So why do we get punished for dodging?

MÖRTIMER·Feb 28, 2016·2 votes·746 views

I want to know the reason Riot punishes us for dodging. If I am in ranked Que and I see a potential troll on my team. I don't want to play with him, why do I get punished for this? If I am in que and someone auto locks a champion and instantly begins flaming. I DONT WANT TO PLAY WITH HIM. But instead of Riot punishing the people who make us want to dodge. They punish us...... WHY. What did I do? And how does people dodging que really affect the game? Except that you have now prevented a possible toxic and rage filled game from happening. If anything, we should be rewarded for this.

5 Comments

ZombiemasterFeb 28, 20162 votes

If Riot didn't punish for dodging, it would very likely significantly increase the time it takes to actually get into a game, because people would dodge for every little thing that they don't like. Don't like your team comp vs the enemies? Dodge. Enemy team has an OP champion? Dodge. Teammate picking a champion you don't want them to pick? Dodge. Didn't get your primary role? Dodge.

This is why Riot has penalties for dodging.

MÖRTIMERFeb 28, 20161 votes

I don't think people would do this. I don't dodge just because someone picked a champ I didn't like. I only dodge if someone picked a champ that

Doesn't go to the lane they are going in. or if the person is clearly a troll

BlueThingamajigFeb 28, 20161 votes

Right, but some people would. Some people do it currently, anyway.

The idea of the queue dodge penalty is:

If it is an emergency, the penalty doesn't affect you
If you have to dodge for a troll or serious miscommunication, it isn't too long the first time or two.
If you repeatedly dodge because you're petty, you get substantial punishments.

ZombiemasterFeb 28, 20162 votes

You may not believe so, but believe me, there are plenty of people who would.

In fact, there was a time when Riot actually did have no penalty for dodging other than a time penalty. Back in Season 2, there was only a time penalty for dodging ranked games, but no loss of Elo or anything else, and back then there were a lot of people dodging ranked queues. Riot decided this was a bad idea, which is why they brought back the Elo (or LP now) penalty. I highly doubt that Riot would go back to that, or even remove the penalty completely.

Whut Thuh Feb 28, 20161 votes

if there werent any penalties people would sit in queue wait till that last 3 seconds of the 7 minute champ select and then leave. then they would do it again, and again, and again. just to troll people