i think people who go afk in a game should be perma banned and if due to a internet problem then give them the 20 mins before 5 games when people start up a game of ranked they should be prepared to sit there and play that ranked game till the end if they do not do this i say its more than fair to perma ban them if you dont have the time to sit there and commit to a whole game then dont start up a game pls start perma banning afkers
But... there are already tiers of penalties to deal with repeat offenders of the sorts. I don't see any reason to pull a Stalin.
Wow. I have no idea how anyone upvoted this. I get that you're probably salty that you just had an afk in a game but there's no need to go take someone's account just because you're salty about it.
The only thing that's going to happen is that they're going to pull the cable instead of alt+f4-ing to simulate internet problems/electricity outage.
Also I think it's a super great idea to punish young people for their way too strict parents because they don't get that you cannot pause an online game. Yeah, permaban them for being forced to take out the trash instead of finishing their ranked game.
That will sure as hell improve their relationship to their parents and will not cause innocent people being punished for something they cannot control. /s
This is all fine and dandy.... except that accidents, emergencies, and parents exist.
I am responsible for the care of a special needs sister. She's an adult with the mentality of a four year old. She needs special care, and while she's normally fine sitting by herself and playing with her beads, sometimes she encounters an emergency or starts a fuss. Her needs are more important then a video game, and I don't think I should be permabanned for one AFK in 30 games.
Again, while 12 or 13 year olds probably will make more stupid timing mistakes and often be called away for a chore, its different for older, more responsible teens. Why would you ban someone who has a pretty good track record for the one time they forgot to take the trash out first?
Nice upvote bot, that idea is terrible
So I was playing League at an apartment building (not one I live in I was visiting) and the fire alarm went off. I of course left the room and did not return for some time due to it being a fire drill and needing to keep everyone out of the building while the fire department did their job of checking everything along with the residents and the manager/whatever the person in charge of the building is called.
I should be perma-banned for that?
Permabanning someone for going AFK? You seem very rational.
I don't condone the idea of leaving the game of your own volition. If someone evidently leaves due to a ragequit, trolling or griefing and such, then I think that justifies an appropriate report. Generally speaking though, this is the only reason I will report someone for being AFK. If they left at an odd time or clearly aren't having a brilliant time with their internet, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that something happened that was unexpected or out of their control. When I report someone, I'm aiming it at the person who owns the account and their attitude, not the activity of the account on its own.
But I fail to see why a permaban should be distributed to someone who goes AFK for only a few times. You may consider going AFK to be 'the most toxic thing you can do', but this is hardly true. People go AFK for reasons that aren't fueled by malice. Intentionally feeding is done to purposefully to be a detriment to your team, and harassing your team through flaming is actually what 'toxicity' is.
Life happens, and Riot already acknowledges this, but still dishes out punishments accordingly: ones within reason. A permaban is completely unreasonable however, since the lives of each players will sometimes interrupt them in the middle of a game:
-Parents telling their children that they need to eat or do chores. -Emergencies where you have to stop playing and take action. -Internet or power going down at your place of residence. (and that's only to name a few)
Yeah, we should ideally have a schedule to adhere to, leaving room for people to play the game without interruptions. Whilst I'm away at university, I don't have my parents breathing down my neck, so I can play a game when I have the time without any interruptions, whilst at home, I have to consider what my family is doing and what time it is before queuing up.
But life doesn't always work like that. This is why issuing a permaban for inactivity is not a thing, whilst it is intentionally feeding or flaming: because the latter are easier to assess. The chat and the champion behaviour are a lot more reliable at seeing who is toxic on a frequent basis. For leaving the game, the intention isn't always apparent, therefore there needs to be some leniency towards people who go AFK, otherwise the carefree handing out of permabans would be completely unjustified in many cases.
Quite frankly though, I think that this mentality you have towards AFK players is both extreme and petty. I lose some LP because my game became a 4v5: such a shame in the grand scheme of things. I'm not saying that it isn't frustrating: because it is. But it's the epitome of a first world problem. There are people in the world who are desperate for food and water, people who suffer from famine and illnesses and people who are victims of war, yet you have access to a computer and free time to play a nice game and are crying about something as insignificant as people not always being present during a game of LoL. For real?
If you can't accept that not everyone on your team will always be there until the very end, every single time you queue up, then stick to normals, or don't play at all. This discussion is not going to reach Riot's ears and make them change their policy on punishments towards AFK players. Life will often overlap free time - including games of LoL. If someone has to leave, the most you can do is submit a report and hope that Riot takes action from it, but you don't get to dictate whether people are or are not allowed to play a game that they enjoy.
Fuck off, you can't ban people cause they have subpar internet. It's so damn expensive to, and there's a lot of factors that go into how good your connection is. There's already a system in place, just report people who go afk and quit complaining.
If its 25 minutes and my team is 6-20+ I'm waiting it out.
Not taking this kidnapping bullshit.
What if riot made it so if you have an afker in your team you lose less and win way more?
This is a jole right, for starters there are other reasons than internet to leave that are equally rational yet cant easily be monitored, also it is easy to jist unplug yoir internet to simulate a lost coonection. This means that the logical next would be to make it alwase perm bans but add in appeals, the issue with this is it congestes the support teams and creates a tediois process than can have large delays. Also why should i get a full leavebuster if I get for example bugsplated, that is legit riot's fault, why is it me who gets punished. What you're asking for is punishment fot a false sense of justice, a system that ignores fault or causality cannot be fair. Instead of punishing people for dumb reasons, try viewing that often the player who disconected is more of the victim than you are for they also lost the game plus possible consequences all for something that isn't their fault. Punishing someone cause your unhappy, regardless of fault, is unhealthy and unjustified.
well maybe they can make it so they have the same system in place as they have now however if you afk 5 or more times a week in a weeks time span you get a perma ban or a 14 day ban if you went afk 5 times in month that is not a perma ban only a perma ban if 5 afk games in a certain period of time eg a week
Lol permaban for one afk? Sounds like a good way to kill the game. If my shit disconnected for 2 minutes and i got permabanned, I would never play this game again and im pretty sure a lot of others would do the same. Its a good idea if your end goal is to decrease profits and have a game with a very small passionate playerbase. Unfortunately, thats a bad idea when operating under capitalism.
wow..... You have some nerve saying that we should get perma banned for that. I have NEVER intentionally afked in my 7 years of playing league but i have just moved and there have been many internet and electronic prblems. also the blue screen of death is oene of these problems but i cant do anytrhing about it.So either i shoud quit league because one in 20 games i might be afk for 5 min, or i should get perma banned for it?
They need to be stricter, right now it takes like 5 AFK's in a week for punishment. I think if anyone types something like "fuck this" or "afk" then leaves it should be an instant ban.
"Honey your grandmother died..." "Just a sec mom let me finish this game"
i agree. we should also perma ban everyone who has ever been reported by at least 1 person because if you are making people feel negative enough that you drive them to report you, you arent a positive force in the community and should be removed ecksdee
if due to a internet problem
How do you know if it's due to internet or not?
I agree that they should be punished, but I think a permanent ban is too harsh. What riot should do is give the victims stuff like points back, ranks bank etc, if you were a victim of an afk or intentional feeder.
Its pathetic that riot refuses to punish anything outside of bad words which can easily be muted because they do not want to actually spend time to teach their bots to recognize and punish afks.
You talk as if unpredictable things do not happen during a Ranked game. Salty and stupid suggestion coming from someone that truly lacks brain.
