Thoughts on the state of chat banns

Will1v1ForNudes·10/28/2018, 11:43:57 PM·2 votes·2,025 views

This game is way too friendly to people who get their feelings hurt. There is no reason why calling someone a shitter should be an insta chat ban and loss of honor if they are saying as bad if not worse things to you. Having to abide by these ludicrously tight chat policies this season is leading to a passive aggressive attitude in ranked that's even being seen in high elo. NA is so passive aggressive it's become meta to not care about this game because it's bannable to show any sort of emotion in chat. The whole "NA open" came around from players not being able to type in game because if someone gets a little offended at how you're explaining the game you can get the ban hammer. IE: this season in ranked rift scuddle is such a huge objective it's often times worth losing a few minions in lane to help your jg secure it because of the huge lead it will give your jg over the opponent. This however can be very hard to explain after you've gotten killed by then enemy top leaner who understands this without using a little flame in your explanation leading to most people instead saying "top diff" or just typing ":)" after they die. Now people may think people flaming in an explanation sounds not helpful at all, this however is not a bad thing, In seasons 1-3 I learned may things from players i got flamed by. This may sound unbelievable but as a jg I learned about the importance of covering lanes and shoving after a gank from someone raging for 5m in chat at me. Was there a better way for that person to tell me? of course! But like a lot of players who will play games back to back explaining basic concepts in a reasonable way will take an unreasonable amount of time. RETO pls loosen up your auto ban policy it's insane how easy it is to get chat banned in this game this season compared to all the others. in 8 seasons of playing this game i have never been banned or chat restricted once. This season however I have gotten chat restricted 6 times (three of them were well deserved) but the rest were all from things that were light compared to what anyone was saying in the last 7 seasons of this game.

-A long time player concerned about the direction of this game

33 Comments

Jo0o10/28/2018, 11:54:08 PM6 votes

It's not about hurt feelings, it's about shitting on team cohesion. We've all had games unravel because a player decides that tilting his own teammate is somehow a worthwhile pursuit. The nature of MOBA gameplay is such that a single player's tilt can adversely impact the team's chances much more heavily than in other multiplayer games or sports. Therefore, enforcing positive or neutral communication is completely logical.

BeatleZzz10/28/2018, 11:52:16 PM3 votes

Find a different game to play, then. Looks like League of Legends isn't for you :)

Flameveil10/29/2018, 12:11:52 AM3 votes

Do you have any ideas in fixing this? Offering some sort of alleviation on the state of chat bans would be nice to read about.

W33DMasterSexay10/29/2018, 12:33:00 AM2 votes

ur just toxic lol