Queue Dodging and other Shenanigans.

Happy Clown Man·2/10/2015, 3:42:23 PM·2 votes·677 views

I'm curious... Why is it there is a penalty for just one or two queue dodges? I can see why you'd put a penalty on it, but why on the first? Why not allow three dodges per 24 hour period without penalty? There ARE times where there are trolls that make themselves known in the lobby chat. There are also times in which you don't pick a champion in time because you and another player are picking at the same time and decide too late where each of you are going. There are people who refuse to communicate while the rest of the team tries to decide on a composition and then instalock their champ when they're last or second to last pick, forcing others to do roles that aren't meant for their champions. I.E. Suppordekaiser because last pick instalocked akali mid. There are just so many instances where queue dodging should be justified instead of punished. I think it should be made more forgiving, while keeping its ability to be abused low.

I like this game, but in some instances the community can be plum full of such jerks and I'd like to have the option to avoid them at least a few times a day. Nobody likes having some of these kinds of people on their team, and I am no exception. I don't want to have to be forced to play with these people because there's a penalty for trying to avoid them. So, why not just give us three non-penalized dodges a day while the fourth is heavily penalized? I already don't dodge often, and I only do when I see these people, I'd just prefer not to be punished for it unless I do it every other game.

6 Comments

McAllister2/10/2015, 3:57:40 PM3 votes

Draft pick games take a long time to set up. If someone with a late pick is inclined to dodge if their main gets taken by the other team, everyone's out ~2 minutes. The more people who are willing to do this (even if it's just once a day), the more aborted queues the rest of us sit through.

I agree that blind pick dodging should have a reduced penalty, though.

Or use Teambuilder.

Matthias91192/10/2015, 4:18:03 PM1 votes

Would be abused. People already dodge for competitive reasons; this would make it worse. Players often troll in champ select because they WANT someone to dodge; having more cheap/free dodges available encourages that.