Why are we punished for an AFKs?

QuQubs·9/25/2018, 12:50:36 PM·2 votes·949 views

Last game I had 2 AFKs. First one with internet problems, second one was my ADC who said "brb" but she never came back...

Wouldn't it be great idea if Riot made it so when someone AFKs (that's not your pre-made) you don't receive any LP loss? Only the person who left.

Why are we getting punished four times? (having an AFK, wasting our time, possibly losing a game and then they also lower our LP we worked hard for...)

Would love to hear what everyone else thinks about it. :)

10 Comments

rawiazam19/25/2018, 12:55:20 PM2 votes

or at least don't make us lose mmr for this shiet,

Hethalean9/25/2018, 1:14:45 PM2 votes

I think this is a suboptimal solution that would make me worried that people would use as a new way to be toxic and try to get people to AFK if you're losing so you can avoid LP loss.

I feel like Riot also doesn't like this solution, since this is maybe the 500th time this year (excluding last year and 2 years ago) I've seen this solution proposed. What happens if you accidentally AFK but come back a minute later (which currently means you don't gain LP even if you win)? Then you lose, is your team still prevented from losing LP? Seems pretty easy to abuse.

AnAggravatedPimp9/25/2018, 1:20:28 PM1 votes

Players would still bully others in hopes of forcing someone to afk. It would get worse in higher elos where the population is scarce so if a group people qued at the same time, though not in the same lobby, there is still a chance they could end up playing together and hav one afk for their buddy.