2011-01-19, 05:11 PM
Corn Wrote:Better than the old crappy system of banning you for an hour if you have to get interrupted in the middle of a 45 minute game. Seriously, it's not my fault if my mom suddenly comes home and I have to help her with groceries.
Regardless of why you had to leave, you're ruining the game for up to 9 other people. I don't think the "old" system is going to go away, in fact, you're confusing the two. That's the automated LeaverBuster system which targets leavers (and soon, afkers), not the Summoner Tribunal that is aimed to cut down on the amount of asshats running rampant. The latter one is what the article is talking about.
Personally, having to help your parents with groceries on a rare occasion is forgiveable by me, so long as you explain the situation. It's hella frustrating and demoralizing not knowing if the AWOL player is going to come back or not. But if you have a real emergency after several leaves, serves you right for not having clear priorities, whether it's just you or your parents. And before you ask, I've only had to leave two games in my entire career of 600+ games (my main has 567 games), and that was due to technical difficulties that my crappy laptop was giving me.