Blizzard, please

[Scorp-11327]

You guys need to add in a way to figure out if someone left because of a power outage, network issue, etc.

Twice in a row I’ve been comp banned because of network issues, and I just now got banned because of a power outage. It’s been two years, and this has been a constant problem. You guys need to find a way to fix this. I love this game, but I can’t help but feel like complete garbage when I get banned for 25 minutes because of a power outage.

[Kaedi-11739]

Unfortunately all disconnections and game crashes counts as leaving the match and will be penalized appropriately. The game server has no way to discern a legitimate disconnection or game crash from one that is forcefully caused by a dishonest player to bypass leaver penalties. You can learn about this policy here:

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