We shouldn't lose LP if one of our teammates are afk

SorryMrsJackson·Jan 15, 2016·4 votes·783 views

Why is it fair if we lose LP in a ranked game if the reason we lost isn't our fault because we had a raging human on the team who thought afking would be funny.... Cant riot make a change to ban people for afking... it is a team game of 5.. theres certainty that of those 5 people 1 of them will be a troll. If we banned those who afked, people would stop afking and people would enjoy the game more. Surprised they haven't made this change already. Also.... Why if we lose a game its -24lp but if we win a game its +13lp... doesn't make sense to me.

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Wild WesJan 15, 20161 votes

Sometimes people MUST go AFK for something more important than a game. But yes, we shouldn't be punished for their mishap. What should happen is after you AFK in a ranked game then you can't play ranked for like a day or something. I remember yesterday I was 15/3/11 or something and my team was winning so easily but I got the BSoD and by the time I got my computer on League again we had lost. I made my teammates suffer for something I couldn't help. But that was in normals so it was okay.

KaiokoJan 15, 20161 votes

The thing is it could easily be abused especially for people that queue together. Oh it looks like we're losing considering we've already given them 10 kills and have gotten 0? I'll just afk so that at least you the rest of my team don't lose LP.

Sona PingJan 15, 20161 votes

Answers:

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Surprised they haven't made this change already.

Because they already have that. They have had that for a LONG time.

[{quoted}](name=flaming thistle,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=2EHEKzGr,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-01-15T14:09:27.617+0000)

Why is it fair if we lose LP in a ranked game if the reason we lost isn't our fault because we had a raging human on the team who thought afking would be funny.... Cant riot make a change to ban people for afking... it is a team game of 5.. theres certainty that of those 5 people 1 of them will be a troll.

A. It's not because they "thought it would be funny" and it is nowhere near a certainty. B. That is neither how you use nor write ellipses. C. It's fair because you lost. And it's not going to change because, as explained in the last 100 threads suggesting this, people would just AFK more to avoid losing LP.

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Also.... Why if we lose a game its -24lp but if we win a game its +13lp... doesn't make sense to me.

Because it's not "we". It's because you, individually, are ranked too highly. The rank you have is higher than the level you play at You keep losing games to people you shouldn't be losing to, disregarding the afks, so you are being adjusted down and the system is still giving you a chance by only modifying the amounts. For example, when I play Ranked, I get double for a win than what I get for a loss because I was placed too low.