Ranked AFK's

Inspirasian·1/30/2014, 1:46:14 AM·4 votes·102 views

There have been WAY too many times where there are AFKs that just ruin the entire game for everyone and just completely drop people from tier to tier. I am BEGGING YOU riot to PLEASE add this system that will decrease the LP lost from ranked games.

For every minute(if the game time is past the 5 minute mark(just so people who connect slower dont trigger this)) the player is afk, the amount of LP lost for that game is decreased by 1. However if the person comes back for 3 minutes or more then the amount of LP lost is increased by 1 per 1 minute until the original LP loss is reached. This will prevent people from afking for a bit just to decrease the LP loss. The AFK however will still have the same amount of LP lost when the game is over.

PLEASE RIOT this is a simple solution to put in ranked games and i know it'll take a bit to code in but its really worth it because the community in general are just tired of afks ruining the entire experience for all of us. This system has a way to prevent people from exploiting it and will REALLY help the community as a whole. The numbers in the system are changeable for more balance if needed to make this a more exploit-free system. If anyone else also wants to add feedback then feel welcome because the more feedback the better.

~3BitToast

8 Comments

Pyroflayer1/31/2014, 3:02:21 AM2 votes

Here is the thing. If you are really into ranked, eventually the percentage of ranked games with AFK's will be minuscule to compared to the total amount of games. If you truly think that someone going AFK will damage your LP and that they are doing it intentionally go ahead and use the report system to decrease the probability that one will be in your next game. I will find it very difficult to believe that there is at least one person who has had zero AFK's in their previous ranked games so this is an occurrence that happens to everyone. I wish you good luck on the Fields of Justice, Summoner!

-Pyroflayer

Dragonheart NA1/30/2014, 3:02:18 PM1 votes

I agree, ranked is more serious and should have more serious consequences. Life happens and computer glitches do occur, but I have lost tons of games due to afkers. On normal games it is not as big a deal and whether I win or lose I can learn from it. I have yet to play a ranked game but am thinking of doing it soon and it is really upsetting that this trend continues in ranked games and can mess up my rankings.

MixSaffron1/30/2014, 6:45:24 PM1 votes

Not sure if this would work but I think something needs to tweaked as people leave the game 5 mins in if someone doesn't do something right or doesn't listen to a bad call, those rage quitters suck big time.

I think I have played around 150 games and have only DC'd once and it was because of server issues as I came to the forum and there was a thread like 15 mins old with pages and pages of people complaining about it.

Roaranor1/30/2014, 10:07:10 PM1 votes

EDIT: I misread the LP lost as increasing for players who disconnected only.

This system, however, still allows players to duo queue with a friend using an alternate account who can disconnect if the match appears unfavorable.

Crimson Hatchet1/31/2014, 4:04:21 AM1 votes

Yep, in promo's 3/5 of my losses were due to my team having like 2-3 afkers. This has got to stop or something because I am really starting to get ticked

SmartEmployee1/31/2014, 7:17:35 AM1 votes

sometimes i want to washroom in late game,,,that may causes 5 mins afk...does it count? :(