Does the "report" button even work?

2kewl4life··4 votes·703 views

I know this is a silly question but I just met this Swain that AFK next tower and flamed our team.... Did Riot implement a notification system just like Valve's which notifies you if a player you reported has been punished? Because I have encountered so many feeders and griefers everytime I play norms and I always report them but never know if they have been punished. Or maybe there is a notification system but LOL just has some serious flaws? Who knows?

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Vhan876515 votes

In all honesty, it really doesn't work; like, it works, but it doesn't do anything about 90% of the time. I've sent the literal replay files of players trolling through support tickets yet can OP.GG them later on to see absolutely nothing having been done.

Riot's too lazy to actually fix the toxicity their game has. And why bother when people still fork them a bunch of money? (Not that I can speak much on this last part. '>.>)

Xidphel3 votes

Because you're expecting instant replies.

Vhan87655 votes

I mean, when you've got a trolling Kench ruining the game for everyone, I'd kind of expect something be done about it, yeah.

Drugoth5 votes

Afks and DCs are dealt with by the leaverbuster. The punishments handed out are different than those handed out by the IFS to trolls and flamers.

When you push that report button and submit your report, things are happening. Just because you can't see or recognize them happening physically does not mean nothing is happening.

ModWulf Helhammer3 votes

They have it, but it doesn't come up very often, as it only appears if your report was the final one to get them punished. I personally think that's something they need to fix.

If you look at the rest of the PB board, you'll see plenty of examples of people getting punished

Icy Hot Shoto2 votes

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They have it, but it doesn't come up very often, as it only appears if your report was the final one to get them punished. I personally think that's something they need to fix.

If you look at the rest of the PB board, you'll see plenty of examples of people getting punished

Just quoting this, so that everyone knows this is what I'm referring too..

The above quote is CORRECT. Riot has the notification, there are a few threads of people showing it. There have also been suggestions for anyone who has reported a user who gets punished within a few days or so gets a notification, but as far as I'm aware Riot hasn't mentioned if that'll happen.

I'd also like to say that ONE report has the same weight as NINE. It takes one report to flag the account to be checked. There's also four tiers of punishments.

  • 10 game chat restriction
  • 25 game chat restriction
  • 14 day ban
  • perma ban

So someone may get a chat restriction and not a ban, so they can still play but can only send so many messages a game. Tiers can also be skipped, depending on the severity. Some people also get multiple chat restrictions before getting banned, as there is a reform system to give people a chance to learn. Those who don't learn, get perma banned.

As the above quote said, check around the boards. You'll see many people have been banned, so the system works.

Liquid Poro 1 votes

Wait 5 game chat restrict??

Icy Hot Shoto1 votes

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Wait 5 game chat restrict??

I meant 10 game, that was my bad. Thank you though.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Wow...who the hell downvoted me and 3SheetsTotheWind to oblivion?

Liquid Poro 1 votes

I was not voting.

TylerDoudoune2 votes

simple : no if 3 or less ppl are reporting....at 4 ppl (they may auto ban or) riot's crew member may read smth..... i guess you are the 560789th player to wonder why 99.9 insulters/troll/feeders not being reported 'you know bc u dont get the info. Explanation is simple : they're just not worried....now automatic system : u annoy some premade who reports you ?? no need you have chatted once, you got malus in automatic honor system... hey you ks to save him/prevent fleeing ?? ->>>> u angry a guy ->>>> he flame and his premade(s) will rept you aswell....end of story, since some ppl report you, there IS a reason, isn't it? ....same story with u ping theire obious death coming......WHAT ...U DARED TO USE PING???? WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK U R to predicted their death !!!! it s YOUR fault !!! if you wouldnt have pinged, ennemy wouldnt have hurt them and would keep chasing without seeing ur mate !!! So get reported !!

RitoCantBanThis2 votes

use logic, if it worked there wouldnt be any players left to play.

koshkyra1 votes

A couple months ago i had an ADC who called our jungler a "c*cksucking jew" (they didnt actually censor it like i did) and told them to go die in a gas chamber "like they already should have" just because he didnt gank their lane enough.

I gave a very detailed and concerned report. It has been months and i still have not seen the little "a player you reported was punished" message.

Absolutely disgusting.

Zombiemaster1 votes

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A couple months ago i had an ADC who called our jungler a "c*cksucking jew" (they didnt actually censor it like i did) and told them to go die in a gas chamber "like they already should have" just because he didnt gank their lane enough.

I gave a very detailed and concerned report. It has been months and i still have not seen the little "a player you reported was punished" message.

Absolutely disgusting.

That message is only given to the player who issued a report in the final game before the offending player is punished. if you didn't get it back then, then you're not going to get that message for that particular player. However, this doesn't mean that they weren't punished in a future game or that your report didn't mean anything.

2kewl4life1 votes

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