Is there a way to unlock "locked" honor?

DunkeyDunks·1/27/2018, 4:40:32 AM·9 votes·28,660 views

Last season i was honor 5, but i had a couple of games where i said things i shouldn't have and now my honor is locked. I have been on my best behavior and getting lots of honor votes, but I'm worried my honor will stay locked and i can't redeem myself and get back to honor 5. Anyone know??

12 Comments

THEpetepeters1974/13/2018, 5:34:34 AM37 votes

had a guy intentionally feed 5-25 and another one go 2-12. i told them they suck and now my honor is locked. Fuk this game

GentlemanGhidora1/27/2018, 10:08:12 AM27 votes

Several months of playing without any toxic behaviour, expedited if you show goodwill towards your teammates, and then everything I've read roughly a year after that is back to Honor 1 from 0. It's harsh and discouraging since Riot deliberately will tease you with messages like "we noticed you are demonstrating really good behaviour with your teammates, keep it up!" but do everything in their power to not show any sort of actual progresssion lest it "be abused for min/max toxicity".

Like, get a grip, Riot. People are generally good and your anal-retentive habits are going to dictate the vast majority of people who just play the game? This sounds passive-aggressive but as someone who stands by what he says and doesn't try to hide anything about what makes me, me, as the saying goes: "I call it like I see it" and Riot chooses to be more interested in acting like being the politically-correct, moral police who let legitimately destructive behaviour get a free pass FAR more often than when someone's precious feelings get hurt.

That seems to me like pretty sniveling coward bull-honky nonsense that skirts the fine line between being willfully ignorant and just plain stupid.

RagelessFury4/20/2018, 11:46:55 PM11 votes

just fuck this game, not worth it mate, you getting banned for shit talking in game srsly?( when they keep making annoying shit like nunu laugh/ garen dance ) lol no loot for you after that ban for like 2-5 months? lol good luck, uninstalled , this is one point of which this game is dying

CrazyRiceFarmer4/16/2018, 7:17:52 PM5 votes

i wrote kys, to a guy and his premades who abused me (flamed) they all reported me and riots trap snapped, 2 week ban, honor locked, playing since season 1, always been honorable, 3 little letters, kys and bam. Of course they hurt my feelings when i didnt get that double kill in mid i overreacted, but in my defense it was 3v1 and then that hard of a punishment, because of 1 game and 3 letters? Seems disproportional, and it seems it takes a year to get rewards again. All the years of takin crap from flamers and trolls and thats what u get for it.. no leeway, no justice, just riots nazi auto ban bot that bans because of 3 letters that are considered offensive, no warning, no second chance, instant criminal, branded for the rest of the accounts life, gg

ThePurpleBeaver4/18/2018, 10:03:56 PM4 votes

OK... story time. I was in a game of norms, trying to enjoy myself after a stressful day. Unfortunately, our team's Lee Sin decided to flame chat, intentionally feed (I don't mean he was bad, I mean he ran under mid tower without attacking the enemy champ... twice) and went afk in little patches here and there. I was trying to organise a 9 stack report on the guy, and I will admit I was toxic to him in the process, but said nothing worse than what was said to me. Fast-forward to end-game lobby: The guy says "fun fact! If you report the people who report you, Riot disregards it". So I report him and move on with my life. When I log 30 mins later, I'm chat restricted, with the chat from that very game being the sample they gave me as to why. It took my honor level down to 1, and locked it. This happened about a month ago, no toxicity, and I'm still locked. Any reason why this may be?

Keep in mind that all but one person on my team was as irritated as I was, so this is a punishment from this guys return report alone.

I do understand why Riot is doing this though: Personally, I'm never going to be toxic again, even to people who flame me first. Being chat restricted really irritated me, especially because my first game being chat restricted I was laning top against someone who kept all chatting me and being friendly, and I had wanted to respond to them.

Sukishoo1/27/2018, 4:42:32 AM2 votes

All you have to do is play to win and stay positive. Best thing to do is to mute all in games and it will unlock and climb back up over time, as anything slightly negative will hold it back (even if you aren't being punished)

ModPeriscope5/15/2018, 4:30:58 AM1 votes

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