How do you feel about it?
What is your opinion on ld afk kicking?
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 01:26
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 03:40
#2
I think, ok, in some parts.
But the annoying thing? Waiting for it to load, I go read something on my browser, come back only to find out i got kicked because I waited for it to load for 17 seconds without moving my mouse.
It doesn't even make sense that there are people who DC for the entire game and not get kicked (ie did not load)
Neutral stand. If anything I don't think it's fair to kick someone because they got bored of waiting for loading and left their seat for a WHILE.
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 04:00
#3
Hai Oh-wah-oh.
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Mebbe Imma just stick to 'O-wow'...
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 04:07
#4
No! I refuse to be called that! And hi.
@Topic I still don't understand what the min requirements to get kicked from LD for afk is, but from my experience you have to move your mouse within 3-5 or so seconds after loading has finished while in the waiting zone. So yeah, I still dislike getting kicked for the long loading times boring me.
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 04:08
#5
Ah slag! Don't hit me, waitPUTTHATBATAWAYNAO!!!
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 06:19
#6
It's kinda unnecesary and has it's flaws, you can try to just neglect him tokens or any other reward at the end. Still punishes 'innocent' people but lets them play.
Fri, 11/23/2012 - 07:45
#7
I see it as
I see it as counter-intuitive. If they're afk for even as much as half the match, then upon their return they could be useful for the rest of the match. Kicking them guarantees that you're a man-down for the whole match.
It'd be a different story if empty slots could be randomly filled with waiting players, but since we're just left with an empty slot, I'd much rather have the afk'r left there on the off-chance he returns, especially in such situations as outlined by the OP.
As for rewards...well, BN has shown us that it's possible to code in a "no reward" feature for players who do too little. Simply just track it to movement or time spent outside the locker room/forcefield, so that players who're just plain bad don't get punished for low damage.
Fri, 11/23/2012 - 07:45
#8
I see it as
I see it as counter-intuitive. If they're afk for even as much as half the match, then upon their return they could be useful for the rest of the match. Kicking them guarantees that you're a man-down for the whole match.
It'd be a different story if empty slots could be randomly filled with waiting players, but since we're just left with an empty slot, I'd much rather have the afk'r left there on the off-chance he returns, especially in such situations as outlined by the OP.
As for rewards...well, BN has shown us that it's possible to code in a "no reward" feature for players who do too little. Simply just track it to movement or time spent outside the locker room/forcefield, so that players who're just plain bad don't get punished for low damage.
Fri, 11/23/2012 - 14:08
#9
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I think there's a more effective way to get rid of AFK LD players.
Instead of kicking them when they're AFK, in which case they can't come back if they wanted to, maybe a way to do it is to Report someone AFK, and after so many reports, their Krogmo rewards are lowered over time.
Example:
Game 1, AFKer gets reported X amount of times (More than 1). He gets 2 Krogmos for winning, but any 'Bribe Krogmo' bonuses don't apply.
Game 2, AFKer gets reported X amount of times again (More than 1). He gets 1 Krogmo for winning, and no Bribe Krogmo bonuses.
After the 3rd consecutive game, that player is not eligible for KCs for X amount of hours/days.
~Sev
Fri, 11/23/2012 - 19:23
#10
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@Severage But how would they monitor that? You get a bunch of people who don't like a guy and he gets nothing from playing ld because he was "AFK" even if he was not.
@Forum-Brady Thank you, that's where i wanted this to end up. The fact is that it is such a bogus system. You can get kicked from idle/dc from a match and spectate what time is left when you get back and do nothing about it. It is also not something that happens on rare occasions, it happens all the time.
Sat, 11/24/2012 - 05:04
#11
@Sev:
Would have to agree
@Sev:
Would have to agree with Tuhui. People can be vindictive, so relying on player reports for AFKitude is shakey at best. Polaris spammers, T2 loadouters, bad players, trollers or even just people that someone else doesn't like will be the victim of AFK Reports just to punish/troll/torment them. There's not really much they can do about it.
Instituting an appeal system would just allow AFKrs to appeal as well: "Oh no, I wasn't AFK I just suck lol :)"
I do feel it would have to be monitored by the game somehow. I'm honestly uncertain why they don't have the same system as BN does, because that seems to work fine.
I approve, but I don't do much LD apart from token farming one by agonising skolver impalement earned one.