Whats the point of having a mute button and a chat filter when you can still get banned for being toxic.
The point of the mute feature is a reactionary defensive tool against toxicity, not an excuse to allow the toxicity in the first place. It's best used alongside the report feature.
Mute = short term defense, prevents the toxicity from impacting the game further after it's been muted
Report = long term defense, allows Riot to punish toxic players and lower the likelihood that they'll negatively impact further games.
The point of the chat filter is there for people who don't want to deal with profanity, whether due to sensibilities, personal beliefs, etc.
Seems counter intuitive to me.
Your opinion is noted.
If you are that offended by what someone is saying then mute them.
That argument is a double-edged sword. If you're that offended by the punishment you get for being toxic, then don't be toxic.
If you are going to be offended if someone curses or says some sort of profanity then turn the chat filter on.
The audience that the chat filter is designed for probably already use it. Regardless, you don't get punished just for swearing. As long as you don't swear at others or use swears to attack others, you won't be punished for it.
Just doesn't make any sense when you think about it.
No, it makes perfect sense.
People signed up for a videogame - a recreational activity. They want to have fun.
Toxicity makes the game less fun.
So Riot gives them two tools: The mute feature, which allows them to mitigate the impact of toxicity in that match, and the report feature, which allows Riot to punish the toxic player and remind them that the game is meant for fun, and toxicity makes it less fun.
This is a competitive game people are going to be brash and insensitive...
Suuuuuure.
I may not care for sports in general myself, but I know that if you get onto a sports team, act like a complete asshole and start flaming and harassing your teammates, you're not staying on that team for too awful long.
And besides, if toxicity were inherent to competition, then why do we not see that kind of senseless vitriol in the Olympics?
...riot just banning accounts left and right even though there are other things that the PLAYERS could be doing to remove themselves from toxicity.
The only other thing besides muting that players can do to remove themselves from toxicity is leaving games, and that is against the rules. And besides, you'd complain that people are leaving games too often if they were allowed.
It should not be the non-toxic player's burden to stop the toxic player from impacting their game - it should be on the toxic player to not be toxic in the first place.
Riot expects you to behave, and if you don't behave, they'll expect you to accept your punishment.
Don't like being punished? Don't be toxic. It's that simple.
