/remake doesn't work, Open letter to Riot

ChromodoDragon··58 votes·5,075 views

Hey Riot,

THANKS

I was put into a game where, upon connecting, one of my teammates decided they didn't want to play and AFK'd. My teammates and I thought "THANK GOD that riot implemented the /remake system for NA this patch! What a perfect time to use it." So like good summoners, with faith that riot could implement the system that they talked about for months, we waited in the fountain for the 3 minute mark to arrive. When the 3 minute mark came and went we typed "/remake" only to be greeted with the message "/remake isn't available." Needless to say we DIDN'T win that game 4v5 with an insurmountable disadvantage coming from not playing for the first 5 mins of the game.

Not only did we lose the game, but because in my misplaced faith in the always reliable folks at Riot Games I was demoted. So now I've learned my lesson that real life is brutal and trusting your fellow man will always leave you disappointed and heartbroken. However, instead of having to win just one game to regain my LP in exchange for this lesson I have to win, at a MINIMUM, 3 in a row to get back to where I was.

Thanks for being so reliable with bringing content to players, Thanks for the loss, Thanks for baiting us into believing you had our backs. and most of all, Thanks for creating such a unique experience

I can always count on you,

-ChromodoDragon

TLDR: /remake is broken, GG Riot

32 Comments

lightdragoon8820 votes

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/player-behavior/play-games-matter/remake

** After a short delay**, /Remake will roll out for testing in NA during patch 6.12

In other words..it probably won't be turned on until Thursday or Friday.

General Esdeath 5 votes

Was anyone really shocked by this?

Atanchan12 votes

No, because we read the patch notes and knew that /remake wasn't going to be available immediately, unlike the OP apparently.

ItzBongoz1 votes

It said it would go live in NA only

Aeszarck3 votes

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It said it would go live in NA only

It said it would go live during this patch and that it would test in NA for a week, which means that NA is going to get "/remake" first. It does not mean that NA is going to get "/remake" at the start of the patch.

General Esdeath 1 votes

https://gyazo.com/eae75674a9cc3b818520fc54e8db2cde

WOAH DUDE, IT SAYS IT'S ON NA, WHERE OP IS FROM.

MoonToonEx4 votes

Kinda confused on why your whole team decided to stay in the base. i mean ... the AFKer could have come waltzing in at like the 2 min mark and then what would you do? Tell them to leave the game so that you all can get the afk check so that they had to eat the L because you all decided not to play in the time they were AFK?

I mean, I see the logic in it. Stay in base so that no one dies in the 4 V 5 set up. But you're betting on the AFKer staying AFK.

ChromodoDragon2 votes

They left the game, So we were pretty sure they wouldn't be back, and we really didn't want to give up FB because we had faith in the system :/

Photos of Ghosts1 votes

It's 90 seconds at the 3 min mark.

ModAcademy Kayn4 votes

Jesus Christ, this is a new system that just found its way onto live. Of course it's going to have some kinks to work out. Remember Azir?

General Esdeath 6 votes

Then what's the point of PBE? Don't promise if you can't keep it. Also, this system "can't detect if they afk'd or left" shouldn't matter. Punish the person either way.

ModAcademy Kayn7 votes

That is not how PBE works. PBE does not "replace the Live Server" with the new stuff included. It merges with the Live Server, adding the new stuff to the Live Server. BECAUSE of this, new bugs appear, because new code is conflicting with old code, the same reason why bugs appear on PBE. This is why new bugs appear patch after patch, even if the champion who has the bugs didn't even get updated that patch.

General Esdeath 1 votes

Except they haven't said if it's a bug. Also I can't imagine any code in NA that's not on PBE that detects afk players.

Elikain12 votes

#Anyone reading the patch notes these days or are we committed to speculative work and blaming Riot for it?

Brimaz The King5 votes

{quoted}

#Anyone reading the patch notes these days or are we committed to speculative work and blaming Riot for it?

I guess no one reads any more. If only they had read the patch notes they would know it isn't live yet. Btw I couldn't agree with you more.

General Esdeath 1 votes

Yeah, did you miss this part

https://gyazo.com/eae75674a9cc3b818520fc54e8db2cde

OP is on NA.

Aeszarck1 votes

{quoted}

Yeah, did you miss this part

https://gyazo.com/eae75674a9cc3b818520fc54e8db2cde

OP is on NA.

Yeah, so? NA is going to get it before the other servers. That doesn't imply that NA is going to get it at the beginning of the patch.

General Esdeath 1 votes

So you're testing it and then not adding it at a start. Either Riot screwed up or don't understand what a patch is. And if you want to test on NA, why wait? Why not add it at the start?

lightdragoon884 votes

Cause they need to make sure no bugs happen during the shift to live servers.

Say it was turn on as soon as the patch went through, but typing in /remake would cause the game to crash and when you reload it all your LP was gone and it puts you in bronze V? Not the best thing to happen.

That is why they do final checks on skins/programs when they are moved to live servers before turning it on.

General Esdeath 1 votes

I can't imagine something pushing you to b5 but I get what you mean. I think they should add a test match option on NA, where new things are live after PBE for a week.

Photos of Ghosts1 votes

The point is that it wasn't supposed to go love immediately, and didn't.

LatetotheRace4 votes

Shouldn't have even talked about it if they weren't gonna implement it right away.

Jet Sett3 votes

Ouch, I'd be especially pissed if that happened to me. Sorry for the loss friend.

doiminat0r36002 votes

The remake isnt broken.

The system that can tell if a player hasnt connected is broken.

If they infact did AFK but did connect, It is working as intended and they cheesed the system. If they did not connect, then it is infact broken.

Photos of Ghosts2 votes

It's simply too early in the patch... it wasn't supposed to be active right away.

jaymc11302 votes

Don't expect Riot to ever give the players something that works properly. This company is absurdly incompetent. Expecting anything of the sort is a mistake.

Amelie1 votes

I thought /remake was for when people did not connect to the game? I dunno about people who decide to AFK after the game loads. (Wouldn't you have to wait 5 minutes to be flagged as AFK?)

You're supposed to get a prompt to type /remake.

Has it worked for anyone so far?

Leetri2 votes

No, because the system hasn't been activated yet.

COBRA C0MM4NDER1 votes

/remake isn't broken. it works. I just made use of it. in my last ranked match with an AFK adc.

very thankful I didn't have to get pummeled in a 4v5 game

B3ta Boy1 votes

This post is completely accurate, and people acting like he's "speculating" need to sit down. This literally happened to me just now on July 8th, well after it rolled out. Pantheon disconnected immediately upon game start, so we waited for 3 minute mark, only to be greeted with "Remake is only for disconnected players" ??????????? Then whyyyyyy does it even exist in the first place?! If it tells you it's not going to do the basic function of what it exists for? It's trash and only exists for Riot to claim they're using the BILLIONS they earn for something, anything, other than just maintaining one basic game map. They can rent out an Arena for millions for themselves, but can't manage to have a simple system in place where if someone starts ur game disconnected, you get to remake! It's so simple, yet soooo insanely difficult to do apparently with a billion-dollar budget.

InfiniteZodiac1 votes

Lmao this game fricken sucks. Spent so many hours on this game just because I made it my goal to get to Gold... Took 2 years god dam, always matched with low skilled players in promos. So many people going AFK. Losing 20+ LP because couldn't remake. Like, why can't they make it so that you can remake a game if someone is still under level 6 after awhile. Wtf rito? Fix your system. For a team-based game, you get punished a lot because of just one single player.

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