Originally Posted by YueienGato

Secondly, we hope that by tying the punishment to games played instead of a set duration of time, we can enable toxic players to assume more responsibility for their actions. Players will no longer be able to make new accounts for a few days to escape their timeban—they will have to play matchmade games in restricted chat mode to unlock their account chat privileges again.

Originally Posted by Exploding Barrel

I'm still not a fan of this idea. I'd rather have toxic players removed from my pool of potential allies than have them remain there but with reduced avenues of communication. I want a team that communicates positively, not one that doesn't communicate.

Originally Posted by Shiister

I think toxic players won't change their behavior, and will wait till their chat is restored fully then go back to throwing raging fits.

Originally Posted by Reddhero12

I've suggested this so many times in the past, and got so many downvotes.

Just yesterday I suggested a mute alternative to banning, everyone thought it was a stupid idea. Lol.

Originally Posted by BillyTheAttorney

OH another point. Dzyne, I'm sorry. I generally don't like crushing optimism or hope, but I'd feel remiss if I didn't point out that - unfortunately, previous permabans probably won't be released. It seems like a procedural nightmare, and something that would completely swamp resources to a pointless extreme.

Let me put it this way. In the field where I work, sometimes the law changes. Sometimes drastically, but those previously convicted of stuff are rarely "reimbursed" if the situation changes.

Say you get caught with weed in your pocket. The judge tells you to pay $150 bucks and do community service. Two years later they make marijuana legal. You can't then go and say "well it's legal now, so I want my $150 back plz"

It works both ways. If they suddenly make something illegal that you've done in the past - they can't then go and arrest you for "things you did in the past."

So, I appreciate the optimism, but it's probably best if you heard to not get your hopes up too high.

Sorry man.

Originally Posted by Qichin

Except a toxic player doesn't tend to communicate in a meaningful way in the first place. And the suggestion when faced with them? Mute. It's the same result.

Originally Posted by Kirska

Willing to give this idea a shot but I will save judgement til I see how they deal with potential abuse of system.

For example "GG" is probably an allowed message, but we all know that "GG" can be both negative and positive, depending on the context.