Had high hopes for this game given the amount of old pros floating around, but it looks like the morons and leaderboard obsessed wanks have totally invaded. I really wasn't expecting this from this game given how unnapealing it is to the general crowd, well known for being one of the most hardcore fighters ever.

Hey that's cool man, I gave up on SF4 online albeit for other reasons (very bad anger issues when I lose) so I stick to the single player in that when I do decide to play it.  Playing against the CPU is much less stressful and more fun.  Don't force yourself to play online if all it does is bring anger - it isn't healthy and I could safely back that claim up thanks to a very broken controller and a steady stream of cursing at my television. 

Honestly, if I was the head of development for a multiplayer game I'd cause a heavy deduction or penalty for disconnects of that sort. Why not use a system where if the opponent disconnects after half of the game has been played then the penalty is enacted? Most laggy disconnects usually happen before half the game is over and I'd assume that most of the disconnects that happen afterward are of the "rage quit" type. At the same time though, I'd reward players for sticking through, even if they lost. Give them five points instead of twenty. Include a meta game like CoD multiplayer does. It doesn't sound all that difficult and especially with a game that heavily focused on multiplayer its maddening that developers don't want to take the time to think these situations through. I've heard all of the former 1up staff talk about developers actually thinking of putting in things we think are obvious but just end up not having the time but not penalizing a rage quit for multiplayer focused games should be like forgetting to add a save system in games at this point. Unfortunately, that's not the case and it just seems like flat out laziness to me.

That sucks. Stuff like that reminds me why I usually play with friends in the same room. Atleast that's what I'm planning on getting the game for.

Yeah it's such a shame though, I love this game and have no issues with losing (although a little frustration at lag, or infinite combos etc is fine and dandy) it's just assholes who can't get it together to accept their losses and give the other player the satisfaction of beating them :\

Why do you care about your ranking on a ladder that's so full of cheaters anyway? You might as well just play the game for the fun of it, or stick to non-ranked matches where people are less likely to ragequit if it bothers you that much.

Lol keep at it dude . I never win online .  This is probably due to me playing with "low tier" characters but that does not  bother me  . Also i play it like street fighter . I'd be glad to have a win lol

" @kmdrkul said:

" Hey that's cool man, I gave up on SF4 online albeit for other reasons (very bad anger issues when I lose) so I stick to the single player in that when I do decide to play it.  Playing against the CPU is much less stressful and more fun.  Don't force yourself to play online if all it does is bring anger - it isn't healthy and I could safely back that claim up thanks to a very broken controller and a steady stream of cursing at my television.  "

Same here man. I get very angry when losing, specifically fighters. You can't blame anybody else but yourself when losing! "

" @sixghost said:

" Why do you care about your ranking on a ladder that's so full of cheaters anyway? You might as well just play the game for the fun of it, or stick to non-ranked matches where people are less likely to ragequit if it bothers you that much. "

It's not ranking I care about at all. I play ranked because waiting ages while watching 4 other people play the game, and having them lag up the connection while i'm playing is not my idea of fun, i'd get even more bored in player matches. 

Ranking isn't important to me, it's the satisfaction of beating the dude without having him pussy out on you and rip that satisfaction away from you. I know there should be no difference, I had him solid beat I should be happy right? Yeah, I should, I don't know why it makes me so angry.

Also sometimes it fucks up the game and leaves you hanging on the background screen, you have to quit out and restart, all become some pussy couldn't handle losing.

I agree with IIImatic, there really is no excuse not to have severe penalties in place. But at least you get the win in most games nowadays if they disconnect.

"

What's really the difference between someone ragequitting and beating someone until the end if you don't care about the points involved? All they're doing is acknowledging that they were beat, and you pissed them off enough to pull the plug.

Personally I take more pleasure in a ragequit. Just the image of the idiot frantically reaching for the ethernet cable before I can kill him makes me laugh.

If I made a fighting game, it would count as two losses if you disconnect, as well as having the Disconnect meter from SFIV.

The solution to all this is to not have an achievement asking for wins. Rather, the achievement should only qualify completed matches.

" If I made a fighting game, it would count as two losses if you disconnect, as well as having the Disconnect meter from SFIV. "

I don't know why they haven't worked around this yet. What's so wrong with getting a win if the opponent disconnects? Boosting worries? Technical limitations? Anyway, sorry to hear that. I'd just play some player matches until things die down a little. MvC2 is too good to give up just because of rage quitting in ranked matches

" @SoulEdgeSlayer said:

" If I made a fighting game, it would count as two losses if you disconnect, as well as having the Disconnect meter from SFIV. "

Agreed.  To go along with the disconnect meter, it should also say how many games you have quit from.  I played a guy on SFIV once who had 16% disconnect rating.  Wow, what a sore loser. "

" @JJOR64 said:

" @SoulEdgeSlayer said:

" If I made a fighting game, it would count as two losses if you disconnect, as well as having the Disconnect meter from SFIV. "

Agreed.  To go along with the disconnect meter, it should also say how many games you have quit from.  I played a guy on SFIV once who had 16% disconnect rating.  Wow, what a sore loser. "

I once saw a 60% disconnect rating. My jaw hit the floor when I saw it.

Unless the guy just started playing and dropped a few games due to a bad router, he is the worst loser in history.

Oddly enough he played me, I beat him down and he took it... O_o

"

" @The_A_Drain: If you're playing on xbox (i can't speak to the ps3 as I don't own it),it's very easy to retaliate in some way. File a player report, avoid the player from then on, report him as a cheater, or even better, send him a polite, non threatening message, just telling him what a pathetic douche canoe he is, and that you're glad to know that when something real in their life gets fucked up, they won't be able to just pull out the network cable to solve their problems. "

I've only played player matches so far, and out of the matches I've played I've only had one rage quit on me (and the sad thing is, I thought the guy was good and all the win I got against him were really close......).

This is why I don't play ranked games too often.

invite him over to your house and whoop his ass. No lag, no excuses. ANd if he dares press start-->restart , slap him hard

 Well, that sucks dude.

If you see me on, send me a message. I'll play you, and I promise I won't leave. ;)

" @RiddleBrother said:

" @The_A_Drain: If you're playing on xbox (i can't speak to the ps3 as I don't own it),it's very easy to retaliate in some way. File a player report, avoid the player from then on, report him as a cheater, or even better, send him a polite, non threatening message, just telling him what a pathetic douche canoe he is, and that you're glad to know that when something real in their life gets fucked up, they won't be able to just pull out the network cable to solve their problems. "

And also tell them that there are no re-spawn points in RL. "

i couldn't ragequit even if i wanted toi cause i think you have to have some wins first for it to make any sense lmao

You should play more player matches.  Most people don't disconnect in those even if they can't even take out one character.  Especially if there is a big group of people.  I think that in a big group there is so much talking and joking around that it's more like everyone less skilled is content with taking their ass whupping and joking about it rather than getting upset.  Non-ranked games are more for people looking to have fun. 

I'd assume that ranked games are gonna be nothing but super teams of top tier players where the whole goal is to trap people in infinites, the only purpose is to get achievements and the response to losing a close match is to yank the ethernet cord out of the 360.

I had already had enough with the online on day 2, when I realized that everyone was leagues better than me just like in Street Fighter 4. That's why I only play people locally or on my friend's list. Too bad I won't even be doing that now.... Damn E-74.

I consider myself a pretty decent player, and have managed to come away with some more wins than losses (currently 12-8). I haven't had anyone quit on me, but I wouldn't doubt that there is a significant number of people that do. It sucks that these people are quitting on you, but I can't honestly say that I feel your pain.

 If it makes you feel better, I'd definitely be down for some player matches. GT in the mini-bio.

i've only had like 3 rage quitters on me for championship mode so far.... to be honest most guys i see have like 5% disconnect or less. i do get pissed off if i get beat by some characters like a cammy or ken... i get owned by their DP moves... feels like it has so much priority...

but to be honest one time... my internet died and i disconnected when i was getting owned.... man i felt sick ahaha with that 1% beside my name.... i was going to stop playing but after a few matches it went back to zero.... probably cuz i've played so many games ahaha. but yeah its WAY funner to play your buddies personally i love local matches alot more than any online mode

Yeah, thats happened to me where someone "disconnects"
The online is alright, my record is like 25-38 I think. I lost so many times at first, then got better, but there are still the thousands of crazy good players that can do 10 hit combos one after another.

I guess I get more disconnecters because I win a little bit more, my record is only 51 - 30 though it's not that great. Maybe I just had a really bad evening for disconnecters, maybe i'll try again sometime soon. I refuse to do player matches though because having more than 2 people in the room usually lags the connection for me, especially if they are all in NA and i'm sat over here in europe, that and I want the ranked achievements.

I have had enough... of waiting for it to hit PSN.

I like it when people quit. It shows that not only I beat them, but that they're a freaking punk that needed to be beaten.

I'm almost there with ya, im just going to try and get too 100 ranked wins and then im done playing ranked games forever. Just stick with player matching, any time you want to play hit me up. GT: Celtickrush

There's a good and bad side to the idea of punishment for disconnection.

That's crazy to hear all of that. So far I have 98 matches won 61 of them and have not had a single person d/c in match. I have not had a single lag issue either.

It depends on where you live. Ever since I moved to Alberta, almost all of the people I fight in SF4 disconnect on me. I suggest moving to another region to fix your issues.

" That's crazy to hear all of that. So far I have 98 matches won 61 of them and have not had a single person d/c in match. I have not had a single lag issue either. "

Hey, personally I think these games are ONLY good for local play....just my opinion though.

" Had high hopes for this game given the amount of old pros floating around, but it looks like the morons and leaderboard obsessed wanks have totally invaded. I really wasn't expecting this from this game given how unnapealing it is to the general crowd, well known for being one of the most hardcore fighters ever.
Anyway, all last night and this evening, I havn't had one single win where the other guy didn't disconnect. There's only so much a guy can take. The final straw was some dude using a reliably difficult method to get around (that's fine no problem with that) and as I began to adapt to his predictability, it was too late i'd lost doom and cable. That's fine I lost, good match. But what really burned my goat was I ended up playing the dude right afterward, and proceed to utterly trash him as I knew his gameplan, down to only iceman, and ony one teeny tiny sliver of health, doom was in the air, got about 4 frames into the animation, his hands thrust outwards, less than half a second before iceman would have got hit with a projectile for the win.... "A Player has disconnected or left the game"

I worked so hard for that win I didn't want an arbitrary "Win by default cos the others guys a twat" feeling, I wanted to beat him. I damned near smashed my television. Games havn't made me this angry in a long time. so i'm giving up I think i'm gonna stick to vs CPU and avoid more multiplayer before my heart explodes.
"

" @JJOR64 said:

" @SoulEdgeSlayer said:

" If I made a fighting game, it would count as two losses if you disconnect, as well as having the Disconnect meter from SFIV. "

Agreed.  To go along with the disconnect meter, it should also say how many games you have quit from.  I played a guy on SFIV once who had 16% disconnect rating.  Wow, what a sore loser. "

I once saw a 60% disconnect rating. My jaw hit the floor when I saw it.

Unless the guy just started playing and dropped a few games due to a bad router, he is the worst loser in history.

Oddly enough he played me, I beat him down and he took it... O_o

"

" @Napalm: I guess I just freaked out, like I said, that evening there wasn't one single person I was winning against who didn't disconnect, something like 20+ matches in a row. That's enough to make anyone go insane :\  I probably just got really unlucky. I'll probably go back to it again eventually just to finish off the 100 ranked wins. "