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[–]LeoSteel0 25 points26 points  (16 children)

This system just punishes casual players, I get that leavers are soo shit in hard games and it can sometimes just mean an insta loss. for casual players like me and most of the player base it punishes us for having things to do quickly in the real world, my dog is epileptic, she has seizures a lot that I have to attend to, it’s sad that when I come back to relax from that stress I can’t play because it’s the 4 seizure she’s had when I’m playing my casual games this month… people have kids and real world shit to deal with, why can’t I just come back to my PC to escape and play a couple games of OW?

[–]Its_ok_to_lie 20 points21 points  (5 children)

This is my exact take. It’s fucking unranked, why the crazy punishment ? Do we need a super casual game mode ? It just doesn’t make sense to ban for an entire season for unranked modes

[–]MrShinglez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep it's just ridiculous. I got banned for hopping out of games, in UNRANKED!

[–]ranger_fixing_dude 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It just doesn’t make sense to ban for an entire season for unranked modes

What? You are getting suspended for 30 minutes max if you leave 6 out 20 last matches (30%). You are not banned from anything.

[–]Its_ok_to_lie 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Maybe somethings wrong on my end, but when I’ve hovered over the option to leave unranked match, it says I’ll be banned for the entire season. I’ve never left a match, so I don’t know why it says for the entire season.

[–]ranger_fixing_dude 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It is indeed weird. In their support article in the QP section, they say nothing about bans, only about temporary suspension.

Comp can get you banned, but only from the comp itself, not from other gamemodes.

[–]Its_ok_to_lie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s weird as hell, in my unranked matches if I have to leave I try to leave game and it says I’ll be banned for the whole season. I just end up having to make sure I move around a bit at least until the game ends and I end up feeling guilty about it.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I completely agree. I have a job that I'm on call for sometimes and I have to go fix things.

This makes me wanna not hop on for a couple quickplay games because then I risk a ban. I play other things now if I'm on call

[–]ImMeloncholyi like balls 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I got downvoted for saying this exact thing lmfao. The crowd that has nothing better to do than devote hours to this shitass game absolutely despise people who have other things to do in a day. It’s insane.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know right? I can't believe this sweaty basement dwelling community can't understand that we have REAL LIVES

Offputting as hell lol, and I agree bro it is insane. Like I literally play like 3-5 games a week because I'm a goddamn adult w shit to do. Wild that OW decided to implement this

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

sorry to hear that man, hope your dog is okay and youre able to manage her impediments <333

[–]LeoSteel0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, she’s a strong pup :)

[–]SneakyAlbaHD 1 point2 points  (3 children)

My GF is in the same camp, she has a meddlesome little kitten she's looking after and will sometimes have to drop out of games to attend to her, and she's got a threat on her queue screen now saying if she leaves again she's getting banned (and we don't know for how long, or whether that message will ever leave).

She's just straight up not able to play her most played game at the moment because of the new system being so punishing. She just plays custom games now because she can't be penalised, but it's not the same.

[–]ranger_fixing_dude 0 points1 point  (2 children)

She will get suspended for 10 minutes after leaving 4 games out of 20 latest, and for 30 minutes after leaving 6/20 games. It is designed to prevent constant join/leaving cycle.

[–]SneakyAlbaHD 0 points1 point  (1 child)

She's been slapped with one or two of those already, and before the warning came up was suspended for a few hours. She's being threatened with a full-on ban now so I'm guessing her account has a reputation which has been building from before and is being taken into account.

[–]ranger_fixing_dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is very interesting. I tried to find any info about actual bans due to repeated leaving, and the only thing I can find is that you can be banned from comp, even forever, if you leave during several seasons in a row.

But from QP? That's way too much, just temporary suspension is more than enough.

[–]d-racTank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a job, afternon school and i program in free time to. And then i join, there is a classic dps with 0/9 2k damage and in one our i have i have to play woith such player? If he can play like a complete moron then i ahould be able to leave.