Should Riot punish afk in ranked more severly?

Quector·6/20/2016, 9:18:29 PM·4 votes·832 views

Hey everyone, I know we've all had that game, maybe in placements or promos, where for no reason, someone afks. This can be frustrating, making a loss hurt more, especially when you feel you could have won if it hadn't happened. My question is, what kinds of punishments would be more appropriate for ranked? I get that in normals afk doesn't really matter, but in ranked where games count and often take longer, I personally feel more serious repercussions for toxic behavior need to be added. Anyways, let me know what you have to think.

Update: This was made in response to someone afking at 3:48 in my 1st game of a promo series. Losing that one put huge pressure on winning 2 games, which ultimately led to a game 3 loss, ending my series on a sour note, causing me to look back and dwell of the afk player who put me in that position. I know losing a promo is my fault, but having an afk player ruin game one with no noticable repercussion leaves a sour taste in my mouth. -Q

4 Comments

ThePartyLeader6/20/2016, 9:39:25 PM2 votes

Ranked queue disabled 24 hours first offense, 48 second, week third. Then move onto account suspensions. BAM You legit have to there hospital to save your grandfather from being eaten by a horse? 24 hours till you can play ranked x no big deal. DC due to power outage/unstable internet, you shouldn't play ranked anyways try again tomorrow when things are better. Trolling people? You get three games to ruin this week then next week if you afk two week account ban.

KyleTheConqueror6/20/2016, 9:31:20 PM1 votes

AFK > Toxic players.

Im Genie6/20/2016, 11:58:59 PM1 votes

Good luck hopefully someone will read this topic and Riot will care us problem. We keep thinking that post in this Boards Riot will know what we feel. Nah, they care about our money