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Please do something about PBE Queue Dodging

CloudAggro·6/12/2019, 6:05:17 AM·1 votes·917 views

I'm just sick of having to wait for minutes to get into a lobby, finally getting to try the new champion or rework, or whatever Riot has thrown at us, only to have my dreams shattered at the literal last second. My question is: Why has Riot not done something about queue dodgers on the PBE? I mean, from the perspectives of many players, myself included, we hate having a false sense of hope only to have them ripped from us and given to someone else. I mean, at the very least, find a way to punish those who dodge out of spite, whether it be those who dodge because they don't get to try the new champion or those who dodge for trolling purposes. What I think is a way to stop dodgers, or at least get them out of the way sooner, is to not allow people to exit the client during the last 10-15 seconds of champion select. This will force people to either dodge sooner or not at all. As I said, I'm sick of having the ability to try Qiyana and then a dodger comes along and ruins it. Not to mention, nobody seems to dodge whenever someone else gets Qiyana, so it feels like I'm being targeted, even though I'm not. Dodgers are just annoying in general. They waste everyone's time and are overall the out-of-game equivalent to those "diamond smurf" Yasuo mains who feed 2/10 in your promos on live servers. This is half rant half actually trying to find a way to fix things in the PBE, so I'm not trying to get Riot to punish dodgers on Live Serves as hard as they should on PBE. If they really want people to be willing to test their products and give positive feedback, they should find a way to punish people who ruin the experience on their testing server more than they would on live. In my opinion, a 6/15/whatever comes after that is not enough for people to be dissuaded from dodging queues. So please riot, as people want to test things out in a positive environment, find a way to punish people who negatively impact that by wasting time, being toxic, trolling, etc., because this kind of behavior is unacceptable in a place that should be for giving accurate feedback uninfluenced by the negative actions of others.

I really just wanted to get this off my chest. It bugs me that this happens, and how it seems that people on the PBE are punished less than the people on live servers for acting out of turn. Please enlighten me with your suggestions and criticisms in the comments as I really want to know that I am not the only one wishing for action to happen. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

4 Comments

Phieldworker6/12/2019, 6:48:14 AM1 votes

Yes please. Like an automatic 4 hr queue if you dodge. I played a Mordekaizer game today and it was fun. Then I came back to try some builds with new ap items and I had 7 people dodge. With a wait time of about 2-3 min between lobbies.

xox BaByDoLL xox6/12/2019, 7:07:00 AM1 votes

I feel for ya hun. It's honeslty why I don't even bother trying SR on PBE. I really want to test her, I've always been a tester on various games and really enjoy doing so.......but I know so many salty people would rage quit if someone else gets the new champ over them. Me, if I don't get her I'd pick someone to try and compliment her abilities and see how that goes........I wish more ppl thought like that, but instead you get super-salty people.

I wish I had friends, a 5-stack premade is honestly the only way I'd try to test anything out on PBE outside of the Practice Tool or ARAM. I got stupid-lucky on PBE with Yuumi and got her in ARAM a few times, which made me able to test her, but even one time there someone got salty and said "f-you" and left the lobby. -sigh-

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DiegoDe966/12/2019, 5:30:26 PM1 votes

It's easy... First time, give them the 5 min wait, because if it was a mistake, okay. 2nd time in a row 4 -6 hours. If they come back and do it again a 3rd time, remove them from PBE. And if they get to two strikes daily, eliminate the first warning, and just give them an immediate 4-6 hour ban. That way they can only leave one game that day with minor warning. Especially around new champ time... Everyone wants to play the new champ, but if you abuse the dodges, you shouldn't be allowed to play the latest things, and if you're dodging just to waste other peoples' time, you're too toxic for PBE.

DiegoDe966/12/2019, 5:33:22 PM1 votes

This is legit the 7th champ select I've been last second dodged for in a row... One of them was a salty YouTuber who didn't get mord or the new champ.