Does anyone try to follow the Summoner's Code?

5000000000000000·Feb 23, 2017·3 votes·1,033 views

Link for reference, and tl;dr version right below

> 1. Support Your Team > 2. Drive Constructive Feedback > 3. Facilitate Civil Discussion > 4. Enjoy Yourself, but not at Anyone Else's Expense > 5. Build Relationships > 6. Show Humility in Victory, and Grace in Defeat > 7. Be Resolute, not Indignant > 8. Leave No Newbie Behind! > 9. Lead by Example

Does anyone actually follow these? I mean, most of us probably follow these unintentionally, but I think the summoner's code is too difficult to find for new League players.

23 Comments

Deep Terror NamiFeb 23, 20175 votes

I think the summoner's code is too difficult to find

It's in the Terms of Use you're required to agree to each patch and when creating or managing your account. How forceful do you want Riot to be about making people read it?

Warlord ScrapFeb 23, 20173 votes

Wait we were supposed to read that and not just hit accept. Jk jk but for no one ever follows them in any online game riot just happens to enforce them.

scazzmanFeb 23, 20173 votes

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It's in the Terms of Use you're required to agree to each patch and when creating or managing your account. How forceful do you want Riot to be about making people read it?

no one ever actually reads those things. i guarantee you 99% of the playerbase just clicks accept

Magical PlayerFeb 23, 20174 votes

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no one ever actually reads those things. i guarantee you 99% of the playerbase just clicks accept

Choice taken

5000000000000000Feb 23, 20172 votes

Personally, showing that as a pre-game tip during the loading screen would be nice. There are other options like

Permanently pinned to the top of Boards
link on the sidebar under "Guidelines"
link on the League home page
link on the client

etc.

Riot doesn't have to force people to read it, but they also don't have to hide it. It's just a set of guidelines saying "be nice to other people."

Magical PlayerFeb 23, 20171 votes

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Personally, showing that as a pre-game tip during the loading screen would be nice. There are other options like

Permanently pinned to the top of Boards

link on the sidebar under "Guidelines"

link on the League home page

link on the client

etc.

Riot doesn't have to force people to read it, but they also don't have to hide it. It's just a set of guidelines saying "be nice to other people."

scroll to bottom of the page Terms of Use in addition its within 3 clicks on their main site Doesn't make sense to plaster it across their entire site on every page get started->Summoner's code

5000000000000000Feb 23, 20171 votes

Does anyone really scroll to the bottom of the page? Or purposefully click on terms of use and read through it?

And of course, it doesn't have to be linked everywhere. The list I made was a list of some possible placements, since those pages are the most visible. Also, where's the "get started?" I was looking for it but I can't find it.

Magical PlayerFeb 23, 20171 votes

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Does anyone really scroll to the bottom of the page? Or purposefully click on terms of use and read through it?

And of course, it doesn't have to be linked everywhere. The list I made was a list of some possible placements, since those pages are the most visible. Also, where's the "get started?" I was looking for it but I can't find it.

http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/

Read the big blue bar at the top of the screen also, im sorry its a 3 step main page --> game---> summoners code

4 if you want it to be as well main page--> game--> get started--> summoners

Riot can't force people to do it, but it is fairly easy to find Outside of that you are forced to accept it when patches come out

If someone is not willing to scroll to the bottom of a page to read the TOU that they accepted and could have read when they made their account, plastering it in other places will result in the same outcome Nobody will read it

DynikusFeb 23, 20173 votes

the summoner's code can be simplified by Wheaton's Law: Don't be a dick.

5000000000000000Feb 23, 20171 votes

Technically yes, but a lot of the summoner's code is going beyond just not being a dick.

ElohavenFeb 23, 20172 votes

This post should be in memes & games.

TyrekGoldenspearFeb 23, 20172 votes

I definitely try.

GamblerOfLivesFeb 23, 20172 votes

yes

everyday, after i wake up i read it, i preach it to my people on a daily basis. And, when i will have kids, i will teach them the way of the summoner code.

GamblerOfLivesFeb 23, 20172 votes

op, u don't read it daily?? and preach it to your people???..me and my people have even a day for the summoner code..kind of like christmas.

Ada WongFeb 23, 20172 votes

No one follows it anymore its sad but true not even myself at least not down to the fine line parts.

TWO GAMES RIOT, TWO GAMES, In a row Riot, its really stressful I had Jungle run into my lane and flat out fucking troll pinging they go in then not committing to the fight doing this (VERY EARLY GAME) not mid game, Not Late game sole purpose to provide the enemy team an advantage, Then start fights in chat to the point where both games I have to mute everyone... Please Riot League was once a fun game now it feels like a Stressful job.

Wait a minute join another game...

http://imgur.com/a/NmuMN Oh racism now are we?

Magical PlayerFeb 23, 20171 votes

So what is hard about it? What should be changed inside it, exact parts please?

5000000000000000Feb 23, 20171 votes

Not really difficult about following the code, but it's difficult to find it easily and quickly.

Magical PlayerFeb 23, 20171 votes

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Not really difficult about following the code, but it's difficult to find it easily and quickly.

It is within 2 clicks of the main site

ItankyouFeb 23, 20171 votes

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Telephone BoothFeb 23, 20171 votes

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Support your team This is actually possible, however, why should I?

Drive Constructive Feedback This is impossible, everyone has thin skin these days and tilt rages at the word "hello"

Facilitate Civil Discussion Can't when I'm being called a cuckboi

Enjoy Yourself, but not at Anyone Else's Expense You clearly haven't played in silver/gold

Build Relationships Keyboard, meet my face.

Show Humility in Victory, and Grace in Defeat Defeat; Fuckin feederassteam, Win: GG EZ

Be Resolute, not indignant. Shut up with your words.

Leave No Newbie Behind! Good thing there are no such thing as 'Newbies' just newly bought smurf accounts.

Lead by Example By running it mid.

Damn dude I follow the summoner's code erry day.

PS. Apparently jokes aren't funny anymore, feelsadman [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Not yours anyways. :P

Telephone BoothFeb 23, 20171 votes

Of course man. If you're the type of person who does all this, you must be a pretty happy person and it can only make others happy. All you miserable fucks who go straight to insults and berating... I pity them. Who wouldn't want to be happy?

Pyr0mrcowFeb 23, 20171 votes

Summoners were removed during the lore rework, so the code doesn't exist. Except they're...back now? But...they're...not?? Maybe eventually but we've heard stuff like that a million times? tl;dr report lore team inflaming the situation

Sarcasm aside, yea, if there's an opportunity. But that's becoming incredibly uncommon. Maybe it's the impact of the election on everyone's willingness to coexist? A lot of the time, the only option is muting people and moving on; people don't want to be cooperative or civil. Can't convince someone who's really determined to ruin things to change their mind. Being a jerk is either a conscious choice, or a natural state, depending on the individual. One of those is only possible to change through clinical treatment, and with the sheer amount of divisiveness as of late, the other takes more time to change than is available within a game.

PhetaFeb 25, 20171 votes

Nobody follows these, it just makes no sense to. Why would you support our team when our the rest of your team isn't? Why would you drive constructive feedback when it's just going to be interpreted as flaming? Why would you even try to make civil discussion when your team just flames you and laughs at you? Why would you care about enjoying yourself if people pick troll lanes, and cost you the game, but it's not reportable?

People do build relationships, but there's a ton of people out there, and a lot of shit to wade through before you get anything close to a person you would want to talk to Nobody shows proper sportsmanship, on either side of the field. Players have to experience 'ggez' from lv 1 to lv 30 and there's this expectation to be sportsmanlike suddenly? Players just plain don't follow rules 7 or 8 flat out. Nobody cares if they're playing with a newbie. I've played with friends and gotten flamed so hard I thought I was . There are a few players who listen in game, but the vast majority do not want to listen to criticism and it is readily shown in the boards and in game, which brings me to my most important point.

Why, oh why on this ball of crap that is earth would we lead by example when there is no reason to? If you're asking us to |lead by example| you're asking us to give players a good face for league and a good experience. I want that. I want to be a part of that. But why would I when basically every other rule is broken by others and yet Riot fails to do the basic job of moderating off the basis of your own EULA? Why would I care more about the rules Riot laid down than Riot themselves?

You can say that it's tough to look at any one game or player and make a judgment based off that, but if Riot actually backed up what their EULA suggested, we wouldn't have this massively toxic community. item 3070