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Can you get reported for using pings?

A Fire Rises··3 votes·3,684 views

I try to use pings instead of chat, and sometimes I get excited and use a bunch (like if someone is missing and on their way to kill my ally I'll use a bunch of "?" and "!" pings). Is that bannable? Will that affect my honor progress? I don't mean to spam.

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DuskDaUmbreon8 votes

You can be reported for anything.

Punished? Depends. If you're spamming them with clear intent to flame/aggravate someone, yes. Otherwise, no.

R107 Games1 votes

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Punished? Depends. If you're spamming them with clear intent to flame/aggravate someone, yes.

Proof? I don't see it on the rules of being punishable

DuskDaUmbreon5 votes

Not all rules are explicitly stated, usually because of them being implied by a different rule. As harassment and spamming are punishable, it's not necessary to state that doing it through pings is also punishable.

R107 Games1 votes

Spamming is punishable? I don't even see it on the report option.

I'm going to need to some proof that pinging could be punishable. Like a rioter confirmation or something

DuskDaUmbreon4 votes

There are things that are punished that are not explicitly stated in the report section, usually because they're close enough to being covered by something else.

EdgarHighman1 votes

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You can be reported for anything.

Punished? Depends. If you're spamming them with clear intent to flame/aggravate someone, yes. Otherwise, no.

Meh, there is a MUTE PINGS button. I find it amusing Paragon never implemented this, I'm glad LoL has it.

Inkling Commando2 votes

it probably is cause no one likes spamming. me personally. i usually don't listen to pings directed at me but if i am feeling really dickish i'll throw the ping back. like if i am in someone's lane and they ping ? at me i'll ping ? back at them. they ping ? several times and i'll repeat it. i call it ping pong.

Kayn is garbage1 votes

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it probably is cause no one likes spamming. me personally. i usually don't listen to pings directed at me but if i am feeling really dickish i'll throw the ping back. like if i am in someone's lane and they ping ? at me i'll ping ? back at them. they ping ? several times and i'll repeat it. i call it ping pong.

okay but if you don't spam pings, they will cry "ss?", i've tried before where they didn't notice it cause i only pinged 1-2 times, then after they will tell me i have to ping more so they notice, might as well just play the game for them..

Saezio1 votes

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okay but if you don't spam pings, they will cry "ss?", i've tried before where they didn't notice it cause i only pinged 1-2 times, then after they will tell me i have to ping more so they notice, might as well just play the game for them..

just ping ? in your lane and ping ! in the other 2 lanes and once on the enemy player that is SS

webstar19951 votes

Just ping twice then no one will report you

Paintchip1 votes

I turn off all pings and chat. I main jungle and I found that most laners are annoying and only spam you. for some reason being in the middle of a counter gank bot means I should be able to TP top and save you when you die under their turret.

I actually learned that ignoring what my team wants me to do as jungle in the low elos is helping me climb and win more......

Doge20201 votes

If it is something like enemy coming to gank one of your ally laners then I will use the fall back ping, v key, if you don’t click on a certain champ chat will say something like “Doge2020 warn to be careful” if you click on a champ tho (either at the champ’s location or on their border) it will say in chat something like “Doge2020 warns ____ to fall back”. I use that to warn somebody to move if I see something like the enemy jungler going to gank mid or telling my adc who has low health to play safe or back.

As long as you don’t spam on one person a lot then it won’t count as spamming. Unless there is a lvl 6 Pantheon missing from top, then you spam the hell out of the MIA ping in the middle of top lane and also type “PANTHEON MIA TOP PLAY SAFE” in chat a few times.

Arammus1 votes

if pingspamming would get ppl banned, the entire bronze elo would be empty. cant play a single game without having to mute 2-4 ppl on my team for CONSTANT pingspam.

Noor Sakata1 votes

I hate it when they spam that ping on me tho

Baka Red1 votes

Like DuskDaUmreon said, you can be reported for anything. However, it is quite unlikely (more like impossible) to be punished by IFS for Pingspamming. However, ping spammer might still be punished through manual review, but the chance of manual interview happening are very slim, practically non-existent.

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