Riot Games has issued a lifetime ban to a member of renowned e-Sports group Team Dignitas following his ninth trial by League of Legends' Tribunal.
A post in the game's forums explains that Digitas member IWillDominate has had all his known accounts permabanned after his harassment score rose by more than 30% since August, placing him among the worst 0.7% of all North American players for negative behaviour.
Promoting good sportsmanship and improving player behaviour is a mission that’s extremely important to Riot, and this ruling is a reflection of our commitment.
To give the story a little bit of context, League of Legends is predominantly moderated through the Tribunal system, which democratically allows the game's community to decide whether players reported for negative behaviour should be pardoned or punished. If a player has been consistently reported by the community, then a case is built against them consisting of reasons, comments, chat logs and more, which is then forwarded on to those who dole out judgement. If enough players vote to punish then low-level solutions such as email warnings are automatically sent out, while more severe issues are forwarded to Riot's Player Support who make the final call on what punishment should be dealt.
This was IWillDominate's ninth time in the Tribunal due to "a persistent record of in-game harassment, verbal abuse, offensive language and negative attitude." As mentioned, his previous eight punishments didn't seem to be deterring him, leaving Riot with no option but to permanently ban his accounts.
As a competitive MOBA, League of Legends regularly experiences its fair share of players getting hyped up and lashing out at each other. This is a mentality Riot has been actively trying to change for a while, and the statement released by the company's VP of e-Sports following the decision to permanently ban IWillDominate backs this up.
It explains the company "take sportsmanship and player behavior very seriously, and we fundamentally believe that pro players should not be exempt from scrutiny over their behavior. In fact, we believe pros have an additional opportunity to act as positive role models for the entire community.
"The decision to impact someone’s career is not one we make lightly, which is why this is tough news to deliver. Unfortunately, our Tribunal recently was forced to permanently ban a pro player as a response to his persistent toxic behaviour.
"Promoting good sportsmanship and improving player behaviour is a mission that’s extremely important to Riot, and this ruling is a reflection of our commitment."
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Source : ign[dot]com
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