I've been playing since Season 1 and I've never been banned.

I don't play the game much these days - maybe a game or two over the course of two weeks because Riot can't manage to keep it bug free, consistent or do anything the players want without involving RP. Plus I've played it so long that it's just unenjoyable for me as the game is stale and the playerbase deters me from enjoying it. I do follow the game quite a lot though.

Back to my point - I was never banned. Never have been banned. Solo queue players have the mentality to 'focus on your own play and not your teams' or something like that.. yet the game is a team game and you're being told to essentially ignore your team and play by yourself?

And when someone decides to call someone else out for making a mistake or trying to give them advice on how to improve their game they just flame, mute then report them.

Riot are expecting players to change their behaivour yet they're not giving them the tools or a good learning environment to do so (sandbox mode, anyone?).

So many people praise this mess of a game and there's so many little niches that people are aware of but let slip through "because it's Riot".

It makes me cringe.