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How to deal with AFK Situations in Ranked

JainaProudgurl··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

DrtyTrouserSnake1 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.

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