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LeaverBuster and disconnects

Arkosine·7/20/2016, 4:25:48 AM·1 votes·876 views

I understand that AFKing during games is a punishable offense, and that doing it purposefully and often should be punished. However, I think it is unfair that when you have legitimate disconnects or God forbid, a crash, during play and attempt to get back into the game as soon as possible, that LeaverBuster will punish you anyway, and with longer and longer queues. From my experience now, AFK-ing even 3 times in a week due to this problem is punishable, which seems extreme. I can't help that Comcast is my only internet provider and refuses to fix my connection despite multiple calls. I don't think it is fair to punish me for this. Because of my connection, I don't play ranked and try to minimize my impact as much as possible by not playing when I know my connection is unstable. It is frustrating to see LeaverBuster giving me 20 minute waits for a "lower priority" queues when in all other aspects of the game, I am a model player. I am generally positive, never flame, and try to support my team as much as possible. I take responsibility when we lose. It's as if Riot just wants anybody with an internet connection that is not 100% reliable to quit the game. I love playing this game and have spent a fair amount of money on it, which makes it even more frustrating that I get punished. At this point, I am strongly considering doing so.

TL;DR

Punishing those who have legitimate reasons for AFK-ing/disconnecting seems unfair if they are otherwise model players.

4 Comments

Dynikus7/20/2016, 4:29:08 AM1 votes

While it sucks to get punished for disconnecting due to things out of your control, it sucks more for the 4 other players on your team that get screwed because of your intermittent connection.

Athina7/20/2016, 4:36:07 AM1 votes

Generally speaking, you are responsible for making sure you can stay connected during a game. It sucks that you are getting punished for things out of your control, but the players inconvenienced by this are just as frustrated.

Zombiemaster7/20/2016, 4:47:34 AM1 votes

It's as if Riot just wants anybody with an internet connection that is not 100% reliable to quit the game

I'd say that's partly true. While I'd say that Riot doesn't really want them to quit the game, they also don't want them to continue playing with an unreliable connection, as by doing so they risk disconnecting fro the game and ruining it for up to 9 other people. People who have frequent connection problems are actually an intended target of the Leaverbuster system; it's not just for intentional leaves/rage quits.

Also, the fact that you have the 20 minute punishment shows that you have been punished by Leaverbuster before, which means that you have left/disconnected from a lot of games in the past. It's your responsibility to make sure you have a reliable connection, and if a lot of your leaves have been due to connection problems, it's up to you to find a solution for it before you queue up for another match and risk disconnecting again.

Totalwanabe7/20/2016, 12:41:01 PM1 votes

well if you have connection issue stop requeuing, problem solved. otherwise you deserve the same reward has a typical afk.