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I really didn't think this was possible (The Honor System)

ModWuks·1/22/2016, 12:49:31 AM·17 votes·7,787 views

I really didn't think this was possible; well, at least for me, specifically. I started playing League of Legends in Season 3, and I remember how good it felt to be a good sport with other players during those bot games as you and at least four other players tried to learn the game on the long (yet, remarkably short in retrospect) journey to Level 30. Admittedly, yes, I was shooting to score a ribbon back then, but nothing ever came out of it and ultimately stopped going out of my way to earn one ("Honor for all"; "Honored!" - you know, all that cheesy stuff).

Lately, I've been focusing on leveling up my Oceania account to Level 30. I was about 50% between Level 14 and Level 15, so I decided, "Hey, why not grind some Intermediate Bots and get to Level 15 today." I ended up playing six bot games (lmao), and after the sixth match, I was about 40XP off. I figured I'd play a last ARAM game to get to Level 15 and then hop off. But when I got into the ARAM Champion Select lobby, this yellow thing caught my eye. "What the hell?" After literally three years of playing League of Legends, I'd managed to get the "Great Leader" Honor Crest.

http://i.imgur.com/F8p0ksS.png

I'd like to give some advice that I think helped me personally get the "Great Leader" Honor Crest. I'm not saying that you'll necessarily get an Honor Crest by following this advice, but hopefully it'll make you a better teammate/opponent:

  1. Start each game off with a friendly greeting, and end each game with a humble message. There are times where I'm frustrated with my performance, but despite how badly I get crushed, I do my best to remember to type "Thanks for the game everyone! GGWP!" By keeping it in your mind to type something like "GGWP", you'll be a lot less likely to type something like, "Team too heavy" or "Tryhards". Keep it positive!
  2. Point out the positive things that your team does, and play down any mistakes or missteps. For this one, I'll admit that I have a few keybinds to ensure that I can give a "Hey, nice one!" to my team while not standing still in lane to type it (no feederino reporterino plz). Similarly, I also have a few keybinds along the lines of "Don't worry! We still got this!" I generally keep a close eye on the map, so when I see some LCS big plays goin' down, I'll throw some GJ's your way ;)
  3. Banter. Now, I don't go out of my way to start banter, but if I see some friendly peeps sending some playful messages, I'll play along! A lot of people think that chat's only used for negative chat and tilting the enemy team; while this might be true for some players, your experiences are what you make of them. It feels great when your team can joke with the other team and vice versa.

At the end of the day, yeah, I like winning. But personally, I also like to see other people having fun and enjoying themselves. Admit it - you've been in a match where Pantheon jungle is yelling and asking why the rest of the team isn't doing x, y, or z. Don't be a Pantheon. You be you.

21 Comments

Grashnim1/22/2016, 12:58:30 AM17 votes

Had it, did ranked, went away. No one gives honor in ranked. Welcome to LoL and the fake system of justice rewards.

PIMPSMOOTH1/22/2016, 1:15:24 AM6 votes

Considering how long the Tribunal has been down, and what a complete cluster fuck the new Champ Select is, it's impossible to get even remotely excited about Riot rewarding positive players on the Rift. At the rate they're moving we're looking at 2020 before it gets implemented.

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You want my name1/22/2016, 2:06:27 AM2 votes

how do you get the ribbons? like is there a number of times you need to be honored or do you get it by consecutive games?

Jason the other1/22/2016, 2:55:42 AM2 votes

How do you set key bindings to say stuff in the chat can you tell me?

COMMING1/22/2016, 12:21:14 PM1 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/aXWpPohj-the-solution-to-bad-players-in-ranked

Warlørd1/22/2016, 12:45:20 PM1 votes

I get honors all the time.... haven't had a banner since the first 30 games... had red banner for a minute... The criteria for awarding them is ridiculous and you really have ZERO input into whether or not you get one. If you play a lot of games with randoms, you probably won't have one.

Saphixia1/22/2016, 2:37:08 PM1 votes

Cant remember if i still have mine, i do get a lot of honourable opponents and teamwork ones but not the others

ReadyxPlayerxOne1/22/2016, 3:18:33 PM1 votes

It's rather easy to get ribbons in bot games. Everyones really friendly and it's easy to carry and be a great team mate. I've done the same myself.

RottedApples1/22/2016, 5:48:11 PM1 votes

I used to have the teammate one (which IMO is the most valuable) but at some point i just lost it, probably because no one (including myself tbh) gives honor much anymore.

Illgore1/22/2016, 6:57:29 PM1 votes

let me explain what happened here^^:

start a new acc (/region)

will mostly teamed with/against new acc

new acc honor points are almost always valuable points, cause they haven't given much/any points so far.

go into bot games, cause you don't loose (normally^^) which causes others much more to give honor points. further some newbies are impressed when they see someone with skill who is helpful communicating too.

= profit. Bot games & new accounts are the key to victory for badges (excluding Honorable Opponent from Bot games^^). So there is nothing surprising about what happened. I would even say, it would be some sort of a problem if you didn't manage this (either game skill wise or social skill wise ;) . It's just normal for smurfs with good social skills & manners to get em on fresh accounts. It's just how this exploitable honorsystem works..^^ but on the other hand, I earned my teamwork bade to with bot games. teamwork to teach/help newbies to get the hang out of the game and have some fun. If you want a badge, earn it via helping newbies (I think it's still a good thing).