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New report criteria- Bought account?

DurzaStriker··2 votes·855 views

I know this has probably come up before but ever since I made it to plat last season (and am still there this season) I occasionally find a player that clearly bought their account or had it boosted up, they just obviously don't have the skill or knowledge that they should at that level.
I just had yet another game and it was obvious to the whole team that this player had no idea how to position, when to take objectives or even how to manage a wave in lane. I get that if they bought an account/got boosted they will lose until they are back at the level they should be but that just punishes 4 people every game until they get to where they should be. I am just asking for another report option to click that may red flag that person then I'm hoping there is a way to look into it further like "oh wow this person played 12 hours a day for 2 weeks from an isp in California but now he signs in for 2 hours a day from boston with a 12 game losing streak, hmmmmm". Maybe I'm the only one seeing this/ there is already a way to report them but I just thought I would put this out there.

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Shainil The Boss1 votes

BOOST TO WIN!

entitledplayer1 votes

The same way a players mechanically and physically is not equipped to assess this -- It is not your place to determine if a player was boosted or bought a account.

You need to report based on behavioral reasons -- Not because they aren't pulling off sick outplays on your lane that suit your needs.

PROJECT Katarìna1 votes

Pressing R as sona and hitting it between everyone missing during a dragon fight is still a feat to pull off. I will always remember It was gold 2-3 elo my support missed a total of 10 ults I was counting

entitledplayer1 votes

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Pressing R as sona and hitting it between everyone missing during a dragon fight is still a feat to pull off. I will always remember It was gold 2-3 elo my support missed a total of 10 ults I was counting

That's not addressing the point I just made, and it still stands unanswered.

Counting the misses is just going to tilt you.

PROJECT Katarìna1 votes

We won ofc later on i was able to delete jhin off the map as graves just sona was in gold 2 elo but sona played like she was new to the game.

Icy Hot Shoto1 votes

"This person logged in from x location and was winning but is now logging in from x and losing. BOUGHT ACCOUNT!"

I feel sorry for everyone who moves/goes on vacation/goes to a con and then gets a losing streak for whatever reason with that logic.

entitledplayer2 votes

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"This person logged in from x location and was winning but is now logging in from x and losing. BOUGHT ACCOUNT!"

I feel sorry for everyone who moves/goes on vacation/goes to a con and then gets a losing streak for whatever reason with that logic.

That's not the logic behind tracking boosting and cheating.

First metric is to track those you've been playing with, and track the places you log-in from. Next, is to track the IP and feasibly prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're account sharing with another user.

After that, it's in-house investigation to further glean on the matter. Riot would have to comment from there.

Icy Hot Shoto1 votes

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That's not the logic behind tracking boosting and cheating.

First metric is to track those you've been playing with, and track the places you log-in from. Next, is to track the IP and feasibly prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're account sharing with another user.

After that, it's in-house investigation to further glean on the matter. Riot would have to comment from there.

I wasn't saying it was. But, in the OP's post he said, ""oh wow this person played 12 hours a day for 2 weeks from an isp in California but now he signs in for 2 hours a day from boston with a 12 game losing streak, hmmmmm"." Which makes it seem like he's saying that if you're logging in from a different location and suddenly losing then you're a bought account.

DurzaStriker1 votes

No, I was just giving an example of something that might seem suspicious and would flag someone. I don't have a lot of knowledge of the buying process ( as I never have nor will do it) but I would bet there is a good chance the original player isn't from your area and probably has different "main" champions than you so those are all little factors that can go in to catching someone. So if someone is suddenly logging in from a completely new location, on a huge down turn and plays completely different champions all of the time now, then those would all be factors in flagging them.

Hollowchazz1 votes

i dislike people like you who accuse others of being "boosted" when in reality they are just having a bad game and are tilting.

i also dislike people who judge you based on your items/masteries/STARTING ITEMS, They fail to understand that i climbed to this elo with this play style.

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