Does intentional AFK in ranked deserve a perma-ban?

Viro Melchior·7/23/2014, 9:20:00 PM·5 votes·2,818 views

Just got out of a ranked game http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1465568439/180649

Enemy Lee Sin never showed up to lane. Wasn't d/c'd either, though, spent all game running around inside his own base, JUST to prevent the auto-d/c. I'm sure he got plenty of reports (at least 3 on my team said we would report, and I know I did).

But doesn't this behavior deserve something more serious, like an automatic permaban? I mean, this wasn't "oh, crap, I forgot I have a dentist appointment" or even "my teammates are feeding 0/35 at 10 minutes, guess I'll just afk". He was toxic (and, if you believe the enemy team, he was intent on screwing their game over from the first moment in champ select, not their fault at all) for the entire duration of the game.

Also, is the "no name & shame" policy removed, now, due to the public nature of ranked game match histories? Because I can't black-out names on a Riot-hosted web page.

I feel bad for the enemy team. I mean, I feel shitty enough when I'm forced to play a 4v5 (especially in ranked) because some guy never connected. But having to do it, while the 5th player of your team is actually in-game being a dick? Ugh!

6 Comments

Angry Monster7/23/2014, 9:39:33 PM1 votes

no name & shame policy is removed for people that call riot out on the forums and try to argue publicly. It is still against the rules for average players to call someone else out.( i do not agree with this rule but I am just a player).

Thoroniul7/24/2014, 12:23:51 AM1 votes

define intentional, and how it would be detected.

temp ban, maybe only if it consistently shows afk, but its already like that. Permaban is way to harsh of a punishment for something that can happen to anyone once in a while. One time my router broke and was without internet for the entire day.