Unable to connect to match [CLIENT(I think)]

Madhunter0·10/6/2014, 5:21:28 AM·13 votes·1,822 views

I am unable to connect to my [RANKED] match for an unknown reason. I have tried multiple things to attempt to fix the error: disabled antivirus (Microsoft Security Essentials), disabled Windows Firewall, deleted lol_patcher and lol_launcher from the RADS folder, and restarted my computer multiple times. To verify: I was able to get into champion select and it worked just fine, once the game was suppose to start loading nothing happened. No black screen, nothing whatsoever. I tried opening the client and attempting to reconnect to the match to no avail. I now have a leaver tag on my last ranked game and was trying to reconnect the entire match. I have never had this issue before now but it seems to be a long standing bug. Any information would be helpful and I am now testing the error in a custom match.

19 Comments

BlackMagicWilson10/6/2014, 12:43:06 PM4 votes

I'm surprised Riot hasn't addressed this yet. It seems to be happening to a lot of people.

Madhunter010/6/2014, 5:37:24 AM4 votes

I created a custom game with myself and the same error occurred and only after several attempts of closing and reopening the client was I able to get back to the home screen instead of the reconnect screen. Trying an ARAM, same thing is happening. Please send help.

we are amish10/7/2014, 10:49:17 PM2 votes

ok so i just did the repair from the launcher and i can play games now yeah

Lord of Dorkness10/7/2014, 11:39:32 PM2 votes

Client repair fixed mine as well. Still would be nice not to need to do that if the problem comes up again.

Madhunter010/6/2014, 5:51:06 AM2 votes

I wasn't able to connect to the ARAM either so I am now trying to connect to a game on a different account to see if it is account specific (highly doubt it is, but troubleshooting).

Madhunter010/7/2014, 3:41:56 AM1 votes

Attempted an ARAM, error is still occurring. I wish Riot would look at their bug report board sometime and respond to major issues people are having. 2 days of no play time from me, and 4 games I am labeled as a leaver. Riot please respond as I want to play your game and give you more of my hard earned cash...

Lord of Dorkness10/7/2014, 3:59:44 AM1 votes

I actually had the same issue right now. Things that I attempted to rejoin the game were: terminating the client from the task manager, and even restarting the machine. It would not allow me. Even after testing in a custom match, the same thing happens. I saw several different threads from years ago on the "client not found" error, so I grabbed the logs to share, just in case it helps. Pretty sure these are the correct ones. I have the rest of the logs from the day saved just in case they aren't

we are amish10/7/2014, 9:49:42 PM1 votes

I have the exact same issue.

Madhunter010/8/2014, 2:07:48 AM1 votes

I have awoken from my slumber to see another possible fix, attempting now and will return with the results.

Madhunter010/8/2014, 3:23:01 AM1 votes

Repairing the launcher did work, thanks for all the help and support Riot. You truly helped out your community in their time of need.

ShadowGlaive21310/8/2014, 3:36:11 AM1 votes

Have you tried waiting indefinitely to see if the League logo appears as if loading normally? I've had many occasions where I thought it just exited out of the client instead of loading, but after waiting a fair while it eventually did go to load.

OrchidBoy10/8/2014, 4:58:35 AM1 votes

Repairing didn't work :(((

OrchidBoy10/8/2014, 5:00:52 AM1 votes

In my Activity monitor it says there is an unresponsive LOL Patcher? plz help me

ncsuwolf110/24/2014, 3:41:18 AM1 votes

I reported this to riot, after getting a temp ban from it happening to me, and they haven't gotten back to me :(

SilverSatin12/5/2014, 6:30:47 AM1 votes

This is happening to me lately.. not in every game but every so often. Everything freezes and it says attempting to reconnect (which it never does) so I log out and try all the usual fixes, but can never ever reconnect to that match. I've tried almost every fix in the book, even uninstalled and re-downloaded the client, but nope, it's still happening. Anyone else still having this issue? I get back into the loading screen but it only makes it up to between 70 - 97 % before a little white box appears saying I have lost connection and to please check my internet connection, which I do and is always working just fine....

Madhunter010/6/2014, 5:56:49 AM1 votes

Even on another account I experience the issue, I do expect some sort of response to this as it is very frustrating and I am a long time player of this game. I have over 5000 game plays since I started back in Season 1 and I don't plan on leaving unless I can no longer play due to this critical error that has occurred.

OrchidBoy10/6/2014, 6:40:02 PM1 votes

This randomly started happening to me yesterday too. I was in champ select, the game started then it was just black and would not load. I tried everything and nothing worked. Plz plz help wit this. PS im on a Mac.

Left 4 Egg10/6/2014, 7:50:04 PM1 votes

im also having the same problem as op. get into champ select, match starts, then nothing shows up regarding a loading screen. anyone know a fix for this?

Madhunter010/7/2014, 3:25:57 AM1 votes

Back from work this evening, wanting to play my favorite game. Let's see if the issue is still there this evening...