LeaverBuster and Remakes

Maestromage··1 votes·1,332 views

LeaverBuster and Remakes need some adjustments, particularly Leaverbuster because right now, it's just stupid. I was playing a league game with my friend earlier today and we had just finished champ select when the client stopped working (or my internet cut out i'm not sure which, but it doesn't really matter). I ended up having to reboot the game twice before i finally get into the loading screen. My friend told them that I was coming back , but my team decided that they didn't care and the game was remade, when I was in the loading screen on 80%. And now I have 20 minute queues. This is just stupid in my opinion, and it's even worse because almost the same exact thing happened last week. I was in a game, the client stopped working (it wasn't my internet because I was in a discord call with my friends the whole time), I was getting back into the game but nope 2 votes is all you need for a remake and I got 20 minute queues for something that wasn't my fault. Now, obviously Riot can't do anything if the problem is on my end (which it is sometimes), but I just think that if someone AFKs at the start of the game, then they're probably coming back. It's not like they're AFKing because they're on tilt because otherwise they would be coming back. At least 7/10 the person who AFK'd is going to come back but the system as it is just doesn't give them any time to get back into the game. The time should be moved to 4 minutes or 5 minutes so people can actually come back.

Also, LeaverBuster is broken. Pretty much my only issue with it is the fact that the punishment doesn't ever go down. You could leave only 5 games over 5 years and you would still get 20 minutes queues. And the worst part is the fact that leaverbuster is meant to stop chronic AFKers but the system doesn't actually care at all about how often you AFK, just how many times total. Which is soo dumb. After a certain period of time after and AFK, the punishment should go down to the previous tier, because people who only AFK due to rare technical problems will end up getting the same treatment as people who AFK everytime they lose a game (if they play the game enough). There's also the fact that if something stops working during a 20 minute queue, you have to restart the queue, which can be really frustrating. It should have some kind of check, so afteter every 5 minutes, it's logged that you have waited 5 more minutes of your 20 minute queue.

I hope Riot sees this and implements these (or other) adjustments because right now this system is really getting on my nerves.

5 Comments

Subdue2 votes

Leaver buster doesn't bust you for one leave, and 5 leaves in 5 years will not get you either.

You leave games far more often than you'd like us to believe.

Maestromage1 votes

The 5 leaves in 5 years was an exaggeration, but I only recently started playing league (more than once every few week) again. After barely playing the game and not leaving games for at least 3 months, the client breaks and I get 20 minute queues? I certainly leave more than once a year (when I am playing the game frequently) but I hadn't left a game in at least 3 months and I get punished for "chronic" AFKing. Not saying there should be no punishment, but from my experience It doesn't seem to ever come down (if it does then it's way too slow).

Venompaw1 votes

Give me three free waves, and I will win the game.

Seriously, the three minutes is a big deal.

Maestromage1 votes

Maybe it is in your elo, but in both of the cases I mentioned, I was pretty confident that I could have made up for it. I was playing top and I had just intended to play safe and farm under tower until I wasn't so weak/behind. 3 minutes in is only around 1:30 of actual game time. I hardly think that being AFK for 90 seconds would lose you a game (not at my elo especially).

ViciousSummoner1 votes

Ehh it's only ever annoying when you get hit for dc'ing due to crashes. Have had multiple remakes where I crash halfway through loading because the client is super awesome that way. Despite team seeing this and reconnecting in time to only be down 1 level they still remake. The worst was when my team managed to get the first 2 kills of the game and then I reconnected right when they started to vote. It was 1 Y and 2 N. Right as I reconnect the last guy hits Y and poof remake.

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