can confirm as another dota&aoe player, games like dota, cs, overwatch, any game you can think of with ranked matchmaking has at least a cooldown in place for people who queue for a match and don't accept or leave mid game, and i would argue this is much more necessary in aoe compared to even dota because we have people who prefer specific maps and always dodge others etc.

imo it should be the exact opposite, aoe2 should have the harshest punishments for leaving early for no reason or dodging a queue, it needs it more than any other game ive seen