Ask Riot Ranked Edition: "Will changes be made to how Ranked handles afk players?"

"Will changes be made to how Ranked handles afk players? It feels bad for the 4 people who stay. Will there be more penalties for afk players? Adjusted LP losses for the rest of the team? Adjustments to remake?

We have to handle this very carefully to avoid creating perverse incentives around leaving games. Otherwise we might end up doing more harm than good by creating abusable loopholes. For example, you can imagine a scenario where someone on your team might want to try to get you to rage quit if they think it can save them from LP loss. We want to ensure that there are meaningful consequences for not trying in games. Specifically for Position Ranks we have a system to track your performance over multiple games in a position. If you are performing very poorly, going afk, or trolling in those games then then you will get higher splashing LP losses for your other positions when you lose. Leaver Buster will remain in place as well, so this combination of LP and LeaverBuster penalties should be more effective than today. "

In addition to this, I think that it would be a great idea if you can't get demoted from games which someone goes AFK that isn't part of your premade.