We have been loosing lots of points in rank matches because of AFKs... It's not our fault that a guy or more are not playing the game.... some time it may be his error or server's error..... but at last all team members have to not only loose the match but also points...... I think its time that Riot should introduce a better way for remove points .. .
Caoil2 votesI recently started playing Dota 2 just to have something a little different. I really like how they handle AFKs. For those who don't know, if you have a teammate disconnect during a match they have 5 minutes to reconnect. This gives just enough time for a playing to reboot their computer and log back into the game. If the player doesn't reconnect in 5 minutes the teammates with the AFK can quit the game with no loss on their record and no penalty. The enemy team still gets a win, but they receive slightly less from the win than they would have if the game had actually gone to the end. The player that ADK'd is then required to play a certain amount of time in a special lobby for other players that AFK'd. They cannot play ranked during this time.
I can see how this system could be be abused, but can't everything? I don't see it being abused in Dota 2 (other players might have seen it though), and I don't see why it would work any differently in league.
Chathun2 votesCaoil's Idea about dota is correct.. Im not telling about giving a freebie or canceling the match.. Winners must have their win and Points... Im suggesting that Riot must create a better system to handle our points.. new match history is very detailed they can analyse those details and they can analyse the effect of the AFK to the match.. For example Im telling AFK should loose more point than a defeat and other should loose few points or none...
GundayMonday1 votesI would love something like this. I've been stuck in my Plat III -> Plat II promos because of AFKs or Leaves in 2/3 of my promo games. I think I'm on attempt number 7 or something right now. I would love to have a system that is less painful for players who try, and more painful for AFKs and leavers.
One extreme example, had a lux who gave up at 8mins into the game after dying twice. She sold all her items and sat in base complaining about our jungler, until both top lane and jungle gave up and quit too. We were winning bot lane, and had a strong late game comp (Nasus, Amumu, Lux, Ashe, Sejuani support) against a team of glass cannon assassins that weren't going to scale. I looked through Lux's match history, and she does this every 7 games or so (no items, gold plateaus at quitting minute).
It would be pretty easy for Riot to detect this behavior in the play data, and then set something up where teammates that are actually trying to play the game get less of an LP hit, and the AFK gets the extra LP hit. That way there's a pretty strong punishment to stop people from ruining the game for others. This would also make it less painful for the unlucky players that get paired with the AFKs. I get to win 3 regular games in a row to get back up to promos after I have two 4v5s. If I lost 10lp instead of 25lp with a 4v5, then I'd have to win less to try again.
Just really frustrating being at the mercy of other people who don't care. And a system like this would fix the problem.
Cerbearus1 votesSoooo what you are saying if someone leaves, you get a freebie? Would not work at all. If your team started losing, people would start yelling at each other, telling them to leave so they don't lost LP. You complain about people leaving, yet you want to promote a system that promotes leaving instead of deterring it. And what happens to the winning team in the 5v4? Do they not get LP because they "won unfairly"?
GundayMonday1 votesThere's another system in place to prevent being a scumbag called the tribunal. Sure you could yell at your fellow teammates and try to get them to leave for decreased LP.
That's why the "mute" option exists. That's why the "Report" buttons exist.
There are a lot of pressures in place to not be a scumbag. This wouldn't be an issue.
Cerbearus1 votesThis was a statement from a Rioter's mouth on a previous thread about a year ago on this topic.
To my knowledge the Tribunal has been down for a while, but yes those buttons are very useful. Problem is, read what most people talk about (bronzies mostly). They don't know how to cope, they wont press the button and will instead rage back. The sad truth about the community is about half of the players haven't finished puberty yet.
GundayMonday1 votesI agree with you, but it's honestly their fault over riot's then for not using the system. Something like what the OP suggested would work great for people like you and me that know how to push buttons :D
HufferD1 votesSoooo what you are saying if someone leaves, you get a freebie? Would not work at all. If your team started losing, people would start yelling at each other, telling them to leave so they don't lost LP. You complain about people leaving, yet you want to promote a system that promotes leaving instead of deterring it. And what happens to the winning team in the 5v4? Do they not get LP because they "won unfairly"?
I understand your point on it being abused, but I believe that it could easily be countered somewhat. After those 5 minutes, the game would not result in a loss for the 4 players that did stay, but it would subtract LP from the person that left the game. There would be no loss shown for them still, but since they left/afked there would be a subtraction of LP. Of course there are problems with this system as well, but a punishment in terms of losing LP for those who leave games would deter people using this new system as tool to avoid losses. The winning team in 5v4 as he even stated, but of course you probably didn't even finish reading, would receive only some LP(not the usual amount).