Allow players to join games where other players have left

Malkere·12/22/2014, 8:02:48 AM·2 votes·393 views

edit: (a better title might be: "Allow players to join games someone never connected to")

If there was a specific option for (Look for a game you can join in place of leaver) I'm sure there will be no shortage of games, and I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be interested in checking for teams that need help.

Either the leaver buster system is too lenient or maybe it's just the holidays, but there are a lot of 4v5 games going down.

Give people the chance to be helpful and they will.

Wait for three minutes or five maybe, or maybe let the team vote to see if they should open the slot or not.

7 Comments

Wizzleboom12/22/2014, 9:04:21 AM2 votes

Quadruple IP and you have a deal.

PrinceOfStorms12/22/2014, 8:04:52 AM1 votes

The reason why there are a lot of 4v5's is because Riot's having server issues where people are straight-up unable to connect.

And no, I'd rather not get in-progress games thank you very much. People will only leave games that they are losing (why would you leave one you're winning), which will only create more rage at their time in queue being wasted.

Cale01712/22/2014, 8:11:42 AM1 votes

And put them into a game where they're coming it at whatever level the person was at when they left or disconnected, most likely at level 1 given Riot's rash of server issues these past few months, and expect them to try and be able to meaningfully contribute when the laning phases are over, when they can't jungle at low level anymore, and when the match might already be too far gone to be saved?

Not really the best idea.

Also consider how many times a system like this would put someone into a losing match within minutes of when it's going to end. They're now registered as having a loss on their record when they did nothing to illicit that loss. Riot's already bad about giving out loss prevented even when there's one or two people gone for an entire match, let alone when you have someone who connects back in at the last moment.

xaadus creedus12/22/2014, 5:53:32 PM1 votes

This. Riot please implement this.