We’re all familiar with forum threads about dumb-Yoinks!- quitting. Here’s another one, but from a slightly more complex viewpoint. And I know there’ll be that one guy in the comments that’s gonna say “Buh servers”. And to you, that one guy, I say that this exclusively happens to losing teams, and that’s no coincidence. So no, it’s not the servers. Nice try, that one guy.
Okay, now what you probably came here to read about. There tends to be a quitting dip-yoink in far too many games, that entitled scumbag that thinks they need to quit because they’re not ahead within the first 2 minutes of the game. Seriously, are you aware that the first 2 minutes don’t determine the entire game. Unless you are a psychic (In which case PM me some winning powerball numbers) you don’t know how the game will end. And besides, does it really hurt your ego THAT much if you lose a few games? If it does, you have some insecurities that you should probably work out. Therapists need to eat and you sound like a good customer. When you quit, unless you usually get 50 deaths and zero kills, you screw your teammates, no matter which mode. Yes, even Warzone. That 1 man disadvantage can turn an entire game, even if you just exist to get shot at to distract enemies so your teammates can kill them. You’re technically important, and that time your getting shot in the -Yoink- saves your teammates can allow them to do something important in the game. Even if you’re not a quitting dip-yoink- this is still good to think about when you suck.
Quitting also has a domino effect that can put your team deep in the -Yoink- barrel. Let’s say you decide to quit because you’re 10 points behind in Warzone and you don’t like it when victory isn’t guaranteed. You just took your team from “still a good chance at winning” to “8.4% reduction in chance of winning.” You’re out of the picture, and another guy with a similar mindset sees this and doesn’t like this reduction in chance of winning, so he quits too. Then the next guy goes, and then the next, until it’s a 12v5 game of Warzone and your ex teammates are in the -Yoink- barrel. Yes, because you didn’t get a 150% certain win, you gave your team a 150% certain loss. Your mother is dissapointed in you.
Now, we’re going to have to combat these people. 343 Industries can only go far with quit bans until they’re considered a -Yoink!- regime, so it’s up to the community to help them. When you see a quitter, you give them hell. Call them out. Report them. Insult their childhood pet. Call their mothers hamsters and tell them that their fathers smell of elderberry. Give them a feeling that the world itself wants them dead for their actions. But don’t go overboard because if you do there may be some legal -Yoink- involved that you don’t want to be part of. Don’t be a -Yoink-, but make sure the quitter feels like one. Social pressure can fix people as long as they’re not vegetables oblivious to the world (Disclaimer: there is a significant number of vegetables on Xbox Live) Let’s really do this, because it’s not okay for me to lose several games today due to quitters. I want to lose because I suck at the game, not because my teammate sucks at life.
Rant’s over people, go home.
Yeah. Its so annoying not only in halo. I get it sometimes, but if you do it a lot it drives me insane
One-offs are one thing, lag, etc., but to do it regularly makes you a tool.
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Curbstomps aren’t fun for either team, and I make no apology for doing my part to make it end faster.
Messaging quitters and smack talking them is a horrible idea. I’ve been communication banned (not being able to talk in parties, send messages, etc) because I sent hate mail. It would be a horrible idea listening to OP’s suggestion when it comes to going out of your way to send them hate mail
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> Curbstomps aren’t fun for either team, and I make no apology for doing my part to make it end faster.
I’m so looking forward to booting up my xbox tomorrow after work, looking up your gamercard and blocking you.
Have a nice life!
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> We’re all familiar with forum threads about dumb-Yoinks!- quitting. Here’s another one, but from a slightly more complex viewpoint. And I know there’ll be that one guy in the comments that’s gonna say “Buh servers”. And to you, that one guy, I say that this exclusively happens to losing teams, and that’s no coincidence. So no, it’s not the servers. Nice try, that one guy.
> Okay, now what you probably came here to read about. There tends to be a quitting dip-yoink in far too many games, that entitled scumbag that thinks they need to quit because they’re not ahead within the first 2 minutes of the game. Seriously, are you aware that the first 2 minutes don’t determine the entire game. Unless you are a psychic (In which case PM me some winning powerball numbers) you don’t know how the game will end. And besides, does it really hurt your ego THAT much if you lose a few games? If it does, you have some insecurities that you should probably work out. Therapists need to eat and you sound like a good customer. When you quit, unless you usually get 50 deaths and zero kills, you screw your teammates, no matter which mode. Yes, even Warzone. That 1 man disadvantage can turn an entire game, even if you just exist to get shot at to distract enemies so your teammates can kill them. You’re technically important, and that time your getting shot in the -Yoink- saves your teammates can allow them to do something important in the game. Even if you’re not a quitting dip-yoink- this is still good to think about when you suck.
> Quitting also has a domino effect that can put your team deep in the -Yoink- barrel. Let’s say you decide to quit because you’re 10 points behind in Warzone and you don’t like it when victory isn’t guaranteed. You just took your team from “still a good chance at winning” to “8.4% reduction in chance of winning.” You’re out of the picture, and another guy with a similar mindset sees this and doesn’t like this reduction in chance of winning, so he quits too. Then the next guy goes, and then the next, until it’s a 12v5 game of Warzone and your ex teammates are in the -Yoink- barrel. Yes, because you didn’t get a 150% certain win, you gave your team a 150% certain loss. Your mother is dissapointed in you.
> Now, we’re going to have to combat these people. 343 Industries can only go far with quit bans until they’re considered a -Yoink!- regime, so it’s up to the community to help them. When you see a quitter, you give them hell. Call them out. Report them. Insult their childhood pet. Call their mothers hamsters and tell them that their fathers smell of elderberry. Give them a feeling that the world itself wants them dead for their actions. But don’t go overboard because if you do there may be some legal -Yoink- involved that you don’t want to be part of. Don’t be a -Yoink-, but make sure the quitter feels like one. Social pressure can fix people as long as they’re not vegetables oblivious to the world (Disclaimer: there is a significant number of vegetables on Xbox Live) Let’s really do this, because it’s not okay for me to lose several games today due to quitters. I want to lose because I suck at the game, not because my teammate sucks at life.
> Rant’s over people, go home.
Callouts on waypoint aren’t allowed, but sometimes I fantasize about finding another forum for them. I don’t want to play with habitual quitters, it would be nice to be able to find a list of them so I can just block them ahead of time
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> > Curbstomps aren’t fun for either team, and I make no apology for doing my part to make it end faster.
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> I’m so looking forward to booting up my xbox tomorrow after work, looking up your gamercard and blocking you.
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> Have a nice life!
Just so you’re aware, blocking doesn’t actually work anymore. Go nuts though.
I’m not advocating quitting because you were killed first, or because you died one kill away from a frenzy. I’m saying that if the game is an obvious lost cause, like being down 15 kills in 3 minutes, then maybe it’s better for everyone to get out of the match ASAP and hope the next match is better.
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No, you’re the one doing the curbstomping to your team just because you can’t roll with a couple punches
I agree OP. Here’s the thing though, I actually do message them after the game when they quit and say something along the lines of “Nice job, you just lost us the game” or I just call them a quitter. Every single time I have messaged a quitter their response is ALWAYS the same…“I lagged out”. It’s almost pointless to even message them because they will lie and say they lagged out.
I rarely leave a game, but if I’m on a 2v4 or 1v4 on either side I’ll quit while staying in the game. If on the winning side and we are clearly gonna win I work on trick jumps or play around. I’ll shoot at the poor solo guy if he comes in my area but 4v1 isn’t fair so I can at least make it 3v1 by hanging out. If on the losing side and we clearly don’t have a chance, I’m hiding and not ashamed at all to say it. You aren’t going to win 2 on 1 or worse shootouts. Not happening. So I don’t leave but I quit. Also on strongholds if its 80-0 you might as well find a corner if you’re losing. You ain’t winning unless you get spiritual intervention.
In summary when people quit it becomes a throwaway match for everyone. No judgment. And don’t harass the quitters. You don’t know why they quit. Maybe their wife wanted something. Maybe they decided to do something else. It sucks but sending messages flaming people is so…facebook.
Saying hey as a community we need to step up to weed out the quitters. Just report them at the end of the match."
is a good enough statement. I enjoyed your post it was colorful but ill be sorry when it gets locked.
You can’t just throw the server excuse out the window. The Halo servers are total garbage. And the ones outside the US are even worse. I’ve been booted while winning and losing. It’s just part of it.
I don’t know what to tell you man. I think we’ve all thought about how satisfying it could be to put these guys on front street and publicly shame them for our small inconvenience. However, if you are letting losing at a video game make you that angry, then maybe you should take your own advice about getting therapy.
People quitting sucks. Anonymity of the internet allows people to be the little yoinks they are intended to be because there are no consequences. Until thats fixed, this is just part of what we have to deal with.
I’m not a frequent quitter, but I do quit from time to time. I will hide nothing about that, nor do I feel the need to since anyone who claims they’ve never quit is likely a liar.
That said, it often really is just the servers. In my personal case it’s the servers at least 90% of the time. I can’t even count how many times I’ve just been randomly dropped from a match and lost connection to the REQ servers. In fact it’s put me in quite a rage when it happens at the very end of a match that I just won.
“A few minutes doesn’t determine the victor of a match.” Contentious, but I will say a few minutes is enough time to determine what kind of people are on my team. I’ve just come out of a ton of CTF matches hoping I’d get to play something else on Riptide instead. I stuck through the matches regardless. I’m put in yet another CTF match. The first few minutes my teammates just wander aimlessly searching for kills. Several times I attempt to pull the flag in clear sight of them, and they ignore me. Then when the flag is dropped…they don’t even attempt to grab it, even when it’s completely safe to do so. I would give credit to the only guy who appeared to be doing anything by having four flag returns…except all four of those returns were when the flag was an inch off of its pedestal and thus there was absolutely no point in doing so. I quit that match, and I’m not ashamed of it. I’m under no obligation to stick around if no one else on my team wants to put forth the smallest iota of effort. Doubt those people even realized the lack of my presence.
> I rarely leave a game, but if I’m on a 2v4 or 1v4 on either side I’ll quit while staying in the game. If on the winning side and we are clearly gonna win I work on trick jumps or play around. I’ll shoot at the poor solo guy if he comes in my area but 4v1 isn’t fair so I can at least make it 3v1 by hanging out. If on the losing side and we clearly don’t have a chance, I’m hiding and not ashamed at all to say it. You aren’t going to win 2 on 1 or worse shootouts. Not happening. So I don’t leave but I quit. Also on strongholds if its 80-0 you might as well find a corner if you’re losing. You ain’t winning unless you get spiritual intervention.
If it’s 4v1, and the match isn’t almost over, then please just leave. You’re only dragging things out and making it boring for everyone involved. No one blames you for leaving against such incredible odds, and none of your teammates remain to condemn you.
Nice Monty Python reference…also,nice post.
yah
I’m a quitting fishstick if my teammates are annoying.
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You’re nothing but a big fat quitter 
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Feel free to check my record, m80. Last I calculated it, my quit percentage was around 6%. Like I said, I’m not justifying ragequits or quitting for a different map.
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> > I’m so looking forward to booting up my xbox tomorrow after work, looking up your gamercard and blocking you.
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> Just so you’re aware, blocking doesn’t actually work anymore. Go nuts though.
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> I’m not advocating quitting because you were killed first, or because you died one kill away from a frenzy. I’m saying that if the game is an obvious lost cause, like being down 15 kills in 3 minutes, then maybe it’s better for everyone to get out of the match ASAP and hope the next match is better.
You quit when it’s 15-3?
this made me throw up a little in my mouth 
edit: re-read. You quit if I5 down in three mins? Yeah vomited again.