Penalty For Abandonment!
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@realitysquared I kinda figured it wouldn’t be possible but maybe I was rubbing the invisible genie lamp and hoping it could get done. First of all, off topic, you are a fantastic writer! The entire piece was grammatically correct and was written almost exactly as I would write it so bravo my friend, from an aspiring writer!
I completely get that players would find ways to either manipulate or alter the system in some way and that’s unfortunate. And the “AFK” thing or non contributing players is too real, even now, I see players just dancing around the map with contributing at all to swing the team balancing the following round, followed by a complete butt stomping.
And to your point about researching why players are leaving mid-match, that’s a great proactive approach to address the problem. I personally try to play all different modes since my PS4 friends are quite the eclectic group and force me to play with them. Maybe someday there will be a fix to this. Thanks for all the input and for your detailed explanation regarding this issue.
@DeAtHaDDiCtiOn5 Thank you for the compliment to my writing. Part of my job involves writing documentation and training materials so I get a fair amount of practice.
I also wish that we, as players, could do something to address the idle players or those who aren’t contributing but the best we can hope for there is the ability to vote to kick players. That option is a double-edged sword though since it could be used maliciously by those looking to cause issues.
I also wish that we, as players, could do something to address the idle players or those who aren’t contributing but the best we can hope for there is the ability to vote to kick players. That option is a double-edged sword though since it could be used maliciously by those looking to cause issues.
@realitysquared Well that explains the writing skills! What I’ve been doing is just blocking those people that don’t contribute at all and by doing that, I haven’t been put in a game with them since. Maybe that’s luck or a coincidence but I’m hopeful it’s working how it should. I’m not saying there are a lot of players being idle (I play on PS4, West Region) as most of the time everyone is doing their part. But for the select ones that think they can sit around and do nothing, they are the ones that need to find a different game to play.
Honestly, for the few games I’ve played that allow voting to kick players, rarely have I seen it used maliciously. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen as I’m sure it does but it’s a rare case for me to see. Normally players are getting kicked for friendly fire, excessive taunting, etc. so I think it’s worth the risk to bring this to PvZ. I love playing all the PvZ games and want to continue to play them so I hope we can work together as a community to help solve this and some other issues promptly.
