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 Digg.com Facebook Google Bookmarks N4G Gamerblips del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot.org StumbleUpon I think all sports games with online modes need to start getting tough on this issue.
Most players don't quit in the conventional sense, rather they disconnect their console from the internet or turn the console off simulating a disconnect.
The only way they are going to be able to stop people doing this is by handing out bans for players consistantly quitting or disconnecting. Fifa 2009 has proven this year that having a DNF figure is not working as a deterrant. I get SO frustrated when raping people on fifa and they quit. Grow a pair of balls or don't play the game if you're crap at it.
So start banning these ******s from playing your game online please and set a standard for other sport games. I know what you mean and it is very annoying, but it's unlikely that they'd actually be allowed to ban users from playing the game online.
They should perhaps have a 'name and shame' leaderboard - just listing those that do not finish matches/fights....I'm pretty sure that'd make people think a bit more before doing it.
I'd never quit a game just because I was losing...let's face it - no matter how good you are (or think you are), there is always someone around the corner that will wipe the floor with you....that's life!
:) A name an shame leader board would be a great solution, its the new fun thing to do isn't it, pull the cable out an simulate a disconnection..
I'm afraid as much as I hate this crap, its now just a bi product of on-line play,If somebody wants to quit a game they will quit a game, being crap or lag are always going to be factors.
I very much doubt studio's would want to completely isolate or ban quitters as that would surely account for a large proportion of gamers...
A better method may be to trace the phone line quitters are on and send round a gang of midgets with big sticks to beat the offender..... one of the midgets could carry a black marker to write noob on there forehead too....
where was I ?? I digress sometimes...... When will they release new downloadable characters??? If not bans, at least suspensions. Or a system where the DNF figure is taken into account when matchmaking, so that players with a 10% DNF figure or less (to account for genuine disconnections) are matched together and those with a higher figure are given a lower priority or are matched together. Quitters ruin the quality of online gaming for those who don't quit.
I'd happily (and have done) take a 6-0 thrashing on fifa, rather than blemish my DNF. Nico they already said that they are only releasing Bader and Escudero and they are coming out after 6 months if you didn't get them for pre-ordering.
I'm happy they are adjusting the flash KO's, i've been in so many wars where we are both fighting really well then one of us KO's the other in the final seconds. Decisions mean more to me, like i've earned it in a war rather than looking like I got an easy KO on someone. 7 day ban for 3 dnr's in my opinion, as well as the rest. | 
