[SUGGESTION] Unfair Ranked Losses

Meserion··12 votes·976 views

*How often have you had a ranked match where you lose not because of early game feeders, instead because of the god damn AFK who never reconnects? It makes me want to strangle that person. I had a beautifully crafted battle plan for ranked; it was practically idiot-proof, it wasn't AFK-proof which is all it took to completely dismantle both my enthusiasm and my plan. Going AFK in ranked is like cursing out loud in church; you just don't do that; it is, for the sake of a church pun, sacrilege. *

If In ranked you have a AFK right from the start, I suggest one of two ideas to minimize the hopefully unintentional pain that the AFK'er causes. The first idea is to grant the AFK'er's teammates loss forgiven status making them exempt from losing IP from that ranked match. This would not punish the other team and instead would help divert the rage one can get from an AFK. This loss forgiveness would be removed if the AFK in question happens to reconnect and stay connected for atleast 5 minutes.

My second idea is to allow the surrender option to become available at the 10 minute mark if your teammate is AFK from the start. To make a simile, it is better to pull the arrow out quick than to let it sit in the wound and become infected. In this phrase its better to end the AFK misery from your team quickly than to allow the rage to fester and burn even hotter. By giving the affected team an early surrender option, they can more quickly put the "dud" match behind them and play another match that is hopefully better.

3 Comments

Rock Rockburgh1 votes

I'm sure the Loss Forgiven won't happen, but I'm actually really liking the idea of early surrender in games with players who never connect.

The Ellimiist1 votes

As a person who lost a game yesterday while like 20/3 or something due to 2 afk's. xD

UNDEADMANBEARPIG1 votes

I love it. Simple, effective. It can be very stressful trying hard to rank up and to have it ruined with a few matches that were out of your control.

Hopefully they implement something like this to give players a (way better) chance to rank up properly.

PS: I posted a suggestion regarding shorter wait times in team builder that you may find interesting!

Happy new year and glhf!

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