This game is so broken… i don’t really understand what blizzard keep doing with it. I was playing a comp match…when my internet went down for like a few seconds…10-15 sec and i was suspended for the third time . Sometimes i can rejoin my competitive match , somethimes HELL NO!!
Do something blizzard! It’s really unfair! I lost like 60 points because of that.
I’m losing points all of a sudden in like 15 seconds… seriously this is crap and it’s really annoying!!!
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Instead of blaming Blizzard for the leaver penalty that is doing its job, you should probably refrain from Competitive Play until your connection issues are resolved. If you’re frequently disconnecting from the game, I would advise you to try these steps. If you’re playing via WiFi, I would also highly recommend using an Ethernet/LAN cable. 
Pachimari
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Sounds like you should not play comp until you get your net fixed. Everytime you disconnect, you put your team at a disadvantage and leave a higher probability that your team will lose the game.
If I had unstable internet causing regular disconnects, I would refrain from comp until it’s sorted out.
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Not everybody has a stable internet connection especially rural areas. For me my local green box for my area is 1.4km away so I get this issue too. It shouldn’t mean that I shouldn’t play a game that I bought just because broadband companies look at these areas last due to demand.
The leaver penalty should at least be reformed in some way such as an average ping test or something before issuing the penalty to determine an issue other than what they assume to be rage quitting
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Wouldn’t work. Players would intentionally cut their internet connection to avoid penalties.
Regardless of whether you’re responsible for your disconnection or not — it has a negative impact on your team. Being punished for technical problems should also act as an incentive to start troubleshooting rather than continuing to play with said problems.
Pachimari
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Did you spend 20 dollars? Its not a big deal then, you probably got your money’s worth anyway.
Working as intended. A problem on your end punished other members of your team
And every time you dc, your team gets punished with a possible loss, again due to a problem on your end.
You have control over playing or not playing comp knowing that you might disconnect due to internet issues, therefore you accept the risk that comes with it.
Pachimari explained it quite well.
Not all the time i have this issues with the internet.
But still …losing 60 points so damn easy… I was talking about the penalty you receive…kinda unfair.
the sr punishment is quite high, probably the amount of two games won, but the punishement needs to be high otherwise many many more people with dodgy internet connections would carry on playing comp, disconnecting, making their team lose, and so on.
It has to be this way to keep disconnectors at bay.
That rhymed.
I’m a poet and I don’t know it.
Quite simple, you need to be punished for ruining the game you are in. I would maybe accept people getting a loss of the 5-10 SR and then it slowly goes up depending on how many seconds you are away. Having a cap of 60. This would still incentivise people to join after a leave, to minimize the amount of SR lost and potentially still win some, so that if you leave for 15 seconds. You would get - 25SR or something but the win would award you with 25 SR as well balancing it out.
But there is no way around the fact, that we need a punishement for people, so that they wont actually just abuse the system to leave for no SR loss.