"I'm Reporting You." Cool.
Tell them I said hi. They already know.
In almost every lobby where I call out skins, someone threatens to mass-report me or get my account banned. Here is why those reports achieve absolutely nothing.
Player Panic
Opponent reports account after skin callout.
Vanguard Audit
Kernel scans memory. Zero cheats found.
Trust Penalty
Accuser loses report credibility score.
Report Dropped
System closes ticket. Zero strikes issued.
"Let's all report this guy."
What players actually say.
When a random player hears me accurately describe the exact Vandal skin and charm they have equipped before the barriers drop, their first reaction is shock. Their second reaction is panic.
Over hundreds of recorded games, the coms follow the same script:
"Bro is literally cheating, everyone report him right now!"
"How does he know my Vandal? He downloaded malware on my PC!"
"Enjoy your Vanguard ban, weirdo. I'm opening a ticket with your Riot ID."
Lobbies get furious and spam report buttons, assuming sheer volume triggers an automatic ban. It never works. Vanguard checks actual memory, and Riot already knows who runs this account. Why would they ban a clean machine when zero rules are broken?
"Sage: 'You're a hacker, I'm reporting you to Riot.'
Mud: 'Go ahead, they'll just deny your request because they already know who I am.'"
Trolling is just the hook.
Why reports do nothing to me.
Calling out equipped cosmetics before round one is not the actual project. It is simply the foot in the door.
Every good salesman knows the principle: do something so shocking that people are forced to pay attention. When a player hears their exact loadout described in spawn, their jaw drops. They get curious, look up who I am, and discover the actual 3-year RGB Project research tracking 550+ Riot Gun Buddy owners.
Before ever publishing this publicly, I went straight to Riot under Ticket 123260509. I explained the idea, laid out the sportsmanship guidelines, and made them understand exactly who I am. Riot reviewed the project and understands the mission.
When tilted lobbies mass-report my account, Riot support already knows what is happening. I am not ruining competitive games with cheats. I am executing a documented sociological research study with zero competitive impact. That is why every single report gets dropped as noise.
Trolling is just the foot in the door. I do something impossible so players get curious about the real research.