Afk problems
The AFK or Disconnection problem in ranked games. When a person goes AFK or never connects in the first place, I waste 20 minutes of my time. Also, I lose league points that I worked hard to get. Because someone has a bad connection or decides that they dont like the game. Or ragequits. Because of that, I lose league points.
There is a very simple solution. When someone disconnects and is gone for however long, or when someone never connects. Or someone goes afk for however long. Basically if they will be red at the end of the game. THEY lose league points. Everyone else gets loss prevented.
It may be abused you might say? Attach that to anyone they are duo with. Your friend disconnects from a game while youre duo qued with him? You dont get loss prevented. Its not likely to get abused because Ive just met you. I dont know you from a hole in the wall. Im not going to afk, get a loss, lose league points, and leaverbuster because you are in promos. Hell no. I might for a friend who is in silver 1 promos. But if me leaving or afking wont stop him from getting a loss, why would I do it? There would be NO benefit to leaving for someone you know and no benefit for afking for someone who you dont know. Also, prevent that person from receiving skin gifts or champ gifts for X amount of days.
If someone who Ive never met before(because what is the statistical chance of you queing solo and getting in with a friend you know in a ranked game) Almost zero. Whats the chance of someone Ive never met before convincing me to possibly get banned or low priority? Zero. Whats the chance of me believing someone if they say, Please afk so I dont lose. Ill gift you 20 dollars worth of skins after your two week gift ban lifts? ZERO.
People afking or leaving or not connecting has completely ruined my love of the game. I used to play a lot. Happily. Now I dread playing because out of ten games, At least four of them are going to be leavers. So if I win 100% of the games I have a fair shot at, thats still 60%. And thats if I win all of those. If I have a team thats bad but everyone stays, it drops it down more. I shouldnt have to pay the price for someone else's mistake/attitude problem.
And Im not saying take away the LP from the winning team. They were going to win anyways. Give them their LPs. Im also not saying hammer the afk person more then they already will be. The person who is afk already will lose LP and get leaverbuster. Im not trying to screw the afk. Im trying to save the rest of his teammates.
Ideal situation. Guy gets angry and afks. His teammates get loss prevents. Other team gets the normal win. AFK gets the normal leaverbuster and normal loss of LP.
And people keep saying the afk leaver problem is overblown. I don't believe it is.
