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If there is still a level 1 on a team when a game ends, that team shouldn't lose LP.

Crowfeather·2/7/2016, 9:18:28 PM·2 votes·480 views

I have no earthly idea why a system to compensate for people never connecting has not been implemented yet.

I can understand the hesitance to reduce LP losses for teams with AFKs. That's a system that could be abused, and if a team fell behind it could quickly devolve into flaming people to leave so the rest of the team doesn't lose anything. Penta queues could abuse it. These are all relevant reasons to be careful when approaching this topic.

But NONE of these drawbacks apply to people never connecting. You can't plan to have someone that DCs instantly, and it's almost always an instant loss. The ONLY possible drawback I can think of is teams using it to win-trade in higher elo, but this seems like something that would be very easy to detect and punish accordingly.

2 Comments

Shiro L2/7/2016, 10:08:20 PM1 votes

I definitely think there should be a loss prevented in cases like this. I can see why it could be abused if, say, they afk'd at level 9, since someone could do that to prevent a duo queue partner from losing LP. But if they're afk from level 1 it seems silly that four other players have to suffer a loss.

League Police2/7/2016, 9:32:55 PM

I made a thread with the same argument, and I totally agree that if they are ask the entire game there should be no penalty. However, it would be super nice of riot to give the other team at least 10 lp for winning. Also, if there is an AFK all game riot should make a system that sees they haven't leveled up for 10 minutes GRANTING THE TEAM WITH a early 10 minute surrender option.