Does the penalty system reset over time?
I recently got a 30-minute queue ban in Valorant due to previous penalties. I know Riot’s system starts with warnings and short bans before escalating to longer ones. My question is: If I avoid bad behavior (no reports, AFK, or toxicity) for a few weeks or months, will my penalty level reset back to just a warning, or will it always keep increasing if I ever get reported again?
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It will decrease back to a warning or maybe a 10 minute ban
Tho it will decrease if u don't go afk in like 20+ games
Or around that mark
oh i was thinking to stop playing for a month or two i mean i had to anyways so will that work?
Nope, it goes down if u DON'T afk in games. Simply not playing will not decrease the ban timer
ah one more question though, if i get like months or years of bans somehow then would it be possible to recover that acc by getting help from riot with a valid reason?
I once got a 100 year ban revoked so yea
2 100 year bans actually
and it revoked?
Yea
so i shouldn't be worrying much
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Stuff like a month or 14 day bans don't get revoked rly
Only like a year+
If u afk too much (like i did once) u will get bans from the game itself and not just competetive
oh one more question
will deathmatch count?
No afk penalties for leaving deathmatches
Tho there are afk penalties for leaving TEAM deathmatches
nah i mean will ban penalty time decay if i play some deathmatch without breaking any rules
Do u mean like does not afking in deathmatches result in the ban timer reducing?
yes
For that idk exactly
But i'd have to assume no
ah
electricity's quite playing with our area so i can't really know when to play
Cuz there are no penalties so it wouldn't make sense for it to go down for not afking aswell
Had the same issue
Took out my 10 year old ups
Haven't gotten a single ban for afking since
I was just scared to play when i didn't have the ups
My mind was thinking about the electricity all the time lol
same i can't even focus
at this point valorant has to do smth for players like us
They can't do anything
Its true afterall that it is our responsibility to not ruin the game for other players