Reported...no chance for defense

ClockworkBrick·1/12/2016, 7:50:30 AM·1 votes·713 views

While everyone is free to report other players there is no chance for defense. Just got reported for bad lanfuage when i was the target of the arrasment Some player called a name and i asked him about it and riot sent me a warning. its a bad system when no one gets reported for bad reports and we have to eat and be quiet whenever we get reported beacuse there is no forum or olace for defense or justification. I hope nest time i get a warning from riot i get a chance to defend or justify even if the report is real. JUSTICE and analisys is needed beacause ppl are reporting players even before the game start....some are serial reporters and no consequence to them.

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Samus721/12/2016, 7:53:17 AM5 votes

Buzzer sound -

First, if you didn't do anything wrong, the false reports are just that: false. There's no need to defend against that. BUT if you feel strongly enough about it, you can submit a support ticket and tell Riot about the situation. They will get back to you.

The pop up warnings are merely the system telling you that someone reported you. It's not a warning that you are guilty. I wish Riot would reword those to indicate that. But I'm just widdle 'ole me.

Jubbinaut1/12/2016, 8:10:36 AM4 votes

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While everyone is free to report other players there is no chance for defense. Just got reported for bad lanfuage when i was the target of the arrasment Some player called a name and i asked him about it and riot sent me a warning.

It's worth noting that, as others have mentioned, the warnings are just that - warnings. They have no meaningful effect on your account, nor are they any form of punishment. In fact, they're intentionally prone to false positives (that is, being sent to innocent players) as a side-effect of ensuring that there are far fewer false negatives (that is, failing to be sent to players who may need them).

its a bad system when no one gets reported for bad reports and we have to eat and be quiet whenever we get reported beacuse there is no forum or olace for defense or justification. I hope nest time i get a warning from riot i get a chance to defend or justify even if the report is real.

There's not really any need for defense. Punishments aren't issued purely based on reports. Rather, they're issued based on reviews of what was actually done. As such, false reports aren't capable of doing anything more than triggering warnings - and if you're keeping your nose clean, there's no need to pay any attention to those.

JUSTICE and analisys is needed beacause ppl are reporting players even before the game start....some are serial reporters and no consequence to them.

There are definitely consequences to false reporting - they're just hard to see. False reports actually hurt the credibility of future reports - the more false reports a player issues, the less attention the system pays to those reports. As an additional consequence, players who massively abuse the report system in this way can also earn themselves a ban.

I don't mean to indicate that the system is perfect - that would be a ridiculous claim. But simple and obvious issues such as you bring up have been addressed as well as can be, at least for the moment.

I know it's frustrating to see that message pop up when you know you've done nothing wrong. I know how powerless you feel when you realize there's nothing you can do to protect yourself from what may come. But I hope you can recognize, in moments like those, that if you're following the Summoner's Code, there's no need to protect yourself - Riot's already got you covered.

disregardable1/12/2016, 7:52:20 AM3 votes

The warnings aren't punishments. They're just there to let you know you got more reports than usual, nothing else.

Tract1/12/2016, 4:52:44 PM1 votes

Don't worry, if you said nothing wrong when a human reviews your logs you will get no punishment

Ph4zE91/12/2016, 10:28:36 AM1 votes

I feel you. I got falsey reported twice by my team and the enemy team (because I played with them last game and they disliked me for not running to my death to save them). Jerks are jerks. Screen shot them, shame them. That's one way to deal with it. And I'm going to start doing that myself. Good luck.

alasarcher1/12/2016, 12:59:15 PM1 votes

You dont need defense against someone who reports u. Report is meaningless if u did nothing wrong.

Randomonium1/12/2016, 1:37:12 PM1 votes

What do you mean "riot sent you a warning?" If you got a little message saying you've been reported then that isn't a warning it's just an automated message. If it's a false report it won't count against you.

I do think Riot should give you some indication on the "health" of your account though. Like if you've engaged in some questionable behavior but not enough for a chat ban you should have like a toxicity meter that turns yellow or something.