PSA: "Report" is a flagged word and will get you banned. Calling for reports is against the rules.

Jesus is Savior·Mar 18, 2016·3 votes·1,501 views

You're supposed to mute, report, and move on. Asking people to report people is against the rules. 99% of the "why was I banned" cases that SEEM to not be toxic are actually because this word was used multiple times.

As a side-note, you can be flagged and be a false-positive if someone threatens to report you and you say the word in response. Example:

Toxic dude: "I'm reporting you" You: "Go ahead and report me. It won't do anything."

There is almost no way for the system to know you are using the word in a non-toxic way. It will just assume you are asking people to report someone, and if you get reported that game it gets flagged as a toxic game for YOU. So refrain from using the word entirely.

8 Comments

Duke AnaxMar 18, 20165 votes

You are right in that threatening to report or asking for reports is offensive, because it is agravating and utterly pointless (there is no difference between 1 and 9 reports in the same game)

[{quoted}](name=That Evelynn,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=rPg09TGl,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-03-18T10:17:55.304+0000) As a side-note, you can be flagged and be a false-positive if someone threatens to report you and you say the word in response. Example:

However you are totally wrong here. The system is incredibly sophisticated. It's not just a first level word filter, but a complex, high level, learning text comparator. It does recognize the difference with a higher than 99% accuracy.

Anyway "Go ahed and report me" is moderately toxic in itself, becasue it's aggravating. So is saying "reported".

Jesus is SaviorMar 18, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Duke Anax,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=rPg09TGl,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-03-18T10:49:50.577+0000)

You are right in that threatening to report or asking for reports is offensive, because it is agravating and utterly pointless (there is no difference between 1 and 9 reports in the same game)

However you are totally wrong here. The system is incredibly sophisticated. It's not just a first level word filter, but a complex, high level, learning text comparator. It does recognize the difference with a higher than 99% accuracy.

Anyway "Go ahed and report me" is moderately toxic in itself, becasue it's aggravating. So is saying "reported".

It's complex, yes, but so are people.

And I would assume it gets super aggressive due to people trying to get around the system.

Examples:

"Open mid" is probably flagged. "Open" is probably also flagged in a lot of cases, because people will say "open" instead of "open mid" so they won't get punished.
"x9 report" is probably flagged. But people will say "x9 on Draven" or "x9 Draven" to get around the system. And if it was blatantly obvious, they might just say something like "x9, ty". All of those, including "x9" just on its own are probably flagged.

It's stuff like that which makes me think "report" is flagged in any and all circumstances.

I could list more, but I would have to enable all-chat to see what people are saying these days (I haven't played with it in over a year).

Duke AnaxMar 18, 20161 votes

I expect the system is largely opperating on individual chat lines, so one word expresions like "x9" "report" or "x9 #name" are flagged an weighed very heavily. But those individual words appearing in complex sentences wouldn't trigger much of a reaction, as they dont really need to. There are always enough other cues.

Jesus is SaviorMar 18, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Duke Anax,realm=EUW,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=rPg09TGl,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-03-18T12:13:51.730+0000)

I expect the system is largely opperating on individual chat lines, so one word expresions like "x9" "report" or "x9 #name" are flagged an weighed very heavily. But those individual words appearing in complex sentences wouldn't trigger much of a reaction, as they dont really need to. There are always enough other cues.

"you guys we should really x9 on Draven"

A complex sentence that should be flagged.

Not everyone talks like they're on Twitter with a character limit.

Duke AnaxMar 18, 20161 votes

Yeah I don't know enough about the system to speculate any more, might be that it overlooks stuff like that, might be not.

KrigjerMar 18, 20161 votes

I tend to only use the word in response to someone threatening to afk or feed.

"Enjoy your report."

Sometimes they correct their behavior and play the game normally, in which case I don't actually report at the end. If they continue, I do report. That said, I use the word very, very rarely (Once every 50 games sounds right) and have never been punished for it.

I think this environment that Riot has created where you're only expected to mute is frustrating. It's human nature to want to discuss problems. I want the Tribunal back, where each case is reviewed by multiple peers, instead of being handled by bots looking for trigger words.

Jesus is SaviorMar 18, 20161 votes