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Leaver Buster punishing you even if you reconnect

Umbral Knight·11/10/2019, 6:59:03 PM·2 votes·4,294 views

I started up a game and my power got cycled or something. All my electronics restarted. Router and computer. I reconnected as soon as I could and did my best in the game. We won. I get to end game screen and have Leaver status and still lose LP even though I came back and did my best to help my team.

I get that Leaver Buster is made to punish leavers but that's the thing I came back. If it punishes you whether you come back or not then whats the point of even coming back after something like what happened to me?

If the person reconnects let the players report them for being AFK. Make Leaver Buster auto punish the people who never reconnect or are still disconnected at the end of the match. Otherwise people might not bother even trying to reconnect.

3 Comments

Imperial Pandaa11/10/2019, 7:28:56 PM3 votes

I understand what you are saying, but there is no real happy balance on how long someone should be allowed to be disconnected without incurring penalties. If it is a matter of coming back, trolls can come back after being gone for 15 minutes and get a free win thanks to their team.

GatekeeperTDS11/10/2019, 7:29:04 PM3 votes

The problem is that it can't reward people that leave games and come back, because nobody but the person who left knows why they left.

You had a power outage. I believe you. Does anyone but you know 100%? Nope.

Dr Cat Pooch11/10/2019, 8:37:55 PM2 votes

The point of coming back is to not be a dick to your team, not avoiding punishment.