Rendering Device Lost Crash – Got Banned in Quickplay Unfair

Hello Blizzard Support,

I’m reporting a serious issue that caused Overwatch to crash mid-game, followed by an unfair ban — despite it being completely out of my control.

During a Quickplay match, the game crashed with the error:
“Your rendering device has been lost! Application closing.”

When I restarted the game, I was surprised to find that I had received a penalty as if I had intentionally left the match — which I did not.


:desktop_computer: System Specs:

  • GPU: RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (Palit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K
  • RAM: 32GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
  • No overclocking
  • Temps normal at crash (GPU ~42°C)

:white_check_mark: Troubleshooting Tried:

  • Clean DDU reinstall of GPU driver
  • Disabled overlays and background apps
  • Set all power modes to max performance
  • Verified game files
  • Lowered all graphics settings
  • Issue still occurs randomly

This crash is not caused by me, and being penalized for it — especially in Quickplay — is unfair. I’m kindly asking for:

  • A review and reversal of the ban
  • Technical support for this crash, which still has no permanent solution

If needed, I can provide more logs or system info. Thank you.

No one, including Customer Support or developers, can reverse suspensions or bans resulting from leaving a match. It’s a completely closed system. This info is pinned at the top of this forum:


It looks like you completed all the steps Blizzard offers for troubleshooting the rendering device lost error already. Because of that, your next step would be to consult a local PC technician.

Have you tried an older version of the driver? There was an issue with an Nvidia driver released about two weeks ago or so that was causing a lot of crashing issues in Overwatch and reverting to the previous version fixed it. If you have not tried this yet then I suggest doing a clean install with a driver package older than at least two weeks ago, maybe three weeks just to be safe.

This is correct when it comes to independent requests for individual accounts. However, there have been occasions where a server issue with OW itself was causing disconnects and the leave penalties were nullified in bulk for those affected by a system wide issue that occurred within a certain time frame.

That’s a server rollback. There aren’t any ongoing server issues, so a rollback isn’t on the horizon, and I was solely addressing this player and their circumstances.

Oh. I didn’t know that’s how they removed the penalties so fast. Interesting!

Yes, I was trying to reiterate that they won’t individually review and undo a penalty on a case by case basis and that those that have been done were seemingly done in bulk and in response to a known widespread server issue.