New approach to AFK's

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Please make it so when someone afk's you lose 50% LP instead of full 100% Lp. It isnt fair we are losing the same amount of LP from a matches that are not legitimately fair.

Example: Summoner 1 loses 20Lp per match, but Summoner 2 decides to afk/dc/leave game. Summoner 1 now only loses 10Lp due to Summoner 2's decision to afk, regardless of what the reason was.

This is a pretty fair resolution and I think it will help create a more "Plz Rito" free game.

34 Comments

Zlera12 votes

This will get abused. People will DC when a game seems hopeless, boosters will afk in lost games, and wintrading. While, sure, this is a fine idea, it WILL get abused HEAVILY.

Kovorix1 votes

No I think he meant the dc'ed guy will get 100% LP loss but his team now.

MordridtheBlack5 votes

it would still get abused

hell people would likely even sell their time to afk in a ranked game if the person wants it

Kovorix8 votes

Everything in league gets abused so why not 1 more thing that is actually a good thing.

MordridtheBlack2 votes

abusing it doesn't make it a good thing

there are times when you have no choice but to afk

so just because i'm playing league and an emergency happens where i'm forced to walk away from the computer means I should get punished?

the system will be abused and not for good

Magnesium143 votes

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abusing it doesn't make it a good thing

there are times when you have no choice but to afk

so just because i'm playing league and an emergency happens where i'm forced to walk away from the computer means I should get punished?

the system will be abused and not for good

but what are the chances of such an emergency happening if you are the avg. LoL player VERY LOW

MordridtheBlack1 votes

that may be true but it is still a system that could very easily be exploited

you would just need one person to afk in a "lost" match so that the rest of the team doesn't lose as much LP

given the still occurring issues of things like win trading or boosters (or smurfs which riot can do jack all about), afkers in ranked matches would become just another problem to add in the pile of reasons to not touch ranked

as I stated in a previous post, it would be entirely possible for people to sell afking to players for ranked matches "Yeah I can AFK in your ranked match if it goes south...it'll cost you [insert money/rp here]."

Magnesium141 votes

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This will get abused. People will DC when a game seems hopeless, boosters will afk in lost games, and wintrading. While, sure, this is a fine idea, it WILL get abused HEAVILY.

if person has more than a 15% afk rate ban for 6 years and back to bronze 5, big punishments for AFK.

MordridtheBlack1 votes

given how easy it is to make alt accounts this wouldn't do anything

Mortismo7 votes

will get abused, e.g. game is obviously lost at 10 mins, someone takes one for the team and afk's and everyone takes reduced loss

Will be probably be abused in high elo wintrades where 2 traders are one the same team, but is in a lost game, so the taker gets his "booster" to afk for him for reduced lp

GilxeN1 votes

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will get abused, e.g. game is obviously lost at 10 mins, someone takes one for the team and afk's and everyone takes reduced loss

Will be probably be abused in high elo wintrades where 2 traders are one the same team, but is in a lost game, so the taker gets his "booster" to afk for him for reduced lp

Why downvoted, he is saying truth, it will be abusable.

Jesi Oni1 votes

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Why downvoted, he is saying truth, it will be abusable.

With duos most of the time "once I leave, once you" 🤣

GilxeN1 votes

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With duos most of the time "once I leave, once you" 🤣

Lol true. [sg-miss-fortune]

Mortismo2 votes

because silver players on the boards will take any opportunity for lp because they refuse to improve

Niggel Wessom3 votes

Incoming "but people will force me to afk"

Magnesium141 votes

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Incoming "but people will force me to afk"

no one can force you to AFK it's your choice you AFK you can't blame it on others

HopeStartsWithU2 votes

What he means is that people will be extremely toxic just so you AFK out of frustration. And I can see that happening

Magnesium141 votes

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What he means is that people will be extremely toxic just so you AFK out of frustration. And I can see that happening

If you AFK out of frustration your fault, no offense if someone AFK's out of frustration then that's on them, sure toxicity is a problem, but it doesn't justify AFK'ing.

HopeStartsWithU1 votes

Obviously, that's true. BUT this just encourages toxicitty. We don't want to encourage it, we want to reduce it.

Magnesium141 votes

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Obviously, that's true. BUT this just encourages toxicitty. We don't want to encourage it, we want to reduce it.

I would rather an effective solution on afk than more toxicity

giannishannibal2 votes

I would add the change to FINALLY make solo/duo queue strictly solo queue. As for Flex then the afk and his premades shall get to lose full value of the match. I have seen the majority of the players that i played with or against throw me the excuse bro its just a ranked flex, so since seems the ranking in flex isnt that important apart from getting the rewards and it wont be REALLY that big of an issue. Also in flex if you gonna have teams with premades then you can assume that they are usually in some sort of communication - that extra advantage of communication now would be paired with the appropriate risk if the other afk you get the full value of the loss.

ShyImagoghnar2 votes

can be abused by duo boosters

Hardstuck G41 votes

Simple solution. If there's a duo, make it so the duo doesn't get the reduced LP. It's not a hard solution honestly

Mortismo2 votes

what about in high elo where people easily snipe each other

youre all losers who will find any excuse to get lp, all blaming the system cause you refuse to improve

Seriously, why should everyone get lp for a draw? that logic is just so stupid and it puts you above you deserved rank and inflates it so badly. And as if you cant already climb with 50% winrate in season 9

Hardstuck G41 votes

When did I say I care about the system? I can climb if I please, I'm just not a hard core ranked player. Nobody said you should get free LP, literally nobody. And there will obviously be abusers, but if Riot actually gave two shits about their game and looked into the cases, it would be easily solved. Get out of here, you're just looking for an excuse to be toxic because you think you're so high and mighty for being, let me guess, Plat right? I don't even have to check, I can tell by your arrogance. Riot needs a solution to AFK players, and this is a good one if it's managed properly.

Zed genius1 votes

There are many similar situations. People shouldn't lose LP either when~~ that dumbass Summoner 2~~ someone intentionally feeds.

FioraWillCarry1 votes

I hard carried a 4v5 to victory today, so should I get get reduced LP gains for fairness sake if your suggestion was implemented?

General Esdeath 1 votes

"b-but it'll be abused!"

cries the same people who forget the mute button exists, and the same people who won't tell Riot to remove /remake since that's abused by people pulling their cables after using OP.GG to look up their enemies

mack91121 votes

Abusable so no

Most afks are bred from toxicity so just don’t be toxic.

Jesi Oni1 votes

Even better... If system will flag you as afker (3min afk) then you will lose 200% LP. If you rage quit then its like losing two games!

[sg-syndra]

FSRER1 votes

So...if the spaghetti code (that League of Legends is known for), crashes you and since many people have not to notch computers, they should lose 200% lp because of that? And keep in mind that the ban team is somewhat incopetent on finding the right people to ban for the right reasons so, nobody would have a way to get his LP back for that

The Kombinator1 votes

To erase or at least reduce abusability. Premades would be considered as one. So you only get the reduced LP, if the afker is not your premade. Not duo partner, nor part of your friend list.

Çhåryzård1 votes

For those people who think this would get abused,

make the afk'er lose 2 matches worth of points. That way if they decide to afk a match they now have to win 2 games to get back to where they were as opposed to 1. In the long run, if they keep afking matches they don't feel like playing, they will actually demote.

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