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Why should I get punished for going AFK?

Juice·10/18/2019, 11:24:41 AM·1 votes·954 views

1 thing League competitors have over League of Legends is that you can quit playing whenever you want. The only consequence you will suffer is the reduced personal rating. Which to me seems fair.

If you - yourself vow to NEVER go afk that puts you at a significant advantage, because there's 4 possible afkers in your team and 5 on the enemy.

"But it ruins the game for 4 other players" , many, many things ruin the game for different type of people. Someone's game is ruined when support takes his CS, someone's game's ruined when support doesn't ward, someone's game is ruined when jungler doesn't gank etc etc , plenty of these things are unpunishable nor should they be punishable, so why is leaving the game ?

Instead, I am being forced to play a game I deem ruined by other players for indefinite amount of time, all the while having to "enjoy" their presence. It really makes me not wanna play League at all. I want to give up and move over to the next game, not necessarily because I think we can't win, rather, it's not worth trying to win in the current circumstances.

I won't give you an example of my last game that lead me to writing this, but I'm sure you guys have ALL had those types of games if you are competitive at all.

If you are playing for fun only then why do you care if someone on your team goes AFK?

Not punishing people for going AFK would reduce the toxicity, intentional feeding, griefing. Why do any of those when I can just leave instead of being held hostage?

7 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon10/18/2019, 11:28:36 AM3 votes

If you are playing for fun only then why do you care if someone on your team goes AFK?

Gee maybe it's because someone going AFK generally ruins your chances of winning? It's possible to win, yeah, but it's still generally hard as hell.

"But it ruins the game for 4 other players" , many, many things ruin the game for different type of people. Someone's game is ruined when support takes his CS, someone's game's ruined when support doesn't ward, someone's game is ruined when jungler doesn't gank etc etc , plenty of these things are unpunishable nor should they be punishable, so why is leaving the game ?

Wow, look at all these things generally done by accident or low skill, either of which you choosing to go AFK are.

MrEnds10/18/2019, 2:01:00 PM2 votes

"It really makes me not wanna play League at all. I want to give up and move over to the next game"

Then do it and stop complaining

Posui Gart10/18/2019, 2:21:29 PM1 votes

1 thing League competitors have over League of Legends is that you can quit playing whenever you want.

And get punished for this. Just like in league

"But it ruins the game for 4 other players"

So to compensate it should also punish you 4 times as hard as they were. So -4x lp and a low priority delay that is 4x total length of the game you left. That would be fair, but, unfortunately, sometimes players get disconnected because of other issues and there is no way to find out if the player left the game intentionally, so they can't really punish leavers that hard.

Someone's game is ruined when support takes his CS, someone's game's ruined when support doesn't ward, someone's game is ruined when jungler doesn't gank etc etc

There are no rules agaist that actions, and will never be. There could be a situation where support taking CS is better for the team, and there could be a situation where jungler's best option is to farm instead of ganking. Leaving the game is never good for the team. You should not be able to leave the game just because something is not how you wanted it to be and get no punishment. You should not be able to dictate your conditions with "Do X or I will leave".

I am being forced to play a game I deem ruined

Well thats just your subjective opinion. Should everyone be able to leave the game if they think its ruined? No.

It really makes me not wanna play League at all. I want to give up and move over to the next game, not necessarily because I think we can't win, rather, it's not worth trying to win in the current circumstances.

Nobody cares about that. Someone can say "the game where my adc don't get 6/6 minions from first wave is ruined and makes me not wanna play league at all etc", but that doesn't mean we should permaban players for missing a minion or allow people to leave such games without punishment.

If you are playing for fun only then why do you care if someone on your team goes AFK?

Because playing 4v5 is usually not fun. For both teams.

Not punishing people for going AFK would reduce the toxicity, intentional feeding, griefing.

Going afk IS griefing. "Im afk because X player did Y" or "Do Y or I will afk" IS toxicity.