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Why should the friends of players with a low priority queue be punished as well?

ABP·3/4/2015, 4:06:14 PM·12 votes·2,939 views

To clarify: I do not care about the wait time. I only care about not being able to edit my runes/masteries while I wait.

One of my friends is in a low priority queue. So when I want to play with him I have to wait 20 minutes. That's not the issue. My issue is, while waiting in this queue I can't manage my runes and masteries. If I wanted to change my runes/masteries I would have to leave the queue and reset the 20 minute wait timer. I can understand if the player with the low priority queue is unable to edit their runes/masteries to punish them, however I don't understand why I should be punished as well.

For those who aren't aware; When you queue up with someone with a low priority queue, a popup comes up (similar to the one that comes up with a 6 min wait timer if one of your friends has dodged a queue recently) and displays the information about the low priority queue, the reason for it, and who is to blame for the queue. The only option at this point is to click the "leave queue" button at the bottom of the popup. You can literally do nothing besides sit there in queue for 20 minutes. I just want to edit my runes/masteries. I can see if the person with the low priority queue is unable to do this, but I don't see why I can't manage them while we wait.

I'm hoping this is just an unintentional feature/bug of the low priority queue and can be fixed soon. If there is a half-decent reason for it, please enlighten me (passive-aggressive connotations applied to this statement).

4:54PM Edit: I didn't really intend for this to become a debate about riot's philosophy behind the punishment of players. I'm merely annoyed at the trivial fact that we are unable to do anything besides leave the low priority queue while we are waiting, and thought it odd that riot would choose to implement this feature. This doesn't seem like something riot would intentionally do and therefore might in fact be an unintentional feature of the low priority queue.

*edited for summoner 13

25 Comments

Sir ArmaMalum3/4/2015, 4:10:18 PM7 votes

Because otherwise someone who's punished with a low-priority que can get out of it by queing with friends. It's simply another reason to, for lack of a better description, not be an asshole.

Voidac3/4/2015, 4:44:03 PM4 votes

Noticed that today, too. Why should we be punished for something our friends did. I get not being able to start the game because of the friend. But I can't browse the store, modify my runes/masteries, talk to other friends, my client is useless while I wait because my friend left a game. I think counter should happen for the other person but not affect your friend's clients.

Trylobyte3/4/2015, 6:36:30 PM3 votes

I can see it being intentional as a form of peer pressure. It's working too because it annoys you, so you're going to badger your friend to not get stuck in low-priority so you don't have to deal with it. And unless your friend is a jerk he's going to feel bad about sticking you guys with this crap as well, further decreasing the odds he'll be put in low-priority again.

It's Lyte's social science at work!

Retillin3/4/2015, 4:21:55 PM2 votes

Why can't you change your runes or masteries? It doesn't knock you out of que. If you have 20 mins that is more than enough time.

Basically it comes down to this. Do you enjoy playing with your friend who is toxic? If yes teach him to not be toxic in game. (Use skype or something so you can be toxic vocally and not through typing) If no, tell him the reason you don't que up with him. (he's an asshat in game)

Kitten of Evil3/4/2015, 8:37:42 PM2 votes

Yeah, this is honestly the only part that frustrates me. If I'm not the one in low-prio queue, I want to be able to chat, edit masteries and runes. I'm not the one being punished for leaving, after all.

BlazinHot63/4/2015, 6:31:05 PM1 votes

+1 for spelling queue correctly. Its really not funny anymore how many people think its spelled 'que' actually, its still funny.

OhOkYeah3/4/2015, 7:23:48 PM1 votes

You are who your friends are

ZGM Dazzling3/4/2015, 9:34:06 PM1 votes

Well if YOU have a low priority queue, you shouldn't have to restart the whole 20 mins because someone in your group didn't accept. This happened to us 3 times in a row and we waited an HOUR to play until he just logged into our friends account instead. RITO PLS