[2022] Need AFK Indicator in Game

We tell you in the chat box when we detect that someone has genuinely disconnected (i.e. game has lost connection to them). However depending on what has happened we may not always know that for sure and there is a delay before we notify you so we don't spam you when someone is intermittently disconnecting.

In most games we actually do a silent bot takeover so you don't have to ask for it. Generally we've seen it's better for your winrate to have a bot vs being 4v5. This only happens after you've gotten that disconnect message above. It's possible there are cases where there is a disconnect here and a bot should have taken over and is not? Lemme raise some visibility on that internally.

However, we have a separate system that looks for "non-participation". Unfortunately in these cases we can't let a bot take over. Think someone running around the fountain doing nothing or being connected and just sitting idle. The player is still "there" so we it doesn't make sense to have a bot takeover. This is something we'd like to discourage in the future. In both cases we do assess AFK penalties after the game.

Yes, likely a bot had briefly taken over for you. First when we detect a disconnect we walk you back under your tower to keep you safe. Then after a brief delay we return you to base. A bot starts taking over after until you return.

Yes, on the subreddit Riot employees get approved by the mods to have the red fist logo flairs. I don't post that often, but lots of us review posts on the subreddit.