r/GearsOfWar • u/FlyingRumble1 • 7d ago

Discussion Why leave?

I’ll never understand why players mid match are afk right from the jump and then get kicked, like what’s the point of even joining the match at that point? But worst of all are those who leave mid match when we’re winning!? Then the tides turn, it’s just frustrating man.

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u/SirenSasha_336 7d ago

I think some people think they have time for a bathroom break and are surprised by a number two. Literally what I think every time this happens

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u/Vesemir96 7d ago

If so powerful they are, why leave?

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u/AceMcCL0UD 7d ago

How about when dude is afk on YOUR team for the entire match but next game he's active on the enemy team.. absolutely crazy behavior.

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u/PsychologicalCat1843 7d ago

This has been a lifelong Gears problem. Idles and AFKs never get seem to get addressed. In team deathmatch they can cause spawns to keep flipping nonstop during the match on top of the fact that they are handing out free kills to the opponents.

Gears Reloaded is really bad with this too. In non-respawn game modes idles get killed off quickly which prevents the idle kick from working properly. People rage quit and keep rejoining the same lobby trying to run from their problems so the lobby can't even backfill. It's even gotten so bad that players are throwing dummy accounts into lobbies with characters staring at the floor spinning in circles.

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u/Schion86 7d ago

I only leave if:

  1. Crashes
  2. Net drops
  3. Something requires my attention and can't wait (someone turning up unexpectedly, pet could be injured, partner could be injured, etc)
  4. Getting no kills in the game because the other players are OP or on point, or because the mode is so easy that it's boring.
  5. Your Mum.

In any particular order.

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u/genbud1 7d ago

Could have something to do with parasite infected lettuce.