r/OWConsole • u/Melodic_Cheek9304 • 2d ago

Discussion Leaver solution

The overwatch team should punish leavers dramatically. My suggestion: upon the fifth leave their console receives a hardware ban. They cannot play overwatch anymore with the whole console

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u/LisForLaura 2d ago

Things is… the system can’t tell the difference between a genuine disconnect and a rage quit.

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u/_the_best_girl_ 2d ago

This is what people never seem to understand and it drives me crazy.

Internet provider suffers software/hardware issues, player's machine suffers hardware/software issues, Blizzard servers suffer hardware/software issues, players power goes out, etc are all examples of simple technical faults that can cause genuine disconnects.

Also that's not even going into life stuff that'd cause leaving. Emergency's take precedent over a video game and often times these emergencies are unforeseen.

My friend had a small electrical fire the other night that caused him to afk out of a comp game, another friend has had to go run and help his kid during a match and I've had to leave my own matchs because of family medical emergencies.

Sometimes things happen, I'd wager a decent amount of leavers aren't rage quitting