I mean if you have a real life emergency, then go ahead and leave. But people who consistently leave just because things don't go their way. I have yet to see them be punished. It's really irritating when everyone is playing their best but they just quit because the jungler didn't babysit them
OnlyYouCanHearMe2 votesOh they get punished. It's just a different, and entirely automated system. LeaverBuster is quite good at catching people for this. You can go ahead and report them at the end of the match for good measure, but it's not even all that necessary. LeaverBuster is going to get them on it's own. And it's not a forgiving system for people who consistently leave. Especially for players who do so in ranked, they get no more than 1-2 matches before they hit the Low Priority Queue. It starts off with a 5 game, 5-minute LPQ. If they leave/afk again, it goes up to a 5 game, 10-minute LQP. If they do it again, it goes up to a 5 game, 20-minute LPQ. At that point, if they keep leaving, they will stay at the 20-minute LPQ for a couple times, and if I'm not mistaken, it can progress to a suspension if they keep doing it long enough.
But the thing about a LPQ punishment is that you never see it. There's no outward sign that the person has been punished. They don't get a restricted chat, or a period of suspension, so it's not something that you can just look at their account and say "Yep. They got what they deserved."
While they may have some issues with getting the FeederBuster system up and running, and there is always debate about whether the Instant Feedback System works, one thing that people know works for certain is the LeaverBuster system.
Infernape1 votesHonestly, I don't think it's enough. A lot of people would just do something else (like watch an episode of a TV series), log onto a smurf account or just simply play something else during those 20 minutes.
It's a minor inconvenience at best. This coming from someone that actually had a 20 minute LP queue punishment.
If someone hits the 20 minute mark and still frequently quits in the middle of matches (especially in ranked), they should be punished for it.
OnlyYouCanHearMe1 votesI would agree that there should be harsher penalties for people who continue to quit in the middle of matches. Personally, I'd like to see players locked out of ranked matches for a period of time if they hit the 20 minute LPQ. Not a super long period of time, but I think they should be locked out of ranked matches while they are serving an initial 20 minute LQP. And if they hit multiple ones, I think it should increase to a 2 week lock out from ranked, followed by a month lock out. Playing ranked should be a privilege, not a right, and if someone is going to either continually leave because they do not want to play out the matches or insist upon playing on an unstable connection, they should have that privilege revoked until they learn to accept the responsibilities that accompany it.
TheEvilQueen1351 votessomeone in my last ranked game just left to help a sibling... not an emergency but apparently 5 minutes of waiting is a long time... i mean life happens but unless your sibling is 3 and needs help going potty odds are they can wait longer than 5 minutes. if it's an emergency that's 1 thing. plus he just kinda gave up
AquariusGine1 votessomeone in my last ranked game just left to help a sibling... not an emergency but apparently 5 minutes of waiting is a long time... i mean life happens but unless your sibling is 3 and needs help going potty odds are they can wait longer than 5 minutes. if it's an emergency that's 1 thing. plus he just kinda gave up
I'm just annoyed by the ones who think they can get away afking all the time
MrWashWash1 votesEh a lot of people tend to Dc and games are still winnable 4v5
SparklingLama1 votesNice world you live in. When have you seen a 4v5 win recently? With the game in the state it is now its pretty close to impossible to win 4v5.
Burriago1 votesI got a Fiora top yesterday that left at min 3 because she gave away first blood. Now THAT should be punished...
siilentdeath1 voteshere is how you stop leavers. you make them eat all of the total lp loss for the team. so they dont lose just 20. they lose 100 lp. then to add to it they go negative lp and have to crawl out of say -50 lp if the lp loss pins them there. you do this for the 1st offense. on the 2nd offense you double the lp loss to -200 lp and they have claw out of that. on a 3rd offense they get 14 day ban from ranked. so these penalties are for ranked only