I've been seeing quite a few posts with similar situations (lost large amount of RR even though teammates were afk, only gain a little when they win). I have a decent understanding of the ranked system, hidden mmr, and how RR works. But even with all this, I still think the system can be improved upon.

So my friend and I are trying to climb into bronze, and we got in a ranked game on haven about an hour ago. Our teammates were 3-stacked, and didn't comm with us. In fact, they didn't listen to pings or calls, so my friend and I decided to just go with them. We didn't think much of it at first, these are irons, maybe they're new players. I asked in chat, and they said no. We won a few rounds, but then the throw started. None of them would use any utility unless it kept them alive, our sage never healed or ulted on my friend or me. Our brimstone would grab the spike right away when the round started, never use utility, camp in spawn until all of us died, rotate to some random spot, and get a kill on someone hunting him. He was top frag because he just never died and got some random kills here and there. When the half was over, the game still felt winnable, but I guess they were bored or something so they voted to surrender, while I voted no. Then, they stayed AFK in ct spawn, while my friend and I tried our best, only to get harassed in text chat for being unable to win 2v5s, saying we were bad, had no friends, and were literal cans of garbage. Whenever I would die, the brim would go and teabag my body and then shoot in the sky to reveal his location.

After the game, I lost 24 rr, while I have been gaining 15-17 when I win. I was extremely annoyed by this because I played decent but our teammates were just being assholes. I was wondering why they even chose to play ranked in the first place if they were just gonna throw. I looked at their ranks and they were all unranked. I guess the verdict of the game didn't matter to them, and decided to ruin 2 people's games. I wish riot would punish less for a team at a disadvantage due to afks. It might be complicated to implement, but I personally think it should have a higher priority than a new mode like Replication (not hating, that mode seems fun, I just think that a lot of players would be happier with changes to ranked).

We ended up doing spike rush after and had a blast for the rest of the time. I kinda hate how I enjoy it more than ranked at the moment. I guess we'll have to wait till our other friends get on and then 5 stack ranked, that should be more fun and we'll be a lot more coordinated.