[{quoted}](name=Sir Ticklesword,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=U1IdoiWq,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-11-27T22:21:45.804+0000)
A lot if things are tracked in games. Pings are definitely tracked, as they even have chat notifications that pop up. As for bans, you'll never know if your report resulted in punishment, unless it's one of the last ones to result in a punishment. I know I've received my share of "your report has helped in punishing a dishonorable person" screens after games where it was only ping spam harassment.
And mute pings is pretty much an immediate solution so you don't get annoyed, where as the reports work towards long term solutions (reformation or punishment.)
I mean, I'm pretty sure it's been stated multiple times that spamming pings without good reason is harassment. And that flaming players constantly is as well. Pretty sure you yourself would understand not wanting to deal with someone's tantrum when you just want to play a game.
But judging from your post history, you can't seem to grasp these "rules" and being a "decent human being."