lmao
dice how do you know that is xj9, is he banned again yet god bless
also I've never been chat restricted (actually that reminded me I gotta do my placements, but then again the server movement might make that impossible because I'll be playing at ~250 ping :/ unless I transfer my main to OCE...) but I think no ranked rewards for a single, fairly minor chat restriction where players have shown to improve and not been restricted again during the season is a little harsh, especially given in mind the team's intent towards rehabilitative action.
Also obviously the 'reward' in not being chat restricted is, uh, not being chat restricted and also not pissing the fuck out of your team which gets you chat restricted in the first place, but there is a whole heap of pissed off players now in Gold+ who are now gonna see themselves as having no incentive to reform this season, regardless of whether that's right or not (it isn't, but y'know).
IDK, I can be pretty passive aggressive when provoked and I personally feel like I need to grow up a bit or just start muting everyone when I start to play without 4 friends, so I can't feel any schadenfreude here. I just don't see how this helps anyone now that it wouldn't if not applied retroactively.