[IMPORTANT] Riot Games Needs to Stop Permabanning Players For Being Toxic

Riot Games should not be banning players for being toxic - instead encourage the use of the mute button rather than punish players. I have some friends that will occasionally get fed up with players who are feeding and trash talk them. They have been playing League of Legends for 5 years and they get permabanned. League of Legends is banning valuable players who have invested tons of money and hours of their lives into their game, just because they talk shit in a video game. Like Dunkey said, "what's the fun in the video game if I can't talk shit".

On the other hand, intentional feeders who stay quiet in the chat are getting off scott-free and continue to ruin games for others. You can always mute a toxic player, but you more often than not, you cannot stop a troll from feeding if he's set on it.

I myself, got permabanned last night. I'll admit it, I get heated when I have incompetent players on my team, and I'm sure everyone does. It's just that some people decide to speak up and some people decide to stay quiet. But this isn't the first time I've been permabanned. I was permabanned 4 years ago, and I find it astonishing that the ban is for my entire life instead of extending it for a year or two years. Don't you think most people's behaviour would be changed by that (let alone all those people who will set the game aside after a year of inactivity). Unfortunately for me, I came back to realize that this was the exact same game I loved and hated so deeply. The gameplay and creativity gone into the game are incredible - really has potential to ruin someones life because of how fun it is. On the other hand, the riot games community has done so little for the actual players, and instead try to reward and benefit only competitive players. This needs to change. I spent over a thousand dollars on my account that was banned four years ago. I thought about all the time and money I'd wasted on League of Legends just to lose all of it because a singed on my team decided to intentionally feed for 20 minutes.

Just my two cents.

TL;DR: Riot should encourage the use of the mute button and stop permabanning valued players who have invested time and money into the game - instead, focus on dealing with trolls and feeders.

Edit: Yeah I know, controversial. Understand that flamers who say things like: "I hope you die of cancer" and constantly flame are not people I'm talking about. I'm speaking on behalf of the players who are frusterated in some of their games in which they have a troll or a player sabotaging the team.