Anyone of you who has ever played League of Legends will probably have experienced it. The queue times for a game vary between a few seconds and several minutes. However, you have certainly never waited as long for a game as this player here.
Players often report getting stuck in long queues. This sometimes has something to do with the rank. If the rank is higher and you want a specific role, you may wait a long time.
The client may also be to blame and has a bug. This can prevent you from being assigned to an open lobby, and you end up waiting for ages. Various players have sometimes waited longer periods. However, if you are inactive for too long, the client usually logs you out automatically.
What is the world record in LoL now? Not so for the following player. He managed to be stuck in the queue for a whole 7 days, documenting it – 10,107 minutes.
So far, there have only been attempts to last 10,000 minutes, which were interrupted by automatic logout.
A Week in Queue in League of Legends
What has the player accomplished? The player “TFT Champion” from the Turkish LoL servers is a level 12 player. His last game was 4 months ago, and today he only played his first game (as of 20.09./via u.gg). He seems to be a very irregular player who only plays the fun modes of LoL.
This player has restarted League of Legends after months of break and queued for the fun mode “Ultimate Spellbook”. After 10,107 minutes, the player made a video. He endured that long to get over 10,000 minutes on the counter. That’s nearly 168 hours or 7 days.
The video shows that the queue time continues to advance; however, the player cannot leave the queue or the group. This is a bug that some LoL players have surely encountered before. Towards the end of the video, he closes the client to restart the game.
We have included the video here for you. Take a look for yourself:
The LoL client often has bugs: It is not uncommon for the League of Legends client to have some bugs. For years, players have noted that they experience endlessly long queue times.
The player “CheaBoo” waited at least 73 minutes in the queue for Summoner’s Rift with a friend 3 years ago (via Reddit), while the player “Kio” waited a whole 2,274:59 minutes for the “One for All” fun mode (via Reddit).
What’s the deal with the long queues? Long queues are quite common in League of Legends. If many players with different roles queue at the same time, a game can quickly be found, but if everyone plays the same role or no one wants to play, it takes significantly longer.
If you’ve ever watched pro players in stream, you see something interesting. The queue times can be up to 20 minutes long. Streamers start queuing and play something else in the meantime.
Here’s a short list of some games that the top LCK star “Faker” plays while waiting for a game (via YouTube):
- ALTF4
- Rhythm Doctor
- Minesweeper
- Little Nightmare II
Even top players struggle with long queues. Here’s more from Faker:
Can anything be done about it? If you have a long queue time, you can try to leave the queue and re-enter. You will start from the beginning again, but this can rule out a potential bug.
If you can’t get out of the queue anymore, then restarting the client is the only option.
Some players can expect high queue times. In such a case, feel free to follow the pros and find a game to play alongside to keep your concentration high or to train your reflexes.
Have you ever experienced long wait times or has something like that happened to you? Then let us know in the comments.
If you want more information about League of Legends, we have an exciting article about the new MMORPG from LoL, where the queues hopefully won’t be so long: The former director of WoW is working on a new MMORPG for LoL – Explains the current state of the game
