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So, how do you handle AFKers? Like...My luck has been so bad lately.

Trd Burglar·3/16/2015, 12:27:12 AM·1 votes·504 views

In the last two days, I have gone from Silver II at 50 LP to Silver IV. I have had somewhere around 12 AFKers in these two days and the enemy team has not had any. I keep playing, expecting for this to change but I seriously just keep getting AFKers and there is nothing to do about it. Like... I'm purely losing because it is totally unfair. I realize so many people are going to say things like... Ugh, you should always blame yourself for losses and whatnot but if I am taking barons and dragons and towers and really contesting a win with a 4v5 and it just boils down to it not being a fair game, what do you do? Either way, I seriously wish there was some way to make it a slightly lighter ELO hit whenever people just straight up arent in a game. I'm fine with having a mid that goes 0/20, atleast they are playing. I don't know, maybe you should just get screwed super hard whenever someone AFKs on you as they suffer no penalty. Maybe I'm just biased, but I really despise whenever I say "4v5" or "So&so is afk" and the other team is like, "Yes! Freelo!" or "Good." Because they get the same benefit for a completely unfair game, and I suffer the exact same loss. I am definitely just frustrated, but I can't be completely crazy with the idea.. Can I? I mean, it would be different levels of AFK..

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Trd Burglar3/16/2015, 12:36:37 AM1 votes

Also, I'm going to prefer that we don't go into a discussion of "Well, you are one of the players on your team.. So, as long as you don't AFK then you mathematically have a lower chance of having leavers.. So it's not real." That's not how real life works, it's like saying that flipping a coin twenty times will make exactly ten heads and ten tails. There is a real chance of having 20 & 0 of either side. I'm simply considering a possibility of making it a certain percentage different for the people with a massive unfair advantage. I mean, if they are smart they basically have free enemy jungle control (Dragons, barons) and huge lane control. Team fights are not really realistic and winning a 4v5 cannot really be expected... But what if you got MORE LP for winning a 4v5? I mean, it is pretty impressive to win a 4v5. Then they would, in turn, lose more for losing a 4v5 because losing with an entire extra player sucks.