Riot Dodge Timer - wtf

Vuuduu·1/26/2017, 11:58:15 AM·2 votes·650 views

So fine, I get that Riot doesn't want people dodging games left and right so they create penalties that increase with the amount of times you dodge. I just wish they would inform you of the penalties when you go to dodge, because I didn't realize my timer reset and I just got knocked down a tier for trying to dodge a game with jungle Nautilus Barrier/Flash...

I didn't realize the dodge timer had reset. Why don't they just have a message saying what penalties I will incur based on how many times I dodged before?? I would have played the game if I knew I was going to lose that much LP, and have to wait for half an hour.

Thoughts?

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

4 Comments

No flash no life1/26/2017, 12:05:30 PM3 votes

I may take things to the extreme, but if I may voice my opinion...

You're not supposed to dodge. It's an unintended function. You're not supposed to use it. How severe the punishment or consequence is shouldn't be a determining factor. Don't do it unless your house is on fire, or someone is pointing a gun at you, and honestly, if you're in that kind of situation, whatever that happens to your account afterwards holds little significance compared to the trouble you have to deal with irl.

Deep Terror Nami1/26/2017, 12:14:54 PM2 votes

You can't get demoted for dodging (you just go negative LP), so by "got knocked down a tier" did you mean in a figurative sense or that it put you at low enough LP to get demoted the next loss? That's not important, but anyway...

You can find the full explanation of queue dodging penalties here; https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201751844-Queue-Dodging