Quitting in character select should not count as a loss

[VerminatorX]

Lag in character select is main indicator whether match will be laggy or not, so leaving there should not be punished imo.

[E Rags]

Just decline matches with Red Ping Bar...

[Roger Daniels]

Agreed. How can one be losing a fight that hasn't yet started. During the first few seconds many people check the connection speed and ping value first before actually picking a character.

Originally posted by E Rags:

Just decline matches with Red Ping Bar...

It ain't that easy. I think I lost count of how many matches had been intolerably laggy despite of 3-4 green bars indicated. And vise versa. Players with red ping bars at times delivered a solid match with no lags at all. So... it doesn't really help much.

[uKER]

Agreed. I've been a victim to that one too.

[Heru Ra Ha]

I agree with you OP, yet stats dont really matter in the game. By the way I sometimes have this issue with people on green or yellow bars, i think the connection check is only done once and not really represantive for the user that is the only way how i can explain that sometimes friends do have red (1pingbar) and sometimes green (4). The match runs fine in both :O

[MOOEY]

Stats mean nothing in this game. Although I agree, leaving in character select is hardly a loss or even quitting.

[VerminatorX]

I gotta mention one thing I encounter very often. When I connect with opponent, first few seconds of character select (when camera zooms) are ALWAYS lagless, when camera stops, I have (i believe opponent too) massive ~1sec lag, then smoothness is gone and there are always lags, sometimes massive, sometimes acceptable, but always.

These few whiles of lagless connection are weird.