Does the exceptionally rare left game eventually fade?

Tahngarthor·Jun 5, 2018·3 votes·3,764 views

Due to unforseen cirucmstances (not a connection issue, but rather a sudden, real life one) I had no choice but to leave a game. Before anyone hangs me, I have never left a single game because of anything that happened during it, not once ever, and I entirely regret having to do it in this case because I know all too well from others doing it how it ruins the experience. My question is, is any left game a permanent strike against you or does time heal this if it doesn't continue? This was a one-off incident and I just dont want to feel afraid to play for fear of major penalties if I ever experience another event beyond my control, such as a medical emergency or disaster of some sort.

15 Comments

Zombie GerbilJun 5, 20185 votes

I wouldn't dwell on it or worry. There are times when reality comes first under extreme circumstances. Things will be out of your control. The only thing that you have to realize is that consistent leaving is really the issues and problems. You're not going to be penalized like a permaban or anything for a couple here and there. I've done it and it happened a few times in my 10 years of playing.

So don't worry about it. It's about the consistent leavers who get the leaver buster. It literally takes a re-iterated amount to really get a real punishment for leaving. And yes, they do fade, like any penalty tier in League of Legends.

You're good, man.

fatherdariusJun 5, 20185 votes

My daughter is accident prone.

In the last couple of years I've had a couple (2... maybe 3?) games where I've to leave because the 5-7yo child walks in bleeding from her foot or scraped knee or whatever. (bleeding from her... whatever? do I get extra credit for a TrumpIsm?)

Being a dad comes first. In those cases I've just said, "Daughter hurt herself I need to afk sorry".

Haven't been punished yet (but it's not like I make a habit of leaving).

I once left a bot game when the opiates wore off (kidney stone). Like others have said, life happens.

Balderdash1000Jun 5, 20183 votes

Relax man. Don't make it a habit and you won't have to worry. Real life happens and if you have to leave a game every few months I don't see Riot holding it against you. Needless to say, if you think you might have to leave a game early it's probably better to play something that isn't going to ruin other peoples game, but emergencies happen.

AneirinJun 5, 20182 votes

This. Sometimes life happens. Any reasonable person will understand the difference between "omg the dog is vomiting on my bed" and "sorry guys Mum says it's dinner time" or "damn I've lost laning phase... I mean, uh.. the LAG, OH THE LAG" etc. Don't do it too often and you'll be fine.

MagicFlyingLlamaJun 5, 20183 votes

They do fall off, the system can tell the difference between ragequitters and random power outages/DCs. That said, if you repeatedly disconnect and dont come back, you get banned regardless of it being intentional or not, just due to being a liability.

Warlord ScrapJun 5, 20182 votes

Do people actually get banned. I know you get some pretty bad lpq which make people quit but afaik noone has every been officially banned for rage quitting/afking.

Mama SorakaJun 5, 20182 votes

I don't think I've seen anyone be specifically banned for rage quitting but those sort of people tend to have other, more severe issues they get banned for and the quitting they did was just "another nail in the coffin" I think it goes.

Zombie GerbilJun 5, 20182 votes

There USED to be one. I believe there's still a ban penalty, at least when I looked it up they said they still do. But that page might not have been updated. I honestly never seen anyone actually banned or a player mentioned it on the forums/board as long as I've been here. There was just saying from a Rioter there was one. But that was YEARS ago.

Mama SorakaJun 5, 20182 votes

I think in the entire, nearly 10 years, I've been playing this game I've left 3 times. I've never gotten a leaverbuster or anything because they were very spaced out.

Off the top of my head I remember one leave was because my father was in town and called me out of nowhere (and he lives like 800 miles away so ya, I'm gonna go see him) and another one was actually last week because Comcast cut a cable or something and the whole house lost all service >___>

TahngarthorJun 5, 20182 votes

I guess I'm just a little paranoid, because I'm generally a good person who occasionally makes a mistake. Ive had too many games ruined by leavers/quitters/giver-uppers to impose that on anyone else. :p

thanks for the responses :)

Mod Legendary 77Jun 5, 20181 votes

Lmao dude I've left hella games and haven't even got as much as a chat ban; just need to spread out your leaves so theyre not clustered together; you'll be fine man.

MagicFlyingLlamaJun 5, 20181 votes

Nobody gets a chat ban for leaving because it makes no sense - that does nothing to fix the problem.

There is eventually a warning, then a short ban.

TahngarthorJun 5, 20181 votes

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Nobody gets a chat ban for leaving because it makes no sense - that does nothing to fix the problem.

There is eventually a warning, then a short ban.

It wouldn't make sense to me to get a chat restriction for being a leaver, those are two pretty seperate issues. :p

Mod Legendary 77Jun 5, 20181 votes

I'm like 90% sure I did on my other account when I left hella games in a row.