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[Gameplay][Crash] Patch 4.21 Making It Difficult To Play (Lag and forced Disconnection)

TonyTonyMordecai·12/12/2014, 4:28:25 PM·7 votes·5,741 views

Hey Guys,

I was playing yesterday (or trying to) when I was in the loading screen and the game said that I disconnected, even though the internet was still connected. So I quit that, restarted the game, and I got to 100%... only to say that I disconnected again. My ping has always been a consistent 70-72, but recently it has spiked to 120/240/321 ping, and for no real reason. (I even tested the internet, and I was able to surf without any real hiccups) Then I got into a match after leaverbuster put me into the bad player queue, and I got in the match OK, with some slightly higher ping than usual, then the rest of the match it kept lagging, "attempting to reconnect", and other spasmatic things that it never did before. The only amount of lag I received before was when I died. So now I'm skeptical to see if League can still function. If this problem persists, then I will be trapped in a leaverbuster loop of low-priority queues. Any suggestions on how to see if the problem is my internet, or my computer, or just the game itself? (I'm running League on my early 2011 Macbook Pro, with OS X Yosemite on it.)

25 Comments

DoubleDeathclaw12/18/2014, 3:49:46 AM3 votes

I am a big spender in league and got my brother to copy lol but him (AlphaDeathclaw) is having the same problem. Horrible ping and we are on the same internet but he is the only one with bad internet. please help me... he is a big rager.

Tristán12/20/2014, 3:41:47 AM3 votes

Same problem for me. This game crashes 2 o 3 times per game or sometimes more, even if I am just watching people playing. Sometimes no, but sometimes yes, and so often after patch 4.20 - 4.21. I don't know if Riot is working on it for mac users, but it is really annoying to get banned for this mistake.

ztreharn12/19/2014, 5:56:36 PM2 votes

i am having the same issue i cant connect tell close to 8min in to the game its really aggervating =/

Yuumidiocre12/12/2014, 4:32:52 PM2 votes

the same with me but my ping has been sticking aroun 75-82 lately and durring team fights i lag beyond control and im using Windows Vista i think. and this lag has been costing me some matches.. but does it only happen in the rift for you?

Fighty12/22/2014, 5:13:41 AM1 votes

I am having the same issue- but my ping does not even spike, it just dc's all the time, especially when teamfights happen. Never ever had an issue with League before the last patch, now I am almost ready to quit the game. It just ruins me, seems to happen mid - end of game evey time, I do well win lane, then get lag in teamfights.

Please rito look into it.

AnxietyFart12/24/2014, 1:44:58 AM1 votes

i don't mind this issue i love to lose all my games wile my team calls me noob. i just cant stop smiling right now of how happy i am. FIX THIS SHIT YO!!!!!!!!!!!!

yennuan12/24/2014, 6:13:24 PM1 votes

I've been seeing DC's and crashes fairly often; it's not always consistent as to why. I even turned down all of my graphics settings (thinking maybe it was due to that). Sometimes it happens a lot in the beginning of the game, sometimes it happens prior to the start. Regardless, it's getting to the point where it's nearly impossible for me to play any games.

I'm playing on Mac OSX 10.9.5 on a 2.6 GHz MBP with 8G memory.

zombivenom12312/24/2014, 8:51:57 PM1 votes

im having the same exact problem and i tried everything and alot of people in my games have it too...rito please

Night of Styx12/28/2014, 9:29:02 AM1 votes

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Hey Guys,

I was playing yesterday (or trying to) when I was in the loading screen and the game said that I disconnected, even though the internet was still connected. So I quit that, restarted the game, and I got to 100%... only to say that I disconnected again. My ping has always been a consistent 70-72, but recently it has spiked to 120/240/321 ping, and for no real reason. (I even tested the internet, and I was able to surf without any real hiccups) Then I got into a match after leaverbuster put me into the bad player queue, and I got in the match OK, with some slightly higher ping than usual, then the rest of the match it kept lagging, "attempting to reconnect", and other spasmatic things that it never did before. The only amount of lag I received before was when I died. So now I'm skeptical to see if League can still function. If this problem persists, then I will be trapped in a leaverbuster loop of low-priority queues. Any suggestions on how to see if the problem is my internet, or my computer, or just the game itself? (I'm running League on my early 2011 Macbook Pro, with OS X Yosemite on it.)

I have the same problem with you. Riot has a very negative attitude to its client and server maintenance. I think they should focus more on fixing bugs and developing a better client and server rather than just designing new champions or skins.

JalØpy12/28/2014, 4:00:30 PM1 votes

I'm also having the problem :/ Rito pls

JORAGE12/31/2014, 8:13:44 PM1 votes

I've never even experienced such problems like this before until 4.21 , I've been demoted 3 Divisions just because of this issue, and I only get it when i queue up for ranked. Im seriously considering to quit this game.

bheill1/2/2015, 9:57:24 PM1 votes

The server just disconnected me from the game and i had to restart my computer just to restart the client. And then as soon as reconnected to the match it was over and got me notice for bad player and leaving the game. The game also suffers from low fps and high ping since the new summoners rift map. Why? Why?

Tie Dye Duck12/14/2014, 1:45:36 AM1 votes

Mine is the worst I've ever seen. I'm around 80-90 ping, but now im constantly jumping around to the highest of 10000 ping to 1000 ping. It's completely unplayable and disconnects me all the time. I've never even experienced such problems like this before until 4.21

TonyTonyMordecai12/20/2014, 10:23:55 PM1 votes

I don't know if Riot is working on it for mac users, but it is really annoying to get banned for this mistake.

It is, and I get pissed if I get penalties for something that isn't even my fault. My internet, for a fact, as well as my laptop, can handle League perfectly fine. I don't know why I am getting these issues, but if it keeps persisting, I don't know what to do. I know that I am not going to get a new laptop. The other day I was up late playing, and I noticed that my ping was increased than what it was earlier when I first started playing ~7/~6pm. Made no sense, whatsoever.

Since 4.21. I had the firewall problem too (even thought my firewall in not on). I get disconnected from chat. I also have 2-3 sec lag problem during game, making it unplayable. I just tried to reinstall with no effect. I quit game right now waiting for next patch

That sucks man. I've had 2 matches in the past that were honestly unplayable, just because the game was having major lag, and even the dreaded "attempting to reconnect". I just remembered this now, but I got that message when I played as Zac, and the game crashed/attempting to reconnect, and then I was unable to get back into the match. It was really annoying for me. The firewall thing is BS, TBH, just because sometimes I don't get that message for any other games I played seconds before, and I periodically got those firewall messages on my Mac laptop in the past, before they even launched the SRBeta event, or even before they came out with Gnar.

Shiori Aku12/21/2014, 8:36:30 PM1 votes

I am having a similar problem I am running windows 7 latest version of Internet explorer I tried all the things they said to try on the website, but I still get the Maestro error everytime I open the client, I can log on to league of legends by clicking on the desktop icon of league of legends and than run as admin, however, half of the time it tells me it cannot connect to the server. This happened more frequently after I installed lol recorder so I uninstalled it and it stopped, but every few games it still won't load saying that unable to connect to server or something like that and my firewall may be blocking it, if that is the case then why was I able to play the first few games and than it randomly won't get me into the game. This is so frustrating I buy alot of skin and play league alot so I am hoping they will fix this error, I feel lots of people are having similar problems because in one match it was 3v3 because 4 people could not connect. Azir