[2021] Punishment for AFKers

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Im fine with losing my points because of an AFKer, them not being able to queue for X amount of time doesn't really matter much as most people have multiple accounts and can just switch. What people care about is RR.

My suggestion, if you are AFK out of the games for 3 or 4 rounds, you get double the amount of lost points. If your team wins you get nothing. AFKers can literally change an entire game and hurt 4 people on your team and a more severe punishment is needed.

Also for anyone who says such and such came up, alot of times its sh*t that can be avoided as to why you AFK. You have to go somewhere soon, dont queue up, you have to eat dinner with mommy and daddy dont queue up, you have to take a sh*t ( literally happened today for me and the dude was AFK 6 rounds ). For internet and power outages along with random emergency afk ya it sucks, but this to cut back on random bullsh*t.

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over 3 years ago - /u/EvrMoar - Direct link

We updated AFK penalties this patch: https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/game-updates/valorant-patch-notes-3-0/

AFK PENALTIES

Increased maximum AFK penalty to -12 RR

Minimum AFK penalty at -8RR

AFK Rank Rating penalty can still go above the -30 RR Loss barrier, allowing you to lose over -30 RR if you AFK and lose a match

AFK penalties start at 3 rounds and escalate for each round you are AFK, for up to 6 rounds

If you are AFK for 6 or more rounds, and your team wins, you gain no RR for the win and are penalized the maximum -12 RR

We agree, it feels bad to carry an AFK player and have them gain RR. We want to incentivize those who disconnect to return to the match. Yes, you will not be able to gain RR from a game where you were AFK for 6+ rounds, but if you return and help win the match, you will only get hit with -12RR instead of -12RR on top of the RR decrease for the loss.

over 3 years ago - /u/EvrMoar - Direct link

Originally posted by pFe1FF

How does this RR loss from afking impact my mmr?

I remember from old days in league where someone dodged promotion games and dodged many games so his rank was silver but his mmr was diamond, because the rp loss from dodges had no effect to his mmr.

Is this the same or does every loss gain in rr effect the mmr?

Doesn't effect MMR, only RR.

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