Riot I don't care what champs are next or what cool new gamemode/balance changes/client stuff etc

HandheldBrandon·3/22/2016, 11:47:28 AM·77 votes·2,999 views

If you can't solve the issue of a player never connecting to a game or leaving before minions spawn and never returning and then his teammates having to wait it out then literally stop everything you are doing because you are lacking a basic feature that 99 percent of MOBA's have today. Hell i played a Moba nearly 3-5 years ago that never even made it out of the Alpha stage that had a system where if someone someone never connected to a game or left early on for a certain duration then the game would simply end. They would end the game and both parties would be rewarded with in game currency except for the leaver player who would receive a que time punishment the next time they tried to begin a game.

Granted that game wasn't completely finished but it even it had a system to deal with this issue which you still have not dealt even though the games been out since 2009.

Seriously Riot cool new champions and cool new reworks and cool new balance changes and cool new hextech and yadda yadda don't even compare to how badly you have handled the AFK issue over the years and I consider this to be an offense so grave that it even gives Phreaks Yorick spotlight a run for its money.

39 Comments

Zero Skill Tank3/22/2016, 12:33:04 PM10 votes

It's not like they can't do it or didn't think about it - they don't want to.

Although I too see no reason for not drawing ranked game if one player never connected.

Zedex3/22/2016, 12:43:13 PM8 votes

Those are two things.

The Rioter's who make new skins, modes, champs, etc, have NOTHING to do with player behavior and punishments.

Two different teams. So before you go blaming that shiny new champion or skin for all your AFKs, don't, because those things are not related at all. Those have to do with players being shit, having subpar internet, or being awful people in general by ruining the game for the 9 other players.

RUNAAANS HYDRAA3/22/2016, 10:27:22 PM3 votes

Hear, hear! Amen brother. Stop placating us with shiny things and fix this one important issue. Losing LP over this stuff is just ridiculous.

Only Play Darius3/22/2016, 6:44:33 PM3 votes

Well see, Riot's viewpoint is that if you played in a full premade then you would never run the risk of having an AFK like that. So it's your fault that you didn't play in a premade.

SuicideJ3/23/2016, 6:06:46 AM2 votes

Riot puts more focus on their design team than the team responsible for making the game actually work. This is a fact. And it will remain that way until they prove us wrong. Which they won't, so it is a fact now and forever. They can say they care and whisper you sweet promises and nothingness, but until they actually do something about it, it's bullshit. Riot wants to be the same as everyone else, but somehow be different. I don't get it. It's a terrible business model.

TheRealMondo3/23/2016, 6:00:52 AM1 votes

It makes me salty when they have a duo partner that tells them to RC about 2 mins before the game is ended....... 5 times in the last week....

PDE5 Inhib3/23/2016, 11:54:14 AM1 votes

Is your post about "toxic" chat? If the answer is no, it isn't going to change.

Sariat13/24/2016, 7:18:08 PM1 votes

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Riots first priority is to take your money. If they could get away with not balancing and still make money, they WOULDN'T. Riot isn't here to make you a fun game to play. They're here for the cash. And selling new champs makes a lot more money than fixing issues like this.