@Riot! Question about people AFK after 3 min mark abuse.

Electric Buyers·11/2/2016, 8:28:34 AM·2 votes·984 views

So I was just in S4 at the start of this game, and we lost because a Kayle fed 4 kills, went in every lane to feed, then AFK'd.

The singed on our team fed 2 kills then walked back and fourth in fountain until we lost at 21 min.

Is there a buffer at all for when you get 2 afk feeders on your team and get demoted a tier because the game was literally unwinnable entirely because of something completely out of your control?

Is that a thing or no? Just a little curious because this is just a little bothersome to me.

Thanks for reply!! ^^

7 Comments

NevermoreOfRaven11/2/2016, 10:06:32 AM2 votes

Ya i would have to agree it is frustrating, but if you do good overall you will still climb. Also hopefully riot implements an overwatch sytle you can leave after certain amount of afk time from someone letting you just stay at current lp though this could have unforseen consequences that might not make it possible like someone being flamed out of a game or if you know someone in the game randomly (this happens more at higher elos) then one of you could leave and save the other some lp. But i am not gonna hold my breath on that since it took this long to just get a non-third party replay system. (its gonna be out sometime in the next season)

But on the topic of climbing, I would recommend trying to also work on your alternative role as well. It seems to me that you have lost a lot of games midlane as opposed to top which based on your op.gg( http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=Electric+Buyers ) i assume you main. If you try to fix your alternative role or play leblanc as it seems you have a higher winrate on her. I would also try to pick two main mids and two main tops but if you feel comfortable with others and can back it up in win rate then sure go for more. Also one thing i found helpful when i was at lower silver was that you need to focus on objectives and fix your cs'ing to be better than average as this is the most reliable way to get more gold more often. Another is to look at not playing the adc role since you have a very low winrate in it and if you want to do this role i would suggest improving your understanding of the role by watching what higher elo adcs do and copy them.

Overall if you just keep playing top and mid instead of trying other roles in ranked based on your winrate you should climb easily as long as you fix you overall game sense and just win the winnable games you shouldn't have any problems. If you don't like either role then just pick two and focus on them. I would recommend everyone just picks two roles unless they are at diamond or above (since you can be filled into any role there.)

One final piece to climb is watch this guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/bingegamingdottv

Neacy breaks it down in clear and simple terms that not a lot of others do. You will get better game sense by watching the breakdown of replays of others players. It will also teach you how to analyse your own replays in a way that is constructive and you can see what you did wrong at what time. He is the reason i went from silver to gold and why I have a better understanding of the game now.

PS:

A WORD OF WARNING (my personal bias will follow): But don't make the same mistake i did and type in-game chat about it. Don't offer others criticism, don't offer anything to them but basic information like someone flashed (you can do this by pinging (wiith g ) someone's spell in tab now also) just use smart pings and respond to nothing (maybe even mute them) . If you try to criticize others play and not just on your own then you will end up like me with a 14-ban. You might actually be better informed than your teammates on a decision and just be trying to help them realize they need to do something else in that situation but many i found see this as flaming not as advice since you only have a second to type it out.

Though unlike when i had an afk in my game i asked my team to open mid since the game was unwinnable and would rather not waste more time. I see opening mid as a pre-20 surrender and this is what most see it at in higher elos. Though the notion is admirable that you want fight till the end, it is kinda contradictory that if 4 members of your team think its over past 20 its okay since you can surrender but if its before 20 minutes then somehow it is different. I of course try to gauge what my team wants through chat and don't give up unless all 4 are in agreement(though resending their consent happened to me and seems like something that isn't really polite to do, since when someone ffs then you can't say o wait something has changed lets keep playing). But again this can be seen as toxic and would not recommend even remotely attempting this since someone could again be offended by your remarks and call the riot pc police on you. Just don't use chat is what i'm saying and what i learned, its risks far outweigh any benefits. Just do what i'm gonna start doing, use a service like discord, curse, or other programs and have others in the pregame lobby join your call. (i recommend discord since you can just link a webpage and no install required from other players.) This will lead to 10 times better communication about strategy and no misunderstandings. (They also can leave the call if they get triggered) This will also prevent any punishment and can increase winrate since you aren't having to waste time typing and gave others an easy way to communicate if they wished to do so. Of course many will argue "but what if they don't want to join" then well i gave them a simple link to click if they wanted to communicate and idc if they want me to type in chat (riot removed this report option for failure to communicate) and you most likely will also be using smart pings anyhow.

DON'T GET TRIGGERED Before Replying : If you would like any advice or like to know how to review your own games using replay.gg like i do then you can reply. If you are offended by anything I stated then while that is regrettable since i meant no offense. Any replies to this should only include additive constructive comments that add to the discussion and are welcome. Any replies on how you are offended by something then please feel free not to reply because i won't care and i won't reply to them since as i stated non of this was meant as offense.

Timethief4911/2/2016, 8:41:45 AM1 votes

Well statisticly if you always do good you have 4 teammates that could afk and 5 enemys that could fail so the Chance are on your side