AFK losses

RollerPPig·Aug 6, 2015·3 votes·675 views

Honestly, I want to ask others how they deal with this. It happens so much I've actually been keeping track of them and over the last week .It is about 1 in 5 games that I get an afk attributed loss. It completely saps my desire to play this game. With the way the mmr and ranking system with an automatic 20% loss rate to afk's I would have to win over 75% of all my ranked game to advance. I don't know any players that can win that %. Maybe they're out there but I certainly cannot. I'm honeslty at a loss .Do I just stop playing all together and give up? Do I just hope for a streak of non afk games where I can also do well and not just have 3 laners go 0/5 be the 5 minute mark as well ( you know, those games that you know are just unwinnable) need some perspective and help

14 Comments

TraakSCAug 6, 20152 votes

Other teams have the same chances to have an AFK.

Actually they have more of a chance if you aren't AFK. The odds are in your favor!

RollerPPigAug 6, 20152 votes

Since I've been keeping track( 1 week) I've only had 1 4v4 game which we won handedly, so that philosophy doesn't really apply, probably because there are 7 million+ players playing. So yeah, that doesn't help.

TraakSCAug 6, 20151 votes

That makes no sense. There are 5 players per team, 10 total. Those 10 players have a 50% chance of being an afk/troll or not. If you aren't one yourself then at most there could be 4 afk/trolls on your team whereas the enemy team could be all 5. There is probably a better way to sum that up but its simple math.

RollerPPigAug 6, 20151 votes

the math makes sense, the real of it doesn't, meaning that 10 other games could have 2 trolls per enemy team and my enemy team has none because youre basing it on probability you have to take into account the entire player pool. So it is just as probable for me to have 1 afk and I Lissandra jungler troll on my team and none on the enemy team as there is to have 1 afk on each team.

Arcane AzmadiAug 6, 20151 votes

Love the way reality can be ignored if it "makes no sense". So apparently what he says happened to him CAN'T have happened because it needs to make sense.

TraakSCAug 6, 20151 votes

What I am saying it that statistically, it isn't going to happen in the long run. If you had an AFKer (btw what is your definition of AFKer) in one out of every 5 games for the last 50 games then maybe it is something to worth note but not in such a small sample size. I could have 5 games in a row with AFKs and make a stupid discussion called OMG 5 out of 5 games I have an AFK. Its random dude. I don't know what else to tell you.

Arcane AzmadiAug 6, 20151 votes

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

SlytherMinnAug 6, 20151 votes

I listen to Taylor Swift and Shake It Off.

TraakSCAug 6, 20151 votes

Your numbers don't add up to your op.gg match history. Case dismissed.

RollerPPigAug 6, 20151 votes

lol not sure what that even means. I didn't say im winning 75% of my games. Im not.I said 1 of 5 of my games are 4v5 games. and yes its true and accurate ( ive got a note pad next to my comp and have kept track)oh I played I believe 6-7games today ( ranked) 2 afk losses, and I didn't feel surprised or that that was a lot, thats normal day for me

TraakSCAug 6, 20151 votes

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Arcane AzmadiAug 6, 20151 votes

Do what I did- stop giving a fuck.

Seriously. You're never going to get a fair go. Who cares whether you win or lose? Certainly not Riot, who have been running this game for over 5 years and still don't give a fuck that thousands of players are unfairly penalised every day because some prick decides he doesn't want to play any more. Just do what you fucking like and fuck everyone else.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go see how the newly-buffed Teemo works as a support again...

RollerPPigAug 6, 20151 votes

that's probably decent advice. I think I just need a break .I'm the type of player that never minds a loss as long as it's a good game. I do get frustrated when its a steamroll (we've all had those games) especially when its nothing to do with me. But when there's an afk, the game is severely lopsided and its just becomes not a game anymore. I've mounted several valiant defences but in the end even a shitty fith player on the enemy team can camp a tower long enough to get reinforced or can hold out long enough to farm back into the game. I really enjoy the TEAM aspect of the game. I play heavily team oriented champs so when its 4v5 it just disgusts me.

No easy snawer I guess. I suppose I'm just one VERY unlucky person

RollerPPigAug 6, 20151 votes

anyways I was looking f or some advice. Mayube on how to cope with this. Play times .How to minize this somehow. Not math statisctics.I also wanted to know if anyone else has this level of afk's or if I'm just on some winning lottery style % afk streak