The system does not encourage you to reconnect to a match

Chimpanzzi·Jun 14, 2019·42 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

Meteora707Jun 14, 20199 votes

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

ChimpanzziJun 15, 20192 votes

Exactly. The thing is that both are practically reportable, but you can get reported for having bad internet. I doubt that will lead to punishments though.

Caitlyn FTWJun 14, 20194 votes

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ChimpanzziJun 14, 20197 votes

Yeah! Someone in Reddit had a great idea about a voting system, in which your teammates would be able to vote whether or not you deserve rewards in a leaverbuster case

Caitlyn FTWJun 14, 20194 votes

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PaRa77Jun 14, 20195 votes

obviously we cant, ppl are so hateful now days, even if you try your best they will mark you just cuz maybe you cost the game. respect for those few that are actually sportsmanlike though.

AuraCreedJun 15, 20192 votes

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Yeah! Someone in Reddit had a great idea about a voting system, in which your teammates would be able to vote whether or not you deserve rewards in a leaverbuster case

I wouldn't trust the community to vote fairly and without bias.

Yets4240Jun 15, 20191 votes

Considering that the current state is default punishment, this is still an infinitely better idea.

ChimpanzziJun 15, 20192 votes

A vote would at least give the player with a connection problem a chance to get rewarded for playing the game. If and when the problem you mentioned would exist, the system would at least theoretically allow rewards, beating the current system.

xLuluxJun 15, 20192 votes

I agree. they should because one biggest things is that everyone hate spending time on a remake & if person returns then should pause the game for 30sec like how they do in pros because kind of not fair how they can do it but we can't because what if someone dc because riot problem or something went wrong then try's get back and u died due to something that u had no control over or something that completely lag due to connections. don't get me wrong everyone gets lag but if et major lag & not your fault even if got internet going then riot needs fix's or make it something that doesn't penziles u for something u weren't faulted at all. either way coming back in game and atleast making change then a 4v5 because u atleast putting affect then letting your team lose. my opinion thou meow

ChimpanzziJun 15, 20192 votes

Meow ^^

Good thoughts!

ﬂooJun 14, 20194 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.

ChimpanzziJun 14, 20192 votes

That, or just look at the stats at the end of the match. It's kinda discouraging reconnecting into the match if you're going to "lose" that game anyway

ValiantKillerJun 14, 20193 votes

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

Wordson1xJun 14, 20193 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.

Jennifer420Jun 14, 20193 votes

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

The King DiamondJun 14, 20192 votes

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

ChimpanzziJun 14, 20192 votes

Well, I could imagine a world in which the system could be made a tad more precise. It could look at timestamps for example

U R Good At GameJun 14, 20192 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.

DemainaNyxJun 14, 20191 votes

While I agree, there is no punishment for being behind now. If you counter jungle and put the enemy jungler behind, he'll catch up in two camps. If you are AFK for 10 minutes, give it like two waves and now you are the same level as your support.

I had a game where the enemy ADC afked, so I froze the wave by my tower and just farmed because the jungler and support were duo'd so I figured he'd be bot often. My support didn't like that and instead used his abilities on the waves to push it. After pushing the wave, he went forward and, not surprisingly, died to the jungler ganking. Jungler got 4 or 5 kills off my support doing this non-stop push behavior that he just hard carried the game despite the ADC only have 1 item.

Destiny uwuJun 14, 20192 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 KaynJun 15, 20192 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".

xLuluxJun 15, 20191 votes

sometimes could actually be something seriously then an excuse. how would u know what happen? because there's a lot things going on in life. shouldn't judge person because one dc problem, I do understanding its upsetting but what can u do? can't just blame him or her for being dc because the internet or power out that randomly happen. plus this could of happen u one day, meow. either way I think league needs to fix a lot problems because sooner or later I feel like I won't play this game for long due to bugs & too many reworks that some of them didn't need at all' hint: ryse & fiora meow. just my opinion thou

ChimpanzziJun 15, 20191 votes

The fraction of the playerbase that would do the thing you mentioned is still only a fraction. I want to believe in society, but I must admit it is really hard sometimes.

The idea has its flaws, but it is still only an idea, not a final product ^^

SirPurrrJun 14, 20191 votes

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

ChimpanzziJun 14, 20197 votes

I was literally back in the match 10 seconds after the remake timer expired

ThefrostyvikingJun 14, 20191 votes

I´ve had it actually penalize me with losing IP for being gone for 3 outa 30 minutes.

ROYALR3IGNJun 14, 20191 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.

The TrentJun 15, 20191 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.