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Harsher Disciplinary Action Please

CursiveX·3/1/2020, 11:51:23 AM·1 votes·3,570 views

So Season 10 is my first season back since Season 4 and I really like the new items, dragons, herald, etc. Overall the game is better, however, I only play ranked and managed to climb from bronze 4 to gold 3 but have not been able to climb any further due to people trolling and going AFK. The game is seriously unplayable now and unless you gain quite a bit of LP from wins, you will find yourself as frustrated as me. I am consistent in every match and do well, but it feels as though I am matched with really toxic players and AFKers. Why does Riot allow this kind of toxicity in their game? I was Gold 1 in Season 4 and don't remember this much toxicity and people going afk; unless you were in Bronze. Riot should ban players from ranked if they AFK too many games or troll their team. Why drive out the decent players that enjoy playing ranked because of trolls? I don't get it. Make the punishment harsher to steer people from trolling please.

23 Comments

PekiCodex3/1/2020, 12:09:11 PM5 votes

Why does Riot allow this kind of toxicity in their game?

They don't? Last I checked players are still not allowed to be toxic and intentionally sabotage their team. Of course other than that, nothing's stopping them from doing it.

I was Gold 1 in Season 4 and don't remember this much toxicity and people going afk

It's been 5 years dude, things change.

Riot should ban players from ranked if they AFK too many games or troll their team.

For what amount of time? Normally they would receive a 2-week suspension, and after that they're on thin ice for a while, and if they do it again they receive a permanent ban.

The best you can do now is report them after the game, and then send a ticket with a video of them inting as proof.

shh im hiddens k3/1/2020, 2:28:54 PM2 votes

100%

Unban the people who flame, I can mute, i can't mute myself into not being in a 1v9.

Nightsky Pirate3/1/2020, 5:43:54 PM2 votes

"...have not been able to climb any further due to people trolling and going AFK."

WRONG. Please don't say this erroneous line anymore. Simply can not blame others behavior for your rank climbing ability, unless the truth of it is that you're instigating the bad behavior.

You may have been unlucky, but in reality, if you don't do this, the fact that others do is actually A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE for you. 5/9 probability is the enemy is getting afk/troll/feeder and 4/9 your team does.

Now regarding the rest...

AFK punishments are roughly where there must be. They've gone back and forth on it; any harsher and legitimate players get pissed for unfair punishment, any more lenient and more afks will happen.

The idea of banning for AFK would outright result in fury: imagine having an unlucky string of a couple client drops followed by loss of service due to weather and then a power outage. Oops, buh bye $600 account, too bad so sad. Yeah: no. Not even slightly acceptable.

When being dropped from the game for reasons outside players control approaches null, then we can talk about bans. Lots of people don't live in skyrises where service almost never drops, and even they do get dropped from games sometimes. I bet you have too.

BobTheNoodles3/1/2020, 9:38:18 PM1 votes

I have read some other posts. It seems like the disciplinary team for inters might be understaffed or just don't care. Someone sent proof that an ally was trolling. Even after months the troll wasn't banned. Another person tested soft inting and has gotten away with it. The more prevalent form of disciplinary action seems to come from oversensitive bots. So as things stand the most practical choice is to suck it up or quit.