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Play button disabled for 5+ minutes inbetween games.

XboxVictim22·8/29/2018, 11:24:07 PM·2 votes·1,848 views

I just got back into league and never had this problem before. I've repaired the client and uninstalled completely (even deleting the league registry files) and reinstalled. I've reset network winsock, ip and dns through cmd: netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset ipconfig /flushdns restarted computer

After doing all of the above, I'm still seeing the Play button top right grayed out, can't click on it. If I hover mouse over the Play button I get the following message:

**"We aren't able to create a lobby right now. Please exit the client and reopen it to try again." ** While either waiting 1-5 minutes allows me to create a lobby, I am curious to see if others are experiencing this issue and would also like to bring it to Riot's attention if the issue is widespread. Though a Google search brings up others who have had this issue, theirs either differs slightly in that they cannot ever create a game lobby and the issues that pop up on various other websites are not within (1-2 months) recent.

Please respond if you are experiencing issues and/or if you have come across potential solutions to the issue.

Thank you sincerely in advance.

11 Comments

Maybe Dave8/30/2018, 1:28:53 AM1 votes

I've been having the exact same problem and have found at least 5 more bug reports for the same thing. I haven't found a solution yet but will let you know if I find anything or if I see a posting on one of the other threads about this bug

XboxVictim228/30/2018, 7:21:14 PM1 votes

I don't know if this is a permanent fix to the issue or if this is what even fixed it, but after resetting my modem/router last night I went to bed and haven't had the issue since. I'll let you know if the issue resurfaces.

Nvm it's back but not as bad as before. 30 seconds - 2 Minute intervals of 'Play' being gray.

Argent Wolf9/1/2018, 5:10:22 AM1 votes

Well at least it isn't just me. It's been happening since the last patch for me. I even tried a reinstall to a new folder location, and it didn't help.

Edit: Adding, when the lobby finally turns clickable, there's a good chance that I still can't join a game. It will usually say, "LoL is currently patching. Please try again in a bit" and then kick me out of the lobby.

This is very frustrating.

XboxVictim229/1/2018, 1:34:49 PM1 votes

What's odd is that, if this is indeed an due to an issue with connection to Riot's servers, I'd be experiencing very frequent and long disconnects in-game. But I'm not experiencing that at all. So this must be a very subtle network issue relating only to the game client's connection to the server? Perhaps it is an ISP conflict - ISP - Spectrum.

Annoying issue, but not game-breaking.

Argent Wolf9/1/2018, 2:43:25 PM1 votes

FYI: I submitted logs, and support responded with it is a known issue since patch 8.17 and they're working to resolve it. They said it may help to stay off the home screen once the lobby becomes active. I guess I can stop trying random system changes for now.