The AFK/Leave policy is not strong enough to discourage leaving a game in RANKED. I can't believe how often it happens. I've had as many as 3 games in a row with an AFK player. For those that have client or wifi issues, well get it fixed. Riot has said the same thing. This is not an excuse.
I've been dropped from a game before as well for those same issues, but I should also receive a harsh penalty. It hurts your team, and more important, it hurts and effects the way I participants feel about ranked play. Most ranked players are competitive and seeking to ranked up.
WHY a PROBLEM: When the game is over, all 4 players are penalized losing the same amount of LP they otherwise would have lost. This is not fair when you are outmatched in a 4v5. Then you realize that the AFK player lost their same amount of LP and is only receiving a stupid time penalty. 20 minutes seems fair, but as for the 4 players, we don't care that that player received a time penalty when we were also penalized.
SOLUTION: The AFK player should be penalized with a larger LP loss. Give some of the lost LP among the 4 players to the AFK player and penalize them with time. The 4 players should still lose LP, but I'm sure RIOT could figure out a formula (like maybe 20% of the teams lost LP is given to the AFK player) that would satisfy the 4 players. The losing player would therefore lose 30 - 40LP and also receive the 20 minute time ban. And each of the 4 players would have a 3 or 4 LP cushion. Losing players would still lose 10 to 16 LP, but it would at least be cushioned adn would satisfy the demand that the AFK player is penalized.
EXAMPLE: You lose a round, and one player on your team went AFK (riot easily tracks how much time this person was AFK). I normally would have lost 16LP, but instead 4 of my LP is given to the AFK player on top of the LP they also lost. The same situation is with the other 4 members of my team. This adds up to an additional loss of around 16LP given to the AFK player. They end up losing 30ish to 40ish LP. This is fair! The current penalty doesn't discourage leaving a game.
Absolutely no excuses for mommy and daddy drops either. You should have never entered a game. Absolutely no excuses for equipment failure. Get your shit in order if you are going to play.
If the 4 players win the match, which does happen sometimes, they should just receive the normal amount of LP they otherwise would have gained. The AFK player in this situation should be counted as a loss, and lose the LP they would have lost, and receive the time ban.
As for lobby AFK... well I drop out of games sometimes here because I can tell by picks, troll picks, or the communication on the board that this is not a good match-up. Losing 3 LP and receiving a time penalty is fair. It does discourage me from dropping in the lobby, yet only in the worst situations will i drop.
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