1/19/2018, 8:10:09 AM6 votes

After 23 years of solid service in Life I run over 5 people with my car and murder one person after a tough day and I am sentenced to life in prison?

I payed all my taxes and rent, had a full time job, never hurt anyone before. Wtf.

... do you see how it works? Same thing.

Zombie Gerbil1/19/2018, 7:57:56 AM5 votes

Going to point out everything here.

* First of all, the game hasn't even been out for 9 years. So, no you haven't been here for that long. (Been corrected)

  • Riot doesn't care about your personal problems. If you have personal problems, then it is your responsibility not to put your account at risk.
  • Riot doesn't care about how much money you put in or how long you've been here. NO ONE is invulnerable to the system.

With all that said, if you were so dedicated to League, then this should not have been a surprise. If you were a veteran, you'd know the rules by now, and you'd know that toxicity has no place in this game.

Mordius1/19/2018, 8:00:58 AM2 votes

Save it Pal. I have been playing since 2012 and spent 3K on skins. I am permabanned.

Riot doesn't care about loyalty. You either follow the rules or you can forget about playing league. And for fair warning, the next ban you get is Permaban. So I'd take those 14 days seriously.

Méchanica1/19/2018, 8:32:44 AM2 votes

Well alright dudes. Fuck. I retract my statement. I was a dickhead for a night and I deserve my punishment.

BeatzBoyFTW1/19/2018, 7:47:00 AM2 votes

How much you spent didn't matter at all. Everyone will be treated equally, no matter being a paying customer or not. You won't get special treatment just for being a generous customer.

Post your chat logs.

SKRRRRRRAT1/19/2018, 7:49:29 AM2 votes

Riot's system doesn't care about your personal problems if you were toxic it will punish you.

The Cream Reaper1/19/2018, 8:01:52 AM1 votes

I have been playing League of Legends faithfully for nearly 9 years. I have invested much time, MUCH money, and much dedication into making this my hobby. Is it really fair to impose the penultimate penalty at first offense by a dedicated player?

money spent is irrelevant

ammount of time spent playing is irrelevant

age of account is irrelevant

rank is irrelevant

honor 5 is irrelevant

you break the rules, you get punished. that's how it works!