Aside from maybe game one I fail to see how the OP was drug into anything if anything, he's the instigator. Heck, in game two he started in on how bad his Ezreal was at the 4 minute mark and in game 4 he was already spouting off again at the 4 minute mark.

Having bad people on your team is no reason to insult them. When you say "There's only so much verbal **** someone can take in this toxic environment before they lash out" you're absolutely right, so why are you adding to it? There wasn't really a single constructive thing you said to help your team out in any of the games listed. Even if this was a genuine case where YOU were mistreated verbally, there is a mute button. Once the mute button is utilized, you no longer have to worry about the verbal abuse and you can move on with your life. Sorry, but this time ban you received is spot on.

you threatened to find them irl. LOL, that is the most pathetic comeback to ever have been made. You deserve to be banned like the people who reported you ya fool. Next time grow up, and ignore it. They are intentionally trying to make you mad, why would you give them what they wanted?

You are complaining? You responded to an insult by making a threat. You need to be banned for making threats like that, you are seriously playing the race card when you were making threats to other players? Backlash in the form of cursing or throwing a tantrum is one thing, making a threat on someone is low and uncalled for. Hope you stay offline.

You deserved the ban 100%. So did others in some games you were in but I would have hit Punish a thousand times over on cases like yours. You can just ignore/mute whoever is harassing you and your anger/frustration/feeling of being bullied immediately disappears. Yet you go on and on and on; meaning you pretty much fed yourself the anger. If you have the choice to stop it from happening, why don't you take it? Why do you keep arguing with idiots on the Internet who obviously smile when you rage?

I wouldn't even bother making a reform card. You do deserve the ban.

a mute button does NOT solve the problem. That's like saying muting people solves the offensive behavior. A common meme on the internet is one cannot be un raped. Once someone says some **** to you it can't be unread or un felt. human beings have feelings. If people constantly say unsavory things then eventually it's going to take a toll on them. If I could mute and block and avoid games with those I came across that were jerks it would eventually create a smaller pool of people that LIKE The game. I have a great time with many of the people in this game. I help people out. Make suggestions, etc. If I didn't and was a troll I don't think I'd have any points in teamwork or in helpful.

I come to play a game to enjoy. While this game is a competitive one, we don't play it to lose. What you may consider whiny is perhaps a polite way of saying things instead of being aggressive and being like, "HEY THAT WAS STUPID STOP DOING THAT OMG DON'T BUILD THAT ITEM ITS BAD!"

so I digress, this is nearly a lose lose situation.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but in real life, you have a LEGAL right at least in usa where I reside to defend yourself if you are being assaulted. It's called self defense. It does not give you the right to turn the table and then take it too far, but if someone is assaulting you you don't have to just take a beating.

Maybe that's just ingrained in me.

It's a lose lose.

You are condoning the behavior and placing blame on the person who is defending themselves. Someone is poking you hard in the chest.... you can just ignore him till he gets bored right? What if he doesn't? What if he keeps poking you? What then?.

I bet if you grabbed that finger and twisted the **** out of it he'd think twice before invading your space.

So you are quantifying degrees of backlash and saying one lesser evil is better than another? How so? It's okay to throw a tantrum, but if you oblige the troll with trolling, then its uncalled for?

You can't formulate a complete sentence. It's fine to have an opinion, but I'm not asking really for opinion, I'm asking for formulated logic to examine the ENTIRE issue here. The banning is not the issue its the WAY the banning is handled.

Mute button, mother****er, do you know it?

No this is not the seventh grade, but this IS the first game ever I have played with such a **** community. Even in counter strike, they clean up **** like this. When I first started playing counter strike it was "****er this, ****er that" in every server. That kind of behavior results in permanent bans. People have more respect.

saying someone is bad is not disrespecting them. It's an opinion based on the circumstances. This game boils down to simple common sense, playing a role and minimizing tactical mistakes.

One has a bad game or a bad slump, just like in any other sport.

If a coach tells kobe bryant not to take any more stupid shots like the last three he did is the coach disrespecting him? no. he's telling him to step up his performance.

the banning system is so flawed in this game in the first place. Most times when a ban is warranted, opposing teams will reply with "we don't care" if you have an AFK, or someone feeding. It's all for the win.