Flawed Honor System

fudgecakeyhead·Dec 16, 2017·3 votes·668 views

I have a couple criticisms of the honor system. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I have never seen anybody honor another person for being tilt proof. The only honors I've ever seen are from people carrying the game or making a good call. Often it is the ADC, mid, or support who gets honored because he/she either got tons of kills or set up tons of kills or told the team to do baron while the enemy team was farming or whatever.

Getting punished once can destroy your hopes from ever getting out of honor 0. My last ban was from 8/21, and it's been nearly 4 months and I am still honor 0. Also, there's a button that says that you can skip honoring. If nobody was playing well and all players were tilted, only then would it be useful. So far, I've had more games where have I won rather than lost. Therefore, the button is obsolete since someone had the most kills or told the team to take objectives.

I feel like honoring people does not give any progress. When the new system came out, I always made sure to honor my teammates, getting little to none honors myself. I never made it past honor 2. That "Everyone honored a teammate" message only benefits the people who were honored, not those who honored.

There should be an honor progress bar to track progress. If I've been stuck at the same point, I'd actively try to carry my team and be nice to teammates when they died or made a mistake, but I know that there is no point. It's so slow trying to climb out of honor 0 that there isn't a reason to try anymore.

Also, I have had over 150 honors for the teamwork in the old system. I never got an icon for it. You don't get any rewards, gifts, or even messages from friends when you're banned. Regarding the messages, I realized you get messages if you have the LOL Friends app on your phone.

Honestly, the game sucks. It has so many bugs, and the community is full of toxic people that go unpunished. The only reason I haven't quit is because my friends play it.

22 Comments

Coopa123Dec 16, 20172 votes

Wants to quit League Only continues to play because of his friends. Goes to the official board to complain about a minor and irrelevant aspect of the game.

Why do you even give a fuck? You obviously hate the game, you hate the people playing this game and here you are complaining about the honor system? LOL

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

it's not minor and irrelevant. i have nearly 30 hextech chests. i am entitled to opening them since they are free content which i grind(ed) out games for. yet keys are only obtainable by having high honor levels. i'd rather not spend money on a free game when i have already invested tons of time into it.

Coopa123Dec 16, 20171 votes

yet keys are only obtainable by having high honor levels

Exactly. Keys are a reward for good behaviour. 3 months ago you were 1 step away from a permanent suspension. You think you deserve free skins? Please ...

i am entitled to opening them

Of course you are. Feel free to buy keys with real money. You're entitled to loot boxes, not keys

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

yes, i do think i deserve free skins, but maybe i dont really deserve them. yes, i can buy them with money, but why would i spend money on a free game that i've already invested ~600 hours into already?

Coopa123Dec 16, 20171 votes

yes, i do think i deserve free skins

Yeah you don't. I've been playing this game since forever, the free skins for a freeloader came recently

People pay 70$ to play a 2 hour Call of Duty Campaign and you're too stingy to drop like 5$ for a couple of skins after 600 hours of entertainment. LOL.

but why would i spend money on a free game

As a sign of appreciation? A thank you for letting you play this game for over 2 years for free? Might aswell give back a little, especially since you want skins this badly ... but with your degenerate mindset this probably doesn't make sense to you lol

fudgecakeyheadDec 17, 20171 votes

Never said nothing rude to you but ok man

PlacentasDec 16, 20171 votes

But you're not entitled to open them because you lost the privilege of receiving key fragments. Learn to behave and you'll earn the actual reward.

I also honor people for being tilt proof as well as having been honored for being tilt proof. Usually when Im carrying a game hard and it's super obvious but my team loses anyway but I'm not raging the whole time and just joking around. Tilt proof.

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

i know am not since i dont live up to riot's standards, having been banned 3 times now. i have 30 boxes. there's no point in doing well and getting boxes if i dont get any key fragments.

LordGeovanniDec 17, 20171 votes

I love this game i hate what i has become. I dont play with friends they are the same selfish players as the rest of the community.

Kei143Dec 16, 20172 votes

It's not like it currently matters which type of honor you get. It's not like it is distinguished or tallied whatsoever.

As to not getting out of Honor0, if you are getting validly reported, it will significantly slow down the progress of your honor.

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

what makes a report valid? let me know so i can try to change

Kei143Dec 17, 20171 votes

hmmm .... in the simplest form... Harassment towards other.

This thread is an example of minor toxicity that counts as a valid report. Though his chat contains more than just harassment. , but you can scroll down and you'll get to see what people say about his chat.

Jason ChooDec 16, 20171 votes

I agree, I have never been banned and I am still only honor 2. There should be a progress bar because it shows that the system actually does keep track and motivates people to be kind when they are close to getting a specific honor. I personally know toxic people who have honor 5. I know people who have been chat restricted for saying GGEZ. They aren't toxic but just want to have a little of fun. This is a game and tbh, saying ggez is just like a taunt which is what we have now anyway.

PinappleavengerDec 17, 20171 votes

i got honor 5 like the day they allowed you to get that high (note i had a problem with my internet that riot didnt care about so i got leaverbustered a bunch) and i've gotten into the nasty habit of saying "ggez" if i stomp my lane and hard carry the game. to be honest i don't think riot knows what they are doing but they make it seem like they do.

Best Vi EarthDec 16, 20171 votes

The only reason I haven't quit is because my friends play it.

then you shouldn't care about the honor system really. even if your trying to show off to your friends. since i assume thats why your trying to get back your honor.

Jason ChooDec 16, 20171 votes

you're**

Jason ChooDec 16, 20171 votes

i think this person just wants to have fun with friends, not show off also

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

i want high honor because i can get champion shards in hextech chests. i hate having to play ~10 games, if not even more to get ~1k blue essence. it really sucks not being able to play something fresh. i basically own 8/14 of every free champion rotation.

ModPeriscopeDec 16, 20171 votes

You've never encountered any other player that deserved a "tilt-proof" honor?

Honor is a subjective thing you reward other players, but here's my criteria. If a player undergoes any particular stress, either from teammates or gameplay, and still plays with an effort to win, then I consider them tilt-proof. If their plays eventually made for game-winning plays, even more so.

fudgecakeyheadDec 16, 20171 votes

yes, it is subjective, but it is impossible to know whether or not the player is tilted or not when they play. going for kills can be categorized as an effort to win, but if they are not good plays, like going 1v5 for a low adc, then would they still be an effort to win?

ModPeriscopeDec 16, 20171 votes

it is impossible to know whether or not the player is tilted or not when they play.

It's hearsay. We're just talking about what a player would do or say, not what they think.

going for kills can be categorized as an effort to win, but if they are not good plays, like going 1v5 for a low adc, then would they still be an effort to win?

That's entirely up to you whether you would honor that.