What Inting is and what bad playing is, is hard to assess for many players in League of Legends. The question arose again in the last few days after Riot announced that they would take harder action against soft-inting. But you don’t need to worry, Riot has finally defined what that means.
What happened? On July 9, 2024, Pu Liu, the Game Director of League of Legends, announced that they want to take a harder stance against soft-inting. They even want to deal with hardware bans, as it is now possible with Vanguard. In the tweet, he asked the community whether they should take direct strict measures or start with lighter penalties.
The problem is that it is very hard to define what soft-inting actually is. Some players are even afraid of being banned for bad playing. Riot has finally provided clarity and defined what soft-inting is in a reddit thread.
Where there will probably be no inting is in the new PvE mode:
Riot names 3 examples of soft-inting
What does Riot say about it? The topic has made waves in the community, as people feared that they could be banned for a bad match. This prompted one user in a reddit thread to talk about the fact that the new approach to soft-inting will likely only happen in higher Elos.
In response to the thread, a Riot employee actually replied and defined what soft-inting is. He mentioned three reasons that would be relevant for a penalty:
- Following the jungler and stealing camps
- Selling all items and, for example, buying 6 crystals
- Wasting summoner spells
He further states that it is currently difficult for the system to recognize these actions. The goal is to identify these actions and impose penalties accordingly.
When asked why they should punish players who may have accidentally used a summoner spell, the employee said that you do not get banned for individual wasted summoner spells.
In the comment, the employee clarifies once again that there are currently no plans to take action against players who supposedly play worse than the level expected of them.
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