One of the greatest strengths of League of Legends compared to its competitor games is the enormous player base, which is particularly overwhelming in certain regions. This means that the average match search time for League of Legends players will be significantly shorter since the game is never short of players looking for matches.
Normally, the higher you climb in rank, the longer the search times become, simply because the number of players at ranks like Master and above is significantly less than those at Bronze or Silver. However, Riot Games always keeps the search times at an acceptable level, with an average of around 3 minutes, even at the high rank of Challenger, it only takes about 10 minutes.
However, for some miraculous reason, streamer and former professional player Voyboy found himself in a bizarre situation where his match searching time reached 968 minutes and 51 seconds (equivalent to 16 hours). It’s unclear whether this guy was so unlucky that no one wanted to play with him or if there was an issue with Riot Games’ match system.
Player: The North American server right now (posting alongside a gif showing a completely empty queue).
Player: I had a similar situation today. I was in Challenger rank and it took me 444 minutes and 44 seconds to find an ARAM match (a beautiful number for a Jhin player).
Estimated time 3:20
Could it be that the client measures time in days?
Someone turn off the computer while I was napping and my morale hit rock bottom.
What the heck, Voyboy.
Oh my God, really.
Update your client already.
It’s not uncommon for search times to be longer than usual, lasting up to an hour, but waiting 16 hours like Voyboy is something we’ve never seen before. Could it be that the number of players at the Master rank and above (Voyboy is currently in Challenger rank) in North America is too low? But how can there be a 16-hour wait without 10 players at this rank?
The most convincing reason is likely a bug in Riot Games’ match system that caused Voyboy to be unable to find a match. Regardless, he still holds a record for the longest match search time in League of Legends history.