To be honest, my internet sucks. For some reason it has gotten worse in the past weeks, however this means my games lag a bit more than usual. Now I’m aware that is my issue but since I’m not exactly well-off and I live in the middle of nowhere it’s a pretty hard and expensive fix. Because of this I almost never play in competitive. This could easily be resolved in the past by leaving the game so that my teammates could play the game without me even being able to leave spawn. Now however when I can’t even choose a hero cause it’s lagging so bad and my teammates have to play with 4 players instead of 5.
This new penalty is completely ridiculous, I’ve seen people sabotage games cause they didn’t get to play the hero they wanted to play. Now we shouldn’t be awarding their behavior but other people have to suffer just because that person can’t leave.
Quickplay shouldn’t be penalized so harshly, I do agree it should be penalized to some extent but not this far.
Whilst I agree you should be able to leave quick play games when ever you like you have to remember 2 things.
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Leaving negatively impacts the game for everyone else in the lobby. No matter the mode.
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People seem to hate back filling games. So you leaving is quite likely to annoy them too.
So, they had to do something and they had a choice. Punish leaving, or incentivise staying.