I am getting punished for a server error

[TROUT-11157]

hello, I am very frustrated and mad about the recent events that has happened, what happened was that i was in the middle of a competitive match in watch point my team was doing fantastic almost getting to the 3rd point but then it kicked me out for “unexpected sever error” I imminently started to panic and checked my wifi and NOTHING was wrong with it i tried to get back into the game to rejoin the match but it said i was offline I was MAD at this point because i had to wait 50 seconds to let me go back online and I could not do a thing about it. i knew that by the time i signed back in that I could not get back into the match that WE WHERE WINNING so by the time i got back in i lost a lot of SR and all for what for a ****ING SERVER ERROR. and now i am being punished for something i had no control over thanks blizzard. if this reaches anyone from the overwatch team i just want to say thank you for your time in reading this and if there can be any way in fixing this

[Ryūsei-1781]

commenting so people see it, maybe try the bug report thing too?

[Sheevah-1353]

Continuing the discussion from Overwatch Technical Issues, SR Loss, and Leaver Penalties:

@Drakuloth

What if it was the server’s fault?

Often we hear mentions of one off issues when we discuss penalties. “What happens if the servers crash or if Blizzard’s ISP has a problem?” or something of that nature. This does happen from time to time, but it’s pretty rare. The system is built to take that sort of thing into account, and periodic issues like this shouldn’t tank your skill rating too much. This is why the first few penalties are lenient compared to later ones. Over time even the Skill Rating drops will even out as you keep playing normal matches. As long as you aren’t intentionally leaving or having tech issues, this shouldn’t affect your account too much.

[JohnDoses-1402]

Welcome to OW! The only game I ever drop from, only comp mode too, I NEVER drop QP or Arcade games. Makes you wonder.

[Gibberish-11316]

I believe that 6 AM - 7AM Tuesday morning PST is when Bliz do their maintenance.

Anyway Battlenet has a notice about the exact times. On the off chance that this truely is a Bliz issue, I strongly recommend that you read the notice and don’t play comp during the window Bliz say maintenance is happening.

Note: Its typically 1 hour per week.