What DOES riot allow in its chat nowadays?

LogicalThinkTank·5/27/2018, 12:37:48 AM·2 votes·1,599 views

Simple question, but what is generally allowed nowadays, After the whole "Co-on" thread incident it got me thinking "What else isnt allowed or is allowed to talk about?

Obviously we cant be toxic or use racism, hate speech, or talk about illegal things obviously, but what about topics in the grey zones? Is talking about guns allowed? what about sexual harassment? Political issues? Abortion being legal or not? religion?

Obviously many of these topics can lead to a player being toxic which isnt allowed and obviously on the forums those topics arent generally allowed, but what about in game? Would players get banned for talking for or against religion? would players be banned for supporting guns or not supporting guns?

Or are those topics flat out banned just like certain words?

PS: please add anoy other topics you would be unsure about

19 Comments

Kei1435/27/2018, 1:08:28 AM6 votes

Well... you go ingame to play a LOL game, not debate about the rest of those stuff.

If you are referring to the boards, there are times which the boards will allow such topics (ex: gun discussion about the types of gun mafia mf, graves and twitch uses. Of course such topics go in story and art), but the point of these boards is to discuss the game. There are lots of other venues you can discuss those subjects.

Sarutobi5/27/2018, 1:02:02 AM5 votes

The thing is why should these be allowed? Remember first and foremost you are playing a game. How does any of those subject you just listed pertain to the match you are playing, let alone how does those subject help you win the game? Thats the main ordeal. My general rule of thumb, is that if it doesnt help me win the game for my team, i dont talk/type about it as its only going to distract me from playing the game!

DuskDaUmbreon5/27/2018, 1:48:04 AM3 votes

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Simple question, but what is generally allowed nowadays, After the whole "Co-on" thread incident it got me thinking "What else isnt allowed or is allowed to talk about?

Obviously we cant be toxic or use racism, hate speech, or talk about illegal things obviously, but what about topics in the grey zones? Is talking about guns allowed?

Talking about guns in general is fine, but why would you waste time in-game on that? Focus on winning.

what about sexual harassment?

Sexually harassing people is not okay in any situation, which includes in-game. I have no idea why you would just regularly talk about it in-game.

Political issues?

It's probably not against the rules, per se, but why bring it up?

Abortion being legal or not?

Why would you bring this up in a game? In any game?

religion?

Why would this matter?

Would players get banned for talking for or against religion?

Depends. If it's legitimate debate, it's a waste of time, and not something the other 3-8 people give a shit about. If you be an ass about it, you will be punished (as that'd qualify under hate speech).

would players be banned for supporting guns or not supporting guns?

No...?

Rysophage5/27/2018, 4:36:12 AM1 votes

just dont talk at all. really no point rito will ban you for anything. i just read a post of a guy getting banned for "arguing" not being toxic, arguing.

MagicFlyingLlama5/27/2018, 12:46:05 AM1 votes

Best avoided, unless you know nobody will be offended enough to report. Anything not important to the game that may cause disruption is punishable, and that definitely includes divisive and by extension political topics.

If politicians cant have intelligent and mature discussions, a bunch of angry kids in a MOBA definitely wont.

Kimuto5/27/2018, 4:58:27 AM1 votes

No racism and death threats? Nothing that is extremely overboard like "Give me your address and I'll kick the S*IT out of you!" (Happened to me before :P). Best thing to do is don't type too much or just nothing at all. I got honor 5 last year and I do insult people sometimes. Very little tho. I just go "This nami is so bad lol". That one sentence in the entire game doesn't punish me at all. It's not over extending the chat log and nothing that crosses the line.

LBmyBB5/27/2018, 12:49:42 AM1 votes

Pretty much nothing. Take this quote for instance, while it's not DIRECTLY talking about what's allowed, it hits it in the ballpark:

_**"Now let's take up the minorities in our civilization, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog?lovers, the cat?lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second?generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that! All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters. They did. Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca. Books, so the damned snobbish critics said, were dishwater. No wonder books stopped selling, the critics said. But the public, knowing what it wanted, spinning happily, let the comic?books survive. And the three?dimensional sex?magazines, of course. There you have it, Montag. It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade?journals." ** _ This is from Beatty in the book Fahrenheit 451 and it means that nobody wants their minority-toes stepped on. Everyone wants to be happy and God forbid somebody's feelings should get hurt, so destroy everything that might possibly, in any way, offend anybody. In this book, its books. So in our world, its anything that hints at offense-ment. And THAT can be applied to league. Does that answer your question?

Chermorg5/27/2018, 2:11:31 AM1 votes

As another person said, in game, generally speaking, isn't the place to start arguing.

That being said, discussion of controversial issues, so long as it isn't spammy, is not necessarily prohibited in game.