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How to deal with AFK Situations in Ranked

JainaProudgurl·8/22/2017, 2:21:50 PM·1 votes·687 views

So, I've been off and on climbing in ranked. In my total of 120 some games this season, I've gotten from Bronze 4 to Silver 3. I've been relatively happy with this, since I'm boasting around a 65% win rate at the moment.

But yesterday, I got to Silver 3. Today, I decided to get on and start climbing again. In 3 of my 4 matches, I had people either ragequit or AFK after the 3 minute mark, and now I'm pretty sure I'm in danger of demotion since demotion protection I'm pretty sure wears off after your first win in a specific league.

How do you guys deal with these losing situations? If I surrender, it means that I'm putting myself forward to be demoted; granted, I could probably easily climb back up, but its still an annoying grind that I don't really want to do. I could keep fighting them out, but the chances of us winning are drastically reduced in a 4v5.

Any suggestions besides reporting them after the game?

1 Comments

DrtyTrouserSnake8/22/2017, 7:20:25 PM1 votes

Sadly, there is nothing that can be done, Riot doesn't have a system to refund LP back to the losing team, whether its a bot, an afk, or an intentional feeder. I do believe Riot should implement a system of sort, but back to your question. The best thing to do is report them, take a short break (try watching a de-tilting video) and don't start another game while tilted, it'll only make it worse.