But who would play the game? What would be the reason to play pubs instead of just ranked? I think a leaver timer in pubs would definitely kill the game mode. The only solution that would work would be an optional checkbox like "disallow early leaving" and match players accordingly. But then, I am 99% that all the bad players would end up in teams together since not a single diamond+ player would choose this.
Leaver timer, in pubs but ESPECIALLY in ranked, is a quick "solution" to a major flaw in the game. The fact that you have to FORCE players to stay in the game against their will is just the ultimate proof that they failed with the main objective of a game, i.e making it competitive, i.e rewarding to compete. In pubs, few people care about "winning" and even less about "getting good placements"... If they wanna decrease people who wanna leave early, they must increase incentives to stay in a game, for instance with honor badges, rewards etc etc.
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