Do my reports actually mater?

Shipwreck·4/18/2016, 2:30:07 AM·3 votes·401 views

Ive always reported people for swearing or grieifng other players, and thought that was the end of it, i just assumed the system was working behind the scenes.

But a few days ago, a few minutes after reporting a particularly awful player, i got a message saying my report was acknowledged and the player was receiving a temporary ban or something, (THIS IS THE ONLY TIME IVE GOT THIS MESSAGE)

does that mean all my other reports have ineffective/ignored?

Edit- ok thats good to know, thanks everybody

5 Comments

GaleWinUnleashed4/18/2016, 2:38:50 AM2 votes

It does NOT mean that all your other reports were ignored/insufficient. It only sends that message to the person that put the final nail in the coffin, not to every person that ever reported them.

Fondling Gems4/18/2016, 2:31:10 AM1 votes

report add up over time but you only get that message (I believe) if they hit the report limit due to the game you reported them in

GigglesO4/18/2016, 2:32:16 AM1 votes

Pretty much, it means riot thought they were only having a single bad game.

SrbLud4/18/2016, 2:33:26 AM1 votes

No it doesn't. What happened there is you reported some guy and it made the system pick him up for a review ( only when your report is the one tipping over is when you get that message ). Those other guys also got their punishments but maybe it was a couple of reports down the line ( assuming they got reported ).

Unpaladin4/18/2016, 2:36:43 AM1 votes

Riot have mentioned themselves that when you get that message, the thing you reported was basically the final straw for them. If they get banned because of that report, then you'll know about it.