Discouraging Leavers - MMR/lp

fodd3r·11/6/2015, 3:06:03 AM·3 votes·433 views

I had a thought...

We all get frustrated... if not worse, when a teammate leaves a game, afk, or never connects. The leaver buster system has been implemented but I feel like the penalty for ruining 30 minutes to an hour of 4 people's lives isn't quite harsh enough.

My idea is... implement a system in which players that leave a ranked game lose double lp/elo and the players who remain and finish the game lose 1/2 as much as they would have.

You still lose lp/elo for the loss, but at least it's not as bad as a legitimate loss in lieu of a rager/troll.

The double loss for the person leaving not only discourages leaving but it also prevents duos from abusing the system.

Just a thought...

3 Comments

PIMPSMOOTH11/6/2015, 3:16:19 AM1 votes

Not a bad idea and it's been brought up before.

Imo, that's not a harsh enough penalty for those who intentionally leave/rage quitters, feed, and in game AFK.

They should be demoted an entire division, so if they are Silver 3 with 50LP at the beginning of the match and pull this shit then after they're reported and investigated by Riot's team they get demoted to Silver 4 50LP. Watch how fast that shit stops when these people plummet to Bronze 5 and can never get out.

I do not hold random disconnects to this standard, just those who do these things intentionally.

PIMPSMOOTH11/9/2015, 8:00:10 AM1 votes

Agreed, if ragers just opt to unplug their modem every time they're losing that's easy to recognize on Riots end and those people can be held to the same standard. Once they're identified as abusive to the system Riot could issue them a single warning that if they d/c in a ranked match again they'll be demoted an entire division.

They'll either miraculously have the best connection NA or they'll quit ranked altogether, win win.

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