@Riot: Why don't you tell people that reports don't stack?

HalcyonDweller·8/24/2018, 8:22:39 PM·30 votes·16,998 views

The number of posts we see EVERY WEEK of people who's chat contains stuff like, "report X for Y" is astounding.

Why on earth haven't you sent out a general announcement or notification? Why haven't you set up some sort of tutorial so that new players learn this before they go and do it repeatedly to their teammates?

Having it on the FAQ page doesn't count, that only affects the few players who are active enough to actually go look for information about it. We need a PSA, something that reaches out to people through their game client.

We on the board are sick and tired of having to explain to people that reports don't stack. You could prevent a lot of these cases by making it clear to all players. So why haven't you?

50 Comments

SaberRattler8/24/2018, 8:24:01 PM12 votes

While I agree, it wouldn't matter.

It would fall on deaf ears the same way people who are toxic insist they never said anything warranting punishment. The same way they insist that the toxic players they report never get punished. They way they insist that they are being singled out, etc... etc.... "Riot isn't fair" .. blah blah blah

Nevurwin8/24/2018, 10:56:07 PM6 votes

This could be a tip on the loading screen before the match. Would be very effective.

Arammus8/24/2018, 9:53:53 PM6 votes

i made like 8 posts or so over the last 2 years talking about that. yea it would hit deaf ears, but not 100%. even if just 1% of the entire playerbase reads riot saying "reports dont stack, asking for it puts your account at risk" then it is alrdy a success. because 1% is a big amount of players in the LoL community.

yeah i really dont get why riot isnt doing it.

Raeyxx8/25/2018, 7:14:12 AM2 votes

Riot has said it. Multiple times. With both Reds and Moderators. People don't listen, unfortunately.

Gigglestorm8/25/2018, 3:56:28 AM2 votes

Reports not spamming is hinestly the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Why tf would they not? One person could just be salty. If 9 players report toxic behavior why would it not hold more weight. Also why do some people get instantly banned right after a match while others face no punishment? There has to be a way to quantify the grievances. Rito plz. Make sense and fix your sub par game. #nexusbliztisgreat

DrCyanide8/24/2018, 8:24:18 PM2 votes

Wholeheartedly agree.

Kovar998/25/2018, 6:31:16 AM1 votes

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks Nasus

Goldiefolk8/25/2018, 7:51:13 AM1 votes

If riot was better at identifying the people who needed to be punished from one report, that would eliminate the report call altogether. The problem isn't that people type in chat "report 9x", the problem is that people feel that they MUST do that to get any kind of reaction/justice out of riot. If the punishment/banning happened more consistently and reliably it would eliminate people's desire to try to recruit extra reports.[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Ka Bar8/25/2018, 4:06:18 PM1 votes

Meh the lol community is a bunch of babies, I see no reason why punishment is necessary for verbal toxicity. Simply ignore the person and your done. Only thing that might warrant a ban would be racism or continuous harassment. Just grow up and stop blaming riot for everything like children.

Paradigmistic8/25/2018, 4:13:44 PM1 votes

I wholeheartedly disagree with this unilateral decision from riot and am surprised you are able to completely ignore the power of compounding multiple subjective opinions. I am totally unconvinced a support team reading old chat logs is able to judge the situation better than 9/10 players in any given scenario. It is everyone's responsibility to report toxic individuals en masse so it is more than obvious the COMMUNITY has rejected this player, not some random nerd behind a computer screen getting paid by Riot to flame people through chat restrictions.

Mimiro8/25/2018, 6:25:45 PM1 votes

I've been playing this game for a very long time, since Lissandra was released, and this is the first time ive heard that reports don't stack. As someone that does actually request reports for legit toxicity, racism, etc... I'm more concerned why the reports DON'T stack.

Would it not be more efficient for whoever has to review these reports if a player who was reported multiple times in one game gets put a bit higher on the stack of reports that need to be reviewed? Seems to me like that would be a hint that it's a legitimate and/or severe offender.

Now I do see how requesting someone to be reported can be viewed as toxic behavior itself, but I think if it's a legitimate request that could help lead to a truly toxic person to be punished, then I think it's worth. Not to mention if someone does request a "9x" on someone, and it turns out that someone wasn't toxic at all, it should be easy enough to punish the person requesting the reports.

HavokDash8/27/2018, 9:14:20 AM1 votes

I just had someone who was spamming "Report Bot for inting" in /all chat. I told them that spamming for reports on players was a punishable offence. and thier response was "punish me daddy" They took it as a joke. Well bet they arent laughing now because I filed the report on them, included the details. and got the IFS notification 30 seconds later that they had been punished. You want to spam for reports. you can take the hit that comes with it.

disregardable8/24/2018, 9:16:19 PM1 votes

why don't they tell people everything that is against the rules outside of a FAQ?

Pika Fox8/24/2018, 10:59:34 PM1 votes

They could have a giant pop up show up and an announcer tell you it in game, and people still legitimately not know. Theres no feasible way to tell all of your playerbase something.

You can post patch times everywhere, and people will still complain "whys the game down". Doesnt matter what game.

ScarIet Rain8/25/2018, 12:15:49 AM1 votes

Because it does stack. Aimple as that. They want you to think it doesnt to prevent spam. But reality is it does. Everytime a report goes through.. the report goes to the tribunal.

Players then judge the reported player based on reason and context. What riot means by reports not stacking is how many times the player reported is flagged. Just cuz x player is reported x9 does not indicate 9 flags to riot employees and cause an insta ban

SociopathFriend8/25/2018, 4:44:14 AM1 votes

I would like to point out I've told several people this is true in-game and the denial that immediately followed makes me think players truly don't believe numbers are irrelevant. It's not unexpected really- numbers typically matter in most things.

Reziztor8/25/2018, 5:16:28 AM1 votes

This is so sad can we stop 9x reporting players