Fix your AFK and major problems, Riot.
** Posting in the right category (apparently).
This is getting ridiculous.
The sheer amount of people who have to play 4V5 is disgusting.
Just got two AFK in a ranked game. Pantheon wasn't here for the first ten (or more) minutes of the game. Volibear left and didn't come back. We lost, of course.
How can you say this game is balanced and fair when this happens and no justice is done? I can't afford to constantly lose games because this happens way too often anyways. Not everyone has a premade that can carry them and when you screw me over with this stuff and expect me to take it?
What kind of respect is there towards the players when these things happen?
What can be said about your game when there's no system to punish people more effectively? When people leave games, four or three people are expected to play versus an entire team without getting any sort of advantage? If someone isn't in the game for more than five minutes, terminate the game and send people into the queue or give the underdogs something they can work with; gold advantage, a free dragon buff, whatever.
What can be said about your company when you allow such a different skill gap between players by letting people create God knows how many accounts to Smurf on when their main is such a high ELO? Where's the fairness in that? To have a Diamond player create a new game, level up and then go into ranked versus Bronze people? I don't even understand why you allow more than two accounts per IP address, but I guess you have something to gain from things like these.
I enjoy this game, I really do. It's fun, it keeps me busy, I like seeing new champs, etc.
But when this stuff constantly happens and no word from the staff? What the hell?
Do you think the amount of reworks, new champions, new visuals and whatever aesthetic thing you do is going to overshadow the fact that this game is either snowbally as hell for one team or stuff like this happens and that says a lot about how you handle the fairness of an online, multiplayer game.
Work harder on punishing people who leave games. Work harder on punishing people who are racists, homphobic, etc. Work harder on making this game SOMEWHAT fair for both sides.
No, the winning team isn't to blame for the losing team having an AFK but you shouldn't even allow a game to be considered a victory when one side was severely handicapped. A 4v5 isn't a good game, it isn't fair --- it's frustrating for the people who lost LP, time and patience because there's no way to punish those who weren't there. Punish people better and maybe improve your game...then you'd see less people quitting and making posts like these.