The biggest problem with AFKers is that it's a waste of time and you'll inevitably surrender, but suffer till then. Punishing the offenders won't fix this issue, but reducing the time to surrender by five minutes per AFKer will.
Mathbalnase1 votesI can see it now... The servers are having one of their 'off days' and everyone is aware that they may have difficulty even just getting into game. But that's fine, they know what they're singing up for when the hit 'Play'. Right? TrollyMcTroll69 manages to connect. He's the first one in. Instead of using the time to free farm, or even just hugging a turret in case some enemies managed to connect before him, he decides to be a dick. 4 of his teammates are afk. The surrender vote is available immediately. It receives unanimous approval. Minions win the game against minions + 1 champion.
Byrnes1 votesIn terms of ranked play, it could be something along the lines of afk + early surrender means a LOSS PREVENTED or something.
The problem is, ultimately, all systems to protect the general LoL "public" against toxic behavior can be abused. And that sucks, because that means ragers, afkers, trolls, and bots will just keep on being a problem, no matter how many times they get reported, suspended, or banned.
While I like that Riot is trying to solve the problem via LeaveBuster updates, I truly think the implementation of fail-safe systems would work after about a month of being in place, if not only for the reason that abusers would be quickly dealt with by the tribunal. Or, if Riot is really concerned, they could watch for borderline cases and police a bit. I know we all keep thinking this is going to be a big issue, but um....DotA is doing just fine with these systems and that's with little to no VALVe interaction.
