The RIOT Act

[Ashe]

What Waff said. I only have a couple hours in an evening free time. If I'm not having fun, and we're OBVIOUSLY losing over 35 minutes into the game - ie their towers are all up, we're pushed to inhibitors and dying repeatedly - I'm gonna ultimately quit if we don't surrender, for the simple reason that I'm not going to get stressed out and waste what precious little free time I have doing something that I really don't want to be doing.

That's why when I'm playing with friends and don't want to surrender, I'll usually concede after a couple of votes because I don't want to be a dick to two of my friends when they're not having fun. If I'm ignoring someone else's enjoyment then I have no right to chastise them for ignoring mine. Being a good sport is a two-way street.

tl;dr: use your common sense and don't be a dick.

I don't consider it a dick move for four people to vote that they still wish to continue the game if the fifth has built a reputation of trying to surrender that game on a regular basis. We're going to just take two completely different stances here, where one side feels that the guy who decides to be a Leaver because they didn't get their way is the dick, and the other side feels that everyone else not doing what they want them to do is a dick.

To me, it all boils down to the fact that its a team game. If someone can't be a team player, then they shouldn't play the game. This isn't the type of game for someone to be selfish and screw over the rest of the group. I'd report pugs for being a dick and rage quitting, and I'm not going to make special exceptions just for knowing the name of the person doing the same. I'd rather just not play with those people at all, if those are my options.

EDIT: The stance that "Everyone forcing me to play is being a selfish dick, if I clearly don't want to" comes to me as it simply being the type of game that person should not be playing. If you are clearly having no fun with a particular group on a regular basis and feel "forced" to play games you don't want to, then simply finish that game and say "I'm not playing another. Later all."

EDIT2: None of this is addressing actual full surrender votes and attempts, btw. I'm referring to specifically the "Surrender or I afk/Leave" thought process. If a surrender reaches majority, then that's just how it goes and I have to get over it because of the majority rule.