Should we be allowed to gain LP back if you DC during a game, but come back and win?

Sol Exortus·11/3/2017, 2:18:50 AM·4 votes·3,068 views

About 2 weeks ago I won a game, but lost LP since I disconnected during the match for a substantial period of time. My internet went out, and I was unable to connect back for about 10 minutes, but I played the rest of the match out, and we were able to win. I feel that if such a case were to occur, we should be allowed to submit a ticket, and gain back at the very least the LP we lost, if not a set amount on top of that (Like 18 LP?). Doing this would provide an incentive to the player to rejoin the game, because right now the game is automatically treated as a loss, so your only "incentive" to join back into the game to help your teammates win. Maybe that's enough for some people, but I doubt that satisfy's a majority of the ranked population. Thoughts?

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28 Comments

MysterQ11/3/2017, 2:21:25 AM2 votes

Yea. It makes NO SENSE.

In fact it disincentives you. Why should I struggle in a game we are now (likely) behind if I don't even get anything. Like I still try. But I would understand some guys saying just end it, because it makes no difference to them.

Edit: Made this before finishing reading because I already agreed. But yes, you said the same thing.

FOR JUSTICE11/3/2017, 2:32:47 AM1 votes

Tbh i always felt at the very least you should gain half LP if you still recconected after a DC of 5 mins or more, and loose double LP if you dont come back at all

Thoughts?

jodobo11/3/2017, 2:35:13 AM1 votes

I wish riot had a system to be able to tell if you rage quit or your wifi actually went out and it wasn't your fault.

Packun Flower11/3/2017, 3:36:21 AM1 votes

In both cases whether you rage quit or DC the bottom line is no. You should not be entitled to LP.

If me and 3 other team members have to suffer playing a 4v5 for 10 to 20 mins because you cant pay your internet bill or tilt and quit. Then you should lose LP. If me and 3 others bust our asses off to pull out a win while you sit in front of your laptop and twiddle your thumbs doing nothing, you bet your ass we dont want you to get the LP we worked hard for. Why should you get rewarded for other peoples hard work when you only made it harder to begin with?

We did the work. You did nothing. We get paid, you dont. Thats how it is and how it should stay.

General Esdeath 11/3/2017, 3:36:34 AM1 votes

No, because you're still a liability to any/all teams you get. It should be the first warning to actually make you think without banning you.

LumpyMilk6/20/2018, 5:17:55 PM1 votes

This just happened to me and it does confuse me, I was only gone for 5-10 minutes for an outage that was out of my hands. We were way ahead before I DC'd and I was able to get back in and help close out the match. Maybe I don't deserve to gain LP but I did rejoin and play my butt off to get the win so why don't we call it even and leave me with -/+0.

On the other hand, I do see how this can be abused by people that actually leave and their team still wins in spite of them. (Just AFK in fountain and such.)

Maybe you should get +/- 0 for the match and depending on whether or not your team reports you AFK should you lose points.

Obviously, RIOT would know the best way to deal with all of this. I'm just salty T__T.