Being hateful is built inherently into the game mechanically. The reason is as follows, it is a team game, where you do not have any control over the outcome of the game individually. If you are playing very well, then the rest of your team can very easily screw you over, so you naturally blame everything on the team. It's also a game where if one of your teammates suck, then they don't just hinder your team, they actively help the other team by giving them experience and gold. As a result you inherently become hostile and suspicious of everyone you ever play with, and that results in massive hate-fests.
- Quote from Totalbiscuit

@reds whats the decision behind not being able to honour in custom games?
I play lots of aram, and until we get our aram matchmaking, I can't honour any of the cool people I play aram with. Lots of people in aram are nice than the people in normal/ranked queues.

First, i want to thank Riot team for the continuous effort to eliminate toxic behaviour
I also found "honorable opponent" the most rewarding and unbiased.

Reward & Punishment is the most common system used globally.
Honor system has already brought a positive changes, but is still lacking punishment reinforcements.
Honorable player --> rewards --> honor abuse/players spamming honor for the rewards
Toxic player --> disciplinary actions --> in my recent games, i still found many players using harsh words, feeding, dc in purpose etc because , IMO, they think they can get away easily or feel that the punishment is not hard enough for them.

Dr. Lyte, i would suggest a "dishonor button" next to "honor button" to simply let other players know that these toxic players are 'unfavored' players. Just like this very thread has thumb-up & thumb-down buttons.
While players might spam honor for the rewards, i think it would be unlikely for them to spam dishonor.

I'm a nice players, i don't think i need a reward for that. I just simply want to play this great game in an enjoyable and constructive environment

NB: this is my 1st online game ever, and i'm lovin' it! keep up the good work ^_^

too cute!

I'm enjoying what the honor system has done, I've noticed people having more fun with the game. The "competitive ribbing" is less abrasive and more light-hearted, people are making more jokes in chat, and more people are making a general effort to make a personal connection to the people they are playing with and against. Even if it's just a facade to gain honor, it has made my game play experience more enjoyable, and who knows if people pretend long enough maybe they'll actually start enjoying being nice to people in game. Even pre game chat where the reporting system had no jurisdiction has cleaned up, because of the new system. Well played Riot, also thank you for the amazing responses from the Reds, specifically Dr. Lyte.

Question for Professor-Doktor Lyte,

Have you guys considered the interaction of honour and jealousy? I have had quite a few games where players get angry for 'kill steals' or they see someone else doing much better than they are and they give up or otherwise troll. Best example from a while back is a TF who ragequit because 3 times in a row he ulted bot lane for a gank, I (the ad carry) got the kill.

I imagine tribunal would catch these players all the same.. but now with honour, I can see these players trying to get the crests but failing because of their toxicity, and at the same time targeting their toxicity at those who do have crests, out of jealousy.

Or similarly, the lightly-toxic-but-otherwise-neutral crowd who fail to get sufficient honour or crests will give up after trying and failing. Probably too early in the experiment to know if this behaviour develops, but I'm curious on your thoughts.

Thanks in advance!

i think this is great, keep up the good work (:



do you think perhaps top honorable users will receive a limited edition skin or something of the sort? Or just keep it clean without the bonuses, either way I think the ribbons are amazing. Loving the system

I like this system very much.

Much more profitable for everyone.
The opposite to the tribunal.