Plaster a list of badwords you can't say to others playing this game. Maybe if they saw that they can't say kys you'd see less people wondering why they got banned and so on
or they could just, idk, outright ban the terrible language in the first place.
I mean it should be common sense not to tell people to kill themselves over a video game.
I think Riot should
Plaster a list of badwords you can't say to others playing this game.
Ignoring hate speech, there's never really going to be a definitive list of bad words for people to avoid. Even things that one could easily assume to be punishable can be acceptable within certain specific contexts; I.E, you can't go around calling people idiots, but you can say "I'm playing like an idiot right now, sorry guys".
And even with hate speech, it's altogether easier and more cost-effective to give broad, general statements about what behavior isn't allowed than it is to try and specifically list off everything you can and can't say. Especially since, having a definitive list of behaviors you can't do will almost certainly encourage some people to just come up with new ways to be an asshole.
The ToU is pretty clear about what behaviors aren't allowed in League. If people can't be bothered to read and understand that, then I doubt they'd take the time to so much as blink in the direction of a comprehensive list of unwelcome behavior.
Maybe if they saw that they can't say kys you'd see less people wondering why they got banned and so on
They seriously need to be told that telling someone to kill themselves over a videogame is bad?
or they could just, idk, outright ban the terrible language in the first place.
Much like the idea of creating a comprehensive list of behaviors/words to avoid using, systematically preventing those words from ever being said is completely infeasible, simply because of how many different iterations and mispellings would have to be accounted for, for every word.
For example, let's look at the word "bitch". Ignoring having the letters in different cases, you have;
bitch, 8itch, b1tch, bi7ch, bitc#, 81tch, 817ch, 817t#, b1tc#, b17ch, b17c#, bi7c#, 8i7c#, 6itch, 61tch, 617ch, 617c#...
And it goes on. And this is just a couple variations accounting for a scant few replacements for b, i, t, and h; there's of course ! that could be used inplace of i, I3 instead of b, etc.
Now imagine doing that for every single word that you want to blacklist.
It is altogether more feasible and cost-effective to simply punish people for breaking the rules than to try and pre-emptively prevent the rules from being broken in the first place.
if they published a list of no-no words, all that does is tell the trolls EXACTLY what words to avoid, you are making trolling more efficient
hell no
I haven't had a summoner tell me to kys in a long time. A reporting system that has improved over time and also just me getting older and easier to get a long with are both reasons why I am sure. Say what you want about the reporting system but it is effective. The game isn't nearly as toxic as I remember it back when I started in season 3.
if you even remotely think that even one person on this planet would find it offensive, don't say it. period. easiest way to not have to deal with it but people don't wanna hear it. they want lists and explanations they wont listen to. instead of acting like they actually care they whine and they complain about not knowing this or that. no, just don't say mean things.
It's not Riot's job to raise a reasonable human being. You can(And I literally have) get verbal assault charges - REAL CRIMINAL CHARGES - In certain states(In the US) for being far less unruly than people are here. The way people act it just makes me feel like they must stand in line at the store spinning in circles yelling "Fuck you you're garbage!" to every other person around them. There's no reason to be a total jackwagon to people. It doesn't make them play better, and more often than not it makes you BOTH play worse because you're focused on typing.
Be a mature person, don't act like a jackwagon, and you'll be fine. There's no need for a 'list of what not to say' - If you're not going to say it to your Grandma you probably shouldn't be yelling it at some random person.
Edit - And your example of "KYS" is terrible. It should be basic knowledge that you don't tell people to kill themselves. People have gotten Murder/Manslaughter charges over encouraging people to kill themselves, when those people actually did so. Don't be an immature asshat and you won't have any problems.
