Boards›Player Behavior

Addressing Player Behaviour and Matchmaking Penalties

onguana·11/12/2017, 3:50:20 AM·1 votes·369 views

With the introduction of the new levelling system, I believe that this may be a great chance for Riot to overhaul the penalty system. Now, I'm not saying that the punishing people is bad, I just think that in some circumstances there is no reason for a person to receive a twenty minute long penalty for both them and the people they want to play with.

My suggestion is that instead of low priority queue, a person receives a period of time or a certain number of games where they do not earn xp towards their next level. This means that they do not earn ip, so their time is not rewarded. I feel this would be a much better alternative to the twenty minute penalty that you receive.

TL:DR Instead of punishing the entire group, only punish the person who has committed the offence.

I was wondering if Riot has any plans of changing the system, or if they have any response to the above.

Thanks, Onguana

4 Comments

Chermorg11/12/2017, 3:52:21 AM2 votes

The punishment fits the crime quite well here though. If you leave a game, you're wasting the time spent preparing for, queuing for, selecting for, and playing that game up until at least the 15 minute mark and possibly the 20 minute or longer mark. Multiply that by 9 peoples time that you're wasting that they aren't enjoying the game most likely, and you are simply being able to make up half the time you wasted.

Further, the mere fact you're asking for a reduction of the system to a penalty that is much less severe is a good sign the current penalty is working - I don't know if you got punished or not, but it certainly appears you don't want to.

seasonedfox11/12/2017, 4:43:02 AM1 votes

how about just leaving people alone

Sarutobi11/12/2017, 5:30:50 AM1 votes

I don't think this would work and seems like the problem the infinite chat restrictions had. In that people will probably make it a problem to a point where they have accumulated loads of not getting XP and because of that why bother even trying? Do they'll turn to ruining the games for their partners as they are nothing to lose when it comes to the game!