Is there a way to tell if I'm at risk for being banned/restricted?

JIDF Operative·Jan 10, 2016·3 votes·418 views

Hello everyone, I'm new to this discussion board but I have read some scary things about people getting banned from League of Legends and I was wondering if there is anyway to tell if I am at risk? I can't remember the last time I flamed in game but I have had a low priority queue due and a 5 minute lever buster type thing around a year ago due to PvP.net client disconnection. I don't say much in game that could be viewed as negative besides bad ironic jokes like "report thresh for no thunderlords" when everyone but thresh has it or when trying to offer advice for champs I'm more experienced with than others. I have not ever gotten a chat restriction or ban, so I may just be paranoid, but finding out my risk for being banned would be helpful.

4 Comments

Deep Terror NamiJan 10, 20165 votes

Punishment is dealt in 4 steps;

10 game chat restriction
25 game chat restriction
14 day account ban
Permanent account ban

Only in the most severe cases will Riot escalate a punishment straight to a ban, otherwise it goes in order. The next punishment will go down 1 step every 3 months without being punished as well.

So basically, if you just got a 25 game chat restriction you're close to a ban. Extremely toxic behavior such as hate speech and intentionally ruining games will get you there too.

When you start getting a higher than average number of reports you'll trigger a warning popup that tells you you've been reported for this or that. It doesn't necessarily mean you will be punished (the reports haven't been verified for accuracy yet, and mass reports can trigger it even though mass reporting doesn't get you punished faster), but it's a good idea to check your behavior if you get that.

JIDF OperativeJan 10, 20161 votes

I was not aware about that, pop-up but I'm glad I haven't even seen it. Thank you for the help

AuroramancerJan 11, 20161 votes

Are you knowledgable about what kinds of chat behaviors would result in an instant 14-day account ban (so, skipping the chat restrictions altogether)?

Off the top of my head, what I can imagine would merit an instant ban would be extreme hate speech and personal threats.

Deep Terror NamiJan 11, 20162 votes

Ya, basically hate speech and threats. Verbal abuse in a way to intentionally try to avoid detection can result in an escalated ban too (like using special characters in your insults so the system can't tell). The Instant Feedback system doesn't escalate punishments, so if someone goes straight to a ban it's because Riot had to audit the case, and they aren't as lenient as the system when they have to do it.