Player dodged with 8 seconds but game started anyway

Dod Gammit·Sep 20, 2015·90 votes·4,290 views

Our jungler didn't get the role they wanted, so they picked and decided to dodge with eight seconds left in the final countdown. This prompted a message in the lobby that the player had left, but the countdown continued.

The game loaded 4v5 and naturally we couldn't pull together and win the game, and even though we were only down seven kills we decided to surrender.

I e-mailed support, but they just sent me a canned response about how they can't change match history. That's not even what I want.

I want Riot to investigate why the game didn't drop us back into the queue after the player dodged.

Unranked draft on the Rift

23 Comments

ModKnightsKemplarSep 20, 201524 votes

This is a serious problem, and I definitely want it looked into. When I dodge, I do it to AVOID losing a bunch of LP (I realize this isn't ranked, but the bug may exist there, too). That needs to work.

MyrmironSep 20, 201512 votes

Well this sucks, have a free bump and one up on the response counter from me. Hopefully this'll make riot look into this thread.

Malicious FurySep 21, 20156 votes

Wow. OP's name.

Dod GammitSep 22, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malicious Fury,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=kuEV7BjT,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-09-21T03:21:58.524+0000)

Wow. OP's name.

T for teen.

StillnameSep 21, 20153 votes

This happend to me once a few months ago when I made a custom lobby. I realized I put me and my friend on the 3s map when I wanted to put us on the aram map. I dodged out with a few seconds left but it sent him in anyway without me.

Luckily it was just a custom game though, but it was my lobby... which makes it make even less sense.

ScrimshäwSep 21, 20153 votes

i'm really sick of god damn cheap ass video game tech supports. i think i only had a single company actually read my email when they responded, it was blizzard i think.

god forbid riot, who makes over 6 billion a year, can teach their outsourced customer support to read the fucking email before hitting ctrl+v

disregardableSep 21, 20151 votes

Nah man, I've never seen this level of bad tech support on any other gaming company, even ones that only had players in the tens of thousands. Most will only copy and paste answers if they're relevant.

SwapShadowsSep 20, 20152 votes

isnt this cause the client is poop?

ive had champ selects where I had like 40 seconds to pick something and at 20 seconds it would take me out of champ select and count it as a dodge

Deep Terror NamiSep 20, 20153 votes

That is due to packet loss/lag and your client didn't know someone locked in, so their timer continues down to zero before moving on.

Dod GammitSep 20, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=kuEV7BjT,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2015-09-20T19:32:29.676+0000)

That is due to packet loss/lag and your client didn't know someone locked in, so their timer continues down to zero before moving on.

No, this was after all ten picks were in, during the FINAL countdown.

It even said in chat "Nikyee Heaton has left the room".

Deep Terror NamiSep 20, 20151 votes

...that doesn't change what I said.

AsphodelNextSep 20, 20151 votes

If his client was delayed due to packet loss/lag, then he wouldn't have received the packets that said his teammate had left the room until after the game had started. Since he received them, that means his connection with the server was at least capable of sending him that message, and should have also updated the time correctly.

Deep Terror NamiSep 20, 20151 votes

Getting packet loss doesn't mean you lose all information. If you're not getting any data, you're disconnected. Packet loss is intermittent, typically.

DracobaltSep 21, 20151 votes

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No, this was after all ten picks were in, during the FINAL countdown.

It even said in chat "Nikyee Heaton has left the room".

^ then he obviously dc'ed O.o whether accidentally or intentionally....either stayed out because net was terrible OR decided NOT to go back in....whatever the case. My friend sometimes gets dc'ed at the champ select...and I had it too before. If the dc happens not too far from when the game is going to start...the game thinks of reconnecting the person and starts the game anyways. I have also had this happen to where I see "[Player 2] has joined the room." after like 10seconds. Meaning the person had some sort of connection problem BUT was still connecting to the room and just happened to get in late. Both come from connection problems...

Fear PopoSep 21, 20152 votes

Welcome to the most popular game in the world, with the shittiest client of any modern game of its status.

moomoomilkUwUSep 20, 20151 votes

chipi99Sep 21, 20151 votes

Probably not a bug but should be fixed for clarity. Has happened to me when I dodge when I have to leave.

Solis DeusSep 21, 20151 votes

This also happened to me just yesterday. We had a Soraka support that left a couple seconds before, but the game still started. We were actually doing OK, ahead in kills and everything, but then the same Soraka reconnects and tries to persuade us to surrender as she has to reconnect. When we say no, she goes out and dances/taunts until the enemy team gets fed on her and wins the game.

SlaaneshineSep 21, 20151 votes

For a game that has been out for over six years now, running on seven, Riot has the worst game client I've seen. It hasn't been updated for as long as I can remember, and that is not a good thing. A serious issue here.

BanastineSep 21, 20151 votes

Bump

TenSlashTenSep 21, 20151 votes

I had this bug yesterday

It gave me a leaver penalty but as you can see NO AFK GAMES IN HISTORY then today I get 2 games in a row with an afk peice of shit and a 300+ mmr under me first pick. it was glorious rofl.