Call of Duty: Warzone Players Want Match Leavers To Be Penalized

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Part of what makes battle royale games attractive in a way traditional multiplayer games aren't is how casual winning and losing can feel. Call of Duty: Warzone players can jump into a match, be eliminated immediately, and jump into a new match in a matter of seconds. This style of play is understandably quite comfortable, but also is contributing to other issues in Call of Duty: Warzone. Players have recently called on Call of Duty: Warzone's developers to begin punishing teammates who leave a match early.

In a Warzone's solo queue, being eliminated and leaving a match is a straightforward process. When Call of Duty: Warzone players group into squads, however, there's more than just a single player's experience to be considered. If a teammate dies early, there's every expectation that they stick around hoping their squad can bring them back. Except, for many Call of Duty: Warzone players, patience isn't a virtue. It's faster to leave the match and start a new one, to the detriment of the team they left behind.

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A thread on the CODWarzone subreddit called attention to what they see as an «absolute epidemic» of people dropping out of games too early in Call of Duty: Warzone. The creator of the Reddit thread says that around two-thirds of their matches result in a teammate being eliminated and immediately dropping out of the match.

Responses in the Reddit thread largely agree that punishments need to be increased for those leaving Call of Duty: Warzone matches early. There's mention of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's system, which will lock players out of starting a match until the one they were in finishes. Others call for