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Why, what did he do?

He has a boot rate of nearly 50%, which is quite ridiculous.

Oh. Well he´s barred from any game i´d play in anyway, except for maybe the autogames, and 5 minutes isn´t much time to wait.

no but he will not make most filters just keep your boot filters high

Surely just some education about surrendering would be better then just banning?

I agree, perhaps he doesn't realise how to surrender.

|> Can we just ban players like this?

You mean players with names like "coondog"? Sounds like a great idea.

The sky-high boot rate is not all that unusual, I've see higher. There was a time that, whenever someone would disappear from a game he realized he was losing, I would take pains to gently explain where the "surrender" button could be found and that it was in their long-term best interest to surrender rather than just disappear because... blah blah blah.

Then I realized that in almost every case, I was wasting my time. Now, in RT games, when someone disappears at the point where they were obviously losing, I simply check their boot rate. If it's more than 20%, I don't even bother with the "you still there? If I don't hear from you I'll boot" warning. I gladly contribute another boot to their reputation and save myself the trouble of typing a lecture.

Maybe Fizzer could create an automatic popup that explains about surrendering after somebody has been booted above a certain percantage.

It is only harming themselves to not surrender afterall.

He never even made his first move. I suspect he didn't he most of he games he ruined.

@J Russell Mikkelsen - what is the problem with the name coondog? Do you even know what the word means?

While I understand the term, the racist connotations are a bit hard to overlook...

Here's all you need to know about coon dogs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BzRYME1ww

@Sharpe

So, if someone describes a nail as being bent, do you also jump to the conclusion that they are a homophobe?

Grandpa Jones!

Like my mom used to say, "Honi soit qui mal y pense"

dog, can't say I am familiar with that reference.

The fact is that coon is a racist term comparable to the N word. I would be equally put off if a name had the word fag in it, even if it was just a referencing a cigarette.

I'll not lie... if I saw someone with a name like yours in a game with an open seat, I'd pass on that seat simply to avoid the potential of playing with an ignorant ass. Same goes for the Hitler-inspired names.

Richard, I wouldn't have made that association. Now it bugs me that you've made me do so. Maybe I'm just ignorant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coondog

No suggestion there, anyway.

I made the association when I saw your name coondog. It can be just as offensive as "Hitler" or "Stalin" these days.

Really? I was kind of under the impression that "coon" was only mildly offensive. Not to mention that "coon" is simply what tons of people call raccoons. I think most Americans, at least, know what a "coondog" is, which is just a dog used for hunting raccoons (coons). That, or he misspelled "cornydog", which is a delicious fried delicacy of deliciousness.