Possible Low Priority System Bug / Endless LP Queue Cycle

[chombe]

Obviously a bug or unintended. I'm aware OP plays in a frustrating way but he is not going out of his way to lose games, he plays with the intention to win, and people ganging up on him to report him to get him into low prio is most definitely not what Valve want

Deadlock if anything needs more people playing unconventionally. It should be encouraged rather than sending people to low prio for it. Very anti-fun mentality

 

[throwawaym8]

Obviously a bug or unintended. I'm aware OP plays in a frustrating way but he is not going out of his way to lose games, he plays with the intention to win, and people ganging up on him to report him to get him into low prio is most definitely not what Valve want

If enough people agree he's griefing then he obviously belongs in low priority. What is unintended about that?

 

[viperjose]

im constantly getting mute banned. i dont even have comms on or read the chat anymore. barely play anymore so i dont really care

 

[van17ino6]

I know I'm bending 11 other people to my strategy for +30min, but that's the game y'all! If I can't leave the poor fucker alone 1v2 in my designated lane why did the Yoshideadlock not put a wall behind the guardian or automatically send me there each 20 seconds? If the game lets me, why should I stop? That's the game y'all, that's the game.

Also THERE IS A PROBLEM REALLY A BUG YOSHIDEADLOCK, WHERE 11 GUYS REPORT ME IN BULK FOR NO REASON AND PUT ME IN LOW PRIO!!! Disgusting. That's not the game, y'all.

Obviously they are bending me to their completely wrong strategy and the report mechanics are bugged.

The gameplay:

View attachment Deadlock - 2026-05-03 2-14-59 PM.mp4

 

[Eraserqwe123]

Targeted Mass Report Encouragement by High-Level Player in Public Match

Post:

I want to raise a serious concern about targeted harassment and public report encouragement in my matches.

I recently got out of Low Priority and intentionally changed my nickname to avoid being recognized because I was already worried about reputation-based reports rather than actual gameplay.

However, during a recent public match, a well-known high-level player (a tournament/pro-level player) appeared to recognize me purely based on my build/playstyle, despite my nickname being changed.

Because my build is very unique, he seemingly identified me anyway and openly encouraged other players in the match to report me.

This creates a serious problem:

Players may report me not because of griefing, feeding, or toxic behavior,
But simply because they recognize who I am,
Or because a respected/high-rank player tells them to do so.

When someone with significantly better reputation or competitive status publicly pushes others to mass report a player, it creates an unfair social bias immediately during the match.

At that point, my motivation to even try winning drops, because I know:

My own teammates may report me,
Enemy players may report me,
Not based on conduct,
But based on identity/reputation alone.

This feels less like a fair report system and more like targeted social punishment.

I also want to point out that this player was seemingly on an alternate account (much lower visible rank than expected), while still being a highly experienced competitive player.

So from my perspective:

I am matched against a significantly stronger player,
Who recognizes me,
Who has greater influence/social credibility,
And who can actively encourage mass reports against me in real time.

This raises several concerns:

Is targeted report brigading being taken seriously?
Can players be punished primarily due to reputation rather than actual in-game behavior?
Is public encouragement of mass reporting considered abuse of the report system?
How are players supposed to escape prior reputation if they can still be identified and targeted anyway?

I understand that players may dislike certain playstyles, but encouraging others to report someone simply because they know who they are should not be normal.

I am posting this because this kind of behavior can directly undermine fair matchmaking, fair reporting, and player trust in the system.
I would appreciate if this issue could be taken seriously.

This happened in two different games.

 

[johannes]

All of this would be no issue if you communicated with your team about your playstyle and had your laning partner/team agree to it.
Since you are not doing that, I would report the hell out of you too since you are selfishly forcing 5 other people to adapt to your playstyle.

Not a bug, post in feedback forum
Play with premades next time

 

[van17ino6]

"Because my build is very unique, he seemingly identified me"

BROTHER, I think it's not your build.

 

[throwawaym8]

He has over 5000 matches and the best strategy he came up with involves ignoring his teammates and 90% of the game. Guy deserves permanent low prio.

 

[Trax-_-]

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Targeted Mass Report Encouragement by High-Level Player in Public Match

Post:

I want to raise a serious concern about targeted harassment and public report encouragement in my matches.

I recently got out of Low Priority and intentionally changed my nickname to avoid being recognized because I was already worried about reputation-based reports rather than actual gameplay.

However, during a recent public match, a well-known high-level player (a tournament/pro-level player) appeared to recognize me purely based on my build/playstyle, despite my nickname being changed.

Because my build is very unique, he seemingly identified me anyway and openly encouraged other players in the match to report me.

This creates a serious problem:

Players may report me not because of griefing, feeding, or toxic behavior,
But simply because they recognize who I am,
Or because a respected/high-rank player tells them to do so.

When someone with significantly better reputation or competitive status publicly pushes others to mass report a player, it creates an unfair social bias immediately during the match.

At that point, my motivation to even try winning drops, because I know:

My own teammates may report me,
Enemy players may report me,
Not based on conduct,
But based on identity/reputation alone.

This feels less like a fair report system and more like targeted social punishment.

I also want to point out that this player was seemingly on an alternate account (much lower visible rank than expected), while still being a highly experienced competitive player.

So from my perspective:

I am matched against a significantly stronger player,
Who recognizes me,
Who has greater influence/social credibility,
And who can actively encourage mass reports against me in real time.

This raises several concerns:

Is targeted report brigading being taken seriously?
Can players be punished primarily due to reputation rather than actual in-game behavior?
Is public encouragement of mass reporting considered abuse of the report system?
How are players supposed to escape prior reputation if they can still be identified and targeted anyway?

I understand that players may dislike certain playstyles, but encouraging others to report someone simply because they know who they are should not be normal.

I am posting this because this kind of behavior can directly undermine fair matchmaking, fair reporting, and player trust in the system.
I would appreciate if this issue could be taken seriously.

This happened in two different games.

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It's a bit funny because I can see how it would be unfair that even if you changed your playstyle completely to a normal way of playing people would still just report you and send you back to low prio. But what is not so funny is that you're only being punished now after greifing for 6+ months without the reporting system working at all.

Another thing about this entire thread is that I thought I would read atleast somewhere some acknowledgement towards how your playstyle disrupts your teammates, but there is none of it. Just a complete victim act from start to finish. So while the system might be unfair for you now, it has been to both sides.

Who would've thought people held grudges?

 

[Trax-_-]

"Because my build is very unique, he seemingly identified me"

BROTHER, I think it's not your build.

goated.

 

[Eraserqwe123]

I would like to add another situation that may be relevant to this issue.

During one of my recent matches, I was playing with a different nickname and avatar, specifically to avoid being recognized.

However, another player identified me during the match, and a streamer in the game began encouraging their team to report me.

After the match, that same streamer even checked my stream to see whether I would receive Low Priority.

I have a clip of this situation (names are hidden to avoid targeting individuals).

This raises an additional concern:

If players can be identified by playstyle and then targeted for reports during the match, it may contribute to repeated or excessive reporting regardless of actual in-game behavior.

Even if this is not the main cause, situations like this could make it significantly harder to exit Low Priority once a player has been flagged.

 

[Shadowbooba]

I would like to add another situation that may be relevant to this issue.

During one of my recent matches, I was playing with a different nickname and avatar, specifically to avoid being recognized.

However, another player identified me during the match, and a streamer in the game began encouraging their team to report me.

After the match, that same streamer even checked my stream to see whether I would receive Low Priority.

I have a clip of this situation (names are hidden to avoid targeting individuals).

This raises an additional concern:

If players can be identified by playstyle and then targeted for reports during the match, it may contribute to repeated or excessive reporting regardless of actual in-game behavior.

Even if this is not the main cause, situations like this could make it significantly harder to exit Low Priority once a player has been flagged.

самое забавное ты все еще не ответил толком ни на один тейк из комментариев, просто накидываешь текст с тем что тебя почему то по кд кидают в лп и репортят уже из принципа, фаргареко фрик, это очевидный факт, но то что остальные кидают тебе репорты уже твои проблемы))), и вызваны они тем что ты делал на протяжении полу-года, пускай разработчик почитает все сообщения и посмотрит хотя-бы один реплей за пол года где ты собираешь коробки и руинишь весь ерли-мидгейм для тиммейтов, да, конечно очень круто что ты потом с бафами выходишь и весь такой крутой в лейте, но только у твоих мейтов зачастую нет денег потому что: 1 их лес выфармил враг, 2 первую урну забрал враг, 3 1-2 волкера тебе тоже снес враг, в итоге контроль на мапе делать сложнее, мидбосса заберут почти всегда энеми, и ты реально думаешь что тебя за это не будут репортить?) ты в прямом смысле выбрал играть ТОЛЬКО НА СЕБЯ И так что у тебя просто 5 игроков которые ничего не могут ИЗ-ЗА ТЕБЯ, потому что ты решил что 5в6 играть до 20 минуты это вполне нормально, лично я буду тебе кидать репорты как только увижу что ты делаешь это снова, если ты будешь играть нормально то окей, без проблем, но если ты снова будешь просто в 1 ебало навязывать свой геймплей которые по истине руинит 5 другим - репорт и пiшов нахуй в лп.

The funniest thing is, you still haven't properly responded to a single take from the comments, you just throw out a text about how for some reason you get thrown into LP on cooldown and are reported out of principle, fargareko freak, this is an obvious fact, but the fact that others are throwing you reports is already your problem))), and they are caused by what you have been doing for half a year, let the developer read all the messages and watch at least one replay in half a year where you collect boxes and ruin the entire early-midgame for your teammates, yes, of course it's very cool that you then come out with buffs and are all so cool in the late game, but your mates often have no money because: 1. their jungle was farmed by the enemy, 2. the first urn was taken by the enemy, 3. 1-2 walkers were also destroyed by the enemy, as a result, it is harder to do control on the map, the midboss will almost always be taken by the enemy, and you really think that you will be punished for this They won't report you?) You literally chose to play ONLY FOR YOURSELF. And so you just have 5 players who can't do anything BECAUSE OF YOU, because you decided that playing 5v6 until the 20th minute is completely normal. Personally, I will send you reports as soon as I see you doing this again. If you play normally, then okay, no problem. But if you again just force your gameplay on 1 person, which truly ruins 5 others, then report and get the fuck out of LP.

 

[banilla]

If you play in a way that makes the game harder for everyone else and pisses off your team, that's griefing.

If you're getting constantly reported for griefing, stop doing the thing you're doing.

If players can be identified by play-style and then targeted for reports during the match, it may contribute to repeated or excessive reporting regardless of actual in-game behavior.

The "play-style" you're being identified by is the reason you're being reported.

I'm really not trying to dog-pile here. I do genuinely think that you really enjoy farming jungle instead of running lane, but you gotta realize that you're putting your team at a massive disadvantage. Leaving lane before the 5 minute mark means that

1. Your teammate is forced to 1v2, so
2. You are going to be a guardian down before 8 minutes and
3. The folks that were pushing that lane can roam to other lanes then
4. Your entire team are engulfed in team fights they are disadvantaged in and
5. have to spend a lot of the game making up for the souls that they would have gotten sooner if they had support.

All of this, and you're still going to be the most underfed member of the game.



If you want to jungle as your primary income, why not play a character that's better for that?

• Drifter has the ability to know where isolated enemy players are and can pick a sneaky kill every now and then.
• Rem can just drop his lil buddies to take boxes and sinners and then be somewhere else.
• Doorman can just plunk down a portal, steal enemy jungle, and teleport back to lane to catch wave.
• Calico can posses her cat Ava and crawl through the duct-works beneath the cursed apple to return to her team the moment they need her.

Like, I don't think you're being intentionally malicious. A lot of the frustration here is that a ton of people like to play the game similar to what you're doing. It's just that you're picking the method that's the most harmful to your team, least helpful to yourself, and then doubling down when everyone's like "hey, this is harmful, don't do this."

It's a very confusing reaction.