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I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing
Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people out there
who think if you quit a game you are losing, that it won't
count on your ranking. Don't these people realize that when
you quit a game you are automatically ranked lower than
everyone that stayed longer than you, even if you had more
kills them then? It's very irritating to have your whole
team quit 45 seconds in because you are down by a few
points.
 
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"Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing Team slayer.
> There seems to be a lot of people out there who think if you quit a game
> you are losing, that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these people
> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically ranked lower than
> everyone that stayed longer than you, even if you had more kills them
> then? It's very irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
> because you are down by a few points.

Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all going to a special
place in hell. Put me on your friends list. I'd talk politics with fred
liken before I'd quit a H2 game. GT: Capn 420
 
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* Robin wrote in alt.games.video.xbox:
> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing
> Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people out there
> who think if you quit a game you are losing, that it won't
> count on your ranking. Don't these people realize that when
> you quit a game you are automatically ranked lower than
> everyone that stayed longer than you, even if you had more
> kills them then? It's very irritating to have your whole
> team quit 45 seconds in because you are down by a few
> points.

Could it be that they dont care about the rankings?

--
David
Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.
-- Daniele Vare
 
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"SINNER" <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote in message
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>* Robin wrote in alt.games.video.xbox:
>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
>> playing
>> Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people out there
>> who think if you quit a game you are losing, that it
>> won't
>> count on your ranking. Don't these people realize that
>> when
>> you quit a game you are automatically ranked lower than
>> everyone that stayed longer than you, even if you had
>> more
>> kills them then? It's very irritating to have your whole
>> team quit 45 seconds in because you are down by a few
>> points.
>
> Could it be that they dont care about the rankings?
>

No, I don't think so. In one game, me and this fellow were
the only ones left. He was begging me to quit so that his
rankings wouldn't get ruined. I tried to explain to him
that just wasn't so.


> --
> David
> Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have
> things your way.
> -- Daniele Vare
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
>> playing Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people
>> out there who think if you quit a game you are losing,
>> that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these people
>> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically
>> ranked lower than everyone that stayed longer than you,
>> even if you had more kills them then? It's very
>> irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
>> because you are down by a few points.
>
> Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all
> going to a special place in hell. Put me on your friends
> list. I'd talk politics with fred liken before I'd quit a
> H2 game. GT: Capn 420
>

I hear ya. Out of the hundreds of games I have played, I've
quit twice. Once because company showed up, and they
wouldn't just come on in when I yelled and the other time
because the satellite repairman need to see the satellite.

I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
 
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>
> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
> news:GdaTd.81097$Yu.70585@fed1read01...
>> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
>>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
>>> playing Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people
>>> out there who think if you quit a game you are losing,
>>> that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these people
>>> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically
>>> ranked lower than everyone that stayed longer than you,
>>> even if you had more kills them then? It's very
>>> irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
>>> because you are down by a few points.
>>
>> Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all
>> going to a special place in hell. Put me on your friends
>> list. I'd talk politics with fred liken before I'd quit a
>> H2 game. GT: Capn 420
>>
>
> I hear ya. Out of the hundreds of games I have played, I've
> quit twice. Once because company showed up, and they
> wouldn't just come on in when I yelled and the other time
> because the satellite repairman need to see the satellite.
>
> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
>
>
>

Makes me wonder if MYGAMERTAG is taken too?
 
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"Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
> news:GdaTd.81097$Yu.70585@fed1read01...
> > "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
> >> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
> >> playing Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people
> >> out there who think if you quit a game you are losing,
> >> that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these people
> >> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically
> >> ranked lower than everyone that stayed longer than you,
> >> even if you had more kills them then? It's very
> >> irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
> >> because you are down by a few points.
> >
> > Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all
> > going to a special place in hell. Put me on your friends
> > list. I'd talk politics with fred liken before I'd quit a
> > H2 game. GT: Capn 420
> >
>
> I hear ya. Out of the hundreds of games I have played, I've
> quit twice. Once because company showed up, and they
> wouldn't just come on in when I yelled and the other time
> because the satellite repairman need to see the satellite.
>
> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.

Mine is - BoodyBandit
(2 minutes in the making) ;-)
 
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"lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
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>
> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:nkaTd.21704$4D6.17823@attbi_s51...
>>
>> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
>
> Mine is - BoodyBandit
> (2 minutes in the making) ;-)

Is that a new one? I mean, weren't you skitsafrantic, or something like
that?
 
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"TheLightsAreOn" <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
>> news:GdaTd.81097$Yu.70585@fed1read01...
>>> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
>>>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
>>>> playing Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people
>>>> out there who think if you quit a game you are losing,
>>>> that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these
>>>> people
>>>> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically
>>>> ranked lower than everyone that stayed longer than you,
>>>> even if you had more kills them then? It's very
>>>> irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
>>>> because you are down by a few points.
>>>
>>> Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all
>>> going to a special place in hell. Put me on your
>>> friends
>>> list. I'd talk politics with fred liken before I'd quit
>>> a
>>> H2 game. GT: Capn 420
>>>
>>
>> I hear ya. Out of the hundreds of games I have played,
>> I've
>> quit twice. Once because company showed up, and they
>> wouldn't just come on in when I yelled and the other time
>> because the satellite repairman need to see the
>> satellite.
>>
>> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Makes me wonder if MYGAMERTAG is taken too?

During the registration it says to pick a unique gamer tag.
Sometimes I take instructions too literally.
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
> news:GqKdnRTaw_AkhYPfRVn-jg@suscom.com...
> >
> > "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:nkaTd.21704$4D6.17823@attbi_s51...
> >>
> >> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
> >
> > Mine is - BoodyBandit
> > (2 minutes in the making) ;-)
>
> Is that a new one? I mean, weren't you skitsafrantic, or something like
> that?

Yes.
My Live script ran out lat Jan. 05 so I purchased a new LIVE account instead
of extending the old one.
I wanted a new fun name.... boodybandit suits me ;-)
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
> news:GqKdnRTaw_AkhYPfRVn-jg@suscom.com...
> >
> > "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:nkaTd.21704$4D6.17823@attbi_s51...
> >>
> >> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
> >
> > Mine is - BoodyBandit
> > (2 minutes in the making) ;-)
>
> Is that a new one? I mean, weren't you skitsafrantic, or something like
> that?

as my wife would agree.
 
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"lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
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>
> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
> news:CopTd.81164$Yu.78921@fed1read01...
>> "lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
>> news:GqKdnRTaw_AkhYPfRVn-jg@suscom.com...
>> >
>> > "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> > news:nkaTd.21704$4D6.17823@attbi_s51...
>> >>
>> >> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
>> >
>> > Mine is - BoodyBandit
>> > (2 minutes in the making) ;-)
>>
>> Is that a new one? I mean, weren't you skitsafrantic, or something like
>> that?
>
> as my wife would agree.

I was just about to ask whether she had seen it. <g>
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
> news:KYudnZMgt_-eqoPfRVn-pQ@suscom.com...
> >
> > "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
> > news:CopTd.81164$Yu.78921@fed1read01...
> >> "lighten up francis" <tellmeyou@loveme.please> wrote in message
> >> news:GqKdnRTaw_AkhYPfRVn-jg@suscom.com...
> >> >
> >> > "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:nkaTd.21704$4D6.17823@attbi_s51...
> >> >>
> >> >> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
> >> >
> >> > Mine is - BoodyBandit
> >> > (2 minutes in the making) ;-)
> >>
> >> Is that a new one? I mean, weren't you skitsafrantic, or something
like
> >> that?
> >
> > as my wife would agree.
>
> I was just about to ask whether she had seen it. <g>

20 years of marriage this April and I still chase her around my house like a
teenager 🙂
 
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"Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "SINNER" <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote in message
> news:tvjve2xpmk.ln2@news.gates_of_hell.com...
>>* Robin wrote in alt.games.video.xbox:
>>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing
>>> Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people out there
>>> who think if you quit a game you are losing, that it won't
>>> count on your ranking. Don't these people realize that when
>>> you quit a game you are automatically ranked lower than
>>> everyone that stayed longer than you, even if you had more
>>> kills them then? It's very irritating to have your whole
>>> team quit 45 seconds in because you are down by a few
>>> points.
>>
>> Could it be that they dont care about the rankings?
>>
>
> No, I don't think so. In one game, me and this fellow were the only ones
> left. He was begging me to quit so that his rankings wouldn't get ruined.
> I tried to explain to him that just wasn't so.
>
>

Its probably that they are stupid and never checked the Bungie site to even
know how the rankings work.

>> --
>> David
>> Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.
>> -- Daniele Vare
>
>
 
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"TheLightsAreOn" <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
>> news:GdaTd.81097$Yu.70585@fed1read01...
>>> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
>>>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days
>>>> playing Team slayer. There seems to be a lot of people
>>>> out there who think if you quit a game you are losing,
>>>> that it won't count on your ranking. Don't these people
>>>> realize that when you quit a game you are automatically
>>>> ranked lower than everyone that stayed longer than you,
>>>> even if you had more kills them then? It's very
>>>> irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in
>>>> because you are down by a few points.
>>>
>>> Yep. Quitters, standbyers, and griefers. They're all
>>> going to a special place in hell. Put me on your friends
>>> list. I'd talk politics with fred liken before I'd quit a
>>> H2 game. GT: Capn 420
>>>
>>
>> I hear ya. Out of the hundreds of games I have played, I've
>> quit twice. Once because company showed up, and they
>> wouldn't just come on in when I yelled and the other time
>> because the satellite repairman need to see the satellite.
>>
>> I am UNIQUEGAMERTAG. I worked on that one for hours.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Makes me wonder if MYGAMERTAG is taken too?

Depends, what is your gamertag?
 
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God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7 sitting around
playing video games.
 
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"mikeha" <harrisonm7@home.com> wrote in message
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> God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7 sitting around
> playing video games.

We were talking about a game that lasts 7 to 10 minutes, not 168 hours, and
the substantial number of players that quit as soon as things start to go
badly. I've got nothing against the players that occasionally have to quit
to put out a fire or clear their baby's airway.
 
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"mikeha" <harrisonm7@home.com> wrote in message
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> God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7
> sitting around
> playing video games.
>

If you want to quit your game any old time you feel like it,
don't bother playing online. It is rude to quit a game and
leave your teammates hanging. Most games last 10 minutes at
the most. If you can't commit 10 minutes, don't bother
hitting the start button.
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "mikeha" <harrisonm7@home.com> wrote in message
> news:1109348580.257360.61580@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>> God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7 sitting around
>> playing video games.
>
> We were talking about a game that lasts 7 to 10 minutes, not 168 hours,
> and the substantial number of players that quit as soon as things start to
> go badly. I've got nothing against the players that occasionally have to
> quit to put out a fire or clear their baby's airway.
>

Hey my kid has only choked twice in the last 10 months of XBL and even then
it only takes a couple of seconds to clear the airway and pick the
controller back up.
 
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"Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message
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>
> "Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
> news:KmJTd.81489$Yu.15871@fed1read01...
>> "mikeha" <harrisonm7@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:1109348580.257360.61580@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7 sitting around
>>> playing video games.
>>
>> We were talking about a game that lasts 7 to 10 minutes, not 168 hours,
>> and the substantial number of players that quit as soon as things start
>> to go badly. I've got nothing against the players that occasionally have
>> to quit to put out a fire or clear their baby's airway.
>>
>
> Hey my kid has only choked twice in the last 10 months of XBL and even
> then it only takes a couple of seconds to clear the airway and pick the
> controller back up.
 
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"Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message
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> it only takes a couple of seconds to clear the airway

Sure ... unless the obstruction is on fire. Then things get complicated.
 
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"Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "mikeha" <harrisonm7@home.com> wrote in message
> news:1109348580.257360.61580@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > God forbid that people have lives and can't spend 24/7
> > sitting around
> > playing video games.
> >
>
> If you want to quit your game any old time you feel like it,
> don't bother playing online. It is rude to quit a game and
> leave your teammates hanging. Most games last 10 minutes at
> the most. If you can't commit 10 minutes, don't bother
> hitting the start button.


eggs-zackly
 
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"Thoth" <thoth@notlisted.net> wrote in message
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> "Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message
> news:BZmdnWFmi7dD7r3fRVn-3g@comcast.com...
>> it only takes a couple of seconds to clear the airway
>
> Sure ... unless the obstruction is on fire. Then things get complicated.
>

Yeah but honestly. A little forethought of putting the matches and lighters
away before starting a game cuts that risk down exponentially.
 
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"Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing Team slayer.
> There seems to be a lot of people out there who think if you quit a game
> you are losing, that it won't count on your ranking.

> It's very irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in because
> you are down by a few points.


It never gets old ripping on quitters!

I started a game last night and just then got a party invite from a
neighbor. I stuck it out for 3 out of 4 rounds. We were up 1-zip and were
on offense the last round. So, since we had clinched victory I asked my
teammates if I could leave and join my neighbor. They were all very cool
and said yes.
 
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"A Man, Just Like Other Men" <Nada2Spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:J49Td.21590$zH6.4740@attbi_s53...
>
>> I've come across a new phenomena the past few days playing Team slayer.
>> There seems to be a lot of people out there who think if you quit a game
>> you are losing, that it won't count on your ranking.
>
>> It's very irritating to have your whole team quit 45 seconds in because
>> you are down by a few points.
>
>
> It never gets old ripping on quitters!
>
> I started a game last night and just then got a party invite from a
> neighbor. I stuck it out for 3 out of 4 rounds. We were up 1-zip and
> were on offense the last round. So, since we had clinched victory I asked
> my teammates if I could leave and join my neighbor. They were all very
> cool and said yes.
>
>

That is not the same thing. On top of that, they didn't lose anything by
you dropping out, you did.
 
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