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Is Rage Quitting, Ruining Online Gaming?

Gamersoutlook.com writes "Rage Quitting not something new, but unfortunately is has become an growing annoyance during online gaming. Imagine every runner in the 100m race quit after they saw Usain Bolt in the lineup, it would defeat the purpose of the competition."

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fluffydelusions4570d ago (Edited 4570d ago )

Depends on the game. For shooters e.g. COD I couldn't care less but playing SWTOR doing flashpoints it's annoying to have some dude just quit and have to look for another member and start the whole FP over again.

coolbeans4570d ago

Start the FP over again? Whenever I've noticed that it'll be another party's "story" and you can start right back the same spot.

gigreen4570d ago

Is that common in SWTOR?

When I used to play WoW people like that would just get ignored by the whole party.

DeadeyeMouse4570d ago

Rage quitting has become an even bigger deal since the introduction of stat-tracking. People just have to quit now or else their stats may reflect their actual gaming abilities!

I am very happy I haven't ran into any rage quitters on SWTOR. It is such a pain to find a group in the first place.

morganfell4570d ago

It's why I have always taken the time in HALO titles to report people that quit. I can't think of the times I have wound up in a match and it was me against 8 players in BTB matches. I certainly do not want to run with them again and it also affects their rep. Unfortunately multiple quits doesn't do enough rep damage at the moment.

Soldierone4570d ago

I think more games need to be like BF3 and track the quits too. I noticed people are afraid of it, and anyone that tries to ignore their quits still gets hammered in the community for it.

DeadeyeMouse4570d ago

Halo has been punishing rage quitters for awhile now, and yes, that is a very good implement to integrate into all multiplayer games if applicable.

protekjv4570d ago

does who disagree are in denial.

kneon4569d ago

no, in fact some of really don't rage quit.

asdlfkj3498as4569d ago

Shoot I do it all the time, mostly because I join a game thats half over and my team is doing shit. but I like how BF3 has it where if you are dead you can't access the menu. I guess the people that have that natural impulse to go and quit when they die have to wait while at the same time letting them cool down.

BitbyDeath4569d ago (Edited 4569d ago )

Exactly, i'm sure everyone does it.
Rage quitting does not only mean you get angry and quit.
It means your team is losing so you just stop playing.
I've done it a number of times when it feels like i'm the only one completing the objectives so i give up and leave.

Somebody4568d ago

I do this whenever I'm with a terrible team but not all the time. Losing isn't fun but losing and giving your enemies free points (BF3) since they have controlled all the chokepoints is even worse than that.

One time I entered a server where my team is already cornered in our own spawn and the enemy have stolen our IFVs. So now we have two IFVs pounding us as we try break out with their snipers and assaults covering the alleyways while mortars rain more death on us. I was tempted to quit but kept on fighting to the bitter end.

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Tonester9254570d ago

I try my hardest no to. But when you make some else Rage Quit its just priceless lol

STK0264570d ago

Yes, it is ruining online gaming. In games like League of Legends/DotA/etc, missing one player on a team is likely to influence the whole game. In MMOs, it can be quite annoying when someone in a party simply leaves at some point during an instance; which often leads to the party disbanding (well, for PUGs anyway) if a replacement is not found in a short delay. It is also an annoyance in shooters that do not have a drop-in/drop-out feature. I don't really care about it in 1v1 games (like a fighting game); but in team-based games, it can affect the experience of the whole team and in some cases, should be a bannable offense if done on a regular basis.

Clipper134570d ago

This is why I quit playing mmos.

Soldierone4569d ago

Depends on the 1on1 games....this is the whole reason I never play sports titles online anymore. You start winning or man handling a guy and they quit right then and there. It's like wtf? I just sat in the lobby, let it load, sat through you picking your damn team, and then you quit like that?

With fighting and so on, its so quick that it doesn't really matter, but yeah sports titles got to the breaking point with it.

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EA May Add A Replay Editor To Its Games

EA has published a new patent that wants to add a replay editor to its games, allowing players to modify the captured gameplay content.

sammichosaurus18d ago

They should fix their games first.

Knightofelemia18d ago

Most likely comes with microtransactions and loot boxes.

Inverno18d ago

Nah you just gotta watch a short, unskipable, 30 seconds ad every time you use the feature. Those same ads will then be automatically edited into your captured gameplay before your video is stored online (no local saves), where they will have the right to use for promotional purposes.

Snookies1218d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Please don't give them ideas, lol! That definitely sounds like something they'd love to do.

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EA Hiring Ex-Military Personnel to Help Build Next Battlefield Game via "Hiring Our Heroes" Program

EA has hired ex-military personnel in order to help shape the next Battlefield game as part of the Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) program.

OtterX41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Why don't you Hire Your Old Dev Team who brought us the brilliance of Battlefield Bad Company 2 while you're at it. It was more exciting than anything recent in the Battlefield series. It just needs to be updated to reach modern times, but it was so great at its core.

just_looken41d ago

This would be nice but that team has tossed out the finals and has arc raiders on the back burner
https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-...

20 thousand still play the final's
https://steamcharts.com/app...

Why get slapped around by ea when you already have something going on.

What the next battlefield needs is a step back simple functional not a live service and smaller player servers than 2042. Just make it like battlefiled 3 with bad company destruction just something simple

But they already killed off ridgeline games that had ex halo/cod devs so no singleplayer unless they make another dev team for it.
https://gamerant.com/ea-bat...

Rynxie41d ago

It's what made zipper and slant six awesome. They had military vets working for them, no just as consultants, but as developers as well. I wish Sony never closed them, MAG 2 or an update to MAG and a new socom is much needed.

just_looken41d ago

Older ps3 battlefield titles did the same even went to the range to get sound files.

But all these titles we are talking about were on the ps3 a console so powerful it offered free mp and games did not need 4 levels of payment plans even more crazy was the player size of mag's games.

TheColbertinator40d ago

A return to the golden age of Battlefield seems so far away now

Str8Chaos7440d ago

Sadly I think you are correct. They just don’t get it. They will do their live service game with its Battle Royale and fail at both.I hate being so negative, but I have little faith in EA at this point.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws70d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman70d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath270d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger69d ago (Edited 69d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.