Harsher Penalties for AFKer in ranked, who cares if they have crappy internet.

BerfBat·8/4/2017, 2:57:13 AM·5 votes·931 views

Today I played 10 games, and had 4 games were someone went AFK. Additionally I have lost gold promos twice from AFKers, and then demoted all the way down to Silver 3 b/c of a pathetic match making system (nothing like going vs two plat 4, and three gold 2/1, while our team is 4 bronze and a silver....) Back to the AFKers... There is no penalty, I have never got notification of people getting penalized, even when both teams run reports for the salty afkers. You need to fix this and I have a solution for you..... If someone in game AFKs out of toxicity, they should be DROPPED AN ENTIRE RANK!!! Then they can AFK their way to plastic division. It would make it so people would really really double think that AFK, and if anything kill the game for them, no one needs them in League.

46 Comments

Chermorg8/4/2017, 3:08:56 AM1 votes

LeaverBuster does not issue notifications to players reporting/being affected by a leaver.

Please review these boards. There are harsh penalties for people who afk - even those who frequently have computer issues and don't actually intentionally leave.

There is not a reliable way to determine if someone is "afking out of toxicity" or if they had a legitimate emergency in real life and/or a connection issue.

The JigSAW8/4/2017, 4:08:00 AM1 votes

I've always advocated the concept of rank being dependent on individual performance similar to mastery grades for reasons just like this. There's no reason people who AFK should be allowed to cost their team matches, potentially divisional/tier promotionals, and get away with a loss and a leaverbuster. Not enough.

GamerThink8/4/2017, 4:15:18 AM1 votes

I would be happier of more forgiving penalties for people who have AFK teammates...

Maybe a bonus IP/EXP to all other players after the AFK is checked (through cps, for instance)? This would also include players who have to remake a game, to make up for the time lost (so that they would receive just this bonus).

People who AFK may have their own problems and you never know what actually happened to them!

hyuneee8/4/2017, 10:07:07 PM1 votes

You can quit the game and leave league for the afkers. That will help solve most of your issues. If not, you are just like everyone else that plays LoL, so don't be butt hurt.