The ribbon system needs improvement. There are only a handful PVP players that receive ribbons of any kind, and that's not very effective. Players should be asked, as in a pop-up, after the game whether they would like to honor another player. That way, they are less likely to skip the statistics page and forget to honor praiseworthy players. It would also allow more players to have a chance to be rewarded for their positive plays.
Good news, Riot is working on fixing Honor. [Source: the Boards post where they announced the 4-win IP boost for all non-restricted 2014 summoners]
Back when i started playing EVERYBODY spammed everybody with honor after every game. now I get maybe 1 honor per game, if that which is how it should be in my opinion, the ribbon system is meaningless if every has ribbons. Only the people that truly show honorable interactions within the game should wear ribbons. My only complaint about the ribbon system is I can't choose which ribbon i want to wear, so sick of seeing the red one.
that pop-up is actually a good idea, i forget to honor players cuz i always click play again right after the game
