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League of Legends' Champ select reporting and muting test kicks off this week

The experiment will kick off "around the time 10.13 launches" and last for two patches

Earlier this month, LoL patch 10.13 launches.

That's according to a new 2020 League of Legends patch cycle is on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – and its scope will "expand" as it goes on.

Germain says you'll know the experiment is live in your region if you get a "one-time notification" pop up during Champ select.

The dev explains it's launching the first experiment – Champ select muting – to see if it "leads to changes in behaviour related to negative chat in champ select and in-game", while the second is to "gain a clear understanding of how often different types of negative behaviours occur in Champ select, and the different impacts they have in-game (chance of winning, rate of in-game reports, etc)."

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Once the latter experiment is up, the post says, Riot will use the data it's gathered to work out any investment in a "penalty system" as a second iteration of the feature.

So, with patch 10.14 due to launch on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, and the following a fortnight after, it looks like we can expect the experiment to be running roughly between June 24 and July 22.