21 LP gone because one guy's parents started watching Netflix

and in doing so caused our jungler to disconnect for minutes at a time, and he was barely able to move when he was actually there.

"I'm not supposed to be playing right now anyway I can't ask them to turn it off."

What's the point of even trying anymore? I really want to earn Platinum this Season. But TWENTY-ONE LP for something I have absolute zero control over? It's really disheartening and really chips away at my determination.

I'm not going to blow it out of proportion and say it happens all the time or anything, but when it does happen, it's like a kick in the teeth.

No amount of wards or mechanics or communication could fix that game. Maybe if I was a Master or Challenger player, but I'm not, and I probably never will be. I didn't learn anything from that loss, there's nothing to take away to make myself better. That's what really gets to me. Most losses are educational, you can almost always find something you could have done better, but games like that are just a waste of EVERYONE'S time.

I wouldn't even describe my feelings as anger, just... frustration and helplessness. Nothing puts a worse feeling in my gut than knowing I'm gonna have to play two games to recuperate a loss that was truly out of my control.

It's no fun to be on the winning side either. Free LP is neat, I guess, but again, not one person was made a better player by winning a game that way. I don't feel good, or lucky, I feel cheated out of the competitive game I Q'd up to play. Win or lose, it's wasted time.

I don't really have a point or a counterpoint or anything, I'm just really unhappy right now. Thanks to anyone who read all the way through.