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I was told in game that a person who flamed me "couldnt get banned without saying certain key words"

Bent Pixels·12/18/2018, 4:09:25 PM·3 votes·3,565 views

Just curious, does the banning system actually only work on specific words?

Yesterday, I had a jungler who did a terrible gank on my lane (mid), ended up dying, and I simply told him "don't come mid again please and thank u," in order to prevent any more feeding on my lane (I was doing fine, but the gank ended up giving the enemy Zed a double kill). He responded "you're a fucking idiot."

After the first time he said it I typed "b a n n e d" (obviously he wouldn't get permabanned for something like that but just a chat restriction) in the chat and he responded "that only works with certain words nice try though."

I reported him after being somewhat toxic to the team for the rest of the game but I never got the Instant Feedback Report, giving me the assumption that he wasn't punished. I havent been punished in a long time for chat, but the last time I did I'm fairly confident that I didn't say much worse than "you're a fucking idiot."

However, I am not the system. Idk what words are considered "bad." Maybe this was his first game where he said that, but who am I to know?

So Im really just asking the general questions, does the banning system only work on certain words and will I get an IFR every time someone gets punished for my report?

5 Comments

Umbral Regent12/18/2018, 4:17:56 PM8 votes

To answer both of your questions from the last paragraph; No, and no, respectively.

The IFS, in cases of reports for Negative Attitude or Verbal Abuse, will look at the logs as a whole, and determine if parts of the logs are inflammatory or negative.

And, believe you me, he's gonna get a reality check when he gets punished. "You're a fucking idiot" is a line that will definitely flag a report as valid, and if he was being negative/abusive throughout the match, it'll catch up to him fast.

The IFS only looks for specific words in the case of reports for Hate Speech, wherein it'll look for commonly used slurs and/or encouragements of self-harm or death threats. That's primarily because hate speech is pretty clear-cut, and you don't really need context to understand that telling someone to kill themselves is just that.

As for the Instant Feedback Report, it's generally unreliable - even with semi-recent changes to increase the frequency of it appearing, I'd reckon it's still a rare sight. It could simply be, as you said, a rare instance for the player in question, since apparently the IFS is supposed to issue those feedback reports when a punishment is delivered, but I still wouldn't expect it to appear regardless.

EL HAMSTERO12/18/2018, 9:14:40 PM2 votes

yes and no.

yes the IFS is essentially a keyword scanner. if the flamer avoids all the right keywords then he is never going to get punished by that system. 'idiot' is definitely a word the IFS would pick up on but it wouldnt count very high against him.

BUT people who get reported in a lot of games will face a manual review and an actual person will review the chatlogs and punish them if they deserve it.

there is a rumor that not everyone who reports the person in the game they are punished for will get a notification but i have Never seen that confirmed by any rioter. i am pretty sure it is just a myth. if they get punishied from your game you will be getting that notification.

Creamy Surprise12/19/2018, 1:51:12 AM1 votes

Yes, I said "kys" once and got an instant 14 day