As detailed in a post published via the official League of Legends forums on Tuesday, September 23, Riot Games has revealed that it will be working to enhance League of Legends’ behavior system in order to “ improve the ranked play experience. ”
As a result of this enhancement, negative players within the game will soon have their in-game chat functions restricted. On top of that, they will also be prevented from queuing up for ranked play until they have completed a predetermined number of games.
Known as “Ranked Restrictions”, such revokes were first introduced in the games Public Beta Experience, which is basically the testing grounds for new content in League of Legends . Having since proven to be successful, the feature will be rolling out to be tested on live game servers in North America and Europe.
“ Depending on the results of the live test, ” Riot Games explains, “ we’ll continue to add regions globally. With Ranked Restrictions now live-testing on NA and EU, restricted players will be unable to queue up for ranked until they complete a certain number of games in Normal Draft. ”
What’s more is that a negative player’s chat restriction also extends to other game modes in League of Legends , and they still can be reported for negative behavior if they display such a thing while playing through their restrictions.
A final evaluation will be pressed on the negative player following the completion of the unspecified number of Normal Draft plays, which will be to determine whether or not the offender has improved their in-game behavior. Players who don’t show such improvements will continue to have restrictions.
“ Related to Ranked Restrictions, we’ve determined that Ranked Rewards should reward positive sportsmanship just as much as they reward great play, so the most negative players who are Ranked Restricted at the end of the season will be ineligible to earn ranked end of season rewards such as the loading screen borders or Victorious Morgana champion skin, ” Riot Games added.
“ While the majority of players will not be affected by this ruling, we wanted to message it well in advance so that players concerned about their behavior have more than enough time to adjust and reform before the end of the season. ”
We’ll bring you more news on League of Legends should further information reach our ears.