Non-stop AFKS

PlanDeN·1/11/2018, 9:37:00 PM·2 votes·456 views

Sup guys,

Recently i've been having a lot of AFKs in my games (ranked or norm). At one point i had at least one of my teammates going AFK every 2 games i played. This even got me demoted in ranked and this really ruined my experience playing the game. I was wondering, could there be a way to prevent part of the LP lost when the system detect someone going AFK at a certain point of the game? I mean, if a player goes AFK at the 30 minutes, it's no big deal because most of the games are almost set at this point. But when a teammate goes AFK in the first 10 to 15 minutes because he's 0/2 and doesn't get as many ganks as he would like or something like that, it really makes the game unenjoyable and you lose as much LP as you would if you had a real lost.

Has there been anything spoken before as a system to prevent such stupid LP lost?

(Sorry for bad english)

4 Comments

KingWanahakalugi1/11/2018, 10:53:54 PM1 votes

Early AFKs are the reason they originally formed the Remake system. There have been several ideas thrown around by the boards, but in most cases Riot fears abuse by these systems when someone has a bad game, or they don't get the comp they want. There have been ideas thrown around for when people lose power vs. intentionally quit, and they all result in brainstorming a way the playerbase could abuse the system.

But I do feel you man, when I started playing ranked in season 4 I was excited because my friends said I would start in mid to low bronze for my first venture in ranked, and I got placed in Silver III or IV cant remember. I won my first two games, and then watched my MMR die as I was subjected to 12 AFK's in a row. 12. A dozen. I understand. Afks hit home for me because it took 2 seasons to climb back out of that basement.

ShaftyMegee1/11/2018, 10:55:14 PM1 votes

It's hard to address these problems because riot knows people will openly abuse it.... It's annoying and I know your frustration... But riot refuses

PlanDeN1/12/2018, 4:01:31 AM1 votes

I mean, there MUST be a way and players might abuse it, but not too much. Right now, first afk you get a small penalty, seond afk you get a pretty good penalty. Nobody is able to get A LOT of afk without being massively penlized, (or I think so). I mean, at one point, you basically can't play the game unless you panifies a whole night for a few games because you did afk too much. There must be a way... we sent men to the moon, I'm confident we can find a way to prevent non-diserved LP lost...

And to be completely honest, if one guy afk at the last minute and prevent some LP lost for a few people, it doesn't even bother me, as long as I am not penalized. In one way or the other, if the system is the same for everyone, the best players will end up in the best spot. Right now, I feel like some players, especially in lower ranks (obviously bronse, silver, gold and maybe platinum) could climb higher without those bad luck teammates. That's just the way i feel because i get TONS of afks lately, and it completely pisses me off.

Anyway, good to know I'm not the only one to has this struggle..!!

Ayanami3rd1/12/2018, 4:32:35 PM1 votes

Riot says, AFK could always also be a cause of technical problems or real life emergencies, so they won't do anything about it. Basically, they just don't care. Which is sad, but I've given up on Riot in this respect. One more reason not to play ranked games.