A new way of dealing with rage quitters in online games
From the archive: published Jan 12, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Sick of sore losers quitting online games whenever they’re losing? Same! And when you triumph as little as me, trust me, it’s even more frustrating. Various solutions to this problem have been proffered by developers, but Capcom has just come up with one of the best: match the quitters with other quitters.
Due out next month, the company’s gorgeous 2D fighter Marvel vs Capcom 3 is designed to track the quitting habits of every gamer who plays online.
Those who sulkily exit the game too often will find themselves placed in a special matchmaking pen with other jerks who really need to handle losing better, meaning it’ll be rage quitters vs rage quitters. Damn, I love that idea.