There should be LP Compensation for a team with an AFK.
Don't you just hate it when your team has an afk? Especially in those dear promos we worked so hard for? You worked through the harshest of teammates, the hardest of games, just to get 100 LP. And boom, there you have it, one of your teammates goes AFK! And guess what, your enemy team won't care, they're going to take advantage of that and completely destroy you. (This isn't a "You can 4 vs 5, making good decision speech. It happens you COULD win 4 vs 5. But chances are you're probably not, especially if they AFK right off the bat). And it sucks you play out the entire 20 minutes or more and still lose the normal LP as you would a 5 vs 5. It's not right, your team was crippled due to someone's poor internet, etc. And you still pay the maximum penalty? What's up with that, you showed up, you played why should you be punished as if it was a normal match. You shouldn't.
Option 1 -> Reduction in loss of LP. If you normally lose say 19 LP. You should have it reduced by 20%. Because 5 players on your team each account for 20%. 20% + 20% + 20% + 20% + 20% = 100%. Your teammate afk's his 20% will be deducted from your loss. 20% x 19 = 3.8 Round that up to the nearest integer. That would be 4. So your regular LP loss of 19 will now be 15. It's NOT THAT MUCH of a deduction but I believe this is fair enough. Because let's face it if you were to lose, you'd lose 19 LP anyway. Would you rather lose 19 LP from 80 LP and come out with 61 LP? Or lose 15 LP and come out with 65. It's all about the numbers. Personally I rather have 65 LP than 61. I'd be that much closer to 100 LP than if I were at 61. This deduction would stack based on how many afk's you have in your game. Two AFK's = 40%, Three AFK's = 60% etc. (Although this probably wouldn't happen. Because 3 afks or more sounds a bit ridiculous. At that point it's either a group of friends at the same house or Riot's fault).
Option 2 -> With much less detail because of obvious reasons, receive loss forgiven. (Although I believe LP reduction is much more reasonable).
OPTIONS ONLY APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT AFK/PLAYED THE GAME. AFK'ERS WILL RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF LP LOSS AS THEY USUALLY DO WITH REGULAR PUNISHMENTS.
Have the five minute AFK automated warning as usual. Being honest, your team can come back from a teammate going afk for 5 minutes.
What you/they(the afk'er) lose, depending on the state of the game, _maybe _one tower, one or two levels. Some CS/Gold. But they're still passively getting gold, they'll be able to finish that recipe. They play safe for a bit and come back into the game, easy peasy.
HOWEVER, this is when compensation should occur. When your teammate goes afk for 15 minutes or more (I feel 15 minutes is far too reprehensible) a team should be compensated for their loss. (If they lose that is) Because for the first twenty minutes and you have an afk for 75% of that time, more than likely you're going to surrender as the timer hits twenty.
Consequences of an AFK
Laner AFK
Your jungler's going to cover the lane, letting the enemy jungler camp a lane without having to worry about you ganking. He's going to capture objectives. Your jungler's not going to be able to get any objectives like Dragon if he's busy toplane.
Jungler goes into lane with
. Not helping.
Jungler AFK Laners are susceptible to ganks. Laners may be camped and zoned completely. Objectives will not be easily captured. (Basically the same stuff objective wise)
I feel I should mention again. None of these Options will be available to the AFK, as someone could AFK and abuse it thinking they'd get a reduction in their LP Loss so they'd feel free to afk. And that goes for the LP loss as well. The AFK would receive the same punishment as a normal loss. Also, if your team does win WITH OR WITHOUT the AFK. Nothing changes to the win or the loss of the enemy. Nor does the win situation changes for the team with the AFK. Only the loss is being affected by these proposals. I'm sure they're flaws in my options, which I hope could be pointed out. But I do feel that something should be done with AFK's.
TL;DR : AFK on team, Certain % of LP is deducted from Loss of LP // Loss Forgiven.