So what happened to not punishing connection issues...

disregardable·Dec 10, 2014·2 votes·854 views

I don't leave or AFK from games. Ever. I do however struggle with a myriad of glitches to get this client or my wifi to work. Today, after once again needing to spend 15 minutes troubleshooting what broke the client this time, I managed to get the game to work, helped win the 42 minute game, and came to loading screen to see...

Leaverbuster. Low priority queue for 5 games. Wow. So much for understanding that it's your fault I'm AFK, huh?

UPDATE: I've played 4/5 of my games in low priority queue, and every single game had an AFK. Riot also lied about being against prisoner's islands, apparently. ^^

7 Comments

JubbinautDec 10, 20142 votes

Setting aside the primary point of your post...

Wifi sucks for gaming. Especially for games like League, where reaction time is so hugely important. I spent months having weird spikey lag and disconnection issues until I learned that. Connecting with an actual ethernet cable cleared up exactly 100% of it. As a first step towards removing your connection issues, I highly recommend switching to a physical connection, assuming that you're able to.

That said, I do believe the claim was not intended to refer to consistent connection issues, but rather sporadic/rare ones. Though I admit that was not clearly expressed.

disregardableDec 10, 20141 votes

It's not actually my wifi I have trouble with. The connection is A+ commercial, it's top notch. The issue is in fact Windows 8.1 arbitrarily deciding that I don't have an IP address, even though it thought I had one 3 seconds earlier when I was in champ select. That always takes around 8 minutes to troubleshoot completely.

Among the client just breaking all the time and needing to be repatched or reinstalled.

JubbinautDec 10, 20142 votes

Yeah, that's actually the exact problem I had. It's due to the way wifi functions. The intermittent spurts of connection lead to occasional losses as the software gets confused. It's rarely noticeable with more "normal" activity, like web-surfing and the like, but when you've got higher and more constant throughput - as is common with online games - it creates more visible issues.

If you can, try using a physical connection for like a week, and see if it makes a difference.

And if you can't, well, then feel free to ignore me. Heh.

DoubleDammitDec 10, 20141 votes

So Riot themselves is not at fault, your OS is. As with anything in life, if it isn't the company's fault, its YOUR fault. If you are late to your job because your car broke down, it's your fault. If you are late to an interview because your phone died and your alarm was on it, its your fault. If your computer fucks up while you're playing League, its your fault. Not Riots. Not your 4 teammates who you possibly (read as: most of the time) screw over. Yours. You can blame whatever you'd like and yeah you didn't purposefully do it, but at the bottom of it all it's your responsibility to have a working computer and a solid internet connection to play. If the issue is truly resolved then you will never have to worry about being put in low priority queue again (unless you quit intentionally or other issues arise, which do happen). If it's an ongoing issue, then it's on you to fix it permanently or keep getting restricted/banned. I run League on Windows 8.1 with a wifi connection and besides the packet loss bullshit that happened with 4.16-4.17 I don't lose connection to League unless theres a power outage or my ISP fucks up. In which case I don't get leaver banned because its only one instance of it happening.

TL;DR, take personal responsibility

disregardableDec 10, 20142 votes

It is the company's fault though...Congratulations that your client doesn't fail to load the game every 5 games, but mine does, for no apparent reason. I have to reinstall it once every week or two. :D Not my fault, it's Riot's fault they have shitty software that's inconsistent and inexplicable.

DoubleDammitDec 10, 20141 votes

It is the company's fault though...Congratulations that your client doesn't fail to load the game every 5 games, but mine does, for no apparent reason. I have to reinstall it once every week or two. :D Not my fault, it's Riot's fault they have shitty software that's inconsistent and inexplicable.

The issue is in fact Windows 8.1 arbitrarily deciding that I don't have an IP address, even though it thought I had one 3 seconds earlier when I was in champ select. That always takes around 8 minutes to troubleshoot completely.

The issue is in fact Windows 8.1

When did Riot buy Microsoft? And my League of Legends runs fine on the same OS and on Wi-Fi, while yours does not. The common denominators are OS 8.1, League of Legends, and Wi-Fi yet we get different results. Therefore the issue lies with your:

ISP Drivers Internet connection instability

Unless you are running Windows on a Mac, or using homemade computer parts, I can't see why Riot would work for me and not for you with similar settings unless its on your end. Are you West Coast?

disregardableDec 11, 20141 votes

East coast. And the thing is, my internet works perfectly fine when it refuses to connect to the server. That's why reinstalling the client and not my drivers fixes it.