Placed in low priority queque after 1 game with client problems

iTaLenTZ·5/17/2017, 11:10:29 PM·1 votes·3,271 views

I fully support the idea to punish people who leave games or otherwise go afk but I got placed in a low priority queue after 1 game in which I had several client problems because apparently it wasn't updated properly. I left and reconnected several times but it didn't fixed it and with 01 fps I couldn't play that game so I closed the client.

I played 200 games this season in which I haven't quit a single one or otherwise been afk but after 1 game which I had to leave due to client problems I get punished by being placed in a low priority queue for 5 games. I am sorry but that is just bullshit.

I have the feeling I got punished for trying to reconnect and fix the problem and Leaverbuster stacked the multiple leaving during 1 game

12 Comments

RiotRiot Tantram5/18/2017, 12:36:20 AM10 votes

I played 200 games this season in which I haven't quit a single one or otherwise been afk but after 1 game which I had to leave due to client problems I get punished by being placed in a low priority queue for 5 games. I am sorry but that is just bullshit.

You've left/afked 3 games in the last month.

It sucks when you are having client or internet issues, but 4v5 games suck for everyone in the game too. Leaver buster is as much a wake up call to fix issues before playing, as it is a penalty.

OnlyYouCanHearMe5/17/2017, 11:59:23 PM2 votes

It is unusual for someone to be placed into LeaverBuster for a first time leaving/afking. After the first game of leaving/afking you should have been given the pop-up warning from LeaverBuster, where you have to type in that you agree not to leave any more games. After that, if you continue to leave games, after a couple more you are placed into the low priority queue with a 5 minute wait. You really shouldn't have been placed into LPQ for a first game left.

While the LeaverBuster/Low Priority Queue FAQ says that they do not remove accounts from the LPQ under any circumstances, it also says that accounts aren't put into it for a single match. I would agree with Jo0o, a ticket to Player Support might be your best option here. If nothing else, they can tell you whether your account was flagged for multiple leaves during the same match. And if so, they may be willing to take you out of the queue, as that would be an error on the part of their system.

Jo0o5/17/2017, 11:12:39 PM2 votes

I've never heard of that happening before. Very weird.

I'd try a support ticket... maybe the client counted you as abandoning a game each of the times that it crashed during the one game? I don't think that would happen, but I don't have a better suggestion.

iTaLenTZ5/18/2017, 12:34:33 AM1 votes

Thanks for the responses. I never got that pop up warning. Didn't even know it exists.

Hexs Fortune5/18/2017, 11:57:52 AM1 votes

Low priority queue still allows you to play, so its not as bad as a temp ban. Get your setup in gear because...

AFKING GAMES= HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE for your teammates.

ESPECIALLY if it's their ranked promos*[zombie-nunu-tears]*

Barkingspider735/19/2017, 5:06:25 PM1 votes

I am pretty sure the system doesn't check ratio of leaves to stays to determine punishment, but just how many were done in a short span of time (which could be a month or two it tracks it over, I don't know)

Dr Play3r2/7/2018, 10:56:46 PM1 votes

Explain again again how afk after 1 game in ranked leads to 5 games low priority? Need some senior software engineer from high school explanation