User blog comment:StrategicMagic/AFK and Disconnect - There is a Difference/@comment-67.180.236.197-20121012003050/@comment-65.182.137.154-20121013003544

I either play on my college's internet using an ethernet cord or using my wireless at home. Either way, it is just not good around 1/3 of the time, so I want to play, but can't effectively due to the risk. I'm a college student, and I can't afford a better computer and it would be a waste to get my own internet connection on campus exclusively for League of Legends when it functions fine for everything else. I have taken measures to improve my computer cheaply, such as using ReadyBoost with a flash drive, but it doesn't do much. Last game, I was reported because I disconnected for the last few minutes of a game after I told them my internet was suddenly having trouble. I had been doing decently the entire game and I still was treated like a criminal because of those sudden troubles. I tried reconnecting the entire time, and did manage to play for about a minute before I simply lagged out again. There was nothing I could do about it. My ping is normally very good, but you think that I shouldn't be able to play because I dc for a little while every couple of games, but always come back if possible. It must be nice to have the spare money to spend on a really nice internet connection, but I don't, which is part of why I'm playing a free game in the first place. You think only the team suffers when there's a dc, but I feel horrible and frantic when I try to reconnect. I guess you just don't care what the person is actually like. If they don't have a great connection, you don't want to play with them.