Capcom’s had enough of your crap, Street Fighter V rage quitters

You better get your finger off that Ethernet cable, because Capcom is no longer going to suffer people who pull the cord on their Internet.

The publisher has revealed today some of the first steps its going to take to counter rage quitters in its Street Fighter V fighter. Like any online competitive game, the new Street Fighter has a problem with people quitting early by disconnecting data cables or turning off their router to avoid taking a loss. This is driving honest players mad because it also means they do not get the win. To deal with this, Capcom says it’s developing a system to spot people who have a high rate of disconnecting from matches, and it will then use that evidence to punish those players. Having processes in place to deal with this kind of cheating is crucial for a highly competitive game like Street Fighter V because it is all about how you stack up against the competition. And players may get discouraged and lose engagement if they feel like they are getting screwed out of a fair win.

Capcom took to its blog to reveal exactly what it has in the works. Previously, the company was asking its community to provide video proof that someone was rage quitting, but that’s changing. And the publisher revealed how the new system is going to work.

“We’ve been working hard with the SFV server team to put together a process to pinpoint users who are clearly abusing the system,” reads the post. “And we’re happy to announce that we can now do this without any proof of video. We will be punishing players on a weekly basis who have extremely high disconnect rates coupled with unrealistic win rates.”

The penalty is a significant reduction to the offending player’s League Points. This is how the Capcom Fighter Network figures out where you fit in the fighting game’s ranked mode. Going forward, Capcom says it will make a sweep each week looking for people who match its rage-quit criteria.

“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,” reads the blog. “The players who fit the criteria of what we would call a “Rage Quitter” typically have an 80 percent to 90 percent disconnect rate and their accounts sit far outside of the norm as compared to the majority of other players.”

So keep those Cat5 cables plugged into the wall, friends.