As long as DG can consistently tell the difference between d/c's because of callstack CTD's and purposeful d/c's, I'll be very happy with this first round implementation.

As to the above, I'm pretty sure that you'd figure it out within the first 3 minutes or so whether you're playing with daddy's little princess.  Plus, you know there's always that pre-game lobby thing.

There are a multitude of things all leading to hard feelings with this game.  Ragequiting (because you are losing, or because you THINK you MIGHT lose) is just plain rude, unless, they impliment the conceede option.  I think that will help a lot.  Kind'a like when you tip over your king in chess to conceede the game.

Rankings are going to be needed too, so experienced players can play with like players, and noobs or people that just want a "fun" game can play together too.  Then it would be much less likely people will RQ because of "That $%&* feeder on our team" type situation.

And although you can call your custom game anything you want, there REALLY needs to be something simular like in Supremem Commander; where you can choose a "casual" game, or "Ranked".  This will get the people that are there only to win, and the people that are learning, or just  want a quick/casual game seperated.

For the rest of the people, that all of the above does not filter out (and who keep explainig why they think it's ok to RQ), I'm wondering:  If you keep explaining "why" it should be ok for you to RQ any time you want, then way are you worried about putting that on your record?  You can quit the game any time you want, and we don't have to play with you any time we want; it seems to all work out.  Or maybe it's because you can no longer RQ anonymously.

funny this whole thing is about the rage quitters not wanting to play with certain people so they leave. now you dont want to play with them either and that perfectly ok! i hope stardock comes up with fancy ideas to force you play with the ragequitters just like how they are going to force ragequitters to play with you.

yes forcing people with ragequits to the bottom of the list for random games is punishment. people that rage want to play good games too people dont seem to get this. thats why they leave because it wasnt fun. now they will have a hard time finding any game period.

Unfortunately, another three pages of discussion indicates that even if you don't see a problem, other people do.

What I'm talking about IS about "knowing what kind of player I'm gaming with".  If you have separate server pools, using two separate sets of meta-rules, people divide themselves using that.  Then they further divide themselves by chosing whether to play skirmish or custom games, what rules they have in play, etcs.  Then, if Stardock made these RQ rules optional, they could further filter themselves by choosing how 'strict' a contest they want.  So, you could decide to only play games on the 'pro' servers with full strictness on - and you would know that you would be playing against people who consider themselves experts, who are willing to stay in battle to the bitter end.

But I don't think that's going to happen, because Stardock's resources aren't infinite; and at some point, they have to figure out which group of consumers to concentrate on. 

I, personally, ignore the problem entirely by only playing single player.  I'm just pointing out that conversations like this will go around in circles forever, because there's no solution.  Either everybody gets to choose what they want, or some group is going to be disappointed.

JGH

This is turning into a DOTA system and Im lol'ing at it all.

D% = Local Banlist

Get enuf local bans and you will be on everyones banlist in a sense lol
Just like the closer you are to 100% The less people will want you to play with them.

We all know how perfect the DOTA system is. lol

(FYI, Im fine with all this I am not being negative, just point stuff out.)

Great, great, wonderful quotes.

Demigod must have some fundamental flaw buried deep in its gameplay somewhere, which causes this rampart "rage quitting" phenomenon.

I have made two threads on this topic already, where I'ved tried to attack the root of the problem:

• HUGE DESIGN FLAW: The loosing side has nothing to do!

• Demigod design dissection... a race for catapults?

Please read the comments in those threads before you post, there are a lot of great points being raised in some of them and I'm not claiming to be 100% accurate in my opening posts. Finally, I'll attach this image, which is discussed in the "design flaw" thread, but which I still think illustrates the "feeling" of a Demigod game pretty good:

If adding ragequit counter.... don't forget to reset all Stats.

I don't want to get kicked because there were serious connection problems in the past.

I can remember a day i regequitted like 10 games in a row because of heavy lagging, slow motion, hang up in the loading screen or get into a 2on1 or even 2on0.

I think someone said that before and you won't be that stupid to not reset the stats but... i want to be sure...

Two ideas:

1. Extending the no foul period to 5 minutes and allowing the concede ability after 5 minutes.  I honestly think this could take care of it.

2. Perhaps there should just be the option when creating the game to have it D% ranked or not...

The gold income from killing players is too high. It is the primary reason behind the general case of imbalanced games and the need for a concede option at all. The gold income per kill means that if you have a couple of more team deaths than your oponents you are most likely going to lose.

Everyones counting deaths all the time, and if your entire team isnt up to snuff then you are once again likely going to lose. There is too much emphasis on NOT DYING as compared to playing well and having the ability to come back. Yes, games can turn around but it's not the case the majority of times.

I die very few times in any game (often 0), but I cant always rely on my team mates not to give away the gold. It makes too much of a difference in the game because the oponents get the gold and get the items and you get steamrolled and you have rage quits and a desperate need for concedes.

Most game outcomes are deteremined in the first 5-10 minutes. Thats not the way it should be. Being downed and not earning cash and not contributing to the tactical landscape during your death time should almost be enough of a penalty. This all sounds like blah blah blah anyway as I'm kinda drunk so take it as you will.

Dear Players,

there is no RageQuitting or whatever u call it, it is just a weakness of your personality.

All the relevant arguments have been made already. But all together there is no excuse for "Running Home To Mommy".

To the players who lose a game: Stay and give ur best till the very end. Not more Not Less...that makes u a good loser.

To the players who win a game: Win the game when u have the chance to, dont torture. That makes u a good winner.

To the players who want to argue pro-ragequitting    forget it....ur just hillarious...im not even interested in your opinions.

To the players who argue contra-ragequitting.....keep on playing with some honor....world is wyrmish enough

eeeeeeeeeeeee da micro

hey frogboy, do you think we can get the narrator of the intro to say a sentence to a rage quitter.

something like "You have fled the battle. The other demigods continue their epic struggle while you abandoned the path to ascension burning with unholy raaaage." with the full gravitas of the excellent speaker.

"If i stay in game, i will loose a serious amount of xp... to get it back i will need at minimum 5 wins if the enemies don't have sth. like 1500 xp."

And? XP isn't everything. I have literally no idea what my XP is. I play because it's fun and because it's a challenge.