Now, this kind of seems like a no-brainer, but video games are supposed to be fun. That’s why they’re called games, after all. They’re to be played, enjoyed, and provide the perfect escapism from the high-pressure nature of our everyday lives. Well, not so much for the developers who slog their earthly souls into creating them. The stress of each Smash Bros. title Sakurai makes, for instance, ages him about thirty years. What do they get for their efforts? Insults and grammatically-questionable tirades on forums, mostly. Why are we like this? Because games are actually serious business for the players too, that’s why. We become fully invested in our favorite titles and franchises, and often very competitive in the process. The two classic examples of this are Mario Kart and Mario Party, completely family-friendly and accღessible experiences t🐓hat soon become friendship-destroying hatefests.
Online play is just the same. In team games, you can mock, deride, and talk smack about team members who aren’t carrying their weight, but in the end, you’re still usually stuck with them. Even worse, in one-on-one games like fighters, you’ve got nobody else to blame for your ineptitude. Whatever the scenario, though, it’s best to see the match/race/round through. That’s not only because it’s the mature thing to do, but also because some games are programmed to mess with you for rage quitting. Some, like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or For Honor, will give you a temporary ban from online play, while others, such as Animal Crossing and Persona 4 Arena, jus⛦t outright troll you for doing so. Let’s take a look at some of𓆉 these games.
30 TROLL🎉: Persona 4 Arena - The Brand Of A Rage Quitter
Way back in the day, some cultures would bra💯nd criminals with a letter depicting the crime they’d been found guilty of. The intent was 🍌a physical punishment (which was as painful as it sounds), combined with a sort of criminal record written right there on somebody’s forehead, cheek, or wherever.
2012 fighter Persona 4 Arena takes this same approach with those who rage quit during matches. If your average match completion rate falls below a certain threshold, you🃏r in-game name will turn red, showing everyone you encounter online that you tend to get a little salty when losing.
29 ℱ TROLL: Animal Crossing Series🌠 - Guess Who’s Back, Back Again?
That’s right, friends. We weren’t going to get very far in this rundown without Mr. Resetti showing up, were we? Let’s just embrace that. Animal Crossing isn’t the first franchise that comes to mind when you think of rage quitting, true, b🔥ut it does happen. What🌜 if you inadvertently get rid of a precious item, or let somebody with malicious intent into your town? You’d better believe the game gets shut down at times.
When it does, and you reload, you’re treated to the glorious furry face of Mr. Resetti. The character has become infamous for his long, tedious rants. Even if you’ve never played Animal Crossing, you might be familiar with him as an Assist Trophy in Smash Bros.
28 BAN: Rocket League - Try To Resist The Road ♊Rage
Now, if there’s any game that really shouldn’t be taken super-seriously, it’d probably be Rocket League. After all, the whole thing revolves around ridiculousness: acrobatic, vehicular soccer. Still, Psyonix’s hit title has b𓄧uilt itself quite the competitive scene, and you know what that means.
It means angry players trying to protect their reputation and stats in ranked mode, that’s what it means. No matter how badly matches are going, though, it really is best to stick around. By some title’s standards, Rocket League’s ban for rage quitting isn’t that bad (you’re shut out ꧑of ranked mode for 15 minutes), but it just doesn’t pay.
27 💟 TROLL: ARMS - There🧸 Really Is No Arm In Finishing The Battle
At this point, of course, all developers know that if their game has an online component, people are going to lose and hate it. How to combat rage quitting? Well, we’re going 🉐to be looking at all kinds of different methods over the course of this rundown, but there’s a simple one that a lot of titles employ: make sure that shutting the game down counts as a loss.
Who quits out of game that they’re winning, after all? In the ranked mode of ARMS, as in many other titles, you’re going to get that loss whether♋ you stick around or not. Another neat little touch is that the Nintendo Switch’s home button is disabled during online play𓄧.
26 TROLL: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Wait, You’re Not Supposed To Troll ꧟US!
So, yes. As we’ve previously reported, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s online is all kinds of shonky. Not just with regards to the♐ connectivity itself, but with some questionable decisions about the modes themselves. Here’s the thing about the Battle Arena mode: you’re sometimes waiting for a long time for a match. You may also have zero interest in spectating other players’ games. You may ALSO have just taken a good beating.
Couple all of these factors with the worst thing of all: if the host leaves, the entire arena is instantly disbanded, even for players who happen to have been mid-match at the time. Everybody’s thrown back to the menus. Effectively, then, Smash Ultimate is trolling everyone in the lobby at once.
25 BAN🦹: For Honor - There’s No Honor Here
Ubisoft’s For Honor has been one of the most ꧋intrigui♐ng releases of recent years. There was so much potential here. Heated PvP sword fights between Vikings, samurais, and knights, using a very visceral, fighter-style combat system? I was sold on this one from the get-go.
Sadly, Ubisoft couldn't make the best use of the🧔 game’s potential. It was rife with connectivity issues, and a lack of balance between playable classes. In short, it was a rage- quit magnet. Connectivity and stability have certainly improved since, and the games also implemented something else to try and remedy rage quitting: a ten minute ban from matchmaking♏.
24 TROLL: Over🌠watch - My Precious 𒀰XP!
As I say, the core purpose of video games is to entertain. It’s just a shame that the whole “it’s just a game” thing doesn’t console anybody, because we tend to get incredibly competitive and things soon escalate far beyond that. Overwatch players have certainly been guilty of this. The ever-vocal community have quite a reputation, so Overwatch incl🦩udes a devious little mechanic to try and keep them inꩵ the game.
If your games played/games completed ratio falls too low, you’ll be slapped with the 75% lessജ XP from matches rule for a specific time.
23 TROLL: Pokkén Tournament - My Fight Mon🌞ey!
As a fan of Pokkén Tournament, there’s one particular aspect of the game that I found far more entertaining than I was expecting to: the avatar customization feature. There’s a ridiculous amount o🐻f clothing, background and prop choices, and I spent far too ✤long messing around with them all. The fact is, buying new gear for your player character is pretty well the only use of the in-game currency.
I🌃f that sort of thing’s a big deal to you, you’re gong to ꦏwant to make sure that you don’t disconnect from matches. Why? Because rage quitting sees 200,000 coins taken from your total, as well as an auto-loss.
22 BAN: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Yep, I Find This Offensive ⛎ 🅘
So many games, as we’ll see, implement a brief matchmaking ban following a disconnection; something around the 5- or 10-minute mark. In a lot of ways, this is probably a positive idea, not keeping players away for too long but ensuring that they have a mo🦂ment to take stock and cool off before leaping back into the fray.
The issue is, sometimes these temporary bans are just a little too soft. We do want a deterrent, after all. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes that ball and runs it all the way to the end zone. Here, there are different “levels” of ban; some lasting for a half-hour (which is already harsher than most) and some 🌌lastiဣng all the way up to a week!
21 ൲ TROLL: Smite - It’ll Spite You And Smite You 🌞
In a lot of games, you’ll find yourself in a familiar situation when you join matchmaking: you’ll be thrown into an in-progress game that isn’t full, and you’ll be losing badly. Thi൩s often comes about, of course, because a member of the losing team bailed out.
Sometimes, this leaves you in a totally untenable position, and you’ll want to rage quit. Depending on the game, though, you really might not want to be too hasty with that. In Smite, the comeback factor is really stro𓆉ng, and you don’t want to count yourself out too early. Especially when considering the fact that you’ll get a deserterꦍ penalty of 2-30 minutes for your trouble.