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My first experience with Leave Buster

Graidon··10 votes·1,125 views

Hey everyone,

I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong board (#boardprobz) but there really isn't a specific board for this, and it does affect gameplay.

I had my first experience with leavebuster today and I was hoping to get some clarification and also offer my thought on it.

First let me say that I am completely in favor of the initiative and I really like the steps being taken to reduce and remove instances of AFK/Leaving.

I was in a loading screen for a bot game and it crashed. Okay, reload. Hmm, that's weird. LoL won't open. Okay, whatevs, restart computer. Still wouldn't load past the "reconnect" screen without crashing. All I had to do was load the launcher, log in to my account on another region (because that makes sense) and by the time I got in the game it was 8 minutes. They asked why I dc, I told them interwebz, they said no worries. We won the game at 25 minutes. Cool!

And then I got the warning from Leave Buster. Our top lane Talon disconnected during the game for about 3 minutes, but reconnected. I asked if he got the message, he did not.

Obviously I'm not a fan of this arbitrary punishment, but that's not my point. Was I warned as a result of the length of the absence, or was it a percentage of game time? Like....if the game lasted 50 minutes instead of 25 would I not have received the warning? Also, now that I have received a warning, is that my ONE and ONLY warning, or will that warning reset over time with good internet provider behavior. Thanks in advance!

6 Comments

Saevum4 votes

Had same issue, however the difference was that my screen froze in champion selection, game crashed, and i just did not reconnect (it was also a bot game, thats why i did not reconnected right away). Went to restart pc, checking wifi, went here (LoL boards - if someone had also problems loading, etc etc). So basically i did not played that game. When i re-logged, the small window of leave buster popped up! i was like oh! nice! but at the same time like: 'But.. it was.. a bot game... shouldn't that be in Ranked and normals only?' I did not started a thread like you but, i feel ya bro. Cheers.

Lumus Avatar1 votes

It is flat time on DC. I believe it is either 4 or 5 minutes, regardless of the final duration of the game. But they are not releasing the actual number. They're actually not talking about the actual mechanic, this way people can't game the system.

Graidon1 votes

Yeah, again I'm not complaining or anything, but I am curious as to whether or not there is a "reset" on the warning like there is with chat restrictions and player behavior. Eventually if you behave your player profile is reset in terms of behavior. Is it the same way with leave/afk?

I have never quit in a LoL game. Ever. And I have never disconnected on purpose. The most I am ever afk/dc is something like I wrote in the op. Just curious.

And thank you @Lumus Avatar - I figured the number wouldn't be released, hope to get some clarification on the reset at some point.

Bhudanaboy1 votes

My bandwidth ran out today while i was playing with some friends in normals, and I honestly I don't get to upset when someone DC's it just seems like an acceptable part of life. Also i see no reason for Leave Buster to work on bot modes, because the bots match the amount of players that are active, AND there is likely someone there who could solo win the game anyway.

ScottViBritannia1 votes

I had the same issue. Got DCed. reconnected around 8 minutes. Ended up getting fed and won the game. Still got the leavebuster warning. Few days later I queue up with a bunch of toxic trolls that I couldn't play with anymore and I ended up actually leaving to get away and nothing happened. Logic at it's finest.

Epilogue of Life1 votes

Leaverbuster is pathetic. Dodging is also pathetic. You can resign from a job irl, why the hell can't you quit a videogame, lol. Does Riot take into consideration the fact that some players get DC via raging asian parents, internet problems, or the fact that the game has been having random ass lags since the SR beta?

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