Refunding LP

CursedIce·Sep 24, 2019·2 votes·1,033 views

What if when someone afk'd in your game that the LP was refunded and it only counted as a loss for the player(s) that left the game. I've currently lost about 3 games now from people getting tilted from a bad level 2 botlane play, the ADC or support just go "Nah, Lost cause" and ditch the game about 15min in. The game can still be won at 2 / 0 score. It makes me feel terrible losing a game that was winnable then turns impossible to win because I cant win a 3v5 or 4v5. The Image attached is the response I got from support when I asked about refunding LP from literally unwinnable games

2 Comments

ModThe DjinnSep 24, 20192 votes

So, question about that: do you think it would create an incentive for players to attempt to soft-troll or pressure poorly performing teammates to quite? Do you think it would create an expectation that anyone who makes a game-losing play simply AFK to spare others the LP loss?

My fear is that it might increase the odds of both situations, neither of which is in the League community's best interest, especially since getting an AFK is actually more likely on the enemy team if you yourself do not AFK (5 chances vs. 4). The system is already in your favor over time.

FailmageddonSep 24, 20192 votes

The problem with that system is say I make an account to play with a friend. I can just afk everytime the game looks bad and he never loses LP, and my spare account takes the loss.

That is a thing that would happen. Would you like to see an AFK everytime the game looks bad? Because people will take that option over risking a loss.

Are you also then going to deny the enemy team a win? Because then it really turns into LP farming if they get a win, the afk gets a loss and 4 others get essentially a remake that took 15-30mins.