Should the "Unskilled player" report make it back into the game?

TB Yoda··1 votes·875 views

Since quite some time the unskilled player report has been removed from the game. I started to question myself why riot would do that, but even the support couldnt give me an answer for that. The unskilled player report was, in my opinoin, a very useful thing. In the last couple of months I experienced players feeding and making it very difficult for me and my teammates to win the game. It wasnt intentional tho, so that report option is obviously out of question. The description of the intentional feeding report quotes that the player was doing it on purpose, not just having "a bad game". If you look up the match history of that certain person, you mostly find out that they only have such called bad games.... The unskilled player report could place such players in low priority queue, allowing for more experienced or skilled players to climb and for the less experienced or skilled to improove their ablities by playing with players on their skill level. It would be a win win situation, helping to make league a more enjoyable game!

19 Comments

dolphinosplash244 votes

I thought it was a joke report

SrbLud4 votes

It was never intended to punish players based on the unskilled reports.

Those reports were used to tweak the matchmaking system.

TB Yoda1 votes

Thats is what I meaned in the second half. If it were used like this the report would be beneficial.

SrbLud1 votes

[{quoted}](name=TB Yoda,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=mBkdQa8G,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2017-01-29T19:17:10.084+0000)

Thats is what I meaned in the second half. If it were used like this the report would be beneficial.

They gathered all the data from that they needed. Any additional data would be redundant. Maybe if we see a huge change in the demographics.

Kei1431 votes

that data was only beneficial to the early stages of match making when they first developed the system.

They already have the proper tools and analysis to be able to tweak it properly.

in the later stages, that option was a tool for people to vent their anger and creates anxiety for those getting reported for it (cos people thought it would get them punished). Thus, overall creates more toxicity.

Magical Player1 votes

[{quoted}](name=TB Yoda,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=mBkdQa8G,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2017-01-29T19:17:10.084+0000)

Thats is what I meaned in the second half. If it were used like this the report would be beneficial.

the system has been tweaked, the use of the report is none existent now

Rax Reformed1 votes

It was an ignored report category anyway. Reports made under "unskilled player" weren't even submitted for review.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

why do you think its ok to report people for being bad at a game?

how does that help riot in any way?

how does it help the community?

it would seem that if any one was to support this is a bunch of raging whiney bitches

GoleBilon1 votes

i mean if there is a guy that is visibly worse than other players in his elo this type of report ( if the player is marked "unskilled" often ) can help balance the game , decrease his MMR and in the long term help balancing teams. lets say he is gold 5 so ideal game will be 5 goldV vs 5 goldV this report may balance this game and treat him as S1 player and balance the team by putting another S1 in another team.

btw its just a theory i dont actually think "unskilled player" is necessary

oSEXYPLATYPUSo2 votes

their mmr will lower on its own as they play if they are truly placed above their skill level. and the report feature the OP was talkign about is a dummy report it generated nothing... even riot stated it was a dummy report. so they took it away. if you punish people for being bad at the game then the community and player base will stop playing and become more frustrated with the game. and in the end with less players riot makes less $ and RIOT DONT WANT THAT so there is no rhyme or reason to have this as a report

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD AT THE GAME IN ORDER TO PLAY THE GAME

stop thinking you have to ... they have mmr,elo,rank,tier to separate the player base into divisions of players of similar skill levels so its a fair and balanced match up for 95% of the player base. is it perfect no but its better then what could be if it didnt exist

GoleBilon1 votes

yea their mmr will lower itself its just and idea to make the systme work faster

But yea it was just my idea of "why would it be there " rather than "its usefull for this " because in the end i think the report system is ok ( not to mistake with the punishment system which needs some love in terms of effectivness of punishing inters&hate speech)

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

but the report never existed it was a dummy report it meant nothing

so to bring it back is pointless

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[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=mBkdQa8G,comment-id=00030000000000000000,timestamp=2017-01-29T21:04:21.101+0000)

but the report never existed it was a dummy report it meant nothing

so to bring it back is pointless

that report was made so the sensitive league community and polices like you can feel good about their tiny life they have.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

dude dont start

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[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=mBkdQa8G,comment-id=0003000000000000000000000000,timestamp=2017-01-29T22:00:09.926+0000)

dude dont start

l0l

Paquay1 votes

Here's why why having that option doesn't make much sense to me. You are matched with players of equal skill or MMR, so really unskilled means bad game. If you are matched up with someone who is close to your equal, but feel they are unskilled then what does that say about the reporting player's skill.

Reaper Soraka1 votes

Let the description of it when you report someone say "Feelsbadman" and the report doesn't actually do anything.

Some people just want a button to press to release their rage.

OnlyYouCanHearMe1 votes

It would definitely not be fair to place unskilled players into a low priority queue. Most, if not almost all, new players would be in the unskilled category. Putting them into the low priority queue (which is currently a punishment for people who AFK/leave games) would discourage many of them from continuing to play the game. Unskilled players don't need to be punished. They just need to be taught how to play better. Which doesn't happen by making them wait before joining a queue.

This Is Your Dad1 votes

I'd rather have a careless feeding report over an unskilled report.

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