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Is good conduct worth it?

DNZAD·2/14/2018, 6:13:02 PM·3 votes·421 views

Does bettering yourself do anything than maybe get you a few more honours? Being someone who used to go afk often I haven't gone afk or left a game in a long time. I have always tried to be nice to teammates and enemies alike. I thought that maybe being nice and following guidlines might help me better myself and have a more positive experience with the game. I have to say, being positive towards everyone does help you keep your cool more often than not. But today I got a grim reminder... after having to leave my PC due to an emergency I left my champ in our fountain. I didn't ragequit, or close the game. I didn't leave because I didn't want to finish that game of Twisted Treeline. I thought it would be fine if I just left the game running and came back as soon as possible. But I was wrong. The game was over. Big bold letters mocked me for abandoning my teammates. I came back to an unpleasend notification saying that I had been pushed into a lower priority queue. I hoped with all of my heart that I didn't get punished as hardly as someone who afk's every 5th game. Wrong again. Being put into a lower priority queue for the first tim in a long time didn't mean I got spared. 5 20minute blocks? After being a good boy for so long? Papa Riot why? Do I never get forgiven for my past sins? I am desperatly trying to hold my nerves together. I don't want to go through this. Not after all that effort put into being nice. I contemplate just getting a new account. No, the low level hell is not better than whats hit me now. I get furious. BAM! I punch my wall. My hand hurts. I calm down. Press play. And write this while waiting. Am ingame now bye.

9 Comments

Jo0o2/14/2018, 6:24:40 PM2 votes

I don't know how frequently you've left games, but this seems like an example of why it's never okay to do so. You used up your leaverbuster leniency a while back, and now when you DO have those once-in-a-while emergencies, you're stuck paying for the games you ruined before.

Azure Hamster2/14/2018, 7:16:05 PM1 votes

I got a warning once.

I left a game one day because our kitchen sink came detatched and blooshed about 10 gallons of water on to the kitchen floor and I had to clean it up. Nothing happened, but the next day, the power went out during the match.

I got the thing that warns you and makes you type "I understand" or some such. Never had any other trouble. But I've probably left 2 games in over 5 years, and had the power go out maybe 5 games.

Caitlyn

swordofsun2/14/2018, 7:58:28 PM1 votes

I've been in the low priority queue and I understand you're frustration.

Here's the thing though: I deserved low priority and so do you. No matter the emergency that eventually popped we both left a number of games before then for less important reasons. Honestly all I really had to do was get a new router so my internet would stop going out mid-game. It didn't happen often, but a time or two a week and that ruined a game or two a week.

But all those instances (plus one rage quit) of my internet shorting out meant that when I really did have an emergency my good will had been used up. Riot had given me plenty of chances to not leave and ruin other people's games.

I got a new router. I played without leaving. I regained Riot's faith. I eventually received a nice message from Riot saying that my account was back in good standing. It took several months of regular play. And that was for a much lower wait time, so you probably do have a lot of work to prove you're reformed.

As for your initial question: It does feel nice to know that I'm not inadvertently ruining other people's game anymore. That seems worth it to me.

RookPusher2/14/2018, 8:00:14 PM1 votes

The question really sounds like "Is going for honor worth it?"

I still think the honor system sucks. If some a-hole gets 23 kills they get honored. If I kiss ass in the support role, I'm lucky to get one. The system favors conventional wisdom.

Telephone Booth2/15/2018, 12:49:21 AM1 votes

Obviously it is worth it or else you get LPQ, or even worse, a ban.

FurriesAreHot2/15/2018, 4:08:50 PM1 votes

The title is written as if to indicate it requires active effort to be a positive player. I often pick dumb shit and just have fun with the game, not feeding intentionally of course.

As for the Leaverbuster, the system actually forgives you over time. I leave a game roughly once every 2 weeks, and I dont get Leaverbusters since the game understands I don't do it often and it may be important.