I am constantly being reported for meta-breaking

Ben Sharpio·Sep 2, 2015·7 votes·1,189 views

Stop reporting people for trying new things. Does Riot take into consideration that people report others... just because they can?

21 Comments

Very Hard EngageSep 2, 20156 votes

soooo did you think to try it in custom or bots first? or did you dive right into normal blind pick, go 0-10, behind 100 cs? down turrets? and undoubtedly undermine your team...

im very interested in how you performed.

Doc RobotSep 2, 20155 votes

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soooo did you think to try it in custom or bots first? or did you dive right into normal blind pick, go 0-10, and behind 100 cs? and undoubtedly undermine your team...

im very interested in how you performed.

Why would his performance matter as far as reports go? I thought Riot's official stances were that 1. you can't be punished for playing out of the meta, and 2. being bad isn't punishable, either.

LyrdianSep 3, 20152 votes

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soooo did you think to try it in custom or bots first? or did you dive right into normal blind pick, go 0-10, behind 100 cs? down turrets? and undoubtedly undermine your team...

im very interested in how you performed.

And how are you to know if it works agaisnt PLAYERS? Customs are FULL of trolls playing we they want. he was apparently trying new things in a regular match setting.

But as a fellow meta-hater... or breaker in your case OP, i am curious. what were you trying?

Ben SharpioSep 3, 20151 votes

Support or adc Sion and top lane bard or adc bard. Both of which i tend to perform incredibly well. A lot of people apologize when i carry the team but i still get reported atleast once per game if we lost. But honestly, there are games that i don't do as well as i'd like but really, who goes 100-0 every game? Doesn't happen, even with non-metabreakers.

AL000Sep 3, 20153 votes

i would report you if you are doing really relaly reallllly bad... do off meta in practice or normal game first....

TeemoJenkinsSep 2, 20152 votes

Reports, regardless of quantity, that are baseless have NO penalty. Trolling, regardless of claim of "Meta breaking" is still trolling and will be penalized. is that clear?

Ben SharpioSep 3, 20151 votes

So youre saying that meta-breaking is the same as troll-picking?

Crowe StalkerSep 2, 20152 votes

Honestly I'm more prone to hate on Meta-breaking if I find it absolutely stupid. Jinx AP? Eh, Chompers and Zap! scale off of AP, it's not efficient but there's worse...

Nocturne AP? What the Hell are you doing in my game?

If it can scale/work reasonably there shouldn't be a punishment involved. Just try not to pick on stuff that relies on snowballing though, because Zed Top doesn't really work out well if your opponent picked a tank.

A Miss FortuneSep 3, 20152 votes

If you're trying to go AP ~~Riven~~ Zed, I'll probably dislike it since there's no reason to do it.

But a lot of the fun off-meta things I play in normals like AD Lulu actually has a reasoning to it and can be pretty useful. 105 free Attack Damage from her passive? Yes the machine gun Lulu dream.

I agree with you, basically it doesn't have to be the best but as long as It's reasonable I'm fine with it.

WhiskerWowSep 3, 20151 votes

Zap doesn't scale on AP.

Crowe StalkerSep 3, 20151 votes

My bad, I thought it did for some reason (I actually don't own Jinx so really, my bad!) But like Elias said, as long as the character scales decently and doesn't have a horrible build, it should be fine.

Slamurai JackSep 3, 20152 votes

Define Meta Breaking. Playing Vi mid lane assassin style is meta breaking. Playing AP Caitlyn is trolling. Full AD Shyvana is meta breaking. Full Tank Twitch is trolling.

Bulletproof CarSep 2, 20151 votes

i keep being reported for trying various adc jg like doin cait jg jinx jg etc btw cait jg works

Bulletproof CarSep 2, 20151 votes

cant report for having a bad game lol

Bulletproof CarSep 2, 20151 votes

riot SUPPORTS players trying something new

BudupopsSep 2, 20151 votes

yes they do stop being desperate for attention

Poop JellySep 3, 20151 votes

I wouldn't worry, unless you're being toxic back or do something inappropriate. I always encourage Meta-breaking.

Adrian UmbraSep 3, 20151 votes

Off-meta picks are never a reason to report someone. Neither is having a bad game. But please be able to defend your picks if someone questions them. Bard can do this toplane or ADC and that makes him a good pick. Support Sion can do this and that's why I picked him (ADC Sion I question because of lack of sieging and range differences, but feel free to defend it). There are absolutely picks that are off-meta and awesome and work, but there are also people who take suboptimal build choices and call it meta breaking. If you run AP Riven, that's not off-meta. If you run Irelia "support" and proceed to farm as if you were top lane, never build a support item, and never grab sightstone, that's not off-meta, that's gimping your team by trying to stuff two carries into the same lane.

While I trust that you have reasons for running what you do and that you're doing incredibly well, some people don't do anything of the sort. Anyone reporting you is still an idiot, though.

Only Play DariusSep 3, 20151 votes

There's a difference between going AD Malzahar top and carrying the team because you have practice and know how to play it, and going AP Ashe jungle and not ganking a single time because you have to recall after literally every camp and you have just completed your runeglaive by the time enemy Shyvana gets sated and already has a bork in her inventory.

You really need to define what you consider meta breaking. I don't have a problem really with meta breaking if it makes at least some sense, but locking in AD Heimer jg and losing the game for us you should expect to get reported, especially in ranked.