Paying $$ to get past Low Priority Que

Jumbolia·Jun 18, 2018·1 votes·1,588 views

I've been playing for 7 years, I mean...I've made some dumb insults in the past, dodged some horrible team lineups, and even missed the match selections when it pops up on the screen due the stove going off, or the grill. Bottom line, I feel a 20 min wait to play a game for 5, yes FIVE games, will only cause people to quit. You're just looking for $5, maybe $10 for some skins when people see em, but what about $20 to surpass the low priority que? You'll make a ton of money and it'll teach players to think twice before insulting others or dodging ques. If anything, you'll get a drunk guy on here that's willing to spend $100 to keep getting out of low priority que just to insult others. Talk about the money! What do you think?

20 Comments

JamareeJun 18, 201810 votes

Ye...yeah no.

AneirinJun 18, 20188 votes

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that any system that allows people to pay money to avoid punishment is a bad idea.

In any case punishments are intended to either reform people or drive them away from the game. Giving people a way to bypass it defeats both purposes.

Despìca BìllJun 18, 20182 votes

Well said.

ChermorgJun 18, 20184 votes

Riot would rather lose a couple thousand dollars and have a good community who doesn't AFK than have a couple thousand more (or even a million more) dollars and have a community where people AFK and just pay Riot to not get punished.

As Riot's philosophy goes... Players first - not money.

Ok sure but whyJun 18, 20181 votes

Unless a broken champion can sell legendary skins, you know

ChermorgJun 18, 20182 votes

The balance and skins to are completely separate and I wouldn't be surprised if they never even talk.

Despìca BìllJun 18, 20181 votes

Lol...while PR thanks you for your service, players equate directly to money. Nobody expects Riot to be a charity; you don't focus on the player base because you love us. In free-to-play games, human opponents are more than half of the product being offered. It's a question of thousands spent by rule-dodgers with too much money, or millions spent by people who want their game safe-guarded against pay-to-rule.

BeatzBoyFTWJun 18, 20183 votes

Word of advice: Finish your other tasks before queueing up. Stop being that 10th guy who never accepts when match is found.

Despìca BìllJun 18, 20183 votes

Sounds great for Riot...sounds bad for us, which will eventually be bad for Riot. I don't want repeat queue dodgers in my games, and I certainly don't want drunks, chronic ADHDs, and kids with rich parents to be able to buy their way in here, like they do everywhere else.

JumboliaJun 18, 20181 votes

money shuts people up. When you get arrested, you're set a bail and have to pay fines. It would definitely work.

AeroWaffleJun 18, 20187 votes

You're requesting the money punishment because you want to avoid the normal punishment.

No.

If you want to avoid low priority queue stop dodging at champ select.

ScuttleJun 18, 20182 votes

btw you can't get low priority from dodging. only leaving games that are in or past the loading screen.

KarunamonJun 18, 20181 votes

Low prio is literally just a timer before you can queue back up right? Both dodging and leaving games inflicts that.

Kei143Jun 18, 20181 votes

Queue dodge and leaving game's penalty are both called low priority queue.

Though they actually function differently as one is actually a time based penalty ( after queue dodge, you can go do something else , come back 30 mins later and get in queue.) and the other is actually a queue penalty (have to be in Queue for 20 mins and accept the match when the match is found).

It's stupid they share the same name.

ScuttleJun 18, 20181 votes

They aren't actually called the same thing, people just get the names mixed up for whatever reason.

Low priority queue = leaverbuster = 5/10/20 min wait before queue

Queue dodge timer = happens when you dodge

Kei143Jun 18, 20181 votes

Don't they both share "Low Prioirty Queue" in the client? I was sure it was like that, unless they changed the wording, which they could of.

I wouldn't know those things as they never mention it in the patch notes and I don't dodge games.

ScuttleJun 19, 20181 votes

No, only low prior actually says it. The other says queue dodge timer or something similar.

Despìca BìllJun 18, 20182 votes

So, what would keep rich people from just repeat paying to ruin the game any way they want? Or do anything they want in real life and just pay the fine? It's the prison term, the time wasted, that makes sure EVERYONE shuts up, not just poor people. The dodge timer fills the same purpose.

BattalionJun 18, 20181 votes

I see where you're coming from. However, in order for your idea to work there has to be 0 falling out from the players who get queued with these toxic people over and over again. I know a lot of toxic players who own nearly every skin, drop major $$$ on the game. I would rather quit the game than having to deal with rich jack asses, or simply jack asses with about as much money sense as common sense (none); spending hundreds of dollars to keep their account. Those few players can't account for all the revenue lost in merchandise and cosmetic purchases from the average player; the players that will leave and have been leaving due to toxicity.

AJStarhikerJun 18, 20181 votes

They've had the dodge timer since before I started. LeaverBuster originally had a timer-based system, but penalties ranged from 24hr bans to (iirc) 2-week.

Riot introduced the lpq system because players would just dodge the leaver penalties by rotating smurf accounts.