League-of-legends – Are players who go AFK automatically penalised

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In League of Legends, there are a lot of people who rage and cry about their teammates. This usually results in 1 of 2 things. Either they rage-quit the match, or they go "afk" at base. I'm aware of the 5 minute leave timer, where a player who's inactive for 5 minutes gets kicked and marked as a leaver if they don't return.

What about people who say they'll afk at base, but make sure they don't get autokicked by staying in to chat or by moving their mouse? Is there some kind of check for that, and are they penalised (besides being reported for being afk)?

Best Answer

Players whose name is displayed in red in the post-game score screen have already been flagged as AFK (which means they have been automatically disconnected, most of the time).

You can also report a player for being AFK if the server failed to notice. Players who run in circles at their fountain to bypass AFK detection can be flagged this way.

Players who have been flagged as AFK, be it automatically or manually, are then handled by LeaveBuster (NOT the Tribunal). See How exactly does Leave Buster work?.

There is no way to make sure they will be punished. You have to trust LeaveBuster for that.

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