Player should not be punished for current AFK system

kaiyouske·Dec 16, 2014·4 votes·892 views

When a team member is AFK, other players on the team should not be punished for not wanting to play a one-sided game. The team that's missing a player(or more) should have the option of forfeiting instead of being forced to abide to Riot's current broken and unfair AFK system.

Why should we be punished for Riot's lack of AFK fixes? This problem has been existing for YEARS and there's still not a fix in sight in the near future. Instead, they prioritize on useless cosmetic features such as (unneeded)graphical overhauls such which only contributes to the stability of the game.

21 Comments

Hoi Im TemmoDec 16, 20143 votes

You DO know that there is no "prioritize" between graphics and server issues right? They are ENTIRELY unrelated. The people who work on graphics, champions, etc, are not the people who also work in the server room abd other parts of their network. They are SEPARATE JOBS.

Does that makes sense? Do you get it? You have no complaint in your second paragraph other than they haven't done it yet.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 16, 20142 votes

Yes and no. Yes, they do have different departments that work on different things. That being said, Riot as a company can chose where to put more resources. Does that make sense? Do you get it?

Hoi Im TemmoDec 17, 20141 votes

Define "Resources"

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 17, 20141 votes

Money. They can also chose where to hire people as well.

Hoi Im TemmoDec 18, 20142 votes

So. You are now asserting that Riot has increased the size of their "useless cosmetic features such as (unneeded)graphical overhauls such which only contributes to the stability of the game" (by this I mean the department in charge of these changes) and have deliberately ignored any increase in server maintenance and stability.

Thats very interesting, one because that makes no sense, but more importantly.....what is your information source?

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 18, 20141 votes

I am not asserting anything here. All I am saying is that Riot as a company has a choice what projects/areas of their company they give more funds to. If they do not fund the maintenance team enough money/personal to do whatever it is they need to do to fix the stability issues, it will not get fixed. If they wanted to, they could hire people and put money into fixing them. Also, I didn't say anything about the graphical overhauls being useless or anything else. If this doesn't make sense to you, I don't know what to tell you because it is a simple concept.

Hoi Im TemmoDec 18, 20142 votes

The quote was of the OP, not you.
My original post was in response to the OP, so I feel quoting it even in conversation with another person, so long as you agree with them, is reasonable. If you do NOT agree with the OP, I apologies, but please make that clear in the future.
You stated that riot has the choice to put funds into different projects. Your initial statement in relation to my response, asserts (please rephrase/explain if this is not what you meant) that riot has allocated their resources towards graphics and champions, not to server stability and maintenance.

{ Me: people who work on graphics, champions, etc, are not the people who also work in the server room abd other parts of their network. You: Riot as a company can chose where to put more resources }

So, back to my previous statement: do you have ANY reason to believe Riot is mis-allocating their resources, or are you just giving vague responses to defend your position of disgruntlement?

Edit: TLDR: Sorry about the long post, in short: Your comment implies that you believe riot has not properly allocated the resources to which we have refereed. My position here is a) you did imply that, and B) you have yet to show any proof that such is the case.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 19, 20141 votes

Well, your assumptions where wrong. My comment had nothing to do with OP's, but rather your comment. You said they didn't prioritize because the departments were unrelated. I said yes and no to this. Yes because they are different, but no because they can choose where to allocate more resources to different departments. Meaning, if they wanted to, they could put more money into the IT department and even cut some graphic designers if they wanted to. I made no reference to my opinion on the job they're doing, just pointing out that your comment was not entirely true.

Tl;dr: Me saying Riot has the ability to chose where to allocate more resource, in response to you saying there is no prioritizing because they are different departments, does not mean that I think they are doing a bad job so far.

Hoi Im TemmoDec 19, 20142 votes

Then why are we even arguing???????????????????

Your post is technically true, but I never said otherwise; my point was that even if Riot IS working on their servers, we may not see the results for a long time coming (servers are notoriously difficult to maintain, plus they keep getting ddos'd as some-ones idea of a joke, etc) and we are not going stop seeing game content release just because they are working on the problem.

In short, your comment was true, but both aggressive, and argumentative in writing style without (apparently) any intent to actually have discussion?

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 19, 20141 votes

My comment pointed out that there could still be prioritizing even though their are different departments. It was stated purely as to inform you that such events could occur, since you seemed to convey them not being possible. Furthermore, you appeared to try and belittle OP because he didn't believe in the same thing as you.

I am also not sure what part of my original post you found to be aggressive? The copy and paste from your own comment?

Hoi Im TemmoDec 20, 20142 votes

The reason I belittle the OP, is because this is the (6th? 7th?) thread on this subject, and the ONLY information we have is that Riot has stated they are aware of it and working on it. Unless someone has inside information on this, there is NO reason to be a caustic as the op is to a company that TRIES to cater to the sizable fan base it has.

I am sorry for misunderstanding your intent on your own post, but yes: while I was being argumentative toward the op, I assumed only someone arguing in favor of the op's position would also be as argumentative as I had been.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 16, 20143 votes

Uhm, they actually recently put in an attempt to fix it. Either you are ignorant on the topic you are discussing, or you are trolling. Either way, downvote and move on.

kaiyouskeDec 16, 20143 votes

Sorry, I've been playing this game since closed beta and there was no AFK 'fix' then, there isn't one now. I'm sorry you just started this game and are blinded to this game's many problems.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 16, 20142 votes

I have not just started the game, another bad assumption on your part. Again, they actually recently implemented a system to deal with afks that actually seems to be over sensitive, as stated by people on forums. To say that there is no fix in sight is very blinded of you to say, considering you haven't seen how the system that was just put in place will work. I would say Riot punishes your teammates more by allowing you to continue to play considering your main champ has a KDA less than 2.0 and less than a 50% win ratio. It also appears that you went afk in your last match. Hypocrite much?

Not too mention, you have been playing since beta and still are only silver 5 with a main under 50% win ratio and 2.0 KDA. I think it is time to find a new game OP :D.

PlayingDrunkDec 17, 20142 votes

Oh snap

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 17, 20141 votes

Oh no he didn't (black girl voice).

kaiyouskeDec 16, 20142 votes

You are level 20. Nuff said.

I went AFK because there was someone on my team that was AFK to begin with, hence this post. You really need to learn to read and comprehend because you don't seem to be very good at it @SexyTaylorSwift.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 17, 20141 votes

I see that you did not reply to my comment, probably in a hope that I would not see this and make you look like a bigger idiot than you already do. Unfortunately for you, someone replied to me, thus bumping this thread. Nowhere in your meaningless post did you even hint at the fact that you went afk in your last game, or that you did so because your team had an afk. So your insult of my reading comprehension is just puzzling to say the least. Also, going afk because someone on your team did it does not change the fact that you went afk and should be punished as well, much like being toxic because a teammate was does not mean you shouldn't be punished. I am not sure where your logic is going with this thread, but you seem to be calling for a punishment on yourself for afking. I have to ask OP, are you a business major?

Maybe you should focus less on the fact that this account is level 20, and focus more on the fact that you have been playing since beta and are ranked silver 5.

League of PotatoDec 20, 20141 votes

Just because someone AFK's or DC's on your team does not give you permission to do the same. If you get punished for leaving a game, you deserved it.

League of PotatoDec 20, 20141 votes

There's a difference between AFKing and DCing from server issues. AFK is a choice, and entails either standing idle in base or doing absolutely nothing for your team, while DCing is either due to your internet connection along with your computer, or Rito's servers. People should be punished for AFK, DC's are a whole other topic.