Banned after failing to load into game

[fuzzyisme]

I queued up for a round, only to be stuck on a loading screen the entire time. Upon failing to load, I try queuing again only to receive a message that I am banned for 6 hours.

After simply failing to load into the match.

Why? Why am I being punished for simply failing to load in. There is no way to get around this, and I know I wont be unbanned by posting anything to the forums, so why am I being banned because the game failed to load me in after staying on the loading screen for a minute?

 

[Beelzebufo]

I want to second this issue as a bug, but even moreso because I *exclusively* play bot matches (I don't even have a rank), so it makes even less sense.

I logged on to play a few games, the match was stuck on the loading screen for at least 5 minutes before it spit me back out into the hideout. I figured there must have been a server bug or something, tried to requeue again for bot matches, only to discover I had a 6 hour ban.

First of all - 6 hours? I've never had a ban warning before in my life, but jumping immediately to 6 hours seems excessive.

Secondly - a 6 hour ban for failing to load into a BOT MATCH? I understand bans for real matches with real people, but it's bots! There's no rank, there's no people to upset! Why is there even a ban system there in the first place?