Leaverbuster wants me to lie

Mindfly78·Dec 7, 2015·1 votes·288 views

So, I played a game the other day, and my client would not connect to the game. My internet was working, I had no problems, the only thing not working was my LoL client refusing to connect. When it finally connected I was too far behind and we ended up losing but after the game I got a message from leaverbuster telling me to agree not leave any further games, or I cant play. I can agree to not leave any Future games, but since I have never left a game to begin with, typing I agree would be admitting that I have, hence making me into a liar. People may argue that it is just a game, but I have more selfrespect than to lie just to get to play a game, does noone else have a problem with Riot doing this? And why is it that Riot chose the message to say Further instead of Future?

4 Comments

AJStarhikerDec 8, 20153 votes

Yeah, I've thought it was badly written ever since I first saw the message. Something like "I understand that leaving games negatively impacts the team. I promise not to intentionally leave games and will take reasonable action to avoid unintentional leaves." would probably work better.

SmokedAlmondsDec 8, 20151 votes

I do think the warning could be worded better but I also think you are intelligent enough to recognize the intent of the message.

Mindfly78Dec 8, 20151 votes

You're probably right, I am most likely intelligent enough, which is exactly why I made this post, so that they can fix the message to accuratley correspond with their intent, because right now, is simply does not.

SmokedAlmondsDec 8, 20151 votes

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You're probably right, I am most likely intelligent enough, which is exactly why I made this post, so that they can fix the message to accuratley correspond with their intent, because right now, is simply does not.

That message pops up for everyone's first leave, the fact that you are seeing it now means it doesn't really matter what it said because leaving isn't a problem for you. Like I said, im not a huge fan of the wording but it is directly responsible for lowering the amount of leaving that happens. Not everyone understands the negative impact that leaving has in league especially since that impact is non existent in most games. The wording may not perfectly line up with their intent for your specific situation, but for most it does.

A leave isn't defined as only something voluntary either. It includes anything that disconnects you and also various levels of non participation. But nonparticipationbuster doesn't sound as good.