Intentionally Prolonging a Game (aka: Kicking The Losing Team When They're Down)

Gazragar·3/25/2019, 12:34:18 AM·4 votes·4,233 views

A trend I've seen far too often - typically in ARAM - is the tendency for a winning team to intentionally drag out a game just so they can beat further on the losing team. It's infuriating, and gets me to the point where I simply don't want to play.

And for clarification, I'm not talking about the "Someone just spawned, let's kill them and THEN end", I'm talking the "All of the enemies are dead - let's just stand here and /dance or /laugh spam to rub it in their faces!"

The real-world equivalent of how this makes the losing team feel would be like the winning team spitting on the shoes of the losing team after a freaking Little League game.

17 Comments

R107 Games3/25/2019, 12:57:35 AM3 votes

If Riot can confirm and determine if a player intentionally prolongs a game with malicious intent, then i believe that should be punishable

Icy Hot Shoto3/25/2019, 9:43:27 PM2 votes

As someone who plays aram, let me just say this:

A lot of people won't surrender in aram because it's a "fun gamemode", thus will hit no on the surrender vote or completely ignore it because they see no reason in surrendering.

A lot of people also hold the game hostage because the score is 24-5, and the enemy team thinks it's funny they can spawn camp and kill to up their score because no one can do anything about it due to having no gold to buy items.

So to those going, "oh it's competitive banter"....most often, it really is not and is being done because the team that has clearly lost wont surrender, and the team that has very clearly won just wants more kills. When the enemy team has ALL your towers and your nexus is open, while your team didn't even get to hit their first tower once, and the entire enemy team is sitting their laughing, spamming, and killing anyone the moment they spawn, it is no longer competitive banter. It is the enemy team just increasing their score to look cool.

If the score was more like, 50-43, with both teams having an open nexus or one team has one tower still up, then it could be seen more as competitive banter. But it stops being competitive banter the moment it is clear the losing team has no chance of coming back.

ChaosRain3/25/2019, 9:59:32 PM2 votes

just surrender if it bothers u that much i think. and if it bothers u this much to make a post just leave the game and take a break.

Eedat3/25/2019, 12:53:17 AM2 votes

I guess its kind of BM but really thats just how ARAM goes. When you get one of those awesome matches you tend to drag it out a bit and people do dumb things and dumb builds because it's a mode that you're not supposed to take seriously and fuck around in. My suggestion is to not get so worked up over losing in ARAM as it's not supposed to be an exactly fair mode and is very prone to complete stomps

ı Sona ı3/25/2019, 5:18:50 PM2 votes

You should be happy if they are in a position to win but decline to, that means you still have a chance to win.

[sg-lux-2]

Hotarµ3/25/2019, 12:56:29 AM2 votes

This is something I would consider under the umbrella of "competitive banter" (and it's shocking for me to say that considering I really, really hate that term.)

If the enemy team beat you fair and square, yeah, it's par for the course that they're going to BM you with emotes or actions such as /laugh. If it goes past that point, that's when it becomes reportable and wrong.

As Febos said, just surrender the game if you're 100% confident the match is a loss. Teams will rarely BM that hard if someone is left alive, so having a team of 5 people (who are dead) with an open Nexus would very rarely result in a "no" vote.

Febos3/25/2019, 12:44:49 AM1 votes

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A trend I've seen far too often - typically in ARAM - is the tendency for a winning team to intentionally drag out a game just so they can beat further on the losing team.

After 10 minutes (ARAM), that shouldn't be a problem. "Surrender" is an option.

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I'm talking the "All of the enemies are dead - let's just stand here and /dance or /laugh spam to rub it in their faces!"

I don't like that kind of BM either. I mean, it's fine if they laugh at you after killing you, but intentionally not finishing the game is a different level of disrespect. Anyhow, your team has the option to surrender. If you don't, you're disrespecting your enemy just as much. ######Not voting "yes" on surrender of a 100% lost game.

Telephone Booth4/23/2019, 3:24:47 AM1 votes

I can see why they do it. Its like when youre winning hard and the enemy surrenders... i go "aww dammit i just got my x item" and was looking forward to using it lol. BUT I never purposely prolong a game. I will just hope it lasts longer :)

I dont think it should be punishable* though. We dont need more stipulations and rules in this game lol. I dont wanna worry about getting punished because I'm not on the same page as the rest of the team and misjudged a situation where we "could have" ended. Its the same reason they dont ban you for being a filthy casual who sucks at the game.

Imperial Pandaa3/25/2019, 1:11:43 AM1 votes

I mean, it happened in the Russia League, didn't it? Against the all female squad.

Cheini3/25/2019, 6:22:46 PM1 votes

Now you'd hate me but.. i am perfectly fine with this, so long as it doesn't go for eons.

I mean.. the enemy team (or player) has won it fair, right?.. so, it is better to let them enjoy being op for a while.. for me, to ff at such point is sometimes worse, ofc it all depends but! And he is risking it, since no matter the score, your team can still make a mistake, enemies would get baron, towers, etc. Defeat you, that is..

If they go too far, however.. /ff. Case closed, however still fine by me as both teams have their options to close the game, in one way or another. Yet, once this becomes ridiculous for any reason - well, just afk, maybe ticket (in truly, truly extreme cases, like the 5/52 trolls in ru). The best way to defeat a troll is to leave him with no one interested right.. xd

Vreivai3/25/2019, 7:48:33 PM1 votes

There's a surrender function. Use it.

Red Mage FTS3/26/2019, 3:58:01 AM1 votes

While I personally agree in so far that it is poor form, poor form is not the same as misconduct.

Those who do it are asses yes. But its not against any rule or beyond "reasonable banter"

LordGeovanni4/23/2019, 12:03:59 AM1 votes

You should be trying to get back in the game at all times. What should be reportable is not doing all you can to win at all times.