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I quit league

APoetCalledLove·4/12/2016, 7:48:45 PM·7 votes·861 views

So I swear I keep making a post about this but nothing changes. It's been 3 seasons I've been playing riot. And yet the ranking system has no way to deal with afks. So I got smart and kept track. Out of this season, I have won 32 games, lost 25. Of those 25, I have had 9 afks.

That's right, 9 afks.

Yet somehow, when I try to play ranked, I am told that this is my fault for losing. I, as an individual, am punished for someone else leaving the game. Not once in a blue moon. Not once in a while. In roughly %15.8 percent of the time, I will have an afk. Not to mention if this is my promos. That means in order to rank up in bronze, I have to win 7 games, plus whatever lp I lose from a bad game by me (0/3/4), player behavior out of my control (Udyr rushing that runic echo, Rengar solo top for 40 minutes refusing to group), PLUS the afks that I am being punished for, yet seemingly it's my fault I'm bronze 4. And I'm supposed to just pick up the pieces of my past games and push through and keep climbing?

If this wasn't bad enough the first two seasons, it sure as hell is now. I've logged over 180 DAYS of gameplay. And I have lost all will to bother playing. There is no sense in subjecting myself to being treated like crap based on a flawed ranked system that literally sets me up for failure. I've grown to hate the game that I can play for hours on end just based on the fact that I can't control other players. I can't even practice in ranked for this because in normals I don't get afks or feeders nearly as often. In fact in regular games, I'm matched with silvers and golds normally. My estimated MMR is roughly 400 points if not more higher than my ranked. But that's just over 1981 wins, 2200+ losses. Even my normals MMR expects better of me than riots ranking system does.

Side note: I've tried duoing with a platinum friend on a smurf account and even he says he finds it most difficult to climb in bronze and has issues trying to even climb with me because we can't control afks or players who feed.

Update from the next day: 10 afks now, in 58 games.

15 Comments

Demon King Maou4/12/2016, 7:51:17 PM1 votes

Do what 90% of the community does.. DONT PLAY RANKED Only play ranked if you have friends who you know can support themselves in lane if need be.. Cause lets face it.. 75% of these junglers suck D in ranked and then you have all these permna afks

Denavai4/12/2016, 8:09:50 PM1 votes

I understand your pain, but the system is changing. I primarily solo dynamic que and know what you've said to be true.

But, it's dynamic que now, you can go ranked with 3-4 or 5, so yeah it's now your fault if you're bronze ranked.

You've Suggested que now, you can request players to join your team from previous games as ineffective as it is. I've joined 2 clubs through this method and now have a larger pool of players to pull from. Add friends, meet people.

Socialize. This is a team game, and if you want to succeed in rank you cannot remain an introvert.

o Maui o4/12/2016, 9:01:22 PM1 votes

That's an unusually high number of AFKs. How many were there on enemy teams in your wins?

DefNotABot4/13/2016, 4:24:46 AM1 votes

Were they afk from the get go? Or did they rage quit/give up.

Gimpy894/14/2016, 10:29:29 AM1 votes

the enemy has more afks statically (your team has 4 potential afks while they have 5) but yea it is RNG and it is annoying

Fovere4/14/2016, 9:59:19 PM1 votes

What gimpy said, technically it works in your favor if you're not afking yourself