So, a question about IFS and all that.

Niyumi·Oct 28, 2016·1 votes·613 views

To start off: No, I was not banned, or anything. I just have questions. :P

What exactly is punished with the system? 'cause, I rant in all chat about how greedy Riot is and how broken champs are every now and then, but I never really talk to people directly -- but I was given a 10-game chat restriction a long time ago. I haven't really changed, but never got another notification that I was being reported or anything.

So, how exactly does it work? Is there criteria that has to be met, or is it just whatever a large number of people report (and, if that's the case, could you be reported for being sickeningly positive every game and get punished?)?

Just kind of curious, since I see all these posts about people being banned and Riot's new Lyte smugly throwing around chat logs and whatnot acting all high and mighty.

3 Comments

Desolas ArteriusOct 28, 20161 votes

Do you want the link to the official statement? Or a TLDR of how it works :P

NiyumiOct 28, 20161 votes

I don't need a verbatim thing. So, whatever is relevant. :P Not too worried, I was just wondering how it actually works.

Desolas ArteriusOct 28, 20162 votes

Pretty much works like this:

Reports only count if they are legitimate reports. If you aren't negative/toxic then you won't get reports against you. Negativity and Toxicity is determined by the community and Riot, so this helps identify different types of toxicity that might go unnoticed if left to only a machine picking up key phrases.

Successful reports against players help the system build up a case against that player. Every successful report will continue to be filed towards that player until appropriate punishment is dealt after a period of games have been played of repeated behavior.

You can't get punished for being overly positive, since that is not breaking the Summoner's Code, whereas being negative/toxic is.

But all in all, reports matter the most, but the number of reports dont. Quality over Quantity in this case, so the system will only begin to build a case against that player if they showed repeated reportable behavior.

Tried to keep it as simple and short as possible lol. Hopefully that helps.