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AFKs/DCs in late game

KnightDeLaDia··2 votes·588 views

So this has been an issue for what feels like forever in the league community with people disconnecting or AFKing in the midst of a game. Now I appreciate that Riot has implemented the remake system for the beginning of matches, but there is no solution if it happens in the middle of the match. My example comes from one of my recent ranked matches. My team was winning with a very strong Vayne and Lee Sin, we were up by four turrets and our Vayne was 8/3 and our Lee Sin was 8/2. By about 25 minutes into the game our Vayne DCs from the game leaving us in a 4v5 situation with our carry gone. We would inevitably lose the game and thus lose LP for losing a game that we should have won, but because there was something outside of our control we lose that LP anyway. How is this fair to the community truly? Mind you that this is Solo Queue and so I have no connections to these other players whatsoever, so how is it fair that players lose LP for something completely out of their control? I suggest making the remake system for late game as well. If a person DCs for 5-10 minutes at any point of the game we should be allowed to remake without losing LP. I understand that this means that we have wasted a decent amount of time, but I would rather remake then have to lose footing in my ranking and have to regain the ground I lost for something outside of my control. I understand the flaws in this system, but there has to be a time frame where a person AFKs that can be agreed upon. Most teams cannot last 10 minutes with a disconnected player. The Vayne in my game DC'd for a total of 13 minutes before we lost that game. I think that it is a logical idea to make it so that if a person has been disconnected for 5-10 minutes at any point in the game that we should be allowed to remake. And granted someone should be punished for this, I understand that the Vayne may have disconnected and not quit so she should not lose LP, but there has to be a way where the community does not have to suffer for something that is out of their control

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Mizuki Zahra1 votes

I actually had a great game we were winning and our voli decided to go make a sandwich, they just typed "u guys have it brb making a sandwich" 4 min later we lose and hes in post game like wtf u guys threw and we are all like ummm u were the fed tank on our team why afk

Dragfin2 votes

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I actually had a great game we were winning and our voli decided to go make a sandwich, they just typed "u guys have it brb making a sandwich" 4 min later we lose and hes in post game like wtf u guys threw and we are all like ummm u were the fed tank on our team why afk

People do this because LPQ is a joke as is the person or people who decided LPQ was a good idea.

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

Exactly why this is such an issue people cannot tell the difference between competitive play and regular play and the problem is that people think it is perfectly normal and understandable to just leave a game. These games are anywhere between 15-60 minutes long and if we are 30 minutes in and you decide to AFK even if you're our fed champion then you have wasted 30 minutes of our time (not including the time it takes to get into a game)

SecondAirbane1 votes

after you get past bronze its 15-45 minutes

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

I know that already because I was in silver the past two seasons, but that is not the purpose of this post the purpose is to find a solution to a problem that keeps a lot of people (not just bronze players) where they are.

SecondAirbane1 votes

bronze 5 is for people who are literally the worst... silver 5 is for those who cant get to silver 4 gold 5 is for those stuck in the 5th division of gold and yeah

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

you say that now but wait til you get screwed over in placements and you try to climb out of a place only to get stopped every time because a person AFKs or DCs

SecondAirbane1 votes

i went 5-1 to start placements but i got tilted a bit and ended 6-4 started bronze 1 this season went all the way to silver 3 now waiting 4 more days till i can climb again

plus i rarely ever get afks in my games maybe once a week but most are remakes

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

well you are one of the lucky ones then, we could not remake this game with the AFK because it was late game and it nearly happened yet again in the timespan of me posting this.

WhiperSnapers1 votes

If they did implement this, how exactly would you differentiate between real afks and people who would afk in order to decrease LP loss (the "take one for the team" people). I agree that if the loss is from a late game DC/AFK, you shouldnt be punished so heavily for it. I just don't see any way that it could be implemented without being abuseable.

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

That is why I would argue for the 10 minute wait before being able to remake. Most teams can barely make it past 10 minutes in a 4v5 situation, and the 10 minute wait people would have to go through just to "take one for the team" would be an attempt to keep people from doing it to avoid the loss. As far as differentiating those people go I would say that the player report system can help, but there has to be some way for Riot to be able to tell the difference between a person who quits and a person who disconnects by accident (maybe implement a system where you have to go through a system to quit the game that allows Riot to track who quits in games.

WhiperSnapers1 votes

As far as differentiating those people go I would say that the player report system can help, but there has to be some way for Riot to be able to tell the difference between a person who quits and a person who disconnects by accident (maybe implement a system where you have to go through a system to quit the game that allows Riot to track who quits in games.

I like your optimism, but this "abuse proof" system just isnt possible which means that the likelyhood of getting a late game remake system are slim to none.

I'm not a computer expert so someone please correct me if I'm wrong, a player could just: Ctrl+Alt+Del > Task Manager > End Task and the game would have no way of knowing whether it was forced to stop because the player wanted to quit or because the computer actually crashed.

If the game can't detect that^, any late game remake system would be abuseable.

KnightDeLaDia1 votes

This is true and I understand the chances of getting a late game remake system are slim, but it is important to find some way to make it so that the people who go into solo queue not knowing any of the people in your game to not be punished when someone AFKs or DCs. I am just personally tired of getting up to 96 LP just to get knocked back down by a DC or AFK.

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