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@RIOT Another Post about needing some compensation for AFKS and Trolls ruining ranked matches.

Bronze Wanderer·3/10/2016, 12:32:19 AM·5 votes·1,178 views

Hello guys. Before I get into this, I know very well that this has been posted many times already. However recently, I have been playing Ranked Games, wanting to rank up on the ladder. I have spent a lot of time working on practicing and getting better at the game. However, I have been suffering greatly from Trolls and AFKS in games. Just my last match, I had a Vladimir who got mid. However, upon entering the game, he went top. Sat there and died to the enemy Nautilus 5 times. Once he died 5 times, he left the game and never came back. This Naut had an open top, killed the tower, I tried my best to stop him, but he roamed across the map and got his team fed. Meanwhile this person at most probably gets only a warning, or a low priority queue. This happens too much in Ranked. As a result of this happening, we lose LP completely unfairly and we don't get any compensation. Why are these people who are best classified as the "Scum" of League of Legends, not dropped of a lot of LP, then the rest of the team gets a Loss Prevented? This is already a THING in the game! Loss Prevented stops the LP loss, and doesn't count as a loss, at all. But why does this not happen with an AFK? I do understand trolls are harder to catch, but if Riot catches a troll, then why don't they reimburse the LP loss after the fact?

It is a simple concept, it is unfair and stupid that this happens at all. This really takes a lot from the experience of the game and needs some serious help

@RIOTLYTE PLEASE HELP. item 3070

7 Comments

øHaruø3/10/2016, 1:43:56 AM1 votes

Just had a teemo support. Who just stood still, let his adc die. Then proceeded to die multiple times. He just gave away free kills. Enemy jungler, refused to report unless we ff'ed. (We didn't). He called teemo MVP and didn't report him. This game is ruined by people like this

Sarutobi3/10/2016, 3:00:06 AM1 votes

I can see why they dont use Loss Prevention for things like AFK. Whats stopping a team from harassing, or having someone take a lost for the team by leaving that game not have it count towards the team and only that one person that left which possibly is a smurf account? it would be abused too much. They need to make it to where its not so team depended, but then again this is a team game!

LazyW0lf3/10/2016, 7:30:09 AM1 votes

The thing is that there has to be a situation where it would not be exploitable.

Lets say you and 1-4 friends are in a ranked queue, you're in your promos to your next rank, currently with 2 wins and 2 losses. One of your Dynamic queue partners D/C so you get a loss prevented and are given another shot at winning. Lets say all of your Dynamic queue players do this in the following matches if it looks like the game is going south.

In the situation you talked about, (dropping the D/C or AFK a bunch of LP) all of your Dynamic queue players would be deducted...lets say the greater of half of their LP or 30. Players I know would still take the hit if it helped you reach that next rank.

This is the struggle I assume Riot is facing; trying to think of some way to punish AFK's and D/C's without it becoming exploitable. Some members on the boards have stated very good ideas for how to punish these players, but sometimes they are still exploitable.

MY SALSA CAT3/10/2016, 9:08:54 AM1 votes

Enemy team has an equal chance of getting an AFK. If you compensate people who have an AFK on their team, it incentivizes people to go AFK if they are losing to help their teammates.

Pentarina Only3/10/2016, 12:39:46 AM

How are trolls ruining the fun? If that's their way of having fun they shouldn't be banned for it.