Penalty for Randomly Dropping Games

Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2014, 20:00 PMJackfrosty

Sometimes I just want to relax and play for 30 mins... not too bad right? Get into a game and then 10 minutes in, other player is like... "srry I gtg" or when you're winning and suddenly the other player just drops and it becomes 2v1. This is bullshit. Players should get punished for dropping games for no reason and ruining the experience for everyone else.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 00:43 AMmrako

And who defines the reason?

We were playing a 3vs3 in lazur 2 days ago and one of our team mates was just producing units and hid them in random corners or our base. When we asked what he was doing he said he has his own play style and that he didnt want to sacrifice his troops like we did! We didnt drop cause luckily the enemy team must have had another imbecile and we managed to win.

If you have a problem with people dropping, play 1vs1, arranged teams or just go and play another game.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 01:16 AMNuclear Arbitor

i'm not going to slog through a lost match just because one guy on the team won't concede. i've also had an instance when one of my team mates was demoing my base; instant leave.

if your idea of punishment is that i can't play another game for a period of time than i'll just stop playing at that point. if your idea is that it affects my score or something, i really, really don't give a fuck.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 02:52 AMNinjaWJ

i am not asking for people to be in games they do not want to be.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 03:06 AMMarcoRossolini

I would have thought this would have the definitive reason for people dropping.

I agree with the others, I play games for fun, if I'm not having fun, I'll leave.

It sounds mean, but I don't care about some random person who I'll never meet ever again and possibly wrecking their game. I'd like to think that I have enough judgement to decide what games I will and won't stay in.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 05:03 AMNuclear Arbitor

you can't prevent me from leaving the game. i can kill the process (which will look like a drop, not someone leaving) or pull the plug on my computer in the worst case.

and you may find it a toxic attitude but i'm not going to stick around for another 20mins in a game that is pretty clearly lost, it's just a waste of time. maybe i'm wrong, maybe we can make a come back, but i'm pretty good at judging lost causes and i'm not going to stick around for the 10% i'm wrong about just because someone else doesn't want to concede.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 02:52 AMNinjaWJ

this is a toxic attitude. This is a really selfish attitude to have. Punishing leavers and afkers could make the game significantly better for the entire playerbase. first, i am not asking for people to be in games they do not want to be. secondly, these punishments would have to be uniformily applied for consistency. thirdly, these punishment features would have ot be couple with a robust and effective report system so relic can ban the people who troll games and/or racist, jerks, etc. lastly, relic should lower the surrender threshold to 2-1 and 3-1

you can't prevent me from leaving the game. i can kill the process (which will look like a drop, not someone leaving) or pull the plug on my computer in the worst case.

Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2014, 18:36 PMZombiFrancis

If XP meant anything, if ranking were meaningful, and if war spoils system wasn't universally frustrating, then there would probably be less friction on this subject.