Players that AFK in ranked games

iRaymond·10/8/2014, 7:10:55 AM·6 votes·1,596 views

So, today I lost out of my series due to an AFK player, again. It seems like EVERY time I touch my promos, there is a DC or and AFK player or some major malfunction with a player that keeps them from playing the game once we are actually in it. I'm bringing this up because I feel that there should be at least some sort of compensation for the losing team when it comes to having an inactive player in it. When you don't have an ADC, you are most likely going to lose. It really sucks and it's frustrating that someone can just join a ranked game and not play it and when you report them, odds are, nothing will happen. I was just curious if there is some sort of plan, or idea on how to make ranked games safer, or how to help compensate for inactivity of other players on your team. It's not fair to me that I have to lose my series because a stranger, didn't play his match, and I lose and have to work back up. You really should consider this, because I have talked to a large amount of players over the span of about three months on the topic, and it's pushing people to quit playing.

10 Comments

Jamaree10/8/2014, 7:20:05 AM3 votes

I think of it as a karma for the times I win because my opponent afks.

I'm not saying you aren't right by the way, but that is how I deal with it.

MasticatingGrill10/8/2014, 7:24:44 AM2 votes

NEVER MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT PROMOS IN LOBBY OR DURING PLAY.

There are people who will check if anyone on their team is in promos and throw the match on purpose.

Not many, but some.

akakakakak10/8/2014, 7:30:24 AM2 votes

same for me happened the other day, my adc checked profile, he saw i was in promos and just needed one more game to get gold, so he went to fountain and stayed afk trashtalking

iRaymond10/8/2014, 9:40:01 AM2 votes

It's ridiculous. Do I think anything will be done? No. I'm not making a proposal for a new skin or something that Riot could make a pretty penny off of. I'm also not from Korea, so anything I say won't make a difference. I was just one match away from my series, and I had yet again, ANOTHER AFK.

MasticatingGrill10/8/2014, 12:12:20 PM1 votes

Honestly there should be a priority report option for Ranked promos. If you are in Promos and you lose, an option to report one vile mofo for "throwing promu".

I don't suggest any way of undoing the loss, but I do suggest permaban for even ONE confirmed case of deliberately fucking someone's promo.

TheWasatchCrown10/12/2014, 4:23:19 AM1 votes

I have been trying to do my promos this weekend and literally the last 10 games i played duo que ranked we had 5 of them with afk on our side. LIKE WTF RITO IM GONNA FREAK AND START LEAVING BAD REVIEWS EVERYWHERE why can't we have consistency in silver??? so many afks, and trolls. I don't even know what to say the last game the adc asked me what "botrk" was...... how do you get to silver not knowing botrk for twitch??? I hate you riot your sick and twisted. well not really but can't you stop raping my lp because some douche bag with 3g wireless is trying to play half assed? ban all the AFK's for ever please,.

GrandMa5TR10/12/2014, 4:39:09 AM1 votes

There is actually a reason they don't give any compensation. One reason is would inflate the LP system. This is because normally it is kept even by one player losing LP and another gaining it. The other reason is fear of people exploiting the system. There are some people getting creative on how to solve it though. A theory could work is that if players Que together and one of the group AFK's then they considers together for LP losses. The player that AFK's will assume the LP that his whole team would have lost as a whole

Lunar21305/29/2017, 5:58:53 AM1 votes

every 2 matches of my ranked, i have an afk in my team. i might be a mere bronze player, but it is really annoying when ur so close to your promos but ur jungler decides to afk at level 3. its really frustrating, they should really have a system in which if a team loses because of an afk, the lp loss should be lesser, in promos they should not be counted at all. had to comment cause i reached up to 3 streaks of losing because of afk's.