To settle the question, is accusing another player of cheating in-game illegal?

darkdill·Apr 4, 2016·1 votes·555 views

For instance, you know someone is scripting and can prove it. Are you not allowed to accuse that person via chat?

16 Comments

RandomoniumApr 4, 20165 votes

Its a gray area and there's really no reason to do it. The person is going deny it whether they are scripting or not. And if you ask others to report them or you flame the person then that is against the terms of use and you open yourself up to getting punished as well. Just report them and move on.

Just report them and move on. Also, Riot has said extra evidence really helps them in the investigation. If you have replay software or record the game you can make a support ticket and give them a link to the replay/video and that helps them build a case against the person.

LanarrinApr 4, 20161 votes

agreed i had someone tell me in game chat they were scripting afterwards opened a ticket and got the "due to the privacy of others we cant tell you any more information" email. [zombie-brand-mindblown] why would you put it in a PM though like what. even sent me the link

Deep Terror NamiApr 4, 20163 votes

To make it a bit easier to determine what may be a punishable offense, instead of asking if it's "illegal", ask yourself if it's negative. Negativity is not conducive to a friendly environment, and accusing someone of cheating is just being unsportsmanlike.

If they are cheating, pointing it out doesn't help get them punished and may very well cause them to lash out against you, and other players may defend them just to stop you from spreading the negativity (even if the irony is lost on them). If they aren't cheating, then you're straight up just causing problems. Just report them and move on.

ZerfallenApr 4, 20162 votes

No. Just don't do it. It could get you reported for harassment whether you were right or wrong about the alleged cheating.

Report them and move on.

AnomanderApr 4, 20162 votes

It actually does fall under harassment. Just report at the end of the game. Make sure to give a detailed account of why you think they are scripting.

OnegarionApr 4, 20161 votes

why would you? What does it accomplish? Worse case scenario they stop scripting and a lot of additional evidence goes away. Best case they keep scripting and you have a whole game to show riot.

Jaj2edApr 4, 20161 votes

Well usually it makes the person want to turn his/her scripts off. Most of the time if they're smart they'll turn it off. I know a few people in the scripting community and it's basically a big red flag to stop and pretend to mess up, etc. to cover.

ZerfallenApr 4, 20161 votes

Oddly enough that won't save them.

Just a heads up to your "friends", Riot bans scripters in waves... We are due for another ban tsunami soon.

Jaj2edApr 4, 20161 votes

Of course it won't, they just like to think that.

By "friends" if you're accusing me of scripting, I don't. :)

ZerfallenApr 4, 20161 votes

Don't let them anywhere near your account... I've seen many threads with similar circumstances.

No one wants a perma ban.

P.S. Wasn't meaning to accuse you, probably should've clarified what I meant the first time! >_<

Jaj2edApr 4, 20161 votes

Oh trust me, I don't even give out my LoL name. =P

Sorry, it's hard to read people over text. My bad.

ZerfallenApr 4, 20162 votes

No, no. You were in the right, I reread my post and I saw exactly what you saw!

darkdillApr 4, 20161 votes

Turning off their scripts wouldn't change them getting caught if Riot analyzes the match.

Jaj2edApr 4, 20161 votes

Well nobody knows how they go about detecting scriptors or how they do it. So there's no way to say for sure.

OnegarionApr 4, 20161 votes

But using a common script once every minute will get them caught faster, than using 1 script completely. Expand that to a full game and you increase the chance of Riots system (since we don't know how their system works) finding said person.

TrylobyteApr 4, 20161 votes

The only time I bother doing this is if I suspect someone's running a bot (and thus not actually at their computer). I'll just say something to them to see if they reply to it or change their behavior in any way. If not, I'm more likely to report them for botting.