In Regards to Punishments

PwnedByA12YrOld·Jun 3, 2017·1 votes·298 views

High elo's high ego's, low elos high ego's, same shit both ways. Nature of this game you can't escape. Quick suggestion though instead of permabanning people simply perma chat ban them, there's the answer to your toxic chat problem. "Going against terms of service" doesn't warrant someone losing 100$ or more that they've invested in your game, ethics-wise even if you say "tough luck" it doesn't really excuse that fact, not that you guys have cared about the community since S4 anyway. And we both know the majority of banned players are just going to purchase accounts on 3rd party websites, so perma chat ban them and solve two problems at the same time. Good-bye toxic player, yet they can still buy things from your store and generate revenue for you instead of third party sites. Smh make things a lot easier

7 Comments

NinjaGuy69Jun 3, 20172 votes

The reason why permabans exist is because players who receive them usually exhibit behavior that isn't just acceptable but unsportsmanlike. Even if you did perma-chat ban someone, how do you know that they wouldn't find ways to exhibit other kinds of toxic behavior (i.e. intentional feeding, rage quitting, ping spams, etc.)?

PwnedByA12YrOldJun 3, 20171 votes

A perma-ban should always be a last resort. If you somehow manage to be continuesly toxic after the chat ban than by all means go ahead. What I'm saying is I've personally been perma - banned without a warning before and i can personally assure you that from first hand experience a perma ban should never be taken lightly. It absolutely contributes nothing to the issue of toxic players except encouraging them to get new account and continue toxicity, especially with changes like restricting those who've served their restrictions/bans from using crafting services. The majority of toxic behavior stems from chat, rarely escalating beyond that. What I'm saying is for those common cases of chat toxicity perma-chat ban them and allow them to continue playing the game, taking further precautions later if needed.

NinjaGuy69Jun 3, 20172 votes

My point is that if you're toxic enough to warrant a permaban, then you're probably not the kind of player that Riot wants playing their game. If you buy another account, you'd probably get that one banned soon enough as well from being inherently toxic. The only way to resolve the issue is not to limit the punishment, but for the player to reform. This isn't something that Riot needs to help them with. They need to look inside themselves and make those changes.

Moooose3Jun 3, 20171 votes

I disagree you are playing their game they can ban you whenever you want. However. A permanent chat ban to me seems a lot more logical than a perma ban. If you perma ban the account, they'll make a new one and be just as toxic as ever. They won't make a new account if theyre toxic for the very reason that they will have lost all that money.

PwnedByA12YrOldJun 3, 20171 votes

I'm aware they can ban you however they want, addressed that above. However a far more permanent and efficient solution would just be a perma chat ban in those cases where there are players who just can't keep their mouth shut, but otherwise are good players useful to the team.

AeroWaffleJun 3, 20171 votes

Besides leveling to 30, there's tons of progression as you play the game over a long period of time.

Champions to unlock Runes to unlock Rank to gain And any sort of skin you unlock either through the chest system or through real money

Not every perma-banned player is going to want to play the game again knowing that their many hours worth of progression just got tossed out the window, and will get tossed out the window again if they behave like they did on their previous account.

ModPrandineJun 3, 20171 votes

Short answer: Riot tried that and it didn't work. Long answer: Back when Riot did escalating chat restrictions many who racked up hundreds of them just switched to other forms of griefing instead, many of which are more difficult to detect and prove than your standard chat offenses.