I'm about to be in a game where i was placed mid and our jungle banned my champion, locked in fizz, and said "im mid". I decided to suck it up and jungle even though i haven't jungled in months. I hate players like him and it would suck if he's able to get away with this without being punished, so am i able to report him for this and will he be punished?
Chermorg, the moment the offender has coerced the other player into a different role by threat of trolling, he has stolen the role, whether the game has started yet or not.
A few questions to walk you through this:
If I point a gun to your head and say "give me your wallet or I shoot you," and in response you hand over your wallet, is that theft?
If I didn't actually have bullets in the gun, but you've already given me your wallet anyway, is it still theft?
They have not “taken your lane" until the game starts and they actually go in your lane.
Considering you voluntarily switched with them, they were not in the wrong. If they harassed you into changing, that is punishable as a chat offense, but not a gameplay offense.
It should be punishable and no, I don't think the victim whose lane is now double mid has ANY responsibility to let the bully have his lane. That player is doing exactly what's within his right and he does not control the other player so he's doing nothing wrong. People who report both in this situation are being extremely unethical and selfish.
If they go into games and don't actually troll, then there's nothing we can necessarily punish them for. However we can't ignore the pain threats of trolling or 'mid or feed' attitudes cause for our game. Players should use the report feature on players who exhibit this behavior at the end of screen report text box so we can track it and see if a player has a pattern of doing this.
To sum up- if they only threaten to troll, feed, etc, in pre game lobby, it's purely a negative chat issue. If they are true to their word and follow through with it in the game itself and feed or troll, then it is a game play offense. We are very harsh on trolls and intentional feeding too as we know you can't simply "mute" game play, so often after one offense a player who feeds will find themselves banned outright.
Hope that helps answer your question!
The 0rphan Riot Games Player Support Morgana Support
Someone tell me again it’s punishable as trolling? I literally have a quote from Riot Support to confirm my viewpoint.
Bottom line is this - just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it any different.
