Banned for a day for picking my main.
I've been playing league since S1 and jungle since S2/S3. I've never been chat restricted, banned, timed out, and never que dodged on purpose. (Internet giving out is a different matter). I climbed last year up to D3, almost D2, for the first time. The whole climb for the last 3 years my main of choice is Jungle Pantheon. I was picking him before he was on a tier list. Before he was picked at worlds. Had a positive WR. Pantheon is now a B tier jg far from the S+ he was last year. But still viable.
Then it happened. 4 days ago I got hit with a 15-minute disruption suspension for "disruptive gameplay." Without saying anything. Riot said in their ticket that they can't do anything because the time expired because it took them 48 hours to do the ticket. "You triggered an unexpected disruption during your match that was outside your control. I know that can be really frustrating." What does that even mean? Does AI randomly think a less picked champ/roll is bannable now as long as one person reports you?
Today, I locked Pantheon after already winning 3 games today. Boom. 1 day ban without saying a word to my team. I traded up for FP, picked it, and was suspended.
Should I even contact Riot? It's a 24-hour ban, and they take 48 hours to mark it as solved. I'm at a loss for words. I've played since S1 with 0 penalties. I get flamed "jg diff" even if I win jungle, but the team loses. Get flamed for not ganking, if I miss a smite, or take a kill, or push a wave to help my laner crash for the bounce, and I've even been flamed for not using a skin. What about my experience? Can i report everyone now? Why is it that everything i do is wrong, wrong, wrong. But I stay positive and don't talk back. I just mute. But now just picking my main gets me banned by the automated system and 1 mad laner? Do I need to get consent from my team now for my picks?
What can I even do? I feel so discouraged right now.
I'm making this post to let everyone know that this might be something you will have to look out for when something is strong but is bannable in the AI's eyes. So jungle zyra, brand, Pantheon, Zed, Gwen, Camille, Naffai, Cho, Trundle, morde, rumble, jayce, talon, Kathus, aatrox, olaf, sion, morg, ornn, gragas, mundo, and Mao may all be bannable because they all have a lane they can play, and someone got mad you picked it jungle.