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Can i be banned for saying "report"

razotevs15BG··4 votes·6,923 views

In the last days, many people told me they would report me because I was saying a feed report because our botlane was constantly feeding the enemy and not helping in the team fights. They told me that I am flamer because I wrote "report". Let me admit a little more I wrote it but I do not think I can be banned for that. What about you?

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Alzon16 votes

I believe it’s classified as harassment, especially because the system only checks if a player was reported, not how many times they were reported.

rujitra6 votes

It is dependent on how much someone does it.

If the only negativity in their chat is one instance of "remember to report X for AFK" or similar, they're very unlikely to be punished.

If that is repeated or combined with other things, it can constitute harassment and be punished.

Du Ma Mi1 votes

I once got a two week ban because some guy called me a f a g and I said I was reporting him

EDIT: I was actually banned for another reason which was an error in the system and the whole ban was reverted (I had also never been punished before). But the first rioter I talked to tried to claim the ban was legitimate because of my stating that I was reporting him.

SłęeplessÇry1 votes

You know they say that, but have my doubts. I was told i was heavily reported in a single game in my ticket and received a chat ban as punishment, (lost my cool with a griefer). But yes, asking for a report is not banable, nor is saying you are going to. Threatening or harrassing about it however is banable. The way the OP described it also sounds like the case. Playing badly =/= reportable, asking for false reports counts as flaming and harrassment.

ı Sona ı5 votes

Yes, you can. Instead of asking people to report players, just report if you feel it is warranted.

AhriTentacleToy4 votes

Report begging, or report demanding to create the illusion that you have power and are the Riot Police for your ego is toxic. 1 report or 9 are the same, and you going "plz report botlane" or "I'm reporting you botlane" is negative. It's a confrontation you're creating to argue and tilt so you can let them know that you're doing something to them. Stop being a part of the problem. Yes, you can be punished. Shut your e mouth in game and just report if it's merited, and not just because you're mad.

World peace plz3 votes

Riot has stated that keep asking for a report is a form of haressment and there for punishable. You wont get banned for. At least not right away you first get 2 chat restrictions one of 10 and one of 25. Things like hate speech or racisme or homophobic slurs those things skip the chat restrictions and or get a 14 day ban or perma deping what the person said sins it falls under there 0 tolorance. So dont wurry you wont get banned for it that fast. However i would advice you to stop askin for a report cause of 2 reasons.

  1. 1 report does the work of 9 so you dont need to ask for it 1 is enough to trigger a review.
  2. Dont ask to report bot lane for feeding cause of reason 1 and you dont know or there feeding or actually have a bad game you dont know that so you cant Judge about it.
Firu3 votes

You can get punished for asking/threatening reports in a harassing manner.

Kei1433 votes

"report" alone won't get you banned.

If you use it as a form of harassment, then it can get you punished over many many games.

This means:

  • Report Ahri for no skin - IS OK

  • Report this bot lane, so shit. get him banned kthx - Is NOT OK

disregardable2 votes

Punishments work like an XP bar. The bot will scan your chat log, and if you broke the rules it'll add XP to the bar. Let's hypothetically say, it takes 100 report XP to get a punishment.

On that scale, saying report someone and nothing else might be worth 1 XP. Insulting your team and asking for ffs for 10-15 lines might be worth 10-20 XP. Using racial slurs would be worth something like 80-100 XP. So basically, if you're severely toxic, it won't take many games to get a ban, could be as few as one.

Keeping in mind that reports lose relevancy over enough games, if you're only saying report when you come across someone reportable, you'll probably never be punished.

If you're saying more than just report, and also insulting players and asking for ffs, then you may receive a punishment eventually. Just depends on how often you do it.

Faneseeker2 votes

If you want to report a player just do it. The only purpose of announcing your intention to report is always perceived as a threat, and it is true because there is no reason other than harassment for such an announcement.

Stupafly1 votes

If you just said "report", then no.

If you were being a pain in the ass about it, yes.

LordGeovanni1 votes

You should be banned. You are not supposed to tell people who to report. You can point out the bot lane is feeding (If intentional) and let other people come to the conclusion that they should be reported by themselves.

The Highest Noon1 votes

Yes, you can be punished for saying to report someone. You can be punished for telling someone that you're going to report them. Isn't the system grand?

razotevs15BG1 votes

Ty guys♥️. Last game i muted all of my team mates. And i think its better. I can only see them pings. And i feel better when they are muted and i dont tell others report anyone ect.

Woodakoodashooda1 votes

Technically, yes. You do risk it, but it is a minor risk. The risk of being punished over saying "report" is less than the risk of being punished over calling someone "noob". Which is laughable considering not long ago, an official LoL message welcomed all players by calling them "noob".

The risk is slight because requesting to have players reported in all chat is a common practice in game. It is very frequent and it's perpetuated by the false idea that 9 reports is greater than 1 report. When, in fact, it requires only 1 report to have a player's performance and chat in a game analyzed by the automated system. And only the report that flagged the punishment will issue the player who submitted the report the notification that a player reported was punished.

To avoid the risk altogether; instead of requesting opponents report a player, you could, instead, politely inform your opponents what it is that the offending player is doing to disrupt the game as long as it isn't something chat-related. It incentivizes players more to submit authentic reports when their opponents explain the situation because rather than saying, report, report, the opposing team is given perspective on a situation similar or identical to their past experiences. And that will give them the idea to report the offender. Not that additional reports are necessary, but if you happen to be losing over a griefer or troll then some sympathy from the opposing team might help lessen the pain at least.

As for verbal abuse, it is only global if the offender uses all chat to do so. At which point, there's no need for you or anyone to inform the opponents in all chat. Let said idiot dig their own grave, hop inside of it, pour gasoline on themselves, and leave plenty of matches above for whoever wants to see them burn.

Telephone Booth1 votes

If you say it enough times, yes.

Olath Quortek1 votes

Yes, saying "report" can be punished as harassment.

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