Dodging a ranked game should not make you wait 5 minutes afterwards

0 Hogapu·Feb 19, 2018·2 votes·502 views

I just left a champion select, where my supp didn't want to lane with his adc, who was a "fkin ivern main" he then picks taric supp, gets and says "im running it down" the adc picks xin zhao, and also gets I wait till the last second and dodge.

I'm ok about losing 3 LP instead of 15. But I'm not ok having to wait for 5 minutes after this, just because I left an unwinnable game.

so I'd say, **dodging a ranked game should not have a timer penalty. **

Normal game leavers are annoying, so normal games shouldn't be concerned, but please do this for ranked games. Losing 3 LP is already big enough of a penalty to deter people from dodging every game they feel like they won't win.

8 Comments

LyingOnLineFeb 19, 20182 votes

I agree.

Let’s make it start at 15 minutes.

ZephyrDrakeFeb 19, 20182 votes

yeah... 5 mins isn't enough we should make it longer and also make it so that you lose 20 LP instantly

RatpieFeb 19, 20181 votes

Sounds good to me.

0 HogapuFeb 19, 20181 votes

may u develop lul

Sir FuzziFeb 19, 20181 votes

You are not ready for Ranked if you think dodging is ever acceptable.

No, I do not care if a high level player, or some Twitch streamer does it. It is not okay. You deserve a timeout and it will make you think-- is this worth playing at all, if you're dodging to begin with?

EDIT: Yes, your teammates were wrong. No, joining the poo-flinging does not come with free validation nor does it get excused if other people are flinging poo. Flinging poo is not acceptable. The equivalent of leaving the room would be quitting the game entirely; your dodging scenario is leaving the room and praying, five minutes elapsing, that everyone else has magically sobered up despite flinging poo. Alternatively, you keep entering rooms blindfolded but get mad when they turn out to be poo-flinging.

Remember, don't piss into an ocean of piss. It might not be damaging much, but you're still the guy who's answer to piss is more piss. Sell yourselves higher, guys. You're better.

0 HogapuFeb 19, 20181 votes

I'm dodging for a good reason. the example I gave is one of the numerous cases that casually happen.

Sir FuzziFeb 19, 20181 votes

There is never a good reason to dodge. A good reason to dodge is just pretense for a good reason to outright quit. If you're tilted out of trying to perform before the game starts, oh well.

Their troll picks do not justify you kicking nine other people back to lobby. Do your due diligence, report them and move on-- or else quit, and do something else with your life... If the game has you to the point where playing it is no longer appeal enough to keep you in, then maybe it's time to admit that the game has come to a toxic head where it's producing more negative than positive. At this point, dodging isn't just a metaphor for your, ahem, "enjoyment" of the game... It's almost escapism, an unwillingness to admit that Ranked no longer possesses an appeal to you. What you likely enjoy is winning, what you figured you'd do is net some sweet rewards while you did that. Fair call, but don't go to dodging when you discover it's not all it's cracked up to be.

If you aren't willing to play a game, why bother picking it up? I've seen stranger shit win, and Proxy Singed was a thing, and all sorts of builds are potentially workable builds. If they're being petulant in the lobby, report them in-game, and tell them "bitch or play, don't try to do both because you can't."

If nothing else, don't justify behavior Riot has outright condemned with a punishment. It's just a really poor position to take in any case at all.

0 HogapuFeb 19, 20181 votes

My only aim when playing a ranked game is to win it. That's the case for a lot of people around d5 elo. When I see that 2 of my team mates don't want to play, at the champion select, then there is no point in playing the game for my whole team. It's not about strange picks or anything, but 2 players that definitely showed up that they wouldn't play the game. How is that escapism? Riot doesn't always have the good statement, they also admit it.