User blog comment:Steelside/Thoughts On The Tribunal/@comment-109.91.234.11-20120601193322

Riot Games isn't the only game developer to permanently ban players for having a bad attitude. I don't know which "extremely popular games" you're referring to, but I know that you can get suspended or (permanently) banned from World Of Warcraft and several other multiplayer games, such as Call Of Duty or Counterstrike. The difference between League Of Legends and the other games is, in fact, the Tribunal. You got banned because other players thought that your behavior was unbearable for the community. I don't know what you said/ wrote to get the reports for verbal abuse, but I assume that it wasn't just something like "bad", "noob" or tips concerning the game.

Sure, giving the power to decide over punishments into the hands of a community (especially a community as big as this one) always bears the danger of people abusing it. And sure, the system's not perfect, but the idea is worth pursuing it imho.