Valve announces they are taking a more aggressive role against rage quitters and quitters in general in regards to the paid Mann vs Machine mode for Team Fortress 2.
The decision was due to constant complaints from players who have been affected from quitters and people trying to exploit leaderboards in general.
The announcement itself was done in a tongue-and-check manner from the "President and CEO of Mann Co."
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President and CEO of Mann CO Saxton Hale has decided enough is enough and has chosen to punish anyone who quits a round of Mann vs. Machine before the end.
In a very angry letter to Team Fortress 2 players he writes:
There are some words that, if I have to use them to describe a man, mean that man is dead to me. Also to everybody else. Because I will kill that man. One of those words is “hatless”. The other is “coward”.
I gave you mercs one simple thing to do: Defend Mann Co. from an unstoppable robot horde. Now Bidwell’s telling me some of you are abandoning the fight in the middle of attacks. Firstly: What am I even paying you in found money that falls out of robots for?
Secondly — actually, put this first, it’s more important — I am coming for you.
But thirdly, Bidwell’s drummed up some penalties for any coward he catches running away from the frontlines. If any of you cowards out there find these penalties too harsh, don’t worry about it, because see Point #1 (I am coming for you). Whatever penalties you get will seem like a day at the Being Afraid store (or wherever it is cowards like to shop) when I get my big angry hands on your beady little heads.
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Anyone who gets caught as a quitter will end up being kicked out of the normal matchmaking pool and instead be forced into a lower priority queue with the added penalty of longer waiting times to be put in a new game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...hable-offense/
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