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Suggestion to make FPS pingable. (Much like how MS is pingable currently.)

Vhan8765··42 votes·1,216 views

Recently my main computer broken; video card fried and while I'm working on replacing it, I have been playing League on an old laptop of mine. The laptop I've been using for the past little while now is rain damaged and has a few various problems, and while playing League is a bit difficult it is still playable, but my main concern comes in whenever I have an FPS drop for a tad and have no way of indicating that to my team unless I type a message in chat. The problem with typing a message in chat is, not only the most likely of teammates not believing me, but there is also the possibility of the teammates who mute everyone at the start of the game or other various reason.

I do understand FPS isn't nearly a concern for probably, 90% if not more players on League of Legends, but for having a ping system already made, I think adding the option of pinging FPS would be a great add on for slower spec players. (Especially with the official launch of the Alpha Client coming soon, I think this would be a great addition.) Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

(EDIT: Was told to repost under this board by a Rioter.)

15 Comments

DrCyanide3 votes

Why not just start the game saying "I'm playing on a temporary computer, my FPS might die occasionally"?

If the laptop regularly has dramatic FPS drops then I'd say it's probably not up to playing the game.

Vhan87656 votes

I do mention so but with how toxic the player base is, usually someone will literally comment afterwards, "AKA you're just not good at the game" and no one takes it seriously. A programmed in ping, on the other hand though, cannot be denied nor not taken somewhat seriously.

Also as well, for the most part the laptop works fine, but I have been playing more CO-OP vs. AI games because of the FPS drops, yea. It's decent enough IP but bots are just sooooo boring to play consistently. Occasionally a PvP doesn't hurt anyone any so long as I queue up a norm only.

Dragfin3 votes

They should let people ping it. They should also monitor it and if the same person keeps pinging high then put them into LPQ. If you find the need to continuously ping your bullshit system instead of fixing it then you need to be punished. I always report people who ping high as AFK. If they are frequently doing this then the chat log should be automatically set to send their ass to LPQ.

duckarp2 votes

I don't understand what would be the benefit. Pinging high ms can have negative influence on the team morale, now you would like to include low fps too? What would be next? Ping "Oh, I got fb message, I will be afk for a while!"? If the game is playable for you, you surely don't need to report your current fps. If it isn't, you shouldn't be playing in the first place.

Vhan87653 votes

It's nice to let your teammates aware of your current situation depending on how the game is going. If you're setting up around the baron pit to start an engage when suddenly a player is hit with lag or, in my case, an FPS drops, it let's your team know to hold off for just a moment before starting an engage without realizing they're basically 4v5 for the next 3 seconds.

The pings for Gold, MS, and all the other information was specifically because of moments like that where players need to aware their teammates of important information regarding the game's current status. Making FPS pingable is another great communication tool.

PaladinNO2 votes

...make FPS pingable.

Gives opportunities to show off. I like the idea. Been wanting it myself for some time. Upvoted.

And if they could make a packet loss testing option available before even queing up first, that'd be even better.

Curious Kat1 votes

You should not be playing if you need to be able to ping your FPS spikes, just sayin. Iv'e had "that guy" on my team way too many times where they were lagging or stating they had FPS problems, well why the fuck are you playing then? You know your putting your team at a instant disadvantage so why do it?

Danjeng1 votes

You should wait before you repair your computer, or get a new one. Do not play ranked if you know your specs are not optimal and will lower your performance significantly.

It's okay if you play with high latency, because you may spike in middle of a game, even though your ping was fine last game. It is out of your control. But if you decide to play using a faulty device, you are purposely putting your team at a disadvantage.

Vhan87651 votes

It's mentionable I don't play ranked on said laptop of course. It's also mentionable these FPS drops happen maybe twice every 3 games.

As stated in the original post, the laptop is perfectly capable of playing League. Aside from a few minor tweaks here or there, it plays the game perfectly fine, otherwise I wouldn't even risk playing League. It's not like I don't have other things to do lol; I enjoy LoL and wish to play it. So long as I'm not an actual hindrance to my team (and seeing as how I still easily aid my team optimally in all areas) there is no real for me to not launch into a normal game of SR or ARAM if I please to.

What is the difference between the 0/9 Vayne who AFKs or the 13/3 Heimer who basically won you the game but maybe died once or twice cause his computer crapped on itself? That Heimer did have legitimate problems yet still carried both his weight and his computer's; probably his team too.

The Ecdysiast1 votes

If your fps is a problem, you shouldn't be playing team PvP games. Play minesweeper like a person who isn't a jerk.

notice me Sin pi5 votes

PvP games are fine as long as he's not messing with others' statistics (in this case, ranked solo/duo queue)

The Ecdysiast1 votes

PvP games are fine as long as it's not a team game. Hence I included that in the comment.

No one else gets their game ruined by his knowingly bad decision if he's not on a team.

Yaśuo Main1 votes

jerk

hmm this tastes

http://everettsteel.com/uploads/enlarged/gal_17.jpg

ironic

The Ecdysiast1 votes

Regardless of what 4 people on the boards think, you're still ruining the game by playing while you know your hardware can't handle it. If you were able to ping your FPS and did so often, you'd get punished for intentionally feeding. It'll only serve as proof that over many matches you knew your machine couldn't handle the game and afk'd anyway.

Yaśuo Main1 votes

Huh? No no no, I was just pointing out that you had a very mean tone. I'm not with or against anyone.

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