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[Ranked] When To Report For AFK / Leaving

Jcrcmiah·12/31/2015, 4:39:06 AM·3 votes·2,462 views

I feel like Riot doesn't really explain when and when not to report someone for AFK / Leaving. It is really frustrating playing this game in handicapped situations and I feel like Riot is not strict enough when it comes to punishing those who AFK / Leaving. So when should you report someone for AFK / Leaving? I provided four examples of AFK / Leavers and I want to know given that you were in similar or the exact circumstance would you report or not. In all of the cases I reported the player for AFK / Leaving, do you agree? I have also left a few Yes / No questions about reporting players for AFK / Leaving.

I have had four experiences with an AFK / Leaver within the past 2 days, three of the four were players on my team, and one where the player was on the other team.

For Game 1, 5 minutes in the game our Riven randomly leaves, leaving the game to be a 4v5 for 5+ minutes. She reconnected at around 12-13 minutes into the game. The game lasts 30 minutes after she reconnected and the team she was on lost. During the time she was disconnected, her teammates died 6 times, her top turret was destroyed, the enemy team secured a dragon, and the enemy top laner received 6-8 minutes worth of free farm. By the end of the game, the Riven had 100 cs less than the opposing top laner. Do you report the Riven?

  • Out of all the cases, this is the only case whether the player apologized, and I considered not reporting her, even though my team lost, but I did so anyways due to the significant losses during the duration of the AFK / Leave.

For Game 2, Around 10 minutes into the game our mid Zed AFK / Leaves for 4-5 Minutes and connects back into the game around 14-15 minutes into the game. During the time he was disconnected, his teammates died 5 times, the enemy mid laner free farmed for 4-5 minutes and roamed, no dragons/turrets were taken. The game lasted 15 minutes after Zed reconnected. Do you report the Zed?

  • Something rare about this game is that there was a Rioter, Riot Phrost V, on the other team. Would be nice to know how many people on the enemy team reported, especially if the Rioter reported or not.

For Game 3, 12 minutes into the game the enemy jungle Shaco disconnects, rage quits after dying to my teams ADC, the shaco remains disconnected the the remainder of the game. The Game lasted 34 minutes and the team that Shaco was on lost. His team was 12k Gold behind in a 4v5, but within that gold includes gold accumulated over time, so his team was behind a lot more than 12k Gold.

  • Given that I was on the enemy team and that my team still managed to struggle some how during the game, I feel that the enemy team would have had a significantly higher chance of winning if Shaco didn't AFK / Leave.

For Game 4, Around 20 minutes into the game our adc Tristana, suddenly disconnected from the game. The Trist returned 3-4 minutes later. During that time, her teammates died twice, and a turret was destroyed. Later in the game our Leblanc takes "steals" wolves from Trist, and the Tristana threatened to AFK / Leave if the Leblanc stole another monster from her, right after Leblanc stole it, Tristana waited at Gromp as she said something similar to "Do it again and I AFK" and repeated it twice. Do you report the Tristana?

  • Tristana's Team still won the game, I would have considered not reporting her if she did not threaten to AFK again.

If a player has disconnected from the game for about 5 minutes into the game, whether it be the first five minutes, mid-game, late-game would you report them, even if they did come back?

  1. Are there any variables when you choose to or not to report someone, ie. enemy player, teammate, still won, lost?
  2. Are you more likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if they are on your team?
  3. Are you less likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if they are not on your team?
  4. Are you less likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if they connect back to the game?
  5. Are you less likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if they apologized?

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dF1AN4GJ,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2015-12-31T04:55:39.543+0000)

For the system to work properly, you report them in any situation. If they don't leave often then it won't matter. If they do leave a lot then it will contribute to them getting penalized (could be this time, could be next).

When you decide not to report them, if they don't leave often it still won't hurt them, but if they do then you just let them go ruin more games without repercussion.

  1. Are you less likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if you are a low rank, Bronze-Silver?
  2. Are you more likely to report someone for AFK / Leaving if you are a high rank, Platinum-Diamond+?

9 Comments

Deep Terror Nami12/31/2015, 4:55:39 AM2 votes

For the system to work properly, you report them in any situation. If they don't leave often then it won't matter. If they do leave a lot then it will contribute to them getting penalized (could be this time, could be next).

When you decide not to report them, if they don't leave often it still won't hurt them, but if they do then you just let them go ruin more games without repercussion.

The results of their absence shouldn't really be a factor. The reason for their absence, imo can be; if they ragequit then I'd report them no matter how the match went, but if they apologized and I believe they didn't do it on purpose and don't do it often then I might be inclined to let them off.

In short, I might make an exception for Riven but I'd report the rest.

Also important to note (though not relevant to the discussion) is that you should never ask others to report. Just like we're having this discussion, you need to let other people decide what they feel is reportable or not; it's considered harassment and is a reportable offense. "Well people get away with stuff if we don't all report them, right"? No; 1 report is roughly equal to 9 reports, because punishments are calculated per game, not per report.

Erockandroll12/31/2015, 4:54:25 AM1 votes

Generally, I don't report the enemies AFK's because I can never tell the circumstances. (Unless they make the effort to announce it in all chat.)

And generally, riot is pretty lenient on punishing AFK's, but they have been getting better about the nature of. (Was the connection Broken? or did the player quit?) Frankly, I don't like punishing people due to bad connections or computer problems. And generally, 5 minutes is a pretty reasonable window for someone playing on a mid level machine.

People who rage quit, or threaten to AKF. That a completely different matter. But you should probably report them for being toxic rather than simply AFKing. That's More likely to get Riots attention.

Also, don't solicit for Reports, that's just poor taste. People should report if they had a negative experience, not because someone told them to.

Lapis12/31/2015, 4:59:05 AM1 votes

5 minutes? Nah, I can let that slide. Things happen. If they don't come back that's when I'll consider reporting, though I usually just let leaverbuster pick them up.

Mimy12/31/2015, 5:02:13 AM1 votes

Id report the shaco and maybe trist.

Lots of ppl got internet problems sometimes.

shyv12/31/2015, 5:37:17 AM1 votes

i generally don't report enemy afks unless i know their reasoning. sometimes it's a premade and one person has to go, which, as someone that plays with a premade of 5 most of the time i can understand. if one of my friends had a legitimate reason for leaving obviously i'm not going to report them. as a team of 5 we just all afk if one person has to go lol

but if they ragequit or something then yeah. i'm more forgiving about normal games though, if someone's internet cuts out, or something important happens and they have to leave my game, i don't report. shit happens. couldn't care less about losing normal games.

but if you're going into ranked games knowing that you don't have enough time to play, or with an unstable connection.. we have a problem

Asayake 5150glow12/31/2015, 2:18:15 PM1 votes

If they come back - then no. Not reporting. I don't care how bad they feed afterwards, if they left they probably left for a reason. In the case of Trist, I'd report for toxicity.

Also, if they tell us that they have to leave, also not reporting.

Raka Flaka MD12/31/2015, 4:45:31 AM1 votes

Only read first one then got bored so this comment only applies to that one.

She got d/c at 5 min and when she reconnected at about 13 min you guys managed to die 6 times in that time frame? The 1st 15 min of the game should be farming anyway (under tower if needed) if you guys managed to die that much by 13 min you most likely would not of won anyway.

If someone gets d/c for 5 min to due lag or whatever reason and they come back into the game i don't think they should be reported. Yes that 5 min may have cost a tower or put someone back but if its for that short of a time chances are they are not trolling or afking if its only 5 min then most likely its a tec problem. As long as they come back and work hard to catch up and help the team play.

Jcrcmiah12/31/2015, 4:53:53 PM1 votes

If you are Bronze 5, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer? If you are Silver 5, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer? If you are Gold 5, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer? If you are Platinum 5, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer? If you are Diamond 5, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer? If you are Master / Challenger, would you report an AFK / Leaver if they were away from the game for about 5 minutes or longer?

I looked up the ranks of the people who said no, I saw that most were either bronze or silver, so far it seems the lower the rank the less likely it is that someone will report an AFK / Leaver. Would be nice to know people of highers ranks opinion.

5 minutes is a long time in the game especially now that games can be decided before the 20 minute mark a lot easier than they have before, I don't think people realize how big of an impact a player can make by leaving for 5 minutes+.