Suspended for 7 Days because of responding to someone who insulted me
Hi,
I'm pretty new to APEX legends, only ~150 hours (playing mostly solo), and so far I really like the game...
But I also noticed that there are many toxic players who instantly insult you for making 'mistakes' in the game (or play not the way they like).
Yesterday a russian player in my team insulted me, called me a ******, ****** and other things in voice chat (I think for picking up an Item that he wanted).
Normally I don't care much and just ignore them, but yesterday I snapped and started to insult back. He then started to play solo while the 3rd player and I continued to play together.
Now I'm banned for 7 days because of this. I understand that Respawn/EA does not want this type of interaction in their game, but is this normal to get banned for "defending" yourself, without a single warning? That's pretty harsh in my opinion and not fair.
I'm a pretty chill guy and just want to play, I don't start to arguing because they play differently or because they do something that I dislike.
What is going on with this penalty system? I've also read that players get permanently banned after the 7 day period, is that really true?