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Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2016, 00:13 AMDoomlord52

I'm not really sure how it would be a large problem. If it's a rare thing, let's say once every 2-3 months, the loss of 10min of game time is probably worth not encountering as many leavers. Additionally, the people who want to play a legitimate game have the exact same problem when someone leaves; they need to wait the 4-5 min to get another match (and then hope someone doesn't leave).



How often does this actually happen? In something like 150 matches I had probably 1 crash and one strange 'de-sync' thing where the game didn't start. With a 10min cooldown applied to leaving, and at an average of 20min per game, that's 50hrs of game-time per 20min of cooldown; about 0.67% down time. And that's assuming you could have re-queued instantly - if it was a hard-crash you have restart time, and if your internet is down, that could last a while.




But those same people are getting impacted by other players leaving their games. Some people can't play 10 games a day; they might only have the time for 1 or 2 matches. Is it fair that their small window of time can be impacted so negatively?




But similarly, it's inconsiderate to those who can only play for a short period of time. They just want to play a match or two, but instead they might get 2-3 "5 minute matches" in which their teammate drops for no real reason.





It's a complicated issue, for sure; but there's a surprisingly large group of players that leave games for no real reason, and it impacts a lot of people. I'm sure a lot of people would like to have the confidence to say that each match will be enjoyable, but as is, there's a fairly large chance that someone will drop from team-games.

Jump back to quoted post31 Jul 2016, 21:03 PMDoomlord52

Not really. The problem is that some players will quit based on very specific things; losing a unit very early on, having teammates disagree on their plan (which may actually be bad), or even because they don't like the map (yes, I've seen this happen). These types of players just aren't beneficial to the game's competitive community. If you want to play in a specific way, play custom games.



If it's really just a rare, random computer/connection problem, then a single ~10min cooldown won't be that bad. I've had it happen in other games (internet cut out once in a few months), and it's not that bad; it happens.

On the other hand, if you know you'll frequently run into problems (often dropping/crashing), they you may want to reconsider playing team-games. This might sound inconsiderate, as some people really can't fix the problem (can't afford a better computer, or the ISP is just bad), but I don't really think it's fair to have those problems consistently impact other players.