Being punished for not wanting to lose

Rambii·12/9/2017, 7:07:02 AM·2 votes·210 views

So I will start off saying that I am a gold 2 no body. But I do know when there are just games that are just insta-loses, even before the game starts. Sometimes I believe you should just bite the bullet and say, I'll take a 5 minute break so I don't lose LP. Good for you! You made a calm decision to keep climbing the ladder. For example I have been playing a top laner in the mid lane lately and not only been enjoying it but also had almost a 70% winrate with that champ. I just so happened to see a fiddle to be selected top lane with ignite, so I grow a little concerned. So what does any reasonable person do? I hit that "x" in the top right corner of the rectangular box on my screen. I figured "Wow, that was a close one. I just had a bot lane go 4/23 in my last game, at least I don't have to go through that again." I log back in and even manage to invite some friends in to wait out the 5 minutes to play together. What I see next both sicked me, and left me speechless. To my shock and horror I have a 30 minute wait timer staring back at me. Glaring at me. Intimidating me. Taunting me. "Looks like you still have to wait the amount of time for that game anyway." I hear a voice say in my head. "Looks like trying to do your best doesn't count for anything at all."

Now obviously I am satirical in what I write here because this is simply a game and really it should be no big deal as to whatever happens here. But I mean, Riot. Honey. This just ain't right. Can you really tell me that it would have been better for me to play that game with a Fiddle with ignite in the top lane? Do you think a high elo/pro player would say that is good too? Please fix this.

Best regards, iamrambi

4 Comments

Jamaree12/9/2017, 7:13:42 AM3 votes

It is the duality of the system, is it fair you get punished for dodging against a troll? No, however, it is there to stop people from dodging over and over until they get a team comp they are ok with, or to not deal with off meta things, or to keep dodging until you get teammates you like, if dodging was free, do you have anytime how long diamond 1 and higher queues would be?

Nut on my Butt12/9/2017, 9:26:39 AM2 votes

Ugh, I wish I hadn't read this