The afk is the reaction you get when ppl face the same cheaters over and over.
Knowing you will only feed the cheaters more kills, the fun of a competetive game is lost, and so is the will to play.
It is not a thing of today, it has been going on for years. If you talk to the ppl you get almost the same response from each and every one.
"Can't be bothered playing these cheaters".
What used to happen in gold districts(cheating) is now manifesting in silver districts due to low pop. So you know whats next to fall, bronze districts once the pop gets even more destroyed by the same cheaters.
This game will never rise again if cheating continues, I'm clueless why LO has not done more, this should be a priority for a compettetive game.