Rage Quitting Online Games: What’s The Point?

How often has this happened to you? You sit down to play an online video game after a hard day of school or work and you party up with friends and while in the midst of playing you turn around and all of a sudden your alone in the room and your teammates have all abandoned you.

[Soldierone]

Depends. If im playing with 20 year olds that somehow forgot to go to High School English and talk like 9 year old punks while they use hacks in Call of Duty...I leave. Why? Cus losing in that nature isn't fun. End of story.

If im just losing (even if my team ALL left) I still stick it out and just leave during the lobby screen.

[LightofDarkness]

Yup. Heck, I often just wait around if it's a game that has good team balancing features (like Bad Company 2). Usually after one or two rounds the teams get a little more even.

But if there's some chromosome-deficient mutant child (of which are usually in their 20s, and from the UK somehow) griefing everyone, I get bored of that real quick. Thinks he's "LOLOL troll u u spastix LOLOL" until someone makes a fool of him, then it's like playing Russian Roulette with racial slurs and monotonously repeating the same nonsensical insults over and over, progressively sounding like he's going to break his own machine in frustration. And that guy's EVERYWHERE on XBL.

[Takoulya]

I do rage quit, but only under three specific circumstances.

One: My enemies are using exploits or overpowered weapons/techniques to win.

Two: The game is lagging.

Three: My teammates suck a lot.

This is why most, hell, this is why ALL of my rage quitting happens when I play Call of Duty. That and a bit of MAG, mainly because of reason number three.

[AJKanismajoris]

agreed, i if you buy a game you have every right to quit if you don't like the circumstances you're in, i'm not saying if your doing bad you should quit but some games have tendencies to NOT WORK PROPERLY *ahem* Black ops*

[BubbleSniper]

I personally don't like rage quitting or do it. On L4D, however, I keep movin and rarely stop, unless I hear a special infected. Usually I'm alone unless there is another who likes to rush.

This causes quite a few people to rage quit because they got owned by a smoker or hunter for not keeping up.

keep up, noobs! LOL!

[vickers500]

I quit a game whenever I'm not having fun and I'm just getting angry from getting killed over and over again or if the game is laggy, etc. Why continue a gaming session if you aren't having fun and are only getting angrier and angrier? Games are meant to be fun, they aren't something you HAVE to do.

I'm not obligated to stick around for my team, I bought the game so "I" could have fun, I didn't buy it so I could stick around and make sure others are having fun.

[t2taylor]

If you bought the game so " "I" could have fun" then why are you playing the "MULTI"player?

You gave two excuses. I agree if you lag or the other team is OBVIOUSLY hacking, you are fine to quit, because that isn't rage quiting.

If your saying your team is so horrible that your the only player with a K/D above the legal blood/alcohol level,(that's .08 for you underage players), then why are you rage quiting? Just kick as much ass as you can and leave when the maps done. Easy. OR play with your buds.

Sorry, I just saw contradicting statements in there.

Thanks, T2

[vickers500]

Because I like killing/defeating other people online. Whenever I'm getting killed over and over again every where I turn (with a little big of lag usually added on to that), then I cease to have fun and get angry and start cursing, so I think to myself, this is not worth getting upset over and simply quit.

You don't HAVE to work with team mates to have a good time in multiplayer. I go into multiplayer just wanting to kill people, but when I lose the ability to do so efficiently or pretty much at all, then it pisses me off and I quit because I am not having fun anymore, which is the reason I bought the game in the first place: to have fun.

I'm not going to stick around trying to "kick as much ass as I can and leave the maps when I'm done", I'm not playing the game for other people, I'm playing it for me, and I'd rather not get angry so I quit while I'm ahead, because getting pissed off about a video game simply isn't worth it.

[cochise313]

campers can cause rage quitting.

[Graphics]

Rage quit only against cheesers and spammers.. I just want to have some competitive fun but others play like if their life is on the line and do anything cheap to win.

[soundslike]

I LOVE RAGE QUITTERS

Its better than a victory.

But in all seriousness the games with lots of rage quitting tend to have factors that are out of players control eg: LAG or overpowered mechanics/outleveling(dota)

As long as the players feel that they can at least learn from the experience they will try and come back, but if the game shits on them when that happens then something is wrong. This is why games like halo have higher player health, because it gives people a chance to actually react and take control of the situation rather than just be a victim to somebody's relentless practice regimen for a videogame.

[BubbleSniper]

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[Boody-Bandit]

I agree when it comes to fighting games. I have more people quit on me during fighting games than those that finish the match. I barely play fighting games online any more unless it's against close friends.

In shooters, people that camp, I mean when it's basically the entire team and not just a couple guys, the whole map long makes me want to bail sometimes if I am being honest. I hate it when time runs out because everyone is camping and no one wants to move. That shit works my last nerve.

I never stop moving when I play a shooter. I don't run and gun but I don't sit still.

I stick it out for the map but end up leaving the room / lobby when the map is over if I'm stuck in a room with a bunch of cowards.

[IQUITN4G]

A shame when this does happen as there's no chance they can announce that my bottom has been raped yet again- often get that when i have bad game on Halo. Some of the players out there sure do enjoy the act of unwillful sex on my arse

[kagon01]

I only quit if the person I'm playing is clearly cheating by using advantageous methods over the network...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Raven_Nomad]

Nothing worse then getting left to get slapped by yourself!

I game to have fun and it's not fun when people are screaming and yelling and complaining the whole game.

[MajorNelson]

Wow you guys should definalty get a xbox360.

[Raven_Nomad]

I do have an XBox 360!

[Prototype]

By the title I thought it meant Rage (new game) was offline only...

[blackhammer]

I could've sworn rage quitting was quitting because you really don't want to play the game or in the server any longer.

So the point is, "Wow. I want to stop playing." Boom, quit and you stop playing.

[fanboys-R-dumb]

Rage quitting isn't really a big problem for me because in popular games such as call of duty new players join almost instantly. one thing that annoys me though is people who have host and power off their system or go to the dashboard when they are losing resulting in a premature end to the match.

[IHateYouFanboys]

i only quit matches for a few reasons:

1. people continuously glitching/cheating.
2. unplayable lag.
3. teammates inactive/not playing properly

usually i make a decision in the first few minutes of a match, and then stick to it - quit straight up, or stay and finish the match. nothing worse than being 20 seconds from winning a match and then the whole opposition team leaves just because they cant hack losing. i often finish matches of COD/Gears/etc with just me against 4/5/6 opposition. they appreciate me staying to finish the match, and i feel good for not ruining their game.

[GodofSackboy]

If i want to leave, i will leave. I dont give a crap about this "online code of honour" which seems to include not camping, rage quitting, etc, if you're not enjoying it then just leave

[BlitzAK]

>Joins match
>Enemy chopper gunner inbound
>Hostile dogs
>Pause
>Quit match

SImilar to BFBC2
>Joins server in conquest
>enemy owns all bases
>spawn killing
>Quit