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Honor System is Demoralizing

RitoAdministrato·4/18/2018, 6:41:42 AM·3 votes·2,348 views

Not my main account. My main account just received a 24 game chat restriction for my unnecessary amounts of complaining. I understand that what I did was wrong and it's completely inexcusable, but all that aside I feel that the honor system punishments are just at the very least, annoying. I liked to play LoL back before the honor rework, being able to experience and experiment like everyone, but since my first 10 game resctriction in preseason, I've been at honor level 1 since preseason and I play almost 2-3 games a day hitting /fullmute all with no progress whatsoever. I made new accounts just so I could enjoy the game and actually play it with friends. The honor system tells you next to nothing about your progress, and I feel like playing on my main account is just unrewarding, despite my consistent soloq climbing. I don't think it's fair to lock players out of potentially enjoyable experiences for 5-6 months because they have a tendency to get upset over minor issues. Like previously stated, it's demoralizing. You don't feel like you make any honor progress and how is a player supposed to be encouraged to improve their attitude if they reap no benefits for doing so unless they completely change their entire personality for 6 straight months. I think it's unbelievable that I have to make new accounts just to play the game... That's all

6 Comments

Kei1434/18/2018, 11:27:24 AM3 votes

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

You could have prevented this by not flaming and dropping to h0 with a 25 game chat restriction.

Arisha the Dark4/18/2018, 6:50:46 AM1 votes

I forgot honor system existed in this game... How exactly are you required to create new accounts to enjoy this game? What does honor system do that is so necessary for players enjoyment in this game?

Baka Red4/18/2018, 8:57:16 AM1 votes

Sorry, I don't use quote functionality, since I just reply to some parts of your little wall of text and I am not that familiar in cutting the quote to several smaller parts. The quoted parts are in italics.

"I've been at honor level 1 since preseason and I play almost 2-3 games a day hitting /fullmute all with no progress whatsoever" Hitting that fullmute is most likely part of your honor problem. You are not supposed to do that. Instead you are supposed to be honorable positive person, who tries his best to win. Thus positive chat use helps in reaching higher honor ranks and climbing out of the dishonored pit.

"The honor system tells you next to nothing about your progress" It does. We have those honor checkpoints for that reason. Maybe it isn't enough for you, but it is for many of us. Yes, gaining honor ranks is slow, but it is that for a good reason; what kind of reward would it would to reach honor 5, if everyone reached it in one month for example? I guess it will take me at least nine months to reach it, and maybe it will even take the whole season - or maybe I won't reach it at all, but I believe I will.

"You don't feel like you make any honor progress and how is a player supposed to be encouraged to improve their attitude if they reap no benefits for doing so unless they completely change their entire personality for 6 straight months."

But you do 'reap' benefits from honor system, or what do you think those honor checkpoint rewards are? Granted, receiving key fragments doesn't feel like much, but what did you receive for being honorable in the previous system? A symbol at loading screen - that was it. Well, I was happy with my symbol and it would have been enough for me in this system too, but if Riot wants to give me free skins, who am I to say no? :)

Also, some of us don't have to change our entire personality to reach higher honor. Actually, we don't have to change it one little bit. If you say that you have to change your entire personality, does it mean you have no redeeming qualities in your personality at all? I doubt that is true. Everyone has something good/positive in them. If you manage to reinforce that side of your personality, it will help with Honor gains and it will help with your life outside the League also.

Oh, and I don't see the point in creating new accounts. Don't you lose everything you gained for your previous account by doing so? I would not really know, since this is my only account and I have never been interested in smurfing - I have been interested in having little bit of fun by playing with friends some matches occasionally (read: match or three per evening usually).

Invidie4/18/2018, 5:03:15 PM1 votes

honor system is legit useless.

heroikc4/18/2018, 9:24:46 PM1 votes

Yeah, I know the feeling. Doesn't really help if you are solo-queue, dealing with trolls every other match... I'd like to get back to honor two now.