Honor level - why should I care?

GraćSięNieDa·Apr 15, 2019·3 votes·2,581 views

Let me start off with pleading guilty of being a quite toxic player in the past. I've lost three accounts to permabans throughout years 2013-2017, two of which were ranked Diamond 5 back then. I hadn't played at all in 2018 so I have only just returned to the League this year - exactly 2 months ago.

Why did I return?

Well, to have fun - as strange as this may sound coming from someone charged with intense flaming and tilting. I believe I've come a long way since then; I've played over 100 matches this year thus far and I haven't lost my cool even once. I've learned to laugh, to shrug, to joke around, to focus on myself more.

I have decided to rebuild my tarnished honor - not because I care about the badge, but due to the benefits that being recognized as honorable carries with it. I have unlocked my honor level 0 in about 4 days and I have played over a hundred games since - I receive honor on a regular basis, at least 8 times out of 10, so I can safely wager to have received at least a hundred honors.

Now, I said I had reformed. Be that as it may, though, the one thing that often keeps my mind clear and emotions balanced is my desire to begin acquiring honor rewards anew. Really, I would go so far as to say that the revamp of honor system was one of the best ideas Riot has ever made.

But... but. It's been two months, over a hundred games played, and I still haven't reached the first checkpoint. I'm nowhere near closer to leveling my honor out of 0. It's been a loooot of honest work, trying to keep it as sportsmanlike as feasible, but those efforts have yet to be acknowledged.

Why should I care, then? Sometimes, when frustration just takes over, why shouldn't I vent, let it all out on other players, get punished again? What is the difference here, assuming I don't care about my account?

I don't really have time to play more than 2 games a day these days, I'm not so young anymore, you see. I'd like the game to recognize my efforts, but I see it may take a few good years to even get anywhere near honor level 2. It's a system that seems to be designed not to reward honorable players, but to reward only those of them who can invest some mind-boggling hours into the game. And especially, it doesn't seem to favor reformed players at all. To me, sadly, honor level progression feels just as frustrating as the matches that led to my previous punishments.

So why should I even care?

8 Comments

haaaaaaalpApr 15, 20192 votes

You shouldn’t. It isn’t anything that Eune uses much. The main people who care about honor is high elo Korea where they “honor” feeders so that they get a badge of shame.

You have put more thought into the system than most people have. Just ignore the system if you are on eune since it doesn’t serve any purpose.

LihLushenApr 15, 20191 votes

Yeah no one fucking cares about honor system shit fucking system. Riot can’t do shit with their game and should all be fired or majority of them.

Done25Apr 15, 20191 votes

From personal experience with getting out of Honor 0 I can vouch that if you're not being reported by being toxic you advance around one check point every two weeks. If you're two months in with no check point Riot might not see you as nice as you believe yourself to be.

GraćSięNieDaApr 15, 20191 votes

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From personal experience with getting out of Honor 0 I can vouch that if you're not being reported by being toxic you advance around one check point every two weeks. If you're two months in with no check point you might not see you as nice as you believe yourself to be.

Wouldn't I have been banned already, were I reported for toxicity? True, I might have been reported a few times - for playing badly, not for an actual offense. Apologies - I don't really understand what you're trying to say, but if the system takes into account all of the reports on me sent its way without evaluating their credibility, and it slows down my advance, then something seems to be broken here IMO... [sg-lux-2]

Done25Apr 15, 20192 votes

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Wouldn't I have been banned already, were I reported for toxicity? True, I might have been reported a few times - for playing badly, not for an actual offense. Apologies - I don't really understand what you're trying to say, but if the system takes into account all of the reports on me sent its way without evaluating their credibility, and it slows down my advance, then something seems to be broken here IMO... [sg-lux-2]

You can get dinged by the system without receiving an actual punishment for it. It's like getting a ticket that doesn't record points against your license. You messed up, but not enough for them to slap you for it.

GraćSięNieDaApr 15, 20192 votes

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You can get dinged by the system without receiving an actual punishment for it. It's like getting a ticket that doesn't record points against your license. You messed up, but not enough for them to slap you for it.

In other words, the bot may use whatever "evidence" against me it has at its disposal to at least ding me here, even if it wasn't banworthy? That doesn't sound fair at all, in all honesty. If what you're saying is true, however, it does explain some things... Thank you for your insight in this matter, Done [slayer-jinx-catface]

Done25Apr 15, 20191 votes

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In other words, the bot may use whatever "evidence" against me it has at its disposal to at least ding me here, even if it wasn't banworthy? That doesn't sound fair at all, in all honesty. If what you're saying is true, however, it does explain some things... Thank you for your insight in this matter, Done [slayer-jinx-catface]

Your best bet is to say literally nothing but "wp" "gj" "ty" and the like.

If someone is pissing you off just instantly mute them and treat them like a bot. Very much like how that one saying goes: "Anything you say can and will be used against you."

Zero ShingetsuApr 15, 20191 votes

I agree. It's good to have positive reinforcement, but generally speaking cosmetic concerns are only going to matter to a select few players. Even then, often not enough to make them legitimately try to hold in their anger.