10 Harshest Ways Video Games Punish You For Rage Quitting
9. Rainbow Six: Siege Bans You From Ranked And Caps Your XP
When Rainbow Six: Siege first launched, it had a real quitter problem. Being such a balanced team-based game, players abandoning the losing side would doom that team to an inevitable loss, robbing them of the chance to make an epic last-minute comeback.
When the devs at Ubisoft introduced a ranked mode though, they also established some ground rules for players intentionally quitting and disconnecting. If they didn't heed the warning when trying to leave a match early, they'd not only be subject to an immediate 15 minute multiplayer ban, but a longer penalty that stops them from gaining renown - the title's XP-currency system - in any mode.
This is all on top of having your online rank being lowered too, meaning that players suffered some pretty monumental penalties for one moment of passionate rage quitting.
It's a harsh system, and unfortunately problems with it constantly pop up because of just how temperamental Siege's servers are. There's no way to discern between rage quitters and victims of Ubisoft's botched matchmaking, with every player who leaves a ranked for any reason match receiving the same penalty.