The system does not encourage you to reconnect to a match

Chimpanzzi·6/14/2019, 9:14:35 AM·42 votes·13,296 views

Let's say your client crashes and you cannot get into the match for, say, four first minutes. You reconnect into the match, your team did not remake. You end up almost coming back, you had good time playing with your team.

The game ends and you get rewarded with nothing. You are labeled as a 'leaver', like those who ragequit 6 minutes into the game and those who decide to start a match even though they have a dentist's appointment in 10 minutes.

Why is this still a thing? Like, why would you bother coming back if you don't get rewarded regardless? I know this might sound unsportsmanlike, but you put yourself into a position where you start your lane at a disadvantage and won't get rewarded for doing so. Why would anyone want to do that?

29 Comments

Meteora7076/14/2019, 4:24:33 PM9 votes

you also get rewarded for running it down mid compared to going afk or flaming

Caitlyn FTW6/14/2019, 2:27:47 PM4 votes

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ﬂoo6/14/2019, 4:09:58 PM4 votes

Why not compare your kill participation, cs, damage dealt/taken etc. to your teammates and set a threshold of 8-10 minutes instead of the current 3-5.

Wordson1x6/14/2019, 5:31:15 PM3 votes

Happen to me too. Went to the bathroom came back and couldn't reconnect. Yes it was my fault that I went to the bathroom but still. I wasn't gone long enough not to be able to reconnect.

Jennifer4206/14/2019, 6:04:21 PM3 votes

weird how these threads become a daily upvote thing and yet riot didnt give out a single statement about this yet.

ValiantKiller6/14/2019, 3:05:12 PM3 votes

Worst in ranked where you gain nothing even if you was the reason you carried the team

The King Diamond6/14/2019, 3:35:34 PM2 votes

Because system cant decide if u leaved, had DC or ur gamę crashed. Imo its hard to make it.

U R Good At Game6/14/2019, 5:59:06 PM2 votes

I mean the game seems to be so early game focused nowadays I don't wanna reconnect anyway lol. Whenever someone on my team DCs I always pray they don't make the remake timer and I've even had people vote yes on remake even when we see "summoner reconnected". Call me an ass but here is what happens in the majority of reconnect cases, they feed. They don't play like they are behind, go for the same plays they would do if they were fed or they don't give up CS and just die for it. Usually tilting and being extremely toxic in the process because they want someone to win their lane for them since they DCed.

I, personally, have never had someone in my lane , top, come back from being afk and not feed me to the point game was over. To the point both mid and jg have to gank to help because turret can't stop me then I just get a triple. It's honestly just not fair.

Destiny uwu6/14/2019, 6:51:01 PM2 votes

Last week I got D/C for a few mins came back got a penta kill carried the team went 21-3 then unfortunatly lost. But still got penalized which sucks lol.

ModAcademy Kayn6/15/2019, 5:03:35 AM2 votes

People seem to be forgetting that a leaver could intentionally leave during when you need them most, or leave during lane where the opponent could free-farm, take turret, roam and help other lanes, etc, effect the entire game, and then come back in with the excuse of "Sorry guys my internet".

The Trent6/15/2019, 9:06:05 AM1 votes

I remember back when I had horrible wifi I would dc a bunch but always come back and win because I was skilled, but just with horrible wifi. Every time I contacted riot support about it they just told me the same thing about like trying to get a better internet and ignored my whole but I carried the game situation. My account deserved a ban because there were plenty of games that I just couldn't recconect to so I made my team 4v5... but there were a ton of games where I deserved that win and not a leaver punishment.

ROYALR3IGN6/14/2019, 6:18:49 PM1 votes

I never understood this too. I'm thinking if you come back to win it even if something frustrated you so much to make you rage quit but you still come back, you should still be rewarded with at least a reduced LP gain. Otherwise there's no difference to just staying afk and ruining the game for the rest of your team.

SirPurrr6/14/2019, 11:14:35 AM1 votes

Unless you're gone for over ~20% of the game, it generally doesn't mark you as leaver.