Hey Riot, why don't you work on an "Accept Queue" app?

Tuckerrr··2 votes·1,490 views

As anyone who isn't a support or jungle main knows, the queue times in the last few months have been atrocious. I've spent upwards of an hour searching for games.

There is nothing more infuriating than being in queue for 40 minutes, realizing you need to use the bathroom, holding it for another 20 minutes in the hopes that the queue pops before your bladder bursts, finally deciding to go, only to get back and have it say "<This idiot> didn't accept the AFK check. We hope you never get into a game, thanks a lot for trying, jerkoff."

Actually wait, there is something more infuriating. The "Estimated Wait" timer is more infuriating, because that's just outright lying and needs to be updated to reflect the 10+ minutes (if you're really lucky) that you're gonna be waiting.

But I digress. Riot, since there's apparently nothing you can do to get League's queues back to the glory days of being faster than the estimated wait time, please make a mobile app. One that just pops up when your queue is over and lets you hit Accept, so that you don't feel like you wasted a significant portion of your day after getting home from work. It doesn't have to be fancy, no bells, no whistles. Ideally, you might be able to, say, ban a champion or something just to give you the extra time to wash your hands or whatever, but really, all I want to do is be able to safely go and perform basic human bodily functions without fearing that I wasted my limited time doing nothing.

Edit: Alternatively, you could up the AFK check from 15 seconds to like, a minute. If I'm going to be spending an hour in queue anyway, what does it matter if the afk check is long enough to ensure that everyone actually has a chance of clicking the accept button, right?

4 Comments

Dominick Destine3 votes

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As anyone who isn't a support or jungle main knows

Wait what? I am a jungle main and the queue times are abhorrent.

Tuckerrr1 votes

Fair enough. I've just noticed that they're slightly slightly shorter if I'm queued for jungle.

KakitaMike2 votes

I do chuckle at the number of streamers i watch, who sit in queue for 10~15 minutes, and then miss their queue in the time it takes them to stand up and stretch, or lean over and pet their dog.

Boph Teífong1 votes

Why was this downvoted so much? Is it too disrespectful towards the company?

I think the issues addressed here and the solution ideas presented are completely legitimate.

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