Matches not starting

Tambergal·Nov 21, 2014·59 votes·20,033 views

My last two attempts to play a game at the end of the champion select countdown it wouldn't start the match. the First time somebody tried to trade in aram at last second and made the league screen completely black and wouldn't go away till I closed it. The second time it just stayed on the champion select screen. Both times I closed league and reopened it hoping for the option to reconnect like it usually gives me but there wasn't, so not sure if the matches actually are happening or not and worried people will report me for not being able to get into game :/

EDIT:

Just to clarify - I was in CHAMPION SELECT, no problems with queue. I'm seeing a lot of people posting about being stuck in queue in the comments though :(

93 Comments

Ataraxic AbyssNov 21, 201423 votes

Na servers are exploding.

Hold onto your butts.

USG PatientNov 21, 20143 votes

Na servers are exploding.

Hold onto your butts.

Jurassic Park reference! Chogath KogMaw approve. rito more jurassic skins pls

RiotArmiesofZNightNov 21, 201413 votes

Hey everyone,

Apologies for the lack of information. We've identified the fix to the matchmaking issues. We're currently working to get the service back online as soon as possible. We're in the process of bringing the game servers back online following the restart. Once we complete QA, we'll open back up. We're hoping to be back up within 90 minutes (hopefully much quicker).

We also believe we have resolved the issues some players were having with chat and login, as well.

PurdrewNov 21, 20141 votes

Im a newb... whats QA? :-)

ChronoXCrossNov 21, 20144 votes

Quality Assurance. They are going to test it to make sure it doesnt break things worse than they were before...and hopefully do what its supposed to (fix what they are intending)

Helios RaysNov 23, 20141 votes

this is my league life for this whole month : press start -> see the screen wait for 10 seconds until you can pick a champ -> wait for counter to drop and for the game to start -> wait in loading screen -> see that something is wrong -> wait 6 whole minutes until you exist and reconnect -> see your the only guy in the loading screen -> wait another 3 minutes -> find out the game is 7 minutes in -> farm helplessly as you are behind -> miraculously win a pvp match by ganking other lanes -> play vs ai matches because you dont want to ruin peoples games and your own -> experience the same damn thing alllllllll over in ai matches :D. today's match? the wholeeeeee thing only 5 minutes this time :D -> end of game leaver buster message when you only afkd for 5 minutes :) not 20 riot. 5. get pissed :3 stop playing league when you actually love the game and cry helplessly as you cant do anything but wait for help from riot T__T

Bubble BèéNov 21, 20149 votes

PATCH NOTES 4.20

-North America's servers will be broken in many ways throughout the next few days. This was planned. We hate you guys.

-Rito Teemo

Myth0597Nov 21, 20146 votes

Similar thing happening to me.

Been trying to queue up for Team Builder. Get to lobby, ready up, counter starts... "Error starting your match." Queue drops, return to client. sadness ensues.

tigerbalm6969Nov 21, 20142 votes

same happened to me

DoodjeremyNov 21, 20146 votes

Sadness definitely ensues. Amumu

GoomraNov 21, 20145 votes

RITO WHYYYYYY i blow off my girlfriend to get a league sesh in and the servers are broken. :'(

TambergalNov 21, 20148 votes

Go spend time with your girlfriend, she'd probably appreciate it. -a girl.

GoomraNov 21, 20146 votes

League>Life

TambergalNov 21, 20148 votes

At least teach your girlfriend to play league. That's what my boyfriend did.

Near TragedyNov 21, 20147 votes

At least teach your girlfriend to play league. That's what my boyfriend did.

taught mine to play but her computer is a potato

Velkarth DKNov 21, 20145 votes

i tried that, didn't work.

MrBullardNov 21, 20145 votes

taught my wife to play.. shes poop but we still enjoy playing bots together

Ye Old SionNov 21, 20144 votes

I asked her to play and now she is the one getting home for work everyday saying "Let's play League!"

GrandpaEarsNov 21, 20141 votes

League=Life

Noob!

nGioNov 21, 20144 votes

Big surprise. The NA servers have been broken for years now, and this game is unplayable constantly. Maybe Riot should finally step into 1998 and get some advanced server tech, instead of dumping all of their resources into competitive play and expanding in third world countries. Fix the problems in your own backyard already.

MethistoNov 21, 20144 votes

It wont even allow me too que. Says PvP and Co-Op are unavailable due too me not being level 30. Only... i am level 30. Anyone else have this problem?

TomoshibiNov 21, 20145 votes

It wont even allow me too que. Says PvP and Co-Op are unavailable due too me not being level 30. Only... i am level 30. Anyone else have this problem?

Ya i went to see if they fixed the que time and it wouldnt let me i was like ummmm wtf rito

MelloriNov 21, 20143 votes

I literally just made it to level 30, and I came out of a game to find that. I thought it was some special "Hey you hit 30, and now you can't play PvP anymore" thing, but ranked is down too, so.. summoner 3 item 3070

TomoshibiNov 21, 20144 votes

woot they acknowledged the issue and actually came to the rescue :D

lilpokflufNov 21, 20143 votes

same thing happened to me, i exited and restarted then queued again but I was on a 5 min timer and it just keeps going.

KT Hi Im XonaaNov 21, 20143 votes

happened to me too! i tried all modes just to see if any of them would work and this happened when i tried to start a teambuilder match. (i was using my other acc)

poisonedpotionNov 21, 20143 votes

Same here. I was actually playing a ranked before this (we lost) and it didn't take my LP away and I cant see it in my history... so good for me i guess :)

TambergalNov 21, 20142 votes

Nice lol

SheIsMyBrideNov 21, 20142 votes

i won my ranked game and 0 lp is given! it sucks.

poisonedpotionNov 21, 20142 votes

aw man i was just thinking of that. That if i won then i wouldnt of gotten the LP. sorry to hear that man :(

doeeeNov 21, 20142 votes

won my ranked game, no LP. its brutal. bronze 4life

BraziIianNov 21, 20142 votes

league servers seem to be bugging out, trying to q for another aram but the timer has been going on for about 5min. now and counting. My last aram match isn't showing up in my history either

Myth0597Nov 21, 20142 votes

Heyo, just got into a loading screen! 3rd times the charm I guess

HerobonerNov 21, 20142 votes

I logged out and than it never let me back in:(

waldozerNov 21, 20142 votes

Maybe this is what happens when you migrate servers, patch and add a new matchmaking system at the same time??????

Tekno GamingNov 21, 20142 votes

Also, it seems that chat is down, let alone the queues are now locked for everyone Rito? Nice time to clear some stuff up! item 3023

Tekno GamingNov 21, 20142 votes

Rito's servers have officially exploded.

Ryno66Nov 21, 20142 votes

I kind of expected problems with this major patch/pre season rollout. Hopefully they can get us up and running again soon. I've only been in a game queue for 38 minutes :-P

TambergalNov 21, 20141 votes

I'm amazed you're still in queue. Are you just seeing how long it will go?

Ryno66Nov 21, 20142 votes

Ya I was just seeing how long it would go, I finally gave up lol. I read the new leave buster stuff earlier today and before I realized this was a problem for everyone I thought that I was stuck in their low priority queue for some reason. Had a game crash yesterday and thought I was on pushniment haha

GoomraNov 21, 20141 votes

dont log bro u wont be able to get back in . i tried :S

Ryno66Nov 21, 20142 votes

Uh oh I did a few minutes ago. Oh well, it's friday and time to start day drinking anyway

Shend itNov 21, 20142 votes

Just realized that riots server status still says the game is up, but they are aware of matchmaking problems and are trying trying to fix it. I would say that they might want to say offline considering you cannot do anything, and lots of people cannot log in anymore. It would be nice to get an official announcement from riot as to what actually is happening and why everything is broken. People are saying its the new leaverbuster but riot clearing this all up would be nice.

EDIT: I am also wondering why if leaver buster was what caused it, that PBE worked just fine with the new leaverbuster?

Jw4jszaRnQNov 21, 20142 votes

This is unacceptable. I came home from work to dominate like I usually do with vlad, malphite and at pretty much every role. However I've had to play starcraft in the meantime and frankly I'm getting a little sleepy. I do not want to take a nap but you may have forced my hand. Be known that I may write to the authorities in my state. I hope that you understand the gravity of this situation and the emotional physical arm that has been dealt.