Popular YouTuber Dunkey has lashed out at Riot Games after being banned from League of Legends for aggressive trash talking.

The content creator was recently banned from the game during a ranked match for saying, “Malphite, you are a f*cking worthless braindead scumf*ck b*stard pile of trash mental d*ckface, that should be gunned down in the street like the degenerate you are.”

Dunkey contested the ban in a YouTube video, claiming that he shouldn’t have been barred from playing for simply “talking sh*t in a video game”.

“I can understand being banned for cheating, or going AFK... or feeding on purpose,” he said.

“But talking sh*t to some guy that is a total dumbass? What is this, fucking pussy ass baby preschool time?

“Talking sh*t is probably one of the only fun parts of this boring ass game. I might as well play the box if you want people to act like robots, Riot. I wonder if [Riot] understand[s] that the root of toxicity is the game, it’s just not fun and it pisses people off.

He then lashed out at the game itself, saying that it “doesn’t work as a competitive game”, before criticising Riot for not supporting him.

“I’ve been consistently putting out League videos since I started out on YouTube,” said Dunkey.

“Now keep in mind, during my whole career of being the top guy promoting their game, for four years, Riot has done almost nothing to help me out or promote me. And I emailed them for this first and only favor, and they respond to me, ‘nope, you’re toxic’.

“And that’s when I realized that this company doesn’t appreciate me at all, or anything I stand for. I think multiplayer games should reward the time and practice you put into them, and that you should be able to call other people scum fuck bastards, and connect with your friends and have fun playing with them. And League of Legends offers none of these things. So I’m done with it.”

The video has garnered more than a million views in a week.

Riot lead game designer of social systems Jeffrey Lin responded to a question about the ban in an interview on Ask.FM this week.

“We really can't show favoritism to someone just because they are a pro or a known content creator,” he said.

“This isn't really a debate about whether trash talking is OK or not OK in games; we've talked a lot in the past about how we're OK with players bantering with their friends but you should be careful when interacting with strangers who may not understand your intentions – especially if you're using hate speech or slurs.

“We have a zero tolerance policy against hate speech, racism, homophobia, and sexism and that policy stands whether you're a random player, a pro player, or a YouTube celebrity."