[Idea] "Loss Prevented Enabled" Button

Roaranor·Mar 18, 2014·3 votes·365 views

I'm not sure whether it'd be better place on the site or in the actual client, but how about a button (or some form of notification) that Loss Prevented is (or isn't) enabled. Players may become less prone to flooding the forums with posts asking for Loss Prevented if they have a readily available, visible notification that Loss Prevented is not enabled going into their matches. It could also serve as a better indicator to the player that lag issues that are occurring are more likely to be on their side as opposed to the server.

If this thread is in the wrong place, let me know and I'll gladly move it.

5 Comments

MackleDogeMar 18, 20142 votes

Whether or not Loss Prevented is enabled is already readily available. It just requires people to actually bother checking the Server Status Forum.

RoaranorMar 18, 20142 votes

True, you can always check the SSF to see if there is any maintenance or issues being investigated and they are really helpful, but the posts don't always clearly and explicitly state whether or not Loss Prevented is being enabled. Some people see that there is a known issue by the post and assume that Loss Prevented will be enabled to compensate when it may or may not be.

If anything, this is a confirmation that Loss Prevented is NOT enabled, even when people think that it should be, or that is actually enabled for peace of mind to those currently playing or planning to. That's the purpose and reasoning behind this post.

MackleDogeMar 18, 20142 votes

It states that Loss Prevented is enabled. If it doesn't, then it isn't. I don't see why that isn't pretty much common sense. You're always going to have people say "OMFG FUCK YOU MY TOP LANE DC AND LOST MY PROMO!!!!!!" because they're just idiots. So I really don't think people believing Lost Prevented should be on should really mean much of anything.

RoaranorMar 18, 20142 votes

I'm not saying that you're wrong. It shouldn't have to mean much. But how things ought to be and how things are in actuality are two completely different things. Personally, if I always play normals before Ranked the few times that I do play, and if I notice anything strange of a notification from Riot, I'll avoid Ranked play altogether. Not everyone shares this practice though. Some will try anyway with the expectation that any lag they experience is happening throughout the entire server and expect to get Loss Prevented. When they don't, it hurts their sense of self-entitlement and bam. Sifting through all of the "OMG UR SERVERS SUK" threads in Help & Support to find actual threads I can help with is a bit bothersome, and some even spill out to other sub-c's. There's no way to stop that from happening 100%, but small implementations like this can at least help some, so I think it'd be worthwhile.

Rather than highlighting the downfalls of other players, I'd like to take steps to helping mitigate confusion and misunderstandings (not to accuse you of anything). I find that saying things are someone else's fault, even if it's true, doesn't do much for the problem at hand. I do appreciate you voicing your opinion btw.

MackleDogeMar 18, 20142 votes

The problem for me with this is, they always post as soon as they enable Loss Prevented. They enable the feature, they post it in SSF, and they turn on the little warning notifications in the client. I don't see how they can do anything other than that, since they already inform the community through various ways as soon as they enable it. Are you saying they should have a little section in the client that always displays the status of Loss Prevented? I guess that wouldn't necessarily be bad, it just puts a bad taste in my mouth that Riot should have to do extra work, that is entirely unnecessary, just to cater to bad mannered and ignorant people that can't be bothered to behave in a responsible manner.

I think the difference here is that I think the problem is the people, and Riot can't fix that. After all, the saying goes "You can't fix stupid" for a reason. I just don't think Riot should get into a habit of implementing features that reward/encourage/accept irresponsible and ignorant decisions in the player base. I've had connection issues for the past 2 months, and I'm almost never able to play. Every time that I do try though, I play a custom to test my connection, then I try an ARAM to double check. That's the responsible thing to do, and I think unless we stop excusing people from being irresponsible to the other 9 people in the game, this community isn't going to improve in any relevant manner.