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Idea for AFK'ing

Agreeable Pillow·7/7/2015, 10:49:03 AM·1 votes·613 views

Couldn't Riot implement a system where, if you have a team-mate that AFK's for most of the game, then the other 4 players lose less LP? I have had plenty of games which might have been winnable, if it wasn't for AFK'ers. I don't see how the other 4 people have to suffer because of 1 Person. People could abuse this system though, so you could make it so that if you AFK, you lose a lot more LP. So basically in a team, if there is 1 AFK, he loses more LP then if he normally lost and the other 4 players lose less LP. This would prevent anyone from wanting to dodge on purpose. Most of the reasons people AFK are either because of technical issues (which is something they can't really control) or rage quitting. The only situation where it is unfair, is when someone has to AFK because of circumstances that they cannot control, such as power failure, lagging etc. But most people go into a game knowing that something can happen and they may have to AFK anyway. The way I see it is that this fixes a lot more problems than it solves. Overall: If someone AFK's on purpose (rage quitting), they lose more LP (they are punished harder) -Less incentive for people to dodge -The other 4 people that had the AFK'er doesn't get punished as much -Other team still win same amount of LP so nothing changes for them -Only downside is if people have to AFK because of unchangeable circumstances, they lose more LP than usual In my opinion, this idea has a lot more positives than negatives, but this is still just an idea, so feel free to give advice on how to improve this idea or criticism or whatever.

3 Comments

Hangsterr7/7/2015, 11:00:56 AM1 votes

If someone just afk, it would benefit everyone on the losing team......."oh let's just have someone afk so we all lose less LP since we're losing anyway and there is no coming back from all our feeding"

Another is, most idiots know they tend to have bad connection or have bad issue in the past going into que but still go into que anyway......that why custom exist for a purpose to check if you can go into que with no problem. If you get DC going into game while other is working just fine, it's just their toaster that is bad (meaning they should learn not to play till they get a better toaster, or just don't go into rank)

Agreeable Pillow7/7/2015, 11:07:18 PM1 votes

Thats why the person who AFK's a lot more LP than if he just lost. That will put off people trying to AFK on purpose. I mean would you dodge for some random people you never met just so OTHERS would lose less LP while you lose so much more LP? Most people in LoL ain't gonna sacrifice their personal gains for others, especially if you don't even know them.

I don't get the point your trying to get across with your second paragraph.........

GreenCorsair7/7/2015, 11:14:17 PM1 votes

I thought of something else, in normals, when somebody leaves, just to be able to get replaced.