how many times do you need to get the honorable opponent honor before you get a ribbon?

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The Honorable Opponent one is the only one based on a single Honor type rather than a combination, since opponents only have one option to give honor.

It's not based on the visible number in your profile, because all Honor is not equal. The number is just how many times you've been honored, not the current value of your honor. If you get honor from someone you've just met for the first time via matchmaking, it's worth more than honor from a friend with whom you queued for a game. Players who honor frequently have less value in their honor given than players who rarely honor someone. Also, you need to be given honor fairly frequently for it to work towards a ribbon. One of the biggest factors is how frequently you earn it relative to the games you play. If you gain a certain amount of honor in 50 games and earn a ribbon, someone who gains that same amount across 100 games may not earn a ribbon.

I had an Honorable Opponent ribbon sometime last year. It lasted for a few weeks, then vanished around the time mystery gifts were added to post game chat options. The funny thing is, I used to get most of my honors for post game chat habits. When the mystery gift option went live, some people accused me of trying to earn a gift by being friendly after the game. Go figure.

What this guy said is essentially accurate except that honour weight is not strictly a relation of how often you honour, but rather how accurate your honours are. If a person honours 3 people per game but all of those people DESERVE it, their honour weight will be stronger than someone who honours only once every 100 games but that person doesn't deserve it.

How they determine accuracy is hard to say, as they've never really talked about it.

And honouring people you queue with is essentially worthless. If you're someone's friend or if you queued with them, there's prettymuch no reason to honour them.