Got reported for "hacking" with Annie.

Matsumotori·Nov 7, 2014·32 votes·10,962 views

My last match I came across a Vel'koz who was my lane opponent. So normal business as usual I proceed with my laning phase and use my Q to cs easier. He noticed that my mana would decrease then immediately refill given the properties of Annie's Q (Mana Refund/Cooldown Reduct if the target is destroyed). He then proceeded to bm me and even convince his team I was hacking, saying I had unlimited stuns and unlimited mana lol. Once the match ended his whole team reported me for hacking, and of course.. Bm me some more even though I tried explaining. Do people not read ability descriptions to the teeth anymore? :(

36 Comments

RiotInfinite VeritasNov 7, 201450 votes

Lol, sorry but I find this pretty funny. I'm pretty sure you were trolled.

Anyways, on a more serious note, some people can be a little more ignorant than others. In cases like this, it's just better to ignore whatever someone is saying and just play your game. If someone reports you, a single report isn't the end of the world. The system takes in to account frivolous reports.

Also, you only received one report from that game, not everyone. So focus on not feeding the troll, don't worry about other behaviors/ideas/whatever, contribute positively to your game and move on :)

RhytoNov 7, 20141 votes

That support though. :o

DocRedgraveNov 7, 20141 votes

Anyways, on a more serious note, some people can be a little more ignorant than others. In cases like this, it's just better to ignore whatever someone is saying and just play your game. If someone reports you, a single report isn't the end of the world. The system takes in to account frivolous reports.

Yeah, I've had this happen to me before as well. A couple months back I was steamrolling a Ranked game with the rest of my team when their Lucian started ranting that we only won because we "drop-hacked" him. Nobody bought it and we all reported him for bad attitude.

MatsumotoriNov 8, 20142 votes

No he was dead serious lol. Even if I pretend to be angry I dont fling out threats and profanity.

PaperMache7Nov 8, 20141 votes

You know if the UI was better things like that wouldn't happen.

cyphris41Nov 8, 20141 votes

That is a funny comment, but u might want to research how the report system works. Every report does matter. Its been tested by many people. They have proven that the trolls now control the report system. People testing and strsaming 100's of games straight showing random chat bans

lorewiseNov 8, 20144 votes

I think as a representative of Riot Games you may want to rethink that reply. This is the kind of prank / trolling that requires good faith to be funny. And if the OP didn't know them and didn't know they were being trolled...

Oh man, wait, what if we're the ones getting trolled.

But no really, it kind of comes across as you're laughing at someone that was getting griefed the entire game. Which is kinda dickish.

RiotInfinite VeritasNov 8, 201422 votes

I see your point of view. As someone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of behavior, actually having been accused of hacking/walling/exploiting, I think it's better to have an attitude of levity towards the situation. Instead of getting worked up and upset over behavior which you can't control, I'd rather breath in and laugh it off. Maybe it came off as dickish, but that wasn't my intent, and I don't think OP took it that way either. Thanks for the feedback!

Vesper117Nov 8, 20144 votes

You can't know how the other person will take something, especially over text. That, and the fact what works for you might not work for others, so you might want to be a little more careful about how things come across~

MABdudeNov 8, 20142 votes

You can't really "breath in and laugh it off" when someone who is supposed to help you just laughs at your situation. Regardless if it wasn't your intent, you need to rethink how you reply. You obviously don't understand what it means to be on the receiving end, cause I'm pretty damn sure if you went to someone for help, and they laughed at you, you wouldn't be so jolly. You need to start acting like an adult. It's pathetic, really, especially coming from a Riot employee.

lorewiseNov 8, 20142 votes

I don't think they did which is good. Shrug I dunno I guess it depends on the other kinds of trolling. When I read this originally I imagined people being toxic. I mean if we lived in a perfect world sure this could be funny, but we live in a world where Riot has to have an entire team dedicated to reducing toxicity. So hopefully this person wasn't also getting slurs and other nasty stuff thrown at them while getting trolled.

I guess what I'm saying is in games like this light hearted escalates to "&%#$ you %$# I hope you die" pretty quick. But yeah I see your perspective. Thanks for the reply.

Dv4ntNov 8, 20141 votes

Instead of getting worked up and upset over behavior which you can't control, I'd rather breath in and laugh it off.

You know (intimately?) how the ban system works. You can access the logs. You can go complain to Lyte IRL if you do get banned.

For us mere mortals and (possibly) paying customers, being threatened with even one report is enough for concern.

Which is kinda dickish.

It's more than just kinda dickish.

lol i feel the pain but i deal with afkers/feeders/trolls then i get reported b/c i was frustrated for having these people on my team? Who wouldn't be frustrated, playing ranked games losing to much LP, Getting demoted... but hey thats rito can't do anything. Just keeping playing and sooner or later just stop talking lol..... pretend ur muted for life....

There's one sure-fire way to win LoL....quit playing.

You're not missing out on anything.

JuanChainzMar 12, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=Infinite Veritas,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=vBX4cENB,comment-id=000800050000,timestamp=2014-11-08T02:16:25.273+0000)

I see your point of view. As someone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of behavior, actually having been accused of hacking/walling/exploiting, I think it's better to have an attitude of levity towards the situation. Instead of getting worked up and upset over behavior which you can't control, I'd rather breath in and laugh it off. Maybe it came off as dickish, but that wasn't my intent, and I don't think OP took it that way either. Thanks for the feedback!

Hey I think you need to check this out http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/GD/ylVJ0Qnr-received-a-14-day-ban-for-zoom-hacking-have-never-done-it We could really use some help

LateCustomerApr 26, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Infinite Veritas,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=vBX4cENB,comment-id=000800050000,timestamp=2014-11-08T02:16:25.273+0000)

I see your point of view. As someone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of behavior, actually having been accused of hacking/walling/exploiting, I think it's better to have an attitude of levity towards the situation. Instead of getting worked up and upset over behavior which you can't control, I'd rather breath in and laugh it off. Maybe it came off as dickish, but that wasn't my intent, and I don't think OP took it that way either. Thanks for the feedback!

Well, I'm currently on day four of a two week ban. Riot is accusing me of zoom hacking. I didn't even know what that was until I looked it up (I.E., I didn't do it). I'd love to just laugh it off, but...Imagine you're just another LoL player, Riot accuses and punishes you for something you didn't do, threatens to perma-ban you if you do it again, but you don't know what it is that's making them think you're cheating in the first place?

Here, it seems like there's a few other people in a similar boat as me: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/GD/ylVJ0Qnr-received-a-14-day-ban-for-zoom-hacking-have-never-done-it

I don't expect you to move any mountains or anything, but at least give it a look. As for me, the last thing Riot support offered to do is remove any offending mods, so they want to know which ones I'm using... Um... I don't know, I'm not using any mods :( (I do use Baron Replays, I already stated this to Riot support multiple times... and many LoL players openly say they use it here on the boards and have no issues with it)

CaesarFlickermanNov 8, 20143 votes

My question is was that person banned for false reporting?

Dv4ntNov 9, 20141 votes

My question is was that person banned for false reporting?

Or for harassment. I mean, a threat's a threat....

Deep Terror NamiNov 7, 201421 votes

On one side that's funny, and on the other it's depressing because there are people like that.

Mikal PikalNov 7, 201411 votes

Take it as a compliment? So many people in this game are simply incapable of blaming themselves for anything.

SolidPoohNov 7, 20146 votes

I would take that as a compliment as well lol

the tribunal is in recess or something, and a one time thing wont hurt you i dont think.

this reminds me of a post I read not long ago, a kid got his dad to play leagues and his dad loved it, but his dad was a quick learner and had lolwiki open during every loading screen.

His suggestion was to add pop up ala character select (when the abilities show on bottom when mouse highlighted) to the load screen for players to better prepare...

I posted saying it was a great idea, and hell, this back that idea up

dont fret, you played a good annie, and to have a velkos complain...

consider your reports legendary lol

Mikal PikalNov 7, 20141 votes

There should definitely be SOMETHING in the loading screen, whether it be abilities, (better) tips/tricks, lore, etc.

GunpointNov 8, 20143 votes

This the same hack that Garen and Katarina players use for unlimited mana?

SquirvizardNov 7, 20142 votes

Sounds like a bunch of scrubs, probably mad because they suck at this game so they blame it on hacking. :')

ShurleNov 7, 20142 votes

Tell them once Q refunds mana if it kills a unit Mute Turn off all chat (Seriously why do you even have it on.)

MatsumotoriNov 8, 20142 votes

Have it on for POSITIVE and FUN back and forth. Nothing serious but playful banter, usually there are people relaxing and enjoying the game like me '-'.

GhostCadillacNov 7, 20142 votes

There are going to be players who don't know all the champs abilities, and the way I see it... There are three ways to handle these situations.

Explain to them a champion's mechanics if you can,
Take it as joke, or
If arguing about this really gets to you, simply mute them and get on with the game. That's what the Mute button is for after all. :-)

Spacesuit SpiffNov 7, 20142 votes

Haha I love low-level matches. If you have this guy on your team, he has no idea what your champ's limits are and calls you bad for not 1v5ing under the nexus turrets, if he's on the enemy team anyone that does anything is a hacker.

DerpstaticNov 7, 20142 votes

You know the glitch with Zac where his E can make it look like he's running really fast? Yeah, I've been reported for "runspeed hacking and never getting CCed" (FYI, we lost the match). A large percentage of the player base doesn't have the experience with a variety of champions, and this leads to misunderstandings in how they work.

GundayMondayNov 7, 20142 votes

LoL, someone reported me the other day for scripting on Sejuani tank jungle when I predicted their obvious Leblanc jumps. People are silly sometimes :3

warpenguin555Nov 7, 20141 votes

lol wow

kitcat300Nov 7, 20141 votes

You know for sure his whole team reported you? I mean, 5 people THAT stupid on the same team is a little far fetched. Even for this game.

Zakaris DaemonNov 8, 20142 votes

You know for sure his whole team reported you? I mean, 5 people THAT stupid on the same team is a little far fetched. Even for this game.

You'd be surprised.

SongofStormNov 8, 20141 votes

lol i feel the pain but i deal with afkers/feeders/trolls then i get reported b/c i was frustrated for having these people on my team? Who wouldn't be frustrated, playing ranked games losing to much LP, Getting demoted... but hey thats rito can't do anything. Just keeping playing and sooner or later just stop talking lol..... pretend ur muted for life....

AmoebaHewdrawNov 8, 20141 votes

A similar situation happened to my friend once as Aatrox. He used a skillshot across a wall and killed the enemy Vayne, he was accused of hacking the entire game after that, it was really just good prediction. P.S. It's Avvotrox mind you. ;)

Jungle Lux GodNov 8, 20141 votes

I actually had something similar to this happen. In one of my recent games as jungle Skarner, my mid laner, Kayle, accused me of being a bot, even though I definitely was not a bot because, obviously, I'm actually a human, and actually playing the game, communicating with my team and jungling to the best of my capabilities.

Eventually, Kayle started to try and convince the entirety of both teams that I was a bot, but thankfully the enemy team didn't seem to think the same.

Leon962Nov 8, 20141 votes

Or we could do something like (brace yourselves) dota 2 does and have someone be able to left click a champion in game and be able to see what their abilities do. We already have this available in spectator mode, don't think it'd be THAT hard to add in normals, but I wouldn't know.

MandaariNov 8, 20141 votes

Last night I had an enemy Lucian BM all game, yelling at his teammates for not knowing Ashe ult had an AS slow (I wish). Pretty sure he got reported by all 8 other players (our Riven was AFK).

People are stupid and don't like to admit they're wrong. Just report them when it gets out of hand and move on.