Through their forums Riot has announced that they will be live-testing Ranked Restrictions on North American and European servers for their massively popular MOBA, League of Legends.
Ranked Restrictions is another way in which Riot will try to contain the toxic players that plague matches in LoL frequently, more so in Ranked matches. The process behind Ranked Restrictions in fairly simple; players who have been deemed having a negative attitude will have their in-game chat restricted and will be prevented from joining Ranked queues until they complete an unspecified amount of games in normal draft, maturely.
Riot assures players that the new system worked well in their PBE servers, boasting its positive effects.
Riot has not stopped there, those same players dubbed negative will also be unable to claim ranked end of season rewards such as skins and loading screen borders.
Do not fret however, if you are one of those negative nellies Riot are going to give players till the end of the season to reform their ways. So sit back, be nice and watch prepubescent players get filtered from the LoL community.
Starting Patch 26.5, severe toxicity gets you removed from games, not just muted. Riot says DMs will count next. League of Legends Patch 26.5 bans will get a level up. Riot Games has revealed plans to punish people who are abusive in chat with huge bans. Starting in Patch 26.5, gameplay bans will be given for players who are “severely disruptive” in comms, rather than just chat bans.
The League of Legends maker has eliminated around 12 roles across three publishing teams.
Riot Games: "After a lot of discussion and reflection, we are reducing the size of the 2XKO team.
I want you to know that decision wasn’t made lightly. As we expanded from PC to console, we saw consistent trends in how players were engaging with 2XKO. The game has resonated with a passionate core audience, but overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term."
Admin note: Using credit source title because Riot hides this news with just an 'update' title.
