Punish these AKF's! Not Us!

MangoMagic·7/18/2017, 9:12:31 PM·19 votes·1,370 views

I have a suggestion about possible future changes for league game play, specifically in ranked. It is very frustrating to lose a ranked game because someone afks during the game! I think riot should change the LP system so that if there is an AFK in the game, the AFK automatically loses LP but not summoners on the same team with the AFK. It makes sense since other players have little to no chance of winning their game with an AFK and they have no control over it. [zombie-brand-clap]

43 Comments

AFilthyCaitMain7/18/2017, 10:23:30 PM4 votes

But then this would be abused. a team is losing, so someones duo decides to take one for the team and afk.

Sir Fuzzi7/18/2017, 9:14:46 PM4 votes

I agree up until this is Leeg and next thing? We'll have some asshole who takes a dive for the team so they don't lose LP for a loss.

If the system could be entrusted to League of Legends players, maybe. And even then I think this would help more than it harmed.

Partybringer7/18/2017, 9:57:09 PM2 votes

problem is, if i see that we're losing and have no way of winning i can be the nice guy and take the bullet. See then only I lose the lp and not my premade that i'm grouped with... It can be absed

KVbqbFsC8e7/19/2017, 4:08:30 AM1 votes

How is losing LP because of someone being AFK any different from losing LP because of your botlane going 0/20? You will often lose games with little to no chance of winning due to feeders, which like people going AFK, you have no control over. I don't see how they could ever implement this.

Barcid7/19/2017, 4:26:17 AM1 votes

This topic's been brought up a hundred times over, and Riot has no intention of putting in the "mercy vote" that was previously discussed (basically considerably less LP would be lost should a player disconnect mid-game if the enemy team voted in favor of "mercy"). The reason given was that "enemies would feel obligated to agree to a mercy vote when somebody AFK'd and could lead to more toxicity between players if they didn't agree to a mercy vote."

Which is a fucking stupid reason when I have literally seen players ragequit because somebody took their farm, but hey, Riot does what Riot does because Riot occasionally can't get their heads out of their asses. Oh well.

abdollah562737/19/2017, 11:17:43 AM1 votes

What about doubling the LP loss for whoever decides to take a bullet for the team? So the one that intentionally goes AFK during a game loses 40-50 LP

Starcraft243ver7/19/2017, 1:01:46 PM1 votes

Lps are worthless, only mmr counts.
Would you agree to not win LP if you face an AFK ? Since you have little chances to lose, you dont deserve them right.
What about people who afk once the game is clearly lost ? Their teammates had already no chances to win, why would they be spared by LPs loss ? And why would their opponents not earn any LPs ?
when the game is lost, people will try to make one ally to tilt so he afk so they do not lose Lps.

Grjjm Reaper7/19/2017, 5:39:56 PM1 votes

neutral comment::: _ wait for new season to begin, then play rank for 4 months str8, if you do reach goal in 4 months, start a new possible account, and try again._

HalcyonDweller7/18/2017, 9:24:07 PM1 votes

Additionally AFKs that can be confirmed to be the player's fault should receive a 24 or 48 hour ban as punishment. This would prevent players from abusing the system by queuing with an AFK bot (account devoted to AFKing to save from LP loss if a loss would be incurred).

It would doubly serve to punish players who afk in order to end the game faster when teammates do not agree to surrender. Could be expanded to int-feeders as well for the same reasons involving forcing surrender.

TwitchInMyPants7/19/2017, 3:08:37 AM1 votes

The obvious problem is that one person leaves to take the penalty, everyone else takes none for the loss. AFK can happen any point in a game, even if its the losing factor losing less LP lets you game the system a bit. Maybe if it was a marginal reduction a feature like this would be fine, but a loss is a team effort so someone leaving so the team as a whole loses less LP would affect every rank of the ladder due to inflation.