The Leave Buster System

Skymaster3·4/11/2015, 3:13:34 AM·1 votes·463 views

So here's my problem. This leave buster system is very insane in several ways. I am very soon about to limit myself to only custom matches due to it. To begin with, I am the kind of person who usually has family interferences from parents and others. When i leave a match for about 15 mins, and return to finish it, even though I do get disconnected, I do come back and help the team make a comeback quickly. i know some people don't, but I went AFK only twice after a previous leave buster penalty. What do I get for the second time making a comeback as well? I get a 20 min penalty for 5 matches again. Yes they will make you wait for 20 mins before playing a match. I believe the previous punishment that LoL used to give for leaving matches was far better than this Leave Buster system, especially since 20 mins is a very long time for some people. Understand that some people have WiFi disconnections too, like me. I want to ask that something be done about it. Not only for me, but others too. I ask for peacefull replies and comments as well for the sake of conduct.

4 Comments

Sandman Entering4/29/2015, 7:36:27 PM2 votes

First of all, you have been punished multiple times now for you to have 20 minute wait que time. My self like you have family interference all the time since I have a 4 month old kid. I've got punished twice by the leave buster in the last month. First time was 5 minute wait. Second time is 10 minute wait. Because you are a repeat offender of leaving matches, they probably have much shorter leash and punished you after 2 matches.

I also have to put my family before the game just like you but that is no excuse to leave the game and make your team suffer for being short handed. If you can't dedicate 30 to 45 minute of your time to play a game, then don't play. Maybe find another game to play instead of this one. I've now made a deal with my wife so I can have few hours here and there where she will take care of the baby on her own so I don't get punished for leaving. You can't blame Riot for punishing people for leaving the game for your lack of time to be honest....

powerbats4/11/2015, 3:56:57 AM1 votes

This may sound harsh but it's meant to get through that your behavior isn't ok either in Riot's eyes or the communities since Tribunal would've punished you in a heartbeat ahd this case come before it.

The fact you queue up knowing you've got family interferences that will cause you to miss time means the issue isn't with Leaverbuster but you. You choose to play knowing you're about to screw over up to 9 other peoples game because you can't plan around your time constraints. The system is fine and you didn't just suddenly get punished out of nowhere but got punished because you not only used up all the built in leniency the system has but continued to leave/afke even after you got punished.

You don't get a get out of jail free card just because you behaved for a few games either, you've got to earn that right back by behaving for quite a bit more games played without leaving/afking/dcing etc. I've had my power go out, my internet die, modem die, firewall crash bug etc as have many others yet in over 3 years or so have never even gotten so much as a warning let alone a ban. I've got 2 sons who're teenagers now and I've had to plan around them growing up when I wanted to game.

Many people have Wifi that goes out, real life emergencies that popup etc yet they never get banned either because they don't use the built in leniency up because it's not a common occurrence. If you can't dedicate the time to play a game then don't queue up unless you're willing to suffer the time penalties up to a actual timeban.

The reason the penalties are much harsher is because Riot wants to get the message across much sooner that you have to stop leaving/afking/dcing so much and either dedicate the time or don't play until you do. You can play custom bot games, co-op vs ai just fine as long as you're doing it via the invite button and not queuing up via the in game queue system.

If you think 20 mins is long just think of how many games you've made your team lose and how much time those people wasted because you chose to queue up knowing you were going to leave the game. No one likes to 4v5 and the other team is usually not happy winning a game because you left. If you want to be able to play then arrange with your parents times that you can play uninterrupted/do your chores/homework etc ahead of time.

When you can manage to do that then queue up and play but until then go the custom route so you don't ruin everyone else play experience and you don't keep getting penalized.

powerbats4/29/2015, 8:44:48 PM1 votes

If you have no control over it right now then best to not play until the issue with your isp gets fixed or play custom bot games during teh times it's more likely to happen. As far as why now you're alreayd on thin ice for lealving so much so the slightest misteps bring down the hammer so to speak. So until your issue is fixed and you can play without leaving for a bunch of games you're going to stay that way.