Players with second accounts trying to keep their ELO low

Vranesh·12/15/2018, 11:52:14 PM·4 votes·4,612 views

Hello, Please read this with an open mind. Thank you. This is the first time that I am posting here. I play in Silver 4, and I do believe that my rank corresponds to my game skills. However, as of late, I have noticed a trend that is baffling me, and makes me frustrated. I've seen players who are very good, and should be in a much higher rank (game play, understanding of game mechanics, very precise moves to attack or dodge, AA canceling of the opponent … ). They play really well until mid game. Then they suddenly go AFK farming of the jungle. Suddenly, the team has lost half of its kills, and now the game is 4v5. You can imagine what happens next. You lose the game.

I have read some of the other posts here, and some players don't want to believe what I have written in the above paragraph. But please, have an open mind. I have saved the recording of one such games, and I also have screen shots of a player (Which in this case was in the other team) explaining to me why he went to afk farm. In his words: "I wanted you guys to win, I don't want this account to be promoted". I spoke with him a bit longer, and he told me that this account was his second account, and that his main account was in a higher ELO (again, his game skills showed).

You can also see the trend by looking at the history of the said players.

I don't know what the remedy to this type of behavior or action is, but I can tell you that it is very frustrating to lose a game like this. Specially when I play as support a lot (Let's be frank, not many people want to play that role, and I rather to be the support instead of forcing someone else).

Thank you.

7 Comments

AJStarhiker12/16/2018, 12:16:55 AM3 votes

Report them for griefing and inting. especially if they admit trying to lose.

It might be harder to prove gameplay trolling, but the punishment level for gameplay offenses have two levels: 2-week and perma.

Edit: I would also add Negative Attitude for trying to lose. Even if that only nets a chat restriction, it'll still knock them one step closer tp getting them out

ButterBladesX12/16/2018, 8:06:28 AM1 votes

ya ive seen this happening. they trying to get into iron lol

LetMeCarry198312/16/2018, 4:46:54 PM1 votes

Everyone wants to get to Iron IV since it came out. Hell, even I tried to get it there by low key inting(not playing to lose but playing champs I'm garbage at in the hopes I will naturally feed and lose games).

Vranesh12/21/2018, 2:28:15 AM1 votes

I am going to start adding the name of these players:

WhiteDadBlackDad: Troll banned a fellow summoner's choice, then fed. The other team also confirmed that he was trolling when he was in their lobby.

UF Dan12/31/2018, 8:29:48 AM1 votes

Simple. Riot prioritizes banning in-chat toxicity over anything else. You may get banned for intentionally losing the game somewhat quickly, but for consecutively afking games, you'll never get banned.

Say something mean in chat even though there's a mute button? you'll get banned instantaneously.