Ban category for boosting

SolidBaby·Dec 22, 2015·1 votes·589 views

Boosting isn't allowed. It's fairly easy to identify empirically by observing player stats. For example, when a player has a significantly losing record in ranked and mediocre statistics across most champs but happens to be on a 10 game win streaked where they average something like 15-4-10 on Riven, it's pretty clear what's happening isn't legit. Why not add a ban category so players can flag these accounts for you and then they can be punished appropriately after some review? Given an abnormally high amount of reports you could increase the certainty of boosting by checking the IP addresses used for the account (if they're in disparate geographical locations, probably not legit) and doing some more formal statistical analysis to quantify just how much these performances deviate from the players norm or elos norm.

7 Comments

ModKnightsKemplarDec 22, 20151 votes

I think if there was an easy way to do it, they would have already done it.

But not a bad suggestion, by any means.

SolidBabyDec 22, 20151 votes

No problem of this nature can be solved fully, only reduced. As it stands, I believe Riot has banned both boosters and boosted accounts. I think they probably used a technique like examining the IP addresses being used to play on the account. They may as well tighten the loop on that by having players build the list of accounts to investigate.

ModKnightsKemplarDec 22, 20151 votes

Tightening the loop has the danger of false positives, though. You don't want to ban people that aren't offending. And sometimes that means some evil-doers get through, for a time.

Again, if they had a better system, they would use it... I don't think they are against your purpose. It's just that I think they are already doing the best that they can.

Troll ArmadaDec 22, 20151 votes

Some a-hole once badgered me because he noticed that I had changed the position of my summoner spells.

So I just want to caution against amateur witch hunting. Let's leave the banning to the scientists at Riot Games who do this for a living.

Joanna JQueenDec 22, 20151 votes

that's no proof of boosing, im good with adc's and if i try supp/mid, i usualy feed, everyone has their main champs/playstyles, jsut because 1 is good with riven and shit with others doesent mean they are boosted,

Lucent RengarDec 22, 20151 votes

your post doesn't make any fcking sense. try posting something after you get off tilt mode. so in other words you're trying to get me banned because i play 2-3 champs? i can support, i can mid, i can top but i will feed the fuck outa those lanes because i main jg.

you're such an asshole.

TreeofwarDec 22, 20151 votes

what if that person is trying out a new champ and sucks really hard for like 15 games and only gets meh scores but then he plays his mains for 10 games and stomps really hard does he get banned for it?