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Why can YouTubers break any rule they want when Streamers can't?

Eedat··4 votes·1,436 views

Why can YouTubers admit to buying a Bronze 5 account to smurf (on video mind you), but Cowsep gets a temporary ID ban "for cursing" (wink wink). Why can YouTubers blatantly troll with things like 'afking for X minutes to see if I can carry' or 'spend no gold until 10k challenge' or 'letting a silver player play ranked on a diamond account' but Yassuo gets banned for letting their sister play an AI game on a charity stream?

Why can YouTubers do whatever they want and break any rule they want THEN POST VIDEO PROOF OF THEM DOING SO and not get in any trouble what-so-ever? What is with this MASSIVE bias? Why do streamers get heavily punished for the most insignificant offenses when YouTubers get no punishment for anything? Kind of sick of these YouTubers making this garbage content while being immune to the rules. If streamers get punished for way less, YouTubers need to get punished as well.

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Chermorg6 votes

but Cowsep gets a temporary ID ban "for cursing"

That wasn't why he got banned.

Why can YouTubers do whatever they want and break any rule they want THEN POST VIDEO PROOF OF THEM DOING SO and not get in any trouble what-so-ever?

Would you rather Riot spend their time watching every youtube video and stream out there to attempt to catch these people, or spend their time actually coding, balancing, and inventing new things for League? If you see a youtube video where someone is breaking the rules, report it in a support ticket.

Eedat3 votes

You're actually implying that you're ok with this because it would take too much effort to enforce? K let's just let everyone troll then because having actual video evidence takes too much effort to prove. It's not like these people have 50 videos of them doing it with millions of viewsor anything.

Yassuo gets an account permabanned for ONE game on stream against bots but high profile YouTubers just can't be monitored for making 60 videos that they openly admit to breaking the ToS. Right.

Chermorg7 votes

... Do you know how many hours of League content are streamed all at once? And how many hours of League content is posted to youtube/other video sites daily?

It is literally impossible for them to monitor every single video/stream out there. Thus, to remain fair to all streamers/youtubers, they don't go on witch hunts just because they're popular. They rely on player reports of misbehavior. It wouldn't be fair to the large streamers if they were scrutinized further simply because they have more views - whereas a small streamer isn't because they aren't as big, so they can do things "under the radar".

You can repace "streamer" with "youtuber" as well, it still works.

Eedat2 votes

Thus, to remain fair to all streamers/youtubers, they don't go on witch hunts just because they're popular.

They absolutely do and have stated they hold these players to higher standards because they are the face of the community.

Chermorg2 votes

Holding them to a higher standard does not mean they actively seek out those who are violating rules any more than they do regular community members.

The higher standard comes into play when they are found violating the rules. You are complaining about them not seeking out rule violations equally - which they do - just as they will not actively seek out you or I breaking the rules, they do not seek out streamers/youtubers who violate the rules, unless those rule violations are reported to Riot.

Hibeki1 votes

Holding them to a higher standard does not mean they actively seek out those who are violating rules any more than they do regular community members.

No actually thats exactly what it means

Chermorg6 votes

Higher standard = violations are treated more severely, as they should know better.

That standard has absolutely nothing to do with how they are made aware of violations.

zPOOPz1 votes

Citation needed

Death by Glamour1 votes

i didn't know riot support was staffed by the balance team and coders, explains all the bugs and state of the game though :D

YerroFever2 votes

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Why can YouTubers admit to buying a Bronze 5 account to smurf (on video mind you), but Cowsep gets a temporary ID ban "for cursing" (wink wink). Why can YouTubers blatantly troll with things like 'afking for X minutes to see if I can carry' or 'spend no gold until 10k challenge' or 'letting a silver player play ranked on a diamond account' but Yassuo gets banned for letting their sister play an AI game on a charity stream?

Toxicity scales are different on different servers. Cowsep is playing in Korea while we're on NA. I posted in his thread discussing the player behavior standards and toxicity on the asian servers.

Additionally, many players who purchase accounts actually don't keep those accounts and don't care while players who don't buy accounts tend to want to keep their user names so that it's easier for them to get recognized.

Cowsep falls into the latter category. He wants to keep his name, get recognized, and build a brand around his name.

Why can YouTubers do whatever they want and break any rule they want THEN POST VIDEO PROOF OF THEM DOING SO and not get in any trouble what-so-ever? What is with this MASSIVE bias? Why do streamers get heavily punished for the most insignificant offenses when YouTubers get no punishment for anything? Kind of sick of these YouTubers making this garbage content while being immune to the rules. If streamers get punished for way less, YouTubers need to get punished as well.

I don't know if they don't get in trouble, but I think the accounts they purchased probably get banned and thus why they have to keep buying accounts.

It's not that they don't get punished, it's that even though they get punished, they continue to purchase accounts and do shit until they get banned on that account and then move on to another account.

420 grams2 votes

Cowsep was banned for account sharing

Eedat1 votes

No he wasn't

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/8a6928/riot_korea_just_banned_all_of_cowseps_accounts/dww8df1/

Read it here I'm not explaining it.

Cocho2 votes

Someone from NA talked to riot Korea, and they said account sharing.

Account sharing is different in KR. He had multiple accounts in korea which just isnt possible without account sharing because accounts are linked to KR's version of SSN (whatever it is). That means cowsep had multiple accounts that werent his (since he buys accounts).

He had one account that he played on that was another persons, but that one didnt get banned. I guess they missed it.

Cocho1 votes

AFKing doesnt get you banned. Not spending your gold doesnt get you banned.

Accout sharing and flaming IN-GAME will get you banned.

All that matters is what rules they're breaking and whether or not it lands on top of the league subreddit

Eedat5 votes

You're serious? You really think intentionally afking isnt a bannable offense?

Cocho2 votes

It isnt.

You just get leaverbuster.

Eedat5 votes

DCing because your power went out is whatleaverbuster is for. Intentionally afking is trolling

Takazaki1 votes

leaver buster kicks in because riot cannot prove with 100% certainty that the AFKing was entirely your fault.

if riot bans you for afking, your probably did something else that match to let them prove it, and even then they would be more likely to ban you for that action rather then just afking in and of itself

Cocho2 votes

There is no difference between afking unintentionally or intentionally. In terms of leaverbuster and how you report people.

AFK is just afk.

You may not like it, but thats just how it works.

Personally, if someone on my team AFKs and loses us the game, I dont care if it was intentional or not. I'm glad there is not a lesser punishment for unintentional afking. Not sure how an automated system would even know that, but yeah.

Tbh, the punishment should be larger in ranked games. The current punishment (leaverbuster) isnt much and is remedied by walking around in base.

You're serious? You really think intentionally afking isnt a bannable offense?

Have you heard of someone getting banned for AFKing?

Xidphel1 votes

temporary ID ban

Cowsep is prohibited from ever making accounts and is essentially given a ban-on-sight?

Eedat1 votes

Yeah lol. They slapped all his accounts with 30 day bans at once and you cant just make a new account in KR

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