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AFK/Ragequitters need stronger punishment.

A FAT BOI DIK·1/19/2016, 4:05:05 PM·57 votes·4,070 views

I've played 6 games in a row today and every single game 1 or 2 people have ragequit AFK or never connected into game on my team. Is the matchmaking algorithm broken? I don't understand why the enemy team doesn't get any AFK's. 6 hours back to back with toxic players, griefing by running into tower, or AFK. I don't understand Riot. I thought this game was supposed to be fun. Each game is like a cigarette, slowly breaking my mind and interior.

If people can freely AFK and yell at me "oh riot won't do anything", that means the system is not strong enough. I can't take this abuse much longer. It's surreal to have this much bad luck on team pairing. 6 games in a row where the enemy team has 0 AFK's, where on my team I get 1 or 2 per game.

I feel like my reports aren't doing anything because I get no notifications of a successful ban. It really just feels like a placebo button to keep me in track from not going insane having to deal with griefers on a daily basis.

It's also very demoralizing to know that the community on the forums will not support strengthening the punishment system to prevent AFK/Griefers. Instead they will thumbs down the post because in their eyes this is just a "QQ Thread" that does not make a valid point.

53 Comments

DeryckSan1/19/2016, 10:24:15 PM15 votes

Problem is there's no simple "all afks are the same" rule. Real life, network/client issues are unavoidable and should not be met with bans IMO.

On the other-hand, self admitted rage afk or disconnects should be reported and consequences should be consistent.

Oksanaandjoy1/20/2016, 6:09:35 AM5 votes

Agreed. The punishments are not a harsh enough deterrent. Network issues aren't an excuse. This is 2016 and I live in a less developed country overseas. I never get network issues that have forced me off a game. I have gone AFK once in the 12 months I have played and that was because the cat knocked the router off the desk and broke it. Unfortunate. But I fully accept any punishment that is metered out because of my poor planning. If I was banned for a period of time or forced to play only blinds or bots, then I can accept that so that people who are intentionally quitting suffer equally as harsh consequences.

A couple of games of league can take close to 2 hours or more sometimes. Players who quit have no respect for their team mates time. We all have commitments whether they be family, work, or study and thus need to find balance. AFK'ers, feeders and abusive players disrupt that balance as we all try to get enjoyable games in when we have time.

Ramp up the punishments I vote.

Makior721/19/2016, 5:36:12 PM4 votes

Sounds like you got put on riots "f this guy" list. Unfortunately for pre lvl 30accounts they are on that list every day.

XXSweepStakesXX1/20/2016, 8:49:47 AM4 votes

Or just reinstate the tribunal

PIMPSMOOTH1/19/2016, 11:53:49 PM3 votes

Agreed, but how has this person not been reported for that summoner name?

Restless Slumber1/19/2016, 5:11:15 PM3 votes

You're level 10... People that low of level are remade accounts or people losing interest in the game after trying.

Hunts and Dips1/19/2016, 4:57:24 PM3 votes

Intentional feeders get permabanned.

AFK'ers get low priority queue and banned pretty quick.

I'd take a break if I were you. Sounds like the stress is clouding your judgement and causing you to exaggerate.

arcinex1/21/2016, 12:29:36 AM2 votes

It's riot telling you that you will never get challenger. Welcome to elo hell.

Kappa

No flash no life1/20/2016, 2:02:37 AM2 votes

There's no need to seperate different reasons/types of disconnections, and afk&disconnecting should be treated seperately.

Afk is just inactive, which may result in disconnection after a few minutes but the punishment should be regarded as intentional inactiveness.

Disconnecting, on the other hand, should be treated equally regardless of cause/reasons. For the longest time I thought if I have a blackout or riot client fails me, I shouldn't be blamed for disconnection - opinion that seems true from 1st person perspective but couldn't be more deceiving. If I queue for a team game, I've essentially promised my participation and there is no reason for my teammates to suffer disadvantages or a loss when they did not receive the contribution expected out of me. It's like 5 of us took out one buck each to buy a pack of 5-bottled drinks from an automated machine, but because of unforseenable circumstances my 1$ was gone, so the rest of us paid their 1$ but didn't get their drinks.

I think the disconnecting behavior itself needs to be better recognized instead since those who are having technical difficulties are usually discouraged to play anytime soon, and those who are faking their technical difficulties will most likely continue to play and act similarily - resulting in heavier punishment for further disconnections.

MunchCrunchLunch1/20/2016, 5:58:23 AM2 votes

there are things more important than your digial rank in a game

Samus721/22/2016, 8:43:18 AM2 votes

Of course there are legitimate reasons for being AFK. But Riot's system punishes every instance of being AFK equally every time. It also ramps up the punishment every time if going AFK is frequent enough. Your kid may need attention when he falls down the stairs. But if every game you have to go AFK because your child keeps falling down the stairs, there are other things you should be attending to then playing games.

I've played a few games where someone has said they were going to go AFK and did so. They were also reported after the game ended for intentionally doing so. The question is are you reporting them every time people go AFK? If not, nothing happens. You MUST report them for Riot to do anything to them and you MUST report them every single time they do so.

Akunaitsu1/20/2016, 4:28:56 AM1 votes

I don't know what happened to your game, but I DCed in a game for the first time in like ages because potato internet and got into 5 low priority games for 20 minutes, after a month or so I afked because I had to go somewhere soon and got to low priority again. I find the punishment to be too sever actually, if it got any stronger I feel like Riot is just trying to make people value League over life.

ParaBellam1/20/2016, 4:37:58 AM1 votes

The client is complete shit as well.

Half the time i play it crashes in the loading screen and I'm stuck. I have to close it, log back in, and do it again. This only happens quickly if I notice that it's been loading for longer than usual.

The other half it says that "you're not connected to the internet" even though you are. I had to relaunch the client four or five times because it didn't work.

Or, implement a system of solutions.

If someone is not connected to the game in the first minute, the game is thrown back to matchmaking. If someone leaves for longer than X minutes, then people can leave if they want.

It's easily the stupidest thing in the game.

The Deckowner1/20/2016, 12:06:20 AM1 votes

i had 3v5 and 2v5s before, the tribunal system never told me of any of these jerks were banned.

PDE5 Inhibitors1/19/2016, 4:58:30 PM1 votes

In ranked so far, I've lost 3 games due to afk and have won 0 :)

I've also lost games from Nid ADC, Cass jg, Teemo jg, etc.

Rexoslicer1/19/2016, 8:09:17 PM1 votes

I agree that the punishment should be stronger, but one more thing needs to be added and should have been added a long time ago. If you lose because some idiot AFKs or intentionally feeds, that loss would be expunged from the other players on the team. And if you (by some miraculous means) win said game, the feeder or AFK'er would have that win expunged.

Randomancy1/19/2016, 8:51:01 PM1 votes

While stronger punishment should be encouraged, check out my post on "hero" queue, Mitigating game losses due to leavers

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/hjrvniOa-hero-mode-mitigating-game-losses-due-to-leavers

Sammystorm1/19/2016, 11:46:35 PM1 votes

I would argue that leaver buster is harsher then the majority of other bans. It will give you low priority queue after as little as one game. It also appears that leaver buster never resets.

PIMPSMOOTH1/19/2016, 11:56:09 PM1 votes

Does he rock Armor of the 5th Age? Taric

Sythriel Draken1/20/2016, 12:00:48 AM1 votes

I totally agree if it's a legitimate rage afk/intentional feeding. It's stupid how inconsistent riot's punishment is right now, especially with ranked season starting up here tomorrow. people will be constantly doing this in bad games just to screw people out of a proper placement.. and that's sad.

burritomomo1/19/2016, 4:56:30 PM1 votes

you gotta remember the person that afk's that game might not afk for awhile. You get a few warnings about being afk. I agree that something should be in place to help this.

High51/20/2016, 1:27:59 AM1 votes

They do get punished. I've been there. Leave buster taught me how to stop caring without being penalized.

Cabalist1/20/2016, 3:15:03 AM1 votes

Riot/ Rito should look up weather it was due to a network fail or a leave where the player presses esc and "Leave Game"

Astranged1/20/2016, 3:58:42 AM1 votes

Just had this game and I cannot say that this needs to be addressed in some way, shape, or form. Game: https://gyazo.com/c52ed13ed2ae4e3d845fdb9ec9aa00a5 Autolocked mid after I had already locked mid as first pick in the draft. item 3151