Why does overwatch think I lost when I got DC in comp game and rejoined back?

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After rejoining game, it still counts as loss, what is this? And why am I even banned? This happened way too much on my part, always lose Sr because of your technical bias. Either fix that, or just ignore the community when there are several things to fix.

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You always lose 50 SR due to disconnecting. The system can’t distinguish between a regular disconnection and intentional leaving, so it treats it equally. I am not saying its the best option, but its not Blizzard fault you have a bad connection.

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Relax friend, you reconnected after 2 mins after which you get slapped with a loss and ban regardless. Its not bias

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However, the system can recognize that you’ve returned to the match, and you get punished for it anyway. What’s the point of returning if you’ve accidently DC’d if the game is going to punish you anyway?

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What’s the point of rejoining then?

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Usually after that long joining or not is the same, the game is lost already. 2mins is a long time in OW.

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Again, why even have that option? There’s literally no incentive to come back.

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why is there no " pause " option ?
set the game on pause when someone is disconneced.
120 second time to rejoin - without any punishment.

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You left your team at a disadvantage for 2 whole minutes because of your unstable connection and you think you’re in the position to demand that your SR won’t drop?
Right.

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At least you did the right thing and went back to your team. That’s something I don’t see very often. Most of the time they will not come back, and you’re fighting another 2 rounds of offense/defense 5v6 (or less).

Then there’s the issue I’ve heard where you gain less SR for winning your next match, if you left previously due to someone else’s connection (as a penalty). This might be hearsay but I’ve not the willingness, or time, to test it.

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happened to me once, but like, waaay way back…someone left, we waited out till it said on the screen that it’s ok to leave…next match I lose, but I lose 50SR lol…
i mean, it’s not the end of the world, but, I kinda hoped that’s resolved after that much time.

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Obviously if someone leaves and comes back a minute later, they shouldn’t earn as much SR if they win. But if they win they shouldn’t lose SR

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By that system it will also allow people who keep DCing and reconnecting multiple times over the course of the match, leaving their team at a disadvantage throughout the match, gain SR for doing nothing.

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That’s strange, because when I got disconnected and came back I won SR if I won the game, ane I only lost 25 if I lost… when you get DCed and don’t rejoin you lose 50SR, but all times I rejoined I only lost 25SR or won 25SR… strange…

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I never got penalized after rejoining… all times when I rejoin if I lose I only lose 25SR and if I win I get 25SR.

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You have circa 20 seconds I think to rejoin, if you manage to rejoin real quick then it is the only exception, but most can’t join that quick due to pc or connection.

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Last time it was more 1min and a half, but we still won (somehow my team managed to capture the point while I wasn’t there). But when I lost I had really quickly reconnected so it was probably good ^^

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Well, I have seen people reconnecting and still get the penalty, they also needed longer than 20 secs to reconnect, was a real downer that time our main tank dc :frowning:

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What if you win anyway??? Would not be the first time that happens to me.

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I do have to agree with OP though. It offers absolutely no incentive to return. 2 minutes is not as long as you claim it is. I have had a teammate disconnect but we were still able to hold the enemy team back until they capped the second checkpoint at which point he finally returned. We ended up winning.