I går offentliggjorde Riot Games, at de fremadrettet vil fokusere på at forbedre spiloplevelsen ved at reducere antallet af personer, der ikke overholder reglerne.

Det var på Twitter, at Riot Games fortalte om deres nye fokusområde, hvilket også skabte stor debat på Reddit:

Jeffrey Lin fra Riot Games valgte at uddybe sit tweet, for ikke at skabe tvivl omkring emnet:

Today is the start of tests where we'll be using a new machine learning approach + Player Support manual reviews to target extreme cases of toxicity (such as intentional feeding, racism, death threats, homophobia, etc) and handing out pretty severe penalties such as 14-day or permanent bans. Players that get permanent bans will see a ban code of 2500 during these tests.

Det betyder derfor, at der bliver slået hårdt ned på blandt andet forsætlig feeding, dødstrusler og racistisk tale, og man banlyses nu i 14 dage eller permanent.

We'll be testing 1 server at a time in small doses to monitor the effectiveness of the system carefully and minimize false positives. All Riot regions will get the same test at some point in the future. Depending on the results of the tests, we'll be rolling this system out more permanently on all servers.

Netop fordi systemet er i test-fasen, er intet fast endnu, og ændringer kan derfor ske. Der bliver nemlig kun taget et skridt af gangen hos Riot Games, eftersom de tester det nye system på en enkelt server af gangen.

Some players have also asked why we've taken such an aggressive stance when we've been focused on reform; well, the key here is that for most players, reform approaches are quite effective. But, for a number of players, reform attempts have been very unsuccessful which forces us to remove some of these players from League entirely.

Riot Games mener, at det er nødsaget at fjerne den gruppe af spillere, som ikke indordner sig til spillets regler - hvilket de håber, dette system vil sørge for.

Hvad er din mening om det nye system - kommer det til at gavne spillet? Deltag i debatten nedenfor.