Surrender votes need to be changed. Ideas?

RAmarl·9/24/2018, 2:58:39 PM·2 votes·2,134 views

Three times this week so far, yes, three.... I have been "forced" to play with toxic players while in a disadvantaged situation. This most recent game, our jungler clearly stated he had to leave for work and eventually left. We were already not coordinated as a team, behind in gear + kills, now down a player. Both surrender votes, 2 people (grouped together) hit "no."

One even said he kept me there because "we don't like you", "you're going to stay in game and suffer." Point being, these players know they're wasting time and are selfishly entertaining eachother.

There's no reason I should be forced to spend time and energy over a toxic match just because I now risk being banned for "afking" (which I didn't do these times but it sure was tempting to just leave)

I think there needs to be a change to the format. OR a way to make a valid report against players that do this. It's trolling, it's intentional. And it wastes an insane amount of time.

Note, not referring to disconnects where the whole team agrees to play 3v5 or 4v5. That's obviously different. This is when one person is purposely hitting no to extend a match that will obviously be lost, or when a duo does it for the same reason. I'm noticing this happen more and more in matches now that I've returned to play League in 5v5s. It also doesn't seem to be something you can 100% report in the report options once the game has ended, which leads me to also believe players purposely do this to abuse this system. But there should be a punishment for it. Chances are if they do it in one match, they'll do it in others.

Why do people make surrender votes so challenging? It's a system put in place to make the game easier to handle... Yet it seems to be doing the opposite.

12 Comments

Saezio9/24/2018, 6:20:42 PM3 votes

You /ff if its not successful you play. What is so hard to get? Some people enjoy playing when defeat is certain because you are free to play whatever way you want stress free.

Naymliss9/24/2018, 3:26:04 PM2 votes

Why? Because having winnable games surrendered from under your feet is the worst feeling in league. I'd much rather lane against faker while I'm on 500 ping than have a winnable game surrendered from underneath my feet(at least in ranked, normals are different).

DeracadaVenom9/25/2018, 9:03:27 PM2 votes

I mean MAYBE it could us some good to best 3 out of 5 in surrender, but it’s not a HUGE problem in my opinion Dont be an amumuAmumu

CharDeeMcDenniz9/24/2018, 3:09:25 PM1 votes

if you did nothing wrong then their false reports will do nothing, you have nothing to fear by just muting them and playing the game out, reporting postgame if need be

Kaioko9/24/2018, 8:02:28 PM1 votes

To hold you "hostage" in a game takes both sides. If two players are refusing to surrender they will still get crushed by the opposing team unless that team is purposefully choosing not to end the game.

Telephone Booth9/25/2018, 10:51:23 PM1 votes

Thats why i say nothing in games. People tend to build a character in their mind, based on one or two things youve ever said to them. They choose what attitude you have, what tone you use when you speak, and its usually negative. Its a strange phenomenon that people do online due to anonymity. They decided who you are, and its someone they dont like. So just stay silent if the game is going badly, otherwise people will come up with any excuse to act like douchebags towards you.