When Is A Person Doing More Than Just "Having a Bad Game"?

Plesi·Jan 17, 2017·3 votes·812 views

Hey, guys.

I just wanted to hear your opinions on something that has been nagging me ever since the "Report for Unskilled" feature was removed. We've all had games where someone has gone 2-20-3 or something similar. A game where someone has died far too many times to be considered a "bad game" whether you think they are intentionally feeding to troll or not.

Have you ever reported someone for intentional feeding when the death count just got TOO high to be fairly classified as just a "bad game"? Where someone has died 15+ times with little to no kill participation (including assists)?

5 Comments

KarunamonJan 17, 20173 votes

IIRC, the "unskilled" report option was just a way to siphon bogus reports into the bit bucket - it has never been against any rules to be bad at the game.

Have you ever reported someone for intentional feeding when the death count just got TOO high to be fairly classified as just a "bad game"?

Inting takes a lot more than death count to prove. Drop a bronze player into a game with challengers (or more likely, challenger smurfs), and watch as they go 0/22/1. The thing about inting is that it requires proving intent, and you really need to look at a replay to do that.

FWIW, I never report for feeding unless someone's behavior is blatant - like running straight down the lane into the turrets, stuff like that. If you report based on postgame stats, you're just asking for your reports to be meaningless.

PlesiJan 17, 20171 votes

Thank you for your response. I have to agree. I've seen people rage at others on our team, claiming they're "feeding" when KDA is the only thing they're looking at. It really bothers me to see teammates reporting people for "feeding" because of something so ironically unrelated. It tarnished the report system and abuses it entirely. I sincerely hope that people who have a history of reporting false crimes are punished themselves.

DolasaurJan 18, 20173 votes

I sincerely hope that people who have a history of reporting false crimes are punished themselves.

Mm. Be careful what you wish for. As Karu alluded, filing unsubstantiated reports causes your own report worth to drop. So they're already getting punished, to an extent. Hoping for more seems like either an intolerance of ignorance or an intolerance of different opinions.

Assuming you're part of the former, I'd recommend just trying to educate people as you encounter them. It's easy to use neutral lines like "FYI, if you report someone for intentional feeding and the system disagrees, it lowers your report value", which can serve as a helpful reminder/wake-up call/source of new information. A majority of people never go to the boards or other extra information sites, so they might not even know they have report weighting.

Magical PlayerJan 17, 20172 votes

False reports generally don't hold onto an account, so if they're feeding thats fine. report and move on, just please don't flame them.

Where as false reporting doesn't penalize you directly, over time your report becomes less weighed. Boy who cried wolf basically

mvmlegoJan 18, 20172 votes

I agree, for the most part. It's one thing to have a bad game, but it's another thing to not care that you're having a bad game. In terms of teammates' play experience, the latter is just as bad as intentionally feeding--to the point where it's actually pretty difficult to distinguish between the two. I make a detailed argument for punishing careless feeders on my post: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/6qUT19A0-intentional-vs-careless-feeding I would be interested in hearing your opinion on the strike system that I propose there.