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the imaginary road to reform

Saber Tooth Duck·6/7/2017, 11:47:02 PM·1 votes·245 views

im here humbly to be judged by my peers.

i have had 3 accounts permanently banned over 5 years and feel that the road to reform is made impossible by riot (if they are in fact tracking me from account to account). this is a brief description of my three accounts and despite how much i have improved my recent account was flat out permabanned without any warnings or previous bans. perhaps my first account was so toxic that riot simply does not want me to play their game anymore... which, i would kinda understand. however i do feel i have made significant improvement and i am being harshly punished for what riot tells me whenever i report someone else being toxic, "..a particularly bad day."

my first account was exceptionally toxic. i would think of clever and awful ways to insult people because that was fun and humors in my circle of friends. what i thought of as trash talk and banter was too much and for this i understand if riot just flat out does not want me to play their game. after getting banned maybe 3 times for a week or 2 at a time i finally got the message and tried to never type ever. however i found that i played a particularly frustrating role and would get frustrated and rage at my supports. at a friends suggestion i started maining support to see another perspective of my high expectations. however i still raged. my account was permabanned and i understand.

my second account i was more careful not to rage but still did on occasion. i was significantly less insulting towards other players but i still had trouble controlling my anger. towards the end of season i lost all expectations of being good at the game and started playing "for fun" if you can ever really call league that. for the most part this worked but where i found myself in trouble was in normals where i would allow myself to get riled up by 4 man premades. my account was permabanned and i understand.

my third account i was practically silent. still playing adc and support i learned to just focus on my self and ignore bad players who raged at me. no matter what people would say i would ignore them and keep playing. i was going strong and winning a lot of games with this new mindset but my ego got in my way. i started typing more and before too long i realized i was on a bad path. i jumped out of ranked and started playing some normals to chill my ego and competitive frustrations. i ran into the same sort of 4 man premades as before who knew how to push my buttons. without any previous punishments or warnings my account was permabanned... and im not sure i understand.

all of my accounts have been tied to the same email and have been name, name2, and name3. i have not tried to hide as my goal has always been to reform. i have noticed a trend in the lack of tolerance with anything i say or do over the accounts and im not sure if i can deal with the threat of getting permabanned over any slip up any more. i watch my friends yell at people, swear, and call people names without punishment but if i respond to complains about an enemy champion auto winning lane because their jungle and mid are proactive and mine are still farming. permabanned. i will not lie and say that i am innocent but i have improved significantly beyond my friends and while i still see bans, they do not.

the road to reform feels impossible when i have come so far just to be permabanned the moment i have, "..a particularly bad day."

5 Comments

KORGtuners6/8/2017, 12:02:36 AM1 votes

Change takes time.

Embrace your improvements and remain vigilant.

Micbran6/8/2017, 12:34:44 AM1 votes

You can't get banned from having one bad day unless it's REALLY bad.

NinjaGuy696/8/2017, 12:44:20 AM1 votes

It's difficult to skip tiers in the punishment system and receive an escalated ban unless you're being particularly toxic. There are a couple of offenses that will cause your ban to be escalated to a higher level (such as racism, scripting, intentional feeding, etc.) but for the most part, players have to show a pattern of consistent toxicity over a period of time in order to receive a permaban.

Whether you reform or not is up to you - no one else can make you be a sportsmanlike player. I recommend you use the mute feature in game and communicate only via pings if it's that bad for you. You can also hide your chat by dragging the chat window off your screen at the beginning of each game. Reform can take a while (trust me I know), but it isn't impossible.

Warhammer Titan6/8/2017, 12:49:00 AM1 votes

You cant get permabanned for a one time offense, maybe a 21 day ban but I believe thats the highest. Suggestions: -Turn off all chat -Mute everyone -Make a sign over your monitor saying that only nerd losers flame -Dont be a nerd loser

ModKnightsKemplar6/8/2017, 1:19:48 AM1 votes

The only thing I have seen that takes you to an immediate perma-ban is hate speech. I am not aware of Riot tracking people across multiple accounts, though I have also never heard anyone say that they have made several accounts tied to the same email address.

I see how that would be discouraging, but at the same time, you knew that you couldn't behave that way and get away with it. I know a lot of reforming players like to say "I've improved a lot" or "I'm better that the people I play with." To be honest with you, those have always sounded like excuses to me, from any player. You are responsible for your own behavior, and it sounds like it's still bad.

Your post here makes it sound like you really want to reform. If that's the case, just start treating other people with respect, even when they don't deserve it. If you feel yourself starting to lapse, just stop playing. Take a break. I do that all the time, as someone who has never been punished. I don't play another game if the game I just left had a toxic jerk in it. Don't bring your tilt from game to game. Report players when you can, and just try to take the high road. Not much else to say, I'm afraid.