There seems to be some confusion about calling for reports.

_Some people have been spreading the meme that it is not possible to be punished for report begging, so I am repeating this post from last month. Since then, we have confirmed that this is how the system works. _

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When Riot NaKyle made this post, what he or she was trying to say is that asking for reports is not always harassment and it does not always lead to punishment.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT REPORT BEGGING IS OKAY.

Let’s look at some examples, all of which assume that the quoted statement is pretty much everything the person was reported for:

“Report Ahri for no skin”

The IFS is able to detect that this is a joke. The report would be ignored.

“Reported.”

If it isn’t repeated, this isn’t all that toxic and the IFS would assign it a minimal value. It’s highly unlikely to trigger a punishment, though it does sometimes appear as the only toxicity in a match from a Reform Card.

Regardless, you still shouldn’t do this because it is still toxic. No good can come of it.

“Report Ahri for feeding.”

This is more toxic because it targets a specific person (the IFS has been trained to understand when you’re making a joke about yourself) and makes an accusation against them. Doing this puts you at more risk of receiving a punishment because it’s much more likely to cause conflict and team breakdown.

Keep in mind that we have recently had it confirmed that every report triggers a review by the IFS, so even a request this benign is unnecessary.

“Report Ahri for noob/unskilled/etc.”

Much the same as the previous, but worse. Personal insults make this a bad idea.

“Report Ahri. Report Ahri. Report Ahri. Report Ahri. Report Ahri. Report Ahri. Report Ahri…”

This is harassment and the IFS treats it as such. This is a great way to earn a timeout.

“%^$#! Ahri needs to stop feeding”

Just to be clear, there is never a justification for racial, ethnic, sexist, homophobic or similar slurs. Full stop. It doesn’t matter if the player is on autopilot from the Nexus to an enemy tower, this sort of behavior is never tolerated and is likely to trigger an escalated ban.

So, there you go.

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