@RIOT Dodge penalties are toxic

Foxy Brown·2/5/2016, 8:07:49 PM·4 votes·608 views

Having to dodge because of a champ select troll is is one of the most infuriating things about League right now, and dodge penalties actually encourage trolls by punishing the victims. New champ select is pretty, but still runs the risk of your team falling apart and wasting more of your time than they should be able to.

I was just in a ranked lobby with someone who locked in Singed support because he didn't understand how the new champ select worked and a top laner that was flaming our mid laner for not swapping lanes with him. Since apparently I was the only person in that lobby that cared about their LP, I had to dodge. As I sit here waiting on my dodge timer, I can only imagine all the other more productive and entertaining things I could be doing with my day off.

Dodging allows us to opt out of playing with toxic players, but at the cost of our time and patience. Since meeting a troll and having to leave champ select before the game starts are already frustrating and time consuming, the current system of dodge timers takes the experience from bad to worse and really just makes me want to get up and do something else.

5 Comments

Definitely Bait2/5/2016, 8:12:57 PM1 votes

Dodging does save a lot issues.. However, there would be a downside to unlimited free dodges. That downside being for any little thing people will dodge and it will take forever to find a match. Honestly, I can see myself just looking at peoples match history and dodging anytime there is a person on a lane who performs horribly on a consistent basis (In recent matches I've had a toplaner that consistently gets less than 1 kill every death.. Which resulted in the most fed enemy top lane I've ever seen by mid game.) .

I do think it'd be fine if we just got a timer and no lp hit for dodges though. That way there is still incentive to go through with games where the issues are minor. But, no punishment aside from a small league break for when its necessary (15 minute time is just enough to watch some youtube videos, not too bad)

Wolfram Oxford2/5/2016, 8:56:05 PM1 votes

Dodge timers are healthy but LP loss is not. I don't know why your LP, something that indicates progress and skill, is affected by dodging. Often when I dodge it is because of something I need to do. Like help one of my family members out with something, eat, or go on a few errands. So I can't really see why I am punished rank-wise for something I can't help or isn't even game related.

TiniNinja2/5/2016, 9:31:15 PM1 votes

Another prime reason teambuilder was amazing.

Oh... 4 ADCs? Lol good luck with that Oh... you think teemo jg is legit? Lol bye Oh... Poppy supp? Not today

khorney2/5/2016, 10:52:28 PM1 votes

why would you dodge so what if he wants to supp singed i supp as ziggs and supp singe is liek sayign supp voli sucks same concept there chief