afks/dcs in ranked game fix proposal

The Ryan Dowling·11/4/2015, 10:57:54 PM·3 votes·799 views

while i am in the lower end of ranked i still get extremely frustrated when i get into a game and have a team mate leave or dc in the first 10 minutes of the game. when this happens we are left with no realistic scenario in which we can still win the game. Despite the odds my teammates and i try our very hardest just to lose the game and then lose lp. its extremely frustrating to lose the lp or series/promotion games due to the other team having the advantage of an extra player. i feel that i am being punished for things that are out of my control and while leaverbuster is a system that punishes thoughs who frequently leave games it in no way at all softens the blow to thoughs of us who stayed in the game. i would like to propose a system to aid thoughs who stick to the game and make it a little less harsh. I think it would benefit the community for players who were on a team with a dc/afk to lose half or less the amount of lp that they would normally lose (excluding the afk/dc player of course). and for any promo or series games to be loss prevented when a player afks or dcs. it simply isn't fair to the players who want to get better to be punished for others leaving. please leave any thoughts and comments

12 Comments

AraMoOse11/4/2015, 11:45:26 PM3 votes

Ok, here we go again.

  • Statistically speaking, you will WIN more games because of AFKs and DCs on the other team than you will lose because of AFKs DCs on yours. This is because there are 5 players on the other team who could AFK, whereas there are only 4 on your team (Assuming of course that YOU don't AFK.)

  • If a teammate is not playing well, you guys are behind... OOPS, suddenly someone rages at the player who isn't playing well to make him AFK so you can lose less LP. This is very easily exploitable by unscrupulous people.

RUNAAANS HYDRAA11/5/2015, 3:29:36 PM3 votes

I hear DoTA2 has it right. If a teammate never connects, no loss of elo/LP. Simple.

Teslyn11/5/2015, 3:43:28 PM3 votes

their fix is "5 man" solo Q games.

you get to bring your own feeders and AFKer's

clickityClank11/4/2015, 11:39:23 PM2 votes

I don't think this could ever work, people could just have their friends leave the game so they don't lose as much LP. Although if they could find a way to implement a system like this that could compensate for the aforementioned problem, I would be on board.

EliteDarrin11/5/2015, 4:15:33 PM1 votes

Interesting idea, I wonder how it would play out in game