report baiting

scazzman·7/23/2015, 6:59:35 AM·3 votes·660 views

Hey. i've begun to notice a new form of griefing pop up a lot more than usual. and it needs to be remedied somehow. i've seen where a will do subtle things in game and in chat to try and get a rise out of people. they will specifically do things that won't get them banned/reported. but will agonize thier target victim to no end if it doesnt work or if you mute them" they just do things that are progressively harder and harder to ignore. jungler going on strike from your lane, stealing farm from ADC, afk farming when people ask for help without any real reason,or using sarcastic pet names whenever someone dies" example "good try sweetie" this is all a ploy to get them to say anything that could even remotely be viewed as negative and then report them afterwards. the unfortunate thing is no matter how positive of a person you are. eventually you will snap

5 Comments

Deep Terror Nami7/23/2015, 7:34:35 AM2 votes

They have mentioned that they intend to rework the reporting options to cover situations that don't really fit the current ones. No idea when this might be. Until then, just pick the one you think is most appropriate even if it doesn't seem right. You can also mention it in the description.

Also, just use the Mute function more liberally. If they want to be a dick, they can do so without knowing nobody can hear them. Don't tell them you will mute or report them though, because that almost always makes it worse. Just never confront them.

Surr20plz7/23/2015, 9:24:38 AM2 votes

Nice try Sweetie cakes! But you'll NEVER GET ME reported!

Hell Week7/23/2015, 7:37:21 AM1 votes

Just came from a game with those kind of people. I was jungle Naut, everytime someone died, they blamed me with endless harrass. They didn't ward and just lost their lanes by their own mistakes but somehow they wanted me to pull off miracles. I swear they wanted me to pull off some crazy ganks that were not even possible. They always try to bait me into harrassing them but it never works, at the end they're like report Naut along with endless harrass and happy faces " :) :D ". Nothing happens cause i didn't do anything wrong to get reported for.... i feel really bad for those bad players. they're so bad they want YOU to be just as BAD as THEM.

SmokedAlmonds7/23/2015, 12:46:45 PM1 votes

This isn't really new. I mean, it does suck that people are trolling people to bait them into a fight to get them punished. But people need to take responsibility for themselves. Because you know what else you are doing by falling for it, feeding the troll. Its like giving your puppy a treat every time it shits on your carpet. You encourage trolls to keep trolling by falling for it.