How to fix afk.

CandiceuL·Nov 5, 2018·1 votes·1,671 views

In the last 3 days i have had over 20 afks. Some came back most didn't. So heres my thoughts and suggestions on it.

Nothing is worse than losing a promo or getting demoted because someone dced.

Now when the dc or afk happens changes the severity of it. If you dc for 2 minutes 4 minutes in you will probably be ok if you play safe. If you dc for 2 minutes 25 minutes in you just probably lost. My suggestion is to give small boosts to the team with the afk, not enough to make up for losing a full team but enough that with good play you can win.

If before 20 minutes if the person isn't back in 3 minutes lock dragon and herald from being killed. If 20+ immediately lock baron and dragon the second the person dcs. The lock should either be till 5-10 minutes after they return OR all game.

Other possibilities are, Increase exp gained by 10 percent per minion, monster, and kill, gain an extra 5 gold per 5 increasing over time, turrets all gain the hp regen of a nexus turret making them harder to push if you successfully defend one. Everyone gains 20 armor, ms, and mag res and 20 max hp on the team with the afk.

The second the person dcs the bonus or bonuses should start maybe the longer the person is gone the more bonuses you get.

I know the common argument is this encourages people to make others leave, but there's systems in place for both the leaver and the ones saying get out. Plus saying that you should do nothing because of toxic people is like saying do not give the poor food stamps because some people might abuse the system.

You shouldn't have to starve cause assholes exist, you shouldn't have to lose either.

Also anyone abusing the system with a duo would be insanely easy to track.

6 Comments

UrielNov 5, 20181 votes

I somehow doubt 20 cases of an AFK person in 45 games is an accurate number, it highly reeks of major exaggeration. But yeah, I can understand why it's frustrating.

But no, buffs for a team that has a dropped member becomes very exploitable/abuseable. The only advice I can give is; chew through it. There's nothing that will be in your power to do anything against it. And the people that do go afk, are already being appropriately punished.

CandiceuLNov 5, 20182 votes

Its 21 now, may of come back but still cost the game. No they aren't i had that stupid must play in administrator mode bug and dced in 2 games didn't even get warned about it.

How is it abusable and exploitable? Give an example? One that does not include encouraging leaving cause that will never count cause again as i have stated it is both easy to track if someone is duoing with someone that leaves often and being a toxic person gets you punished as does leaving the game. Eventually both perpetrators would be banned for good nullifying the point of doing it. None of these bonuses equal even a bad meat shield. So again give an example please.

UrielNov 5, 20181 votes

"Must play in administrator mode?" sounds more like your anti-virus or firewall is acting up if administrator rights are needed to circumvent connection issues.

CandiceuLNov 5, 20181 votes

Nope not either of them is a you must play in admin mode bug. I shoulda been banned for a minimum of 24 hours and my team didn't have had to lose. Lucky for them i never connected. I am not counting that.

You still have not given an example that does not count as something there is already in place to prevent.

UrielNov 5, 20181 votes

Because there are a lot of champions that have a very strong lategame independently already. Twitch, Gangplank, Nasus, ChoGath, Veigar, Khazix, only to mention a few. To give them a buff on top of their late-game capacity is insult to injury to their power.