[QUOTE="DamianAlexander"]
I think its a great idea. Especially in games where it might take too long for teammates to join, or teammates can't join at all and the entire team suffers because you couldn't stick it out till the end. Hey, if you have to go to the bathroom, have to go out, or have another reason why you can't stay online for just a few more minutes, then you shouldn't have joined that match. Its really that simple.
seankane
Except its not. At all. I cant imagine anybody arguing that its actually *that* simple. How ridiculous.
I mean, have you never just 'suddenly' had the urge to use the bathroom? Ever eaten Taco Bell, for instance?
Have you never had an important phone call that you just *had* to take?
Have you never had somebody knock on your door in the middle of a match?
I could seriously make a decent length list on possible, ordinary things that could happen where somebody has to leave a match. Perhaps video games are like *top* priority in your life, but for most us 'normals', we have lives outside of them that need attending to once in a while.
Anyways, I dont think games should necessarily penalize you for quitting a match, but having something that recorded how many times you quit would be good. There's only *so* many times that you'll *need* to quit a match for whatever reason, and people that quit just so they dont lose would obviously start to get recognized by this stat-tracking.
So perhaps penalize gamers that have a certain percentage of 'quits' in some way. Say, if you quit more than 20% of your matches, then something is probably up and the game 'marks' you in some way. I dont know exactly what would be 'fair' as a punishment for this marking, though. Thats another topic altogether.
I agree with all of the above and their is a lot more: what if your 360 freezes? you get a red light? connection is laggy? Nobs talking crap over mic? Abusive comments towards you? Team killers? Emergency? You need to think more realisticly before posting comments or stupid threads, personally i prefer to stay in games especially when losing as the thought of pulling back a victory against all odds makes it more fun and motivates me to play better. Also i am sure many of the above people are the guys who leave games half way through on a regular basis just because they are 'having a bad game'.
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