People link honor to performance, not behaviour

Madjack01·9/14/2017, 1:58:15 AM·6 votes·465 views

I don't understand what some people hope to get out of the honor system if they honor someone based on how well they played, regardless of any toxic behaviour that might have occurred.

It is not unusual that the most annoying and childish carry is the most honored player, simply because he... well... did his job and carried. It is also not unusual to see Yasuo mains with honor badges at the loading screen, only for them to proceed and be the cliche we all know and love.

I find it hard to believe that people find it acceptable when a system that should promote good behaviour gets distorted into something like this.

Maybe I just don't understand the intentions behind the system (especially the shotcalling option), but it seems to me that it's frequently misused.

11 Comments

MaroModo9/14/2017, 2:00:34 AM2 votes

I honestly give it to either the support or if a person is a good teammate but yeah I have no doubt they give it to the person who is carrying more times then none

Squidwards House9/14/2017, 2:01:50 AM2 votes

this i can only agree to 50/50. i saw games where the guy who went 21/3 got 3 honors even tho he was so fucking toxic that i couldnt believe it. but i also saw games where someone went 17/0 carried basically solo, didnt say anything besides "gl hf" "gg wp" and it seems that i was the only one dropping a honor for him. (which i did cause the rest was negative/neutral aswell)

Kei1439/14/2017, 2:18:06 AM2 votes

I normally make it a point to honor someone. It can just make their day!

Only time I won't consider someone honorable is when they are toxic.

Telephone Booth9/14/2017, 2:50:14 AM2 votes

Meh, some people want to reward the carry for carrying them. I honestly don't understand it if the carry is toxic, but hey that's their prerogative. I wouldn't go around telling people what they should/shouldn't honor people for. That's for them to decide. Not everyone has the same ideals, morals, point of view as me. Let people honor for whatever they see fit. There is a "leadership, shot caller" option for honor, which is very open to interpretation. So maybe they see someone carrying, think wow that guy knows where to go and when, what a good shot caller, and they honor that person, just because the team was following that person's lead.

20299204DEL19/14/2017, 2:51:56 PM2 votes

The system is designed to give duo q buddies a way to honor the horribly toxic people they choose to duo with. The system legit has people at rank 5 honors calling people shit and telling them to uninstall. If you really think Riot gives a fly F about how you feel towards there crappy system sadly they don't. They just want your money buddy could care less about how you feel or are treated in the game.

AriCei9/14/2017, 6:17:27 PM1 votes

Yeah this is the disconnect between them trying to moderate and encourage certain forms of behaviour, but still being tied down by money.

If they actually cared about encouraging positive behaviour and recognizing it, this would be weighed against your negative moments in the game. There would be a system like the reporting system that looks instead at positive key words and decides if the honour "report" is a legitimate one.

They have 0 incentive to encourage positive behaviour and all of the incentive in the world to keep banning accounts so fools make new ones and reload them with skins.

Douglas Funnie9/14/2017, 1:07:49 PM1 votes

I only care about winning. If I'm adc and the support plays the intended support role. I will honor the support. Same goes if I'm the support and the adc plays the adc role. However, if my bot lane partner is trolling/inting/testy I will look elsewhere to honor.

There is a criteria I go through when picking a candidate to honor.

When I ping an objective, (Dragon, tower, Baron) and I see a teammate quickly respond. (I usually honor players that listen to my calls.)
If the player is trying their best to win
If a player's shot calling is on point.
If a player steals a Baron and wins us the game.

In solo queue, I will most likely never honor someone feeding. I don't care if it's intentional or not. If a player is feeding exponentially, and doesn't even express any verbal communication, I assume the player is either trolling or tilting. Or, they got their account boosted and can't compete against higher tiered players.

gabetheguy9/14/2017, 2:03:13 AM1 votes

no, friend. you going 0/99999 but being friendly does not warrant you honor.

Mizuki Zahra9/14/2017, 2:04:35 AM1 votes

I had a game with top that was 5/15 mid 12/4 and rest was somewhat even I was support. Top was against their counter but add kept saying things like "we got this. Good job. Go on. You got this."

Post game guess who got all honors from the team....

The support because of one play I did with a Son a ult that got us an ace.

Top deserved that honor more than me because they never tilted all they did was say things like "ugh flashed to my death Lol. Dang he does counter me. I might need a gank....scratch that I'm dead top warded. Yay we got him (when jng ganked)"

Aryzyra9/14/2017, 6:54:14 PM1 votes

From what I've seen and personally experienced, supports and tanks get far more honor than carries.