Many ARAM games in League of Legends are quickly turning into a toxic cesspool, and League players are starting to take notice. A loophole in the way toxicity from ranked games is being handled has spilled over into ARAM lobbies, leaving Howling Abyss enthusiasts scratching their heads and asking: “Why us?”
In Patch 13.19, Riot added ranked restrictions that punish players who dodge queues and troll ranked games. If you get restricted from playing ranked, you must wash your hands clean in five games of a low-stakes game mode like Blind Pick, Draft Pick, or ARAM. The loophole here, though, is that you only have to play five games–not win them. The obvious problem with this is that the trolls who ruined someone else’s ranked game are coming into your chill ARAMs and running it down just so they can get back to solo queue.