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AFK Ranked

ilift13·12/23/2018, 7:48:23 AM·1 votes·1,888 views

So I feel the penalties for going afk in your game should be higher. Maybe just for ranked even. I've been trying to climb out of bronze and I'm not a great player but I'm decent and I play support. I make good decisions and try to support my ADCs decisions but after 25 minutes we consistently lose because of lack of momentum. The reason the team hasn't had momentum in the last 30 games is because someone goes afk. And not the person who is feeding. Last game I had one rage quit and 4 people go afk at various stages of the game for periods of 2-5 minutes in game. It's hard to climb as a support main when you don't have a team to play with. I know this is rare and usually it is only one person quitting but when one person sits at base or under tower for five minutes the other team figures it out and kills them.

Not interested in ranting just want players to make more responsibile choices when they choose to start a ranked match.

2 Comments

Farkinob12/23/2018, 8:04:19 AM1 votes

The thing about this is that it balances itself out naturally, you will climb out of people going "afk for 2 minutes".

I don't see an issue with a bronze player going AFK 2-5 minutes, it's probably because he has his family/bad internet/other duties that come up. I think they should only be punished if they leave and don't make a effort to come back. Usually people in lower elos have a reason they are low and will (probably) stay that way for a while; and a lot of those folks have poor connection.

zPOOPz12/23/2018, 8:37:06 AM1 votes

In the short term, it is possible you may have more afk on your team than the enemy team. If you play regularly for the entire season, you will benefit from people afk-ing because there will be statistically greater chance of the enemy having an afk on their team (assume you do not afk yourself) giving you greater advantage. If you cannot climb out of bronze for the entire season, afk is not the cause. You should look to improve your skills and not blame on factor you cannot control that doesn't even disadvantaged you in the long term.