Checking whether an account has been banned or not after 2 days is cyber stalking?
It counts. You're going out of your way to stalk a player that, as far as anyone knows, you won't ever see again, just to see if they got punished. That sort of vindictive stalking is both bad practice, and according to the Terms of Use, isn't allowed.
5.1. Can I troll, flame, threaten or harass people while using the Riot Services? (No. If you do, you might get banned.)
While using the Riot Services, you must comply with all laws, rules and regulations in the jurisdiction in which you reside. You must also comply with certain additional rules that govern your use of the Riot Services (the “Code of Conduct”). The Code of Conduct is not meant to be exhaustive, and we reserve the right to modify it at any time, as well as take appropriate disciplinary measures including account termination and deletion to protect the integrity and spirit of the Riot Services, regardless of whether a specific behavior is listed in the policy as inappropriate. In addition to the Code of Conduct, please review the Summoner’s Code for additional guidance on exemplary gameplay behavior.
The following are examples of behavior that warrant disciplinary measures:
iii. Harassing, stalking or threatening other players while using the Riot Services;
Once you report someone, your end of the deal is done. You should put the player out of your mind and move on, odds are high that you'll never see them again. Hounding after them and watching their account to make absolutely, 200% sure that they got a punishment is probably the point where you have to ask yourself: "Why am I playing League anymore?"
Almost all the players I've interacted with in the client, on the boards and on reddit claim that they don't trust the automated system.
Small sample size. Put out a survey, get a thousand-some votes, then come back. And, I know it won't count for much, but, I trust in the IFS.
Except it looks like it does have an effect.
Looks can be deceiving. Players in premade groups aren't any safer from the IFS than solitary players. I was rooting around for a quote from Riot Tantram, the guy who wrote the code for the IFS, and, here it is:
I've done this before. Let me post the ACTUAL line of code:
if (reportCount > 0) {
...
}
It's line 57 of this particular class. I wrote it.
Basically, the IFS only requires one report to trigger a review. Additional reports do not influence the review, and premades also do not influence it in any way. If you reported them, and they broke the rules, they will be flagged and potentially punished. It doesn't matter if you receive a blue billion Honors per day, are part of a four-man premade team who would never report you, or any other factor: If you break the rules, and any person reports you, the IFS can and will punish you.
(note; I'm using "you" in the figurative sense.)
What's your source for that statement?
I'm curious about that too. I've never seen cases where players break the zero tolerance rules in post-game chat but get a lighter punishment somehow. I know the case of private messages is pretty iffy, since taking up those kinds of communications is an act of accepting the chat, but, post-game chat, as far as I know, is monitored and punished the same as in-game chat.
