Just got banned for leaving matches to find oddball match

Games Halo Infinite
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I know perfectly well what a reward is.

The definition of it was given to you, and I can even provide an even more simple version for you.

noun

  1. a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
    “the holiday was a reward for 40 years’ service with the company”

Notice how there’s a significant lack of requirements of the reward being a booster of sorts for whatever the activity is in question.
A Holiday is beneficial for the person, but is not directly or even indirectly related to the work that the company does. It won’t improve the capabilities of the person getting the holiday.

Let’s take another example, game achievements.
Gamerscore, a picture unlocked in your achievement collection, a nice little notification.
It’s a small piece of evidence of what you’ve accomplished in the game, in recognition of what you’ve done.
It doesn’t affect gameplay whatsoever.

They reward players with XP, and completing all the challenges, reward players with a customization item.
Because, as per the definition of what a reward is, it’s a thing given to someone in recognition of what they’ve done.
They for instance, killed 3 players using melee, that’s 100 XP.

Aside from the, borderline flaming going on here, not a single person disagree with you, I said it before, and this is the third time you bring it up. Repeating it won’t make it true.
People who choose to do the challenges because they want the item, do not expect to get an in-game advantage over people who do not do the challenges and omit the items.
They do it because they feel the work is worth the item at the end, the reward is the XP, if they haven’t completed the Battlepass, and the weekly item.

The item is given to them in recognition of what they accomplished, completing the challenges.

Now, for the other part, there’s no intelligence behind ignoring challenges because you do not value the items for completing them. It’s merely a question of whether or not a person values their time to the item on offer, ignoring challenges does not mean a person is more intelligent, but rather than they do not like the items enough to spend the time getting them.
What you’re going to give off with that statement though, is a notion of inflated ego, and while it’s your right to inflate it to the bursting risk, it’s not going to go well.
See, here’s the thing, you want to talk intelligence, yet regurgitate the same exact statement three times now, which have already been agreed upon that being the case, but being proven wrong on the subject, simply by being provided with the actual definition of the word.
Yes, items do not grant gameplay bonuses, but no, that doesn’t mean they’re not rewards.

And?

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Ever heard of a thing from warframe called “Fashion Frame”? or the Souls-likes “Fashion Souls”? its a vanity/dress up thing, some people like customising their looks because they want to see how certain combinations look and if they like them. its the same reason games like Soulcalibur thrive when it comes to character creations, yes its purely cosmetic but its part of the fun. which is arguably why it is so heavily monetised and sadly restricted which ends up killing the customisation potential.

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I do respect other players, which is why I either:

  1. Inspect myself to see which mode its putting me into so I can close the game before the match starts, which means it can fill it immediately with someone else

or

  1. Immediately quit as the game starts, when the game is more than willing to add more people into the game to replace you and has the least affect on my teammates

I respect other players, but not the game. If they don’t want me to do this then simply put in the match composer that should’ve been there from the start and there would be no need for this toe even happen.

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I find this rarely works for me anymore. Any of the “old” season 1 modes tend to work but the non-BR tactical modes won’t show up, only the map, and any of the new modes generally don’t show up for me. Sometimes the maps don’t either. I don’t know if this is a connection issue for me since it seems to have extra trouble loading things ever since s2 dropped, but it’s been consistent ever since at least the tactical event. :confused:

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Let me guess…challenges?

Yeah thought so.

Lol challenges are a joke for progression.

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Totally agree. I wish someone at 343i would take ownership of this tho. I doubt any of them will admit they messed up

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I think they’re well aware and to some extent already have, hopefully in those drop pods we will some fixes to address and improve on these issues.

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Nope, I’ve never heard of those games. If what you’re saying is true, there is no customization whatsoever involved and no matter which pixel configurations the players choose, it will not affect the outcome of any game they are in. Sounds pointless to me and a waste of time. Those players should just play the game and not worry about on-screen RGB variants.

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Then you will never understand the appeal of a system like that, which is fair enough, but just because you dont get it, doesnt mean you have to smack down others just because they want to have more freedom in looking badass, pretty or cool, some people like to play dress up.

especially in a FTP game that puts extra emphasis on showing off your spartan like its taking influence from Halo Reach.

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So just to confirm, you do not and have never customized any of your spartans in any halo game? You just use the default spartan that is given by default?

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I just use whatever is default now, yes. I mistakenly unlocked the armor in Reach for the 360 - I assumed it would have some sort of function because it was unlockable. What a massive disappointment when I went into forge and realized none of it prevented any damage or had any type of effect at all. Seeing as how it’s all useless I simply ignore it.

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That’s a lot of effort to respond to a troll lol

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Why are you even bothering with this guy? He’s not gonna change.

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This is why I’m so actively pushing people to start looking into forming parties before queuing up. It’s the only guarantee you’re team won’t be filled with losers who care nothing but themselves.

It’s a little bit of work yes, but it pays off well in the long run to make it totally worth the time invested.

Imagine never being paired with people that’s throw a tamper tantrum and tell you to go f yourselves as they leave. Talk about a god send!

What’s best, is then you can get a bunch of bro’s or gals who actually talk, making the experience even better.

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Because the reward is a form of visual customisation and expression, again some people like looking a certain way.

the current system in place however sours this greatly, given how restrictive and monetised the system is in general.

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And this has been a thing since Halo Reach, hell if anything Halo Reach did it best since it impacted Noble 6 visually, thats YOUR noble 6 doing stuff in the campaign, you can see it in the ingame cutscenes.

again its not about “Usefulness and Uselessness” when it comes to topics of vanity, in this case it is purely a prefference on how one looks from the options available, thats all it is, its dress up.

whats probably lessening it in Infinite however could also be a due to a lack of social features that allow this to be shown off.

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You’re not in the wrong if you leave social matches. It’s supposed to be a casual mode with join in progress. It’s insanely stupid that anyone at 343 thought it was a good idea to ban social game leavers.

I’ve left games to help complete challenges and will continue to do so. No hate from me.

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Thank you for this. I agree social playlists shouldn’t have huge consequences for stuff like this. Ranked on the other hand i get it

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Over 200 millisecond ping games. Gametypes you don’t want to play…and the expectation is for people not to quit? LOL!

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Challenges must go away I’m done. Its forcing you to play stuff you don’t want, or wait for minutes, maybe hours to get the game mode you need, and most of the times we don’t play the objective cause we have to complete a random challenge then the team loses the match and is frustrating for everyone, also some challenges are annoying even in season 2 there are some tedious and trash ones… Why do I have to kill 5 Spartans from behind plus I have two more challenges to kill 3 more spartans from behind all those are in last spartan standing, I know those can be done but is forcing you to camp and get those kills otherwise it will take a lot of time to complete, and that’s not how I want to play its just stupid… We should unlock stuff and earn xp by performance!!!

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