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Cancelling games if a player does not connect

Islam Is Right·7/6/2015, 10:18:28 AM·35 votes·1,928 views

Multiple other games have features which send players back to the que if a player doesn't connect during the initial joining phase(namely csgo and dota 2).Why this isn't a feature in league I will NEVER understand.

1.It isn't abuse-able

2.There are no real downsides

3.It isn't abuse-able

4.It isn't abuse-able

The only counter-argument you could possibly surmise would be "Well what if the player connects right after?"

Realize this-It takes 5 full minutes(300 second timeout)before the game starts up from the loading screen,lets say that again

5 FULL minutes.

If a player doesn't connect in 5 FULL minutes,we should assume this person will probably not connect for a much longer period.

Seriously,RIOT,there is no downsides to this,and you can just penalize the person with a dodge/afk anyways.

24 Comments

LaowPing7/6/2015, 10:23:04 AM4 votes

I am all for it. Tired of starting matches where we're missing someone and you're just praying they reconnect in time. Stop punishing me for you toaster.

IS1a442cd69a169ed293a397/6/2015, 11:17:15 PM2 votes

OP you have to explain more why it isn't abuse-able because some people haven't experience CSGO or DOTA 2.

CS:GO set the initial 5 minutes as warm-up period. If not all players are connected within this period, the game will get cancelled. It is not abuse-able because:

  1. No loss and no gain.
  2. Game not even started, no one gets harassed for bad performance.
  3. 5 minutes is far enough for anyone to connect.

The only drawback is some idiots may think it's fun to waste his own + 9 other players' 5 minutes, but I've never met such idiots after so many game in CS:GO.

Not sure about how Dota 2 works because I've never played it.

ShuffledPancake7/6/2015, 10:21:50 AM1 votes

It isnt abusable lel

Demon Diana7/6/2015, 9:27:59 PM1 votes

this is not alot of peoples fault there is a MAJOR issue with riots servers right now... heres a thread http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/help-support/NZfBhApx-game-crashing-disconnecting-in-champ-select THIS IS NOT PLAYERS FAULTS SO STOP REPORTING PEOPLE FOR SOMETHING THEY CANT CONTROL ITS ALL RITO

blacknerdtaku7/7/2015, 6:40:39 AM1 votes

I agree with this but before we do, for the love of fucking God riot TELL US when we drop. seriously i wound up waitjng in a lobby for 15 minutes everything seemed normal on my gaming rig and it turns out the disconnect was me. i reload 13 minutes into the fucking game and had NO warning that i disconnected. Somebody put these in the loading screen please.

Silents4297/6/2015, 6:21:26 PM1 votes

1.It isn't abuse-able

Except disconnecting purposely to get out of games.

It can be abused.

AxlRose097/6/2015, 3:39:52 PM1 votes

I'm for this too