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Leaver Buster is WRONG!!!

Sugriok·7/11/2016, 11:53:57 PM·1 votes·618 views

Riot's Leaver Buster policy is absolutely stupid.

As LoL fans, we all know that the servers OFTEN fail. Riot is a company that owns one of the most popular games in the world, yet, they are still not competent enough to provide well working servers. So when the server is lagging, my game crashes, and i can't get back in, why the hell am i punished? Real story: I was in a ranked game, in a series, 2 days ago. Everyone was lagging , which is Riot's fault for providing unnefficient servers. Then, my game froze. I couldn't get back in. I got put in a low priority queue. Great job Riot Games. I really don't feel like leaving anymore. IT WASN'T MY FAULT! Just like if it wasn't enough to lose my series and go back to like 70 lp, which is already pretty frustrating, I get punished by the geniuses at Riot Games.

Then again, if I did choose to quit, why do you punish me? I am playing YOUR game. I, as a player who supports your game, am the reason, or at least part of the reason, why your company is doing well. So if I don't feel like playing anymore and I quit a game, why do you punish me? What is this, 1984? Riot, you're like the government is that it? I can't decide not to play your game? In addition, I spent about 200$ in this game. so after 200$ I gave YOU Riot Games, I think I deserve the right to decide whether or not I feel like playing, don't I?

Now there's also the side of the story that says that i ruin the game for other players when I quit, and I totally agree. But seriously Riot, can't you just make me lose the game and make me lose more lp or something? Why do you have to try playing God by making me wait like I'm some kind of child and I've been naughty? That's ridiculous. It's not even a problem anyway since I can just go to Youtube and watch a video while I'm waiting, so the time you're making me lose to make me "understand" just doesn't do anything. What's really the problem here is the fact that as a company, Riot give themselves the power to try controlling players like that. It's just plain insulting to me that you think you have some kind of power over the very people who make you live, aka your players.

Stop Leaver Buster, it's wrong, unnecessary and I don't want to be over dramatic, but kind of unethical in a way.

9 Comments

Itadaki Seieki7/12/2016, 12:03:22 AM5 votes

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Then again, if I did choose to quit, why do you punish me? I am playing YOUR game. I, as a player who supports your game, am the reason, or at least part of the reason, why your company is doing well.

You left four other people out to drowned.

If you took the ONLY lifeboat on your ship and left four other people to die, you'd probably get in some serious trouble too. When my PC was a PoS, I couldn't play 20 minute games. I ended up with a 20+ minute priority queue. I accepted it because that's just how it is sometimes.

In addition, I spent about 200$ in this game. so after 200$ I gave YOU Riot Games, I think I deserve the right to decide whether or not I feel like playing, don't I?

I've spent a thousand dollars, even more, thing is. You signed the ToS, you signed to EULA. They have, at ANY time, permission to tamper with YOUR account. You signed it, you get the consequences.

Raja Chachki7/12/2016, 12:00:10 AM1 votes

"Then again, if I did choose to quit, why do you punish me? I am playing YOUR game. I, as a player who supports your game, am the reason, or at least part of the reason, why your company is doing well. So if I don't feel like playing anymore and I quit a game, why do you punish me? What is this, 1984? Riot, you're like the government is that it? I can't decide not to play your game? In addition, I spent about 200$ in this game. so after 200$ I gave YOU Riot Games, I think I deserve the right to decide whether or not I feel like playing, don't I?"

Bye

ShinkoMinori7/12/2016, 12:04:38 AM1 votes

I am not playing ranked or normals anymore and it makes me happy because every 20-30 games my client crashes in loading screen and I know I wont have the leaverbuster or LP loss because riot doesnt fix the client.

Kei1437/12/2016, 12:35:54 AM1 votes

tldr after 1st paragraph.

but if that happened in just 1 game, you won't get leaver bustered.

Infact, if it was their servers, they would press "the button" and disable ranked.

I'll look more on things you can do to improve your connection with the connection guide: https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201752664-Troubleshooting-Connection-Issues

AraMoOse7/12/2016, 1:57:46 AM1 votes

Troubleshooting 101 : If it doesn't work on your computer, but it works on mine, then the problem is with your computer, not with their servers. Fix your computer issues before queuing up.

Starstriker X7/12/2016, 7:18:15 AM1 votes

leaver buster is nnecessary evil but if riot can differentiate between leavers and server crashes it would be cool....coz once i was dced coz of a update and got punished...may be riot can make it so that leaver buster doesnt punish ppl during updates and crashes ..............maybe .........idk