League of Legends announces 'Honor' system

League of Legends is introducing a new positive reinforcement "Honor" system to encourage players to be kind to one another.

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League of Legends has been a big hit in the core MOBA scene, but it can be a little intimidating to newcomers. Fortunately, Riot Games is implementing a new system to encourage players to be nice to each other, which should help take the edge off a bit.

An announcement in the LoL forums (via PC Gamer) revealed the "Honor" system. Starting with the next game update, you'll be able to give helpful summoners a bit of positive feedback as a token of your appreciation. This is a counter-weight to the existing reporting tools for "toxic" players. The team also plans rewards for players with Honor, though it hasn't specified them yet.

"Some players 'skirting' the line between good and bad behavior may decide to lean toward good because Honor exists," said designer Jeffrey Lin. "One of our goals in Team Player Behavior is to ensure that it’s easier to be good than it is to be toxic. For the good players, this is a way for us to celebrate them and reinforce that they are exactly the type of players we want in League of Legends."

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    September 21, 2012 10:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, League of Legends announces 'Honor' system.

    League of Legends is introducing a new positive reinforcement "Honor" system to encourage players to be kind to one another.

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      September 21, 2012 11:40 AM

      This pleases me. It would be nice if they added a forum component to it. Would be nice for things like... (shameless plug) the mod i created for the game, LoL Item Changer: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=145862

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      September 21, 2012 11:59 AM

      I know one of Valve's objectives with DOTA2 is to clean up that community, but between The Tribunal and now this Honor system, looks like Riot might get there first.

      That said, valve... is valve. I love to see this stuff!

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        September 21, 2012 1:42 PM

        but this is already in DotA2

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          September 21, 2012 2:00 PM

          And it worked out very poorly.

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            September 21, 2012 2:07 PM

            it's not implemented yet, is it? does anything happen with commending?

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              September 21, 2012 2:08 PM

              I just meant to refer to how everyone was trading commendations.

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      September 21, 2012 1:46 PM

      hahaha

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      September 21, 2012 2:00 PM

      My positive reinforcement is when, after a hard fought game, people add me to their friends list. That tells me they liked the cut of my jib.

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      September 21, 2012 2:24 PM

      bah. i love trolling the trolls and now i will just have to be all around helpful.

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        September 21, 2012 2:32 PM

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          September 21, 2012 3:38 PM

          I'm one of those people who will say "Oh! Nice Ult!" or "Good gank" to opponents who got me.

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            September 21, 2012 4:06 PM

            I bet you are slimy as hell IRL. You would try to sell anything to anyone huh?

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              September 21, 2012 4:25 PM

              Ha! Someone early on warned me not to do that, as people would take it as sarcasm. Not so, in my experience thus far.

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      September 21, 2012 2:35 PM

      lol

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      September 21, 2012 7:58 PM

      Colour me interested.

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