Like many other eSports titles, popular MOBA League of
Legends has an issue with player toxicity. However, League in particular has a
bad reputation as its bad behavior seems to permeate the game at every level.
It’s not uncommon to hear abuse from the game’s most popular streamers and even
professional League of Legends players have been barred from the game for it,
with Nicolaj “Incarnati0n” Jensen and Khaled “DarkwinJax” Abusagr having
previously been punished.
Developer Riot Games has gone to great lengths over the past
few months in an effort to keep their 67 million-strong playerbase in line by
rewarding good behavior and encouraging reform when players don’t abide by the
rules. Most notably, Riot recently began doling out free champion skins to
players who hadn’t been banned from the game (or received a chat ban) in a set
period of time and if a player wasn’t eligible for the reward then they’d be
able to improve their behavior in time for the next one. Riot also nixed
permanent bans for competitive players, instead giving out ‘indefinite’ bans so
that players could have their case reviewed after a minimum of two competitive
seasons.
Author: Loh Ee Thung
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