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Rework of LP and AFK system

favo12·8/16/2015, 4:47:08 PM·2 votes·1,052 views

The focus of this discussion is to bring attention to the unfair afk and lp system in regards to losing games, specifically ranked.

Yesterday I played a ranked game with my friend. Im in bronze and main support so getting out is almost impossible except with a duo. The game started out great with me getting 3 kills mid playing heimerdinger and the game seemed like we would win. Unfortunately a player then afked at 20 minutes. Even with this though we were capturing objectives and the rest of us were getting increasing more fed. Then another person afked which meant we lost. With only 3 people there was no way we could deal with the pushing. Even with grim circumstances, we turtled at base and I ended up going 26/5 (many of these kills happened when riven was not afk) in a 3v5 which was my best playing and score with heimerdinger in the 3 years I have played league. The game ends and I go into end game results where I earned an S+ as heimerdinger. I would have been happy except for the fact that I lost 15 lp. Why did I even try to play out the game at all then if the 2 person afked. Why did I receive a penalty for following the creed of pro players to play a game till it ends. Why did I not get compensated for other peoples decisions of afking that I could not have any control over.

Because of the unfair policies listed above, I believe players should be rewarded for playing well against others in losing situations and that if you earn any grade of (S+-A-) you should less to no lp because it shows that you are a good player regardless of your overall team. No you didnt deserve the win just because your a good player but you should have more recompense than players who feed, troll, or just did not play well regardless of the reason.

In regards to afk, anyone who has an afk on their team should lose NO lp in the ranked game and only win it if they win the game. I am happy that riot helps the problem after the game by putting restrictions on people but that does not help players during the game. People playing during the game should not be punished for other actions that they have zero control over. Because of this I think players who afk should lose extra lp and maybe fail any series they are in. Other suggestions I have heard from the community are replacing the people who afk with bots so it isnt as bad and giving the team with the disadvantage a slight buff when fighting in uneven situations due to an afk. These are all just ideas but I would really hope that the community as well as any rioters who come across this discussion serious consider the implications of a rework. After all riot games and league of legends is becoming a dominant player on the e-sports field and these changes would greatly help players of all divisions and brackets want to play ranked. Thank you all for reading this lengthy post and hope to the success of this idea.

2 Comments

siilentdeath8/17/2015, 5:34:49 AM2 votes

ill add more to your new idea. also add a ban on ranked games for 24 hours for a player who afks. notice the ban is from ranked only not the entire game. then the afk player also loses triple lp fir the loss. players can go negative as a result and must work to get back to 0 from say -20. if players continue to afk the ban from ranked increases from 1 day to 2 days on a 2nd offense. 3 days for a 3rd offense. after 3 strikes the player is hit with a ban from ranked for 7 days on the 4th offense. remember the ban is from ranked only. maybe this will help imporve the 30% afk rate i have this season. in 30% of my games this season a player gose afk for at least 10 minutes or longer. in 10 minutes alot can happen to make it harder for your team to win at the end. most of the time the afk is on my team. so riot needs to implement stricter afk policy like im mentioning. then maybe climbing out bronze might be easier. peopel having hardware/internet issues should not be playing ranked at that moment. your own pc/internet cinnection are your responsibility per the summoners code. even if a player gose afk for 5 minutes in a ranked game this system should trip. after that game is over the player that went afk is ban from ranked for 24 hours. on more time to stress this point "the ban is from ranked only". after the 4th offense a player is reset back to no offenses and back to strike 1. i hate losing 4 vs 5 games more than anything and seeing i lost lp makes me mad as hell. also last part is the loss forgiven system. if a player is afk for more than 10 minutes and there team loses loss forgiven needs to kick in. then the person who afkd gets the punishment i listed. if real life happens then league of legends is your last concern all im gonna say.