Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

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You get penalized for unplugging chord.

POTM 07-03-2009, 10:21 AM
Well getting on Gears 2 eagerly awaiting to play my first TU4 match I search for a game. When I do happen to join one it is 2V5 and of course I am on the lacking team. Not only that but my teammate is a level 2 and all of the other team is level 60 and up. So I think to myself why should I deal with this? So I got up and unplug myself off of Xbox Live. After doing this the thought occurred to me that maybe they patched this in the Title Update? So I quickly finished a wave of Horde and sure enough I got a penalty. Guess I really have to endure those laggy games now...
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

Gapper Killer 07-03-2009, 10:25 AM
Thats bitter sweet if ever there was such a thing. Cry babies cannot just unplug and get out of being pwned but you have to suffer through stupid games such as this one. In the end I like the change, but thats just my opinion. Best of luck with that lvl 2 Wink [;)]
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

OKLAHOMAxNATIVE 07-03-2009, 10:29 AM
my failsafe to laggy games and unbalanced teams is gone now.

Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

POTM 07-03-2009, 10:36 AM
It had a good run. In the end I knew this would be patched but was surprised to see it wasn't mentioned in the official TU4 notes. Overall it isn't a devastating loss, but I'm going to hate to join the next extremely laggy game and have nothing else to do but sit at spawn and watch my K/D ratio go down the drain.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

Gapper Killer 07-03-2009, 10:44 AM
I always just quit out these kind of games anyway, 1500 points is chump change @ lvl 52 (Which I know is a low level) it takes 1 good game to get those points back and you can probably play 3 in the time that one laggy one runs.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

CSR8MILE 07-03-2009, 11:11 AM
 Gapper Killer wrote:
I always just quit out these kind of games anyway, 1500 points is chump change @ lvl 52 (Which I know is a low level) it takes 1 good game to get those points back and you can probably play 3 in the time that one laggy one runs.
Yup. There is no reason at all to do anything that makes you miserable. And playing laggy-quantum singularity Matches or being lag-switched or host-bridged is NOT FUN, so just bail. You can make the 1500 up in no time. Save your Stats, save your peace of mind. Simple.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

HellJumper SK 07-03-2009, 5:09 PM
I can't take Gears of War 2 that seriously, so I don't care at all about K/D in it.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

Necromancer1982 07-03-2009, 5:28 PM
Pulling the plug still works for me. I've done it 3 times today during unplayable lagging matches and haven't gotta penalty.

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MrCommodore18 07-03-2009, 6:01 PM
maybe the games were so laggy that Epics crappy infrastructure couldn't even recognize what you did. Stick out tongue [:P]

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xAvEnGeDgEaR7x 07-03-2009, 6:02 PM
oh great, I get disconnected a lot cause my wireless internet is dumb, im screwed now

Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

HellJumper SK 07-03-2009, 6:07 PM
 xAvEnGeDgEaR7x wrote:
oh great, I get disconnected a lot cause my wireless internet is dumb, im screwed now


Its just 1500 XP....
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

DutRankEC 07-03-2009, 7:20 PM
 Gapper Killer wrote:
Thats bitter sweet if ever there was such a thing. Cry babies cannot just unplug and get out of being pwned but you have to suffer through stupid games such as this one. In the end I like the change, but thats just my opinion. Best of luck with that lvl 2
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

Gapper Killer 07-04-2009, 6:05 AM
 xAvEnGeDgEaR7x wrote:
oh great, I get disconnected a lot cause my wireless internet is dumb, im screwed now
The highlighted portion seems to be the issue, wireless internet is never the answer.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

jfl1992 07-04-2009, 7:23 AM
Is it a bad idea to just turn off your console and turn it back on? Havent seen a post of anyone doing that

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Gapper Killer 07-04-2009, 7:41 AM
 jfl1992 wrote:
Is it a bad idea to just turn off your console and turn it back on? Havent seen a post of anyone doing that
You'll get 1500 points loss. If your just trying to get out real quick and dont care about the point loss (which you shouldn't) tap the power button and hit x to sign out, it drops to the main menu fast, only time this sucks is when your in a party and you have to rejoin it.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

OKLAHOMAxNATIVE 07-04-2009, 8:01 AM
 Gapper Killer wrote:
 jfl1992 wrote:
Is it a bad idea to just turn off your console and turn it back on? Havent seen a post of anyone doing that
You'll get 1500 points loss. If your just trying to get out real quick and dont care about the point loss (which you shouldn't) tap the power button and hit x to sign out, it drops to the main menu fast, only time this sucks is when your in a party and you have to rejoin it.
once you sign back in it joins back to the party automaticly.

Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

McDurbin 07-04-2009, 8:05 AM
 NecroTheNoble wrote:
Pulling the plug still works for me. I've done it 3 times today during unplayable lagging matches and haven't gotta penalty.

Exactly. Yes [Y] Same for me.

It just randomly does the -1500. But 99% of the time it works.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

Gapper Killer 07-04-2009, 8:52 AM
 OKLAHOMAxNATIVE wrote:
 Gapper Killer wrote:
 jfl1992 wrote:
Is it a bad idea to just turn off your console and turn it back on? Havent seen a post of anyone doing that
You'll get 1500 points loss. If your just trying to get out real quick and dont care about the point loss (which you shouldn't) tap the power button and hit x to sign out, it drops to the main menu fast, only time this sucks is when your in a party and you have to rejoin it.
once you sign back in it joins back to the party automaticly.
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Re: You get penalized for unplugging chord.

I KEEL YOU MAYN 07-04-2009, 10:37 AM
Eh, after they introduced the bots, I didn't get bothered by people quitting anymore that much. Experiencing quitters was HORRIBLE in Gears 1 and pre-bots Gears 2. It's amazing that in Gears 2 they have both the bots as well as a 1500 point penalty for quitting whereas in Gears 1 they had neither.