Riot please adjust dodge timers

LordDarkshayde·2/4/2015, 4:44:02 AM·2 votes·560 views

I don't mind losing 3-10 LP for dodging a game in champion selection, but when I have to dodge multiple games in a night because of trolls and all around dumb players I don't feel I should have to wait 30 whole minutes just to find in my next champ selection someone does something equally ignorant that makes me need to dodge yet again.

Example: I dodge a queue because this guy at last pick is unhappy he doesn't get his role and decides to troll and instalock a champ for "his" lane anyways. Now I wait the 6 minutes and lose 3 LP just to find in the next champion selection the same sort of bad attitude player does something very similar to what I just dodged for. Now I have a choice. I can either dodge this queue as well since no one else seems willing to or play a game that is almost certainly going to be agonizing for all involved (except for the troll because they are loving the mayhem they have now caused). I decide to cut my losses (and now lose 10 LP) and dodge this anyways and come meander on the boards while I wait for the now 30 minute wait time before being allowed to queue up for ranked once again. Now I am finally back in the queue for yet another chance to play some ranked and our last pick decides to play Master Yi mid into a Heimerdinger. I already see where this is going so I just say to hell with it and dodge one more time forfeiting yet another 10 LP and once again having to wait 30 more minutes to queue up again.

TLDR: Riot needs to reduce the time for ranked queue dodging down to 15 minutes just like it is for normal draft, especially since we are already forfeiting hard earned LP for the dodge in the first place.

6 Comments

KidSpectre2/4/2015, 5:05:02 AM2 votes

Just because one person is being a jerk doesn't justify you being a jerk to the three other people that don't deserve. You know what's just as annoying as having a troll or rager in your game? Having to re-queue four times because some people decided they didn't get what they wanted.

Mathbalnase2/4/2015, 5:41:27 AM1 votes

Adjust them? That's a great idea! Increase them to 2 hours for the first dodge, +2 hours for every consecutive dodge in a rolling 7 day timespan (it never 'resets', just eventually forgets). And then do the same for normals.

Leti the Yeti2/4/2015, 6:25:51 AM1 votes

it's time to counter troll... you dont have to dodge just force someone else to dodge dodge baiting by trolls is super common stuff