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@Riot: Here is a good way to fix the situation of Leavers and AFkers during ranked

Psymo·4/16/2017, 7:00:54 PM·76 votes·8,481 views

I understand that someone leaving will happen at one point or another in ranked games, but this puts the team with lesser people at a extreme disadvantage, more so if it is the carry who up and leaves due to Rage Quitting or Tilting. A lot of people have expressed that there should be some kind of "Justice" or Solution for this issue and I have thought about it for a long time and figured why not bring this up.

I know that Riot has the ability to see when someone leaves the game due to the "Red name" or "Big X in the icon" How about the team that gets a loss by having a 4 V 5 actually gets a boost for their next win in LP. As well as, the leaver gets a penalty for the next ranked win they receive.

Most people in the game hover around making about 20 LP per game, but when they lose its a loss of about 16 LP loss. How about when a summoner gets a LOSS due to AFK/Leaver their next win instead of being 20 LP gain gets a Gain of 20LP + (.5 of their total Lost LP).

For Example: 20 + (.5 x "16 LOSS LP") for a total of 28 LP. This will help out the players who were stuck trying to win a 4 v 5 and were unable to due to one of their team mates Rage Quitting or Tilting and leaving.

Then their is the opposite side of the coin. If a player leaves the game they need to be punished due to them actually inhibiting a team from having a fair chance to win. Because of this problem, I feel that It should be Punished in the same way. So when they leave/AFK the game, it should take their next win and DECREASE their LP gain. It should be 20 LP - (.5 of their total Won LP).

For Example: 20 - (.5 x "20 WON LP") for a total of 10 LP gain for that game. This will help stop players from leaving the game due to them just having a "Bad Game" and rage quitting and Afking in base. Also if they do leave its their fault, no matter the situation, that just made the odds for their team to win, not in their favor. Its a TEAM game not a 1 man show.

Please let me know what you all think about this. I feel it is fair and would actually help the ranked system in general. Please Vote and Comment to let me know what everyone thinks about this. I made sure to make it fair on both ends.

Thank you,

xSimox

Edit 1: 10 Up Votes!

So i have seen a few people that say there should be a time limit for the AFK/Leaver and yes I agree. Thus putting on a timer of at Min. 10 minutes could work.

Also I was thinking about it and I don't think the team with 4 players should surrender the game. What do you guys think about that?

Edit 2: 50 Up Votes!

I have seen a lot of people say that in flex, a good way to prevent 1 team member from leaving to give the other team members a boost is to have it apply to the whole team.

If you are on a team or in a Flex 3, 4, 5 man team if 1 member AFK's or Leaves then all members of that PRE-MADE party get the same Punishment.

It prevents Party member A from telling Party member B to leave that that Members A, B, and C get the Bonus.
If Party member B Leaves then Party member's A & C get the same punishment as member B.

83 Comments

CSimons194/16/2017, 7:07:39 PM9 votes

I agree! This should be a thing! Come on riot put this into your servers!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Riot @Riot @RiotGames #RiotGames @Meddler #Meddler

Magical Player4/16/2017, 8:04:01 PM5 votes

This will be abused in flex ohh we're losing thats okay hey buddy dodge for the other 4 of us woot now we get a 50% lp boost next win gg or im at 0 lp, i duo my buddy or I dodge to give him or I a 50% lp boost next game now we gain 28 lp instead of 2 I can abuse this to climb

Elikain4/16/2017, 8:35:33 PM5 votes

I do not agree with this. Why is the losing team for "unfair" games being compensated for the loss one of their teammates caused?

If the game ended unfairly, the player who left the match should incur harsher penalties but the game for the team that's playing a 4v5 should also be counted as a regular loss. You don't need a handicap for the next time you win. Unfortunately, these things happen. But they happen very rarely. I don't believe any handicaps for the unfair advantage are needed to be given to the losing team as then one could make an argument that more handicaps should be in the game.

Let's say you lost your promos or dropped out of a tier/division thanks to the AFK player. So what's the compensation in this case? On your next win, give two series wins instead of one (or 3 if you're already being aided by the helper system that's active only to Gold)? Or bring you back to promos, lost tier/division? There's no justice for these cases really. We can only punish the AFK player and that's it. Otherwise, we mess with competitive integrity by granting benefits for the affected players that should've been earned with skill.

Imagine if trash accounts were to suddenly intentionally AFK/leave games for their premade friends, in order to give them double the advantage for wins that these people could get easily while playing in a group? Trash accounts are referring to accounts that the player does not care about, they are only being used to abuse the benefits of the system that gives the unfair teams benefits thanks to their AFK teammates.

TrueSevenFold4/16/2017, 7:03:13 PM4 votes

Wow this is actually a great idea!!!!

@Riot you need to give this guy some props and also look into making this a part of your system.

Good Job xSimox!!!!

ApesAreFun4/16/2017, 7:05:59 PM3 votes

This is a really good idea!!

SexyBabyJesusZ4/16/2017, 7:27:37 PM3 votes

decreasing lp gain for people who are leavers isnt exactly fair

some people might have an emergency/computer trouble or whatever, the leaver buster system already punishes them enough.

as for the rest of the team that seems fair.

Trídent4/16/2017, 9:10:01 PM3 votes

Great idea, I have something to add though: If they are in a duo or if it's flex, the people who they queue with do not receive a bonus

Randomonium4/16/2017, 7:09:35 PM3 votes

This would definitely ease the pain of losing because of an AFK.

Kei1434/16/2017, 8:21:09 PM2 votes

I've always wanted a system that gives you more if you win and have an AFK on your team. on the same token, you loose less as well.

The AFKer (and the premades) gets the extra penalty of the loss from the team, and is still considered a loss for the AFKer (and the premades), even if the team did win.

ReySolomon4/16/2017, 7:26:09 PM2 votes

Nice I like this I hope RIOT considers this

50Shades0fTrynda4/16/2017, 8:06:33 PM2 votes

or just get them who play and lose 4v5 a 1/2* IP lose instead of the full amount :)

LOSINGISMYPRIDE4/16/2017, 8:52:00 PM2 votes

Wht about if you afk , leave a game , abandon a game you then get demote .http://i.imgur.com/saiFnqi.mp4http://i.imgur.com/saiFnqi.mp4 so ppl can feel the pain and take the game more seriously instead of saying fck off im out and im not getting much punish for my action of letting down their teammates .

AdeBug4/17/2017, 10:42:00 PM2 votes

OK we do need a solution, but this is not it. Similar solutions have been posted and they all share a bad exploit: someone taking the fall, like a feeder being pressured to leave (threatened with reports, and weighing a ban against some lp), so that the rest can have more lp. This will also give all the others an excuse for not trying to win anymore, as comebacks and throws are a thing in low elo, plus the afk or d/c can always simply come back. My suggestion, in a buried thread, was a substitute. The game should have game info like other games, and come up in the sever list, and so the sub can decide which game to pick based on the player's rank, champ, position, and state of the game, like at least score, gold, turrets. And please don't assume all afk'ers are people that were doing bad in the first place, and no one would like to fill in their shoes. And if they were too behind due to the time spent afk, the game can show a possible xp/gold amount to be given as compensation, if the sub accepts the game. Imagine the reduced queue time! And game time, for people looking for a potential shorter game.

Psymo4/29/2017, 8:31:58 PM1 votes

Still wonder what @Riot thinks about this also. I am surprised with the number of up-Votes as well as views and comments #Riot has not been in here to comment.

AlexDrey4/20/2017, 2:17:38 AM1 votes

I think there should just be a loss prevented for an AFK over 10 minutes.

Sir Tasdemir4/16/2017, 10:59:22 PM1 votes

I think the idea you have looks good but it does need a few tweaks.There should be some type of immunity because every1 afk's due to uncontrollable issues.Eg my ISP contacted me saying there has been some sort of problem in my area which has screwed every sky customer with their internet and i live in london so that is a lot of people. I would hate to be punished for something that is not my fault.Also some tweaks on it not being abused and things should look good.