Street Fighter V News, Update: Capcom SF5 Season 2 Patch Will Punish Rage Quitters

Street Fighter V is now implementing a way to punish players who leave matches before it finishes. Rage quitters typically do this to avoid adding a recorded loss in their profiles, allowing them to keep their high ranks. Rage quitting also is prevalent in other team games like Dota2 or League of Legends, often giving your teams disadvantages.

Ever since Street Fighter V officially launched in February, the game has been housing dozens of rage quitters. Capcom, the developer behind Street Figher, is stepping up against cheaters by marking shameful skull icons on their profiles whenever they frequently leave games. Players who finish their matches until the end will be awarded with a shield icon for their good behavior.

NeoGAF user Moaradin first posted a Street Fighter 5 screenshot saying: "Special icons will be displayed on the Fighter Profiles of players who frequently disconnect, as well as those who never do, making it easier for players with the same icon to battle against each other."

During the first release of Street Fighter V, penalties for leaving in current matches did not exist. Capcom did eventually adjust in August by implementing a system where SF5 players who leave matches three times in two hours will have 1,000 League Points reduced and locked out of the game for a day.

"To be clear, we are only targeting the worst offenders in our system, so if you have had a few instances of being disconnected during a match, you have nothing to worry about," says Capcom in a March post. "The players who fit the criteria of what we would call a 'Rage Quitter' typically have an 80-90% disconnect rate and their accounts sit far outside of the norm as compared to the majority of other players."

"Penalties will be incurred for disconnecting during a match, including LP reduction and temporary matchmaking restrictions," according to the screenshot. It seems that this Street Fighter V update system will still be staying for a long time, but now with extra public shaming.