This game isn't playable anymore

Karcist·Dec 21, 2014·26 votes·3,046 views

Over the last week I've lost 3 or 4 ranked games from the attempting to reconnect bug, and have had many people on both teams never even connect. This problem has been happening for the past 3 months or so and with how bad its gotten as of recent, I can't say I have any confidence that its going away. I'm sick of it, and I'm starting to not even find the game fun. Just to make matters worse, I was forced into "promising not to leave any more games".

Every time it happens I can't help but to think about how much I just want to find another game to play and quit league. I know that I probably won't be able to quit, but I really wish I was able to.

24 Comments

Straight RacistDec 22, 20143 votes

basically, fuck you Riot Games, for worrying about splash art more than connection problems. Fix your fucking servers, fix your fucking bugs, put a fucking server on the east coast, or something. Obviously shit isn't going right, because in the past I don't know HOW many games, at least 2 people don't connect right away, and whichever team is LUCKY if they even do connect at all. NOW it's MY turn to have the "firewall bug" everyone is talking about. FIX YOUR FUCKNIG GAME AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT SPLASH ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Storm 4everDec 22, 20141 votes

BUT SPLASH ART MAKES YOU WANA STARE AT THE SCREEN LONGER> ..hopefully not noticing that your not loading.

test accountDec 22, 20141 votes

We don't even get to see the splash art most of the time, because every other player is "not yet connected" and thus their splash art doesn't show up

Brenticus12Dec 23, 20141 votes

But the people who do splash art are different from the people who maintain servers and fix bugs.

They're still going to create new content regardless of what the state of the servers are because they really can't do much to help.

Raise DongrsDec 23, 20141 votes

Fuckin it's a billion dollar company; it's not like the art directors are worrying about the server lol. They're worrying about both and have fully acknowledged the issue and are doing their best to fix it

WizeryWizardGuyDec 21, 20142 votes

Same. it is a problem that is getting worse.

Tenebris AeternaDec 21, 20142 votes

I've been experiencing what I believe is some version of this. "Attempting to reconnect" frequently occurs during the game, or the game will time out during load in. I connect to menu, chat fine. But once I'm in game, dc's come periodically. Makes it so I can't play the game effectively, or I'll get banned by leaver buster and my ranking will go to crap.

I looked into supposed firewall issues/fixes, when deep into advanced settings and made sure to enable all inbound league of legends stuff, still no solution. Very aggravating.

This issue is new to 4.21 for me, never had trouble connecting/staying on for an entire game (other than when Riot's servers go down entirely, etc.).

KarcistDec 22, 20141 votes

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I've been experiencing what I believe is some version of this. "Attempting to reconnect" frequently occurs during the game, or the game will time out during load in. I connect to menu, chat fine. But once I'm in game, dc's come periodically. Makes it so I can't play the game effectively, or I'll get banned by leaver buster and my ranking will go to crap.

I looked into supposed firewall issues/fixes, when deep into advanced settings and made sure to enable all inbound league of legends stuff, still no solution. Very aggravating.

This issue is new to 4.21 for me, never had trouble connecting/staying on for an entire game (other than when Riot's servers go down entirely, etc.).

Yepp, same thing.

Straight RacistDec 22, 20141 votes

same problem here

Nightoverday2Dec 23, 20141 votes

I have been getting the same problem. this just started for me at 4:00 am and league refuses to let me join any game.

Ashes AriseDec 22, 20142 votes

Honestly. These connectivity issues have been left unchecked for far far too long. This whole year has been a nightmare. Riot really needs to consider a change in staff, or policy. This is unacceptable. Something or someone is responsible. If it is something, then fix it. If it is someone, this has been ongoing for too long. They need to go.

Dadb0tDec 22, 20141 votes

I had this exact issue while playing on my laptop at home. We're in a heavily populated area, and our home alone has roughly 8 wireless clients running. Neighboring wireless access points were in the dozens, and just as an isolation step, i hardwired my laptop.

Issues gone - for me, it was specifically issues with the crowded 9 and 11 wifi channels.

HTH

Ashes AriseDec 22, 20142 votes

No serious gamer would ever play a competitive game via wifi in the first place

Theedge634Dec 22, 20141 votes

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No serious gamer would ever play a competitive game via wifi in the first place

That's just not true.... Wireless is so for along now... 95% of your gaming needs can EASILY be met through wireless routing... EASILY

Ashes AriseDec 23, 20141 votes

I know I sounded a bit douchey, but its pretty true. I'm not rich at all. I work minimum wage, and I'd be willing to pay $300 to get myself wired if I needed to. Not saying it has to cost that much, but the difference between wired and wifi is pretty huge. I'd prefer a wired connection on my shitty $250 laptop than using wireless on my $1800 gaming PC.

KarcistDec 24, 20142 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ashes Arise,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=hOsVI7cA,comment-id=00020000000000000000,timestamp=2014-12-23T20:52:18.424+0000)

I know I sounded a bit douchey, but its pretty true. I'm not rich at all. I work minimum wage, and I'd be willing to pay $300 to get myself wired if I needed to. Not saying it has to cost that much, but the difference between wired and wifi is pretty huge. I'd prefer a wired connection on my shitty $250 laptop than using wireless on my $1800 gaming PC.

I'm wired and the problem is just as prevalent. That has nothing to do with it.

Ashes AriseDec 24, 20141 votes

Oh no. I'm not saying it has anything to do with LoL's bad servers. I'm just saying its very foolish to spend any amount of money on a gaming PC and then play via WIFI.

Straight RacistDec 22, 20142 votes

seriously, this kind of bullshit is bound to make me quit League of Legends forever and play only Vainglory, may have more trolls in that game but at least I connect EVERY time!

Storm 4everDec 22, 20142 votes

Shhhh. They might actually acknowledge it.

Raymond HoltDec 22, 20141 votes

Literally. I haven't been able to play since 4.19 because I can't even patch the fucking game anymore....

BadgeridooDec 23, 20141 votes

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Literally. I haven't been able to play since 4.19 because I can't even patch the fucking game anymore....

This. I have to try between 3 - 10 times to even log in to the client. Happened to a friend, who talked to Riot and got told it was Comcast's issue. I'm on TWC. Yet I constantly get the "can't log into the server, here's this page of random IE settings."

shadecrapperDec 23, 20141 votes

Yeah really sucks. Especially in a close game, and your the jungler, then boom. Disconnected. By the time you come back, there isnt much you can do.

The MechEDec 24, 20141 votes

Maybe people are DDoSing you guys? You should probably report it to Riot via player support if you suspect anyone in your game of DDoSing you.

[{quoted}](name=Ashes Arise,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=hOsVI7cA,comment-id=0002000000000000000000000000,timestamp=2014-12-24T23:17:54.105+0000)

Oh no. I'm not saying it has anything to do with LoL's bad servers. I'm just saying its very foolish to spend any amount of money on a gaming PC and then play via WIFI.

I don't think this would actually have much of a significant impact if you have good internet.

KarcistDec 25, 20141 votes

So after taking 3 days off, I decided to get on and play a few games. I won the first 3, and then I lost the 4th to the attempting to reconnect bug. Honestly, I just really need to quit this game and move onto something else.