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Pause Function Abuse in WOrld Championshit Tournament Games

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BETA WARNING (For some reason I can't fix my title in the edit function. . .yeah, you guys at Riot should probably fix that haha. . .The title should be: "Pause Function Abuse in World Championship Tournament Games". . . .also for some reason I can't embed you tube videos. . .)

This has been on my mind since the first time this function was abused in the first OMG vs SKT match. The pause function was used right when the person using the function was caught off guard and close to being killed. My first initial thoughts were "wtf this guy is obviously doing this on purpose"

Because of this the fight was possibly altered from its current course to a different outcome.

The second OMG vs SKT match, It happened again, (faker vs cool) in the same type of situation.

This is outrageous. . .truly, truly, outrageous.

Riot needs to have a rioter to actually approve the pauses;

Basically, when a player presses the pause button, the game does NOT pause until a rioter approves of it (basically they can just press a button to enact the pause)

The Rioters will have an outline of when it's OK to pause a game after a player has recommended it.

Such as:

If the player is in: a middle of a fight, or teamfight = no pause permitted until after the fight/play has finished.

Seriously OMG has a reputation of doing this in China's leagues as well. It's lame and disgusting.

Frankly this is Cheating and it should be rectified before the next games at worlds. . .meaning FAST.

Please fix this glaring issue in game fairness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2fCSH9xHDqQ#

17 Comments

AldrickExGladius7 votes

Anyone else think it's interesting that there are so many pauses in pro games from devices failing? I don't know about you, but in my nearly 3 years of playing LoL I've never had the need for a pause because of a mouse/keyboard/headset not working. If anything it makes me sure not to buy anything League sponsored with all the problems they have with it.

gnfnrf6 votes

They are under different conditions, though. Their equipment is being set up and torn down multiple times over the tournament, and was just hooked up to the system a few minutes earlier. I think most of the problems are actually driver/config issues, not hardware failures.

Not that there shouldn't be fewer. I think that there should actually be two sets of computers, and the team "on-deck" should get everything hooked up, configured, and play a test game backstage. Then the computers are swapped when they come out, with everything already set up.

Kira Onime6 votes

Yeah.

But no.

Your "solution" seems to create more problems. I mean, if a player's mouse stops working after the laning phase and the enemy sees this as a player out of position and engage, by the time riot "approves" the pause, the guy is already dead and the dynamic of the game is already changed.

djump6 votes

yeah, I agree. It does make sense that if you start a fight and notice immediately your mouse settings aren't ideal, you want to fix it fast, but there should at lest be a 5 second delay before the pause (or longer) to prevent abuse. That first SKT OMG game, lee got caught and immediately paused and their support immediately walked over for lee's safeguard out after the pause. That's pretty unfair, even if the pause was legit.

vLRoskMA5O1 votes

the omg support flashed over but I agree that the delay could be nice idea

LilYonsan6 votes

I can somewhat agree with you on this, but at the same time I think there should also be failsafes. For example if someone gets disconnected or their mouse becomes unplugged-something around those lines, then the game should be automatically paused.

Manawind3 votes

usually in causes like that, since they are on voice comms, their teammates pause for them.

Manawind4 votes

Trust when I say that the pros wouldn't pause unnecessarily without a good reason, because I believe they get heavily punished for falsely pausing the game. You can look it up in the LCS rule-book if you'd like.

lorewise2 votes

You are correct, and in fact that's what the referees are for according to other riot posts.

Sejo Mino4 votes

In the Event of a game being paused it has to be notified by the ref. The Ref has the final call on the pausing in the gamez. Also not everything will work fine during the game. They may have high tech gear and stuff but it will not make up the factor on what is happening. If the team pauses without notifying the refs their will be punishments for them in the next game, or current. Also this is the championship I think they have to report gear messing up because I don't think they want to lose due to gear messing up.

Also read the rules in the e sports page.

GundayMonday3 votes

I agree, was disgusted as well watching them abuse that functionality. If this kind of rule is enforced, players will make sure their equipment is functional before play begins and before any team fight happens. No more BS pauses in the middle of combos.

PriorityOne3 votes

How about some soundproof booths while they're at it.

Gonsea2 votes

I approve this, that kind of pause is like a child-play level.

And to the comment below, mouse broke in very start of team fight? How coincident.

Raistalan2 votes

Whether the pausing is done to gain advantage or not,that is up to the professionalism of each player. They have to have reason for pausing whether it is legit one or lame one. However pausing a game during a fight does break the flow of the battle where fraction of the second decision could change the outcome of the whole game.

These guys are pros. They should be maintaining or replacing their equipment regularly if anything is not working optimally. And most of these guys have hardware sponsors too. If their mouse breaks down right before the fight or during the fight, tough luck. Stop using that brand of mouse and get something else.

Players should not be able to pause but only the Riot officials and not during a fight but only before or after. If computer freezes or something obvious, then Riot officials can pause. If not so obvious, then the players can REQUEST a pause during non combat situation. Just apply such rule to every team and games will go smoother and no accusation for abuse will fly around.

AbiwonKenabi1 votes

While I'm not saying I agree with those particular possible "cheat" pauses, I think it's a little unfair to put all the blame on the player for their equipment problems. Sh** happens, and why would you want a game to be decided based on equipment failure or a D/C in such a fun-to-watch, skill-based tournament? I know I would be disappointed.

Pauses, while able to be abused, are a necessary evil. I think on the whole, most players use them for their intended reason; they want a fair fight as much as we do. And it's just not efficient enough if it's up to a Riot official to do it; that's like second- or third-hand info for them before they paused it, and the player is pretty much screwed at that point.

Sejo Mino1 votes

In the Rule Section it is up to Riot to provide equipment for a game, or if a team brings their own then it has to be checked over and over again. Sometimes a Driver error can occur on basically any type of keyboard made today. As of right now if someone did abuse the pause function they will get punished unless it is deemed otherwise important that the refs call for the pause. The players make a signal for a pause then the techs will pause the game for it. So at which point I believe that the pause function is not abused but just have some bad refs who pause at wrong times. Also a team would want to pause the game because their is a lot of money at stake here. Also these guys can't do a lot of the stuff in your comment. If they have a keyboard driver error or mouse error they are not going too go to a store and buy another or order another. They will then have to go through the process of buying another one, then they have to get it rechecked with the riot officials and then the tech crew, then they have to reinstall it on the computers. The Equipment that is being used is usually all the sponsorship equipment that riot is getting from the company's that supply them.

Also Read the E Sports Rule book for more information on This matter.

SacredÐeath1 votes

Yeah i somewhat agree with this post but there shouldn't really be any malfunctions on teh equipment. You dont see pauses on other games MMOS/MOBAS.... (AS often)

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