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Make leavebuster queue time SHORTER for normal games

SaltyEthan1·1/3/2019, 9:59:49 PM·2 votes·3,076 views

PLEASE RIOT for the love of god, make leavebuster queue shorter because it's driving me crazy. Sometimes I just have emergency situations I cannot delay or run away from, which makes me a good person, and I have to AFK the game and leave. I've done this so many times already that I know 2 matches and boom your back to 5 LPQ's each 20 minutes long. 20 MINUTES, YOUR SICK. That's a lot of time, especially for a guy in high school, 20 minutes can give me time to finish half the homework from all my high school classes or even type up half an essay. Like seriously WTF? I AFK a normal game, NORMAL, and I get punished for 20 minutes and have to sit through a play 30+ minutes longer to finish that game just to move on to 20 minutes more of waiting. Why don't you fix the system and do 10 minutes instead? That's more reasonable because 20 minutes is not okay especially for normal games because people QUEUED "normal", not ranked. And If people left ranked games or AFK'd then yes, it would be damn reasonable to drop a 20 minute LPQ on them. TL;DR: Do 10 minutes LPQ for normal games that you AFK'd and 20 minutes for ranked games(and your already punished -40 LP from leaving ranked anyways so it's not game breaking) So please fix that if you could since that's bothering not only me, but everyone else.

17 Comments

Imperial Pandaa1/3/2019, 10:03:45 PM6 votes

If you have reached the 5- 20 minute mark, then you have an extensive history of leaving/afking frequently.

Arcade Lulu1/3/2019, 11:31:55 PM4 votes

Lmao you're speaking about wasting time?

Think about your teammates' wasted time in the games that you left/afked in

Kei1431/4/2019, 2:40:06 AM3 votes

It will drop down to 10 mins and 5 mins when you have showed (through playing games without leaving) enough behavioral reform.

Emergencies are supposed to happen only once in a while. If you earn yourself leaver buster and can't get it lowered, it means you are making waaaaayyyyyy to many emergency visits and probably should manage your time better.

Elite4Runner1/3/2019, 10:08:03 PM3 votes

Maybe Riot wants you to do your homework so your brain can get big and strong.

Silent Gravity1/3/2019, 10:05:26 PM3 votes

If you think that the minutes you spend waiting is a lot of time, you would be horrified to know that going AFK wastes more time for the other people in your games.

Then, you would be additionally horrified to remember that there is leniency built into the system. You have built up quite a deficit of your time wasted compared to the time you wasted for other people.

Xidphel1/4/2019, 1:25:38 AM3 votes

Hey. How's it going. I'm another player. You know, one who could potentially be ONE OF THE NINE OTHER PLAYERS WHO ARE POTENTIALLY QUEUEING UP WITH YOU. Because, you know, it's actually, surprisingly enough, A MULTIPLAYER GAME WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

Now, let's be fair. Sometimes shit happens. You gotta leave at some point mid-game for unforeseen reasons. Your grandmother may have fallen, your friend needs a ride because his car broke down and baby it's cold outside. Maybe your internet or power ran out. Riot understands that. You don't get that leaverbuster immediately. Gotta get those couple of games to reach even 5 minutes.

But man oh man. You gotta be the unluckiest person in NA to get a sudden emergency enough time to be hit with a 20 minute wait time.

AJStarhiker1/5/2019, 11:58:05 PM1 votes

Riot already has LB set more lenient in normals. It takes more leaves/afks to trigger than in ranked.

breakordoom4441/4/2019, 12:41:56 AM1 votes

Everyone is trying to win. I'm happy you know the value of life in equation to a video game, but being afk hurts your teammates. they are trying to win without you, and its usually a bust due to a 4v5 not being a fun time, you wasted 20-30 minutes of someones day, you deserve to be punished.

also, you can do WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT during your 20 minute LPQ, unlike your team who had to play a game that was going to lose.