Saying GG early on=reportable?

MustangedHawkeye·1/29/2018, 6:55:24 PM·1 votes·907 views

Hello everyone, recently I played a sej jungle and had a Zed afk after about 13 mins into the game. We were losing pretty badly. I wanted to surrender but never put up the option(I just said we should) but my team didn't want to. I said "this is gg, we cant win 4 v 5"(normally I'd never say this, but their team was way too strong) and my team was pretty upset but I still played.

We managed to win closely and I put up 4/4/12 after 30 mins, my team wanted to report me for giving up, even though I never actually did give up. My question is; is saying gg early in the game reportable? Or is it the act of actually not playing?

9 Comments

Jo0o1/29/2018, 7:00:35 PM4 votes

Alone, it's not punishable.

If you're spamming "gg" after first blood and refusing to actually contribute to a comeback attempt, then yeah, you're a prime candidate for a "giving up" report and punishment.

Timethief491/29/2018, 6:57:21 PM2 votes

Giving Up is reportable, i think it's even the first reportoption, since it's demoralizing for your teammates.

Weathered1/29/2018, 6:58:53 PM2 votes

Honestly its not bad. Saying GG early isn't something reportable, but usually people who are obnoxious about it and spam will also have some accompanying reportable behavior.

Pandemic Punch1/29/2018, 9:21:17 PM2 votes

Der Lindwurm1/29/2018, 7:01:43 PM1 votes

It's really disrespectful to your teammates who are still trying to win. It means you have no faith in them and think it's all about you, or it's easily interpreted that way at least. I would never say it just for those reasons even if you're not likely to get punished if it doesn't crossover into actual inting or AFKing.

Xaintrix1/29/2018, 9:18:17 PM1 votes

On its own it's not too bad especially if you played your heart out afterward. Alternative, you may just want to toss up a surrender vote when you can, or don't frame it as an absolute. "Getting rocked 4 v 5, can we try to 5 v 5 please?" is something a bit more positive but still gets your point across. I'm not really that fond of that either as some sensitive souls will think you're trying to dictate what they do rather than asking a polite request.

With little context to work with, and yeah it being a bit of a downer of a statement (gg so early) some people love to jump to conclusions that you're just going to int, afk, or just not try as hard if they think you think it's hopeless. Best to just avoid that perception if possible.