I hear ya.. I got dinged a few times on "rep" for leaving a game early. I try not to, because I like to finish a game off, and personally hate it when people leave just because they aren't winning. That is a huge pet peave of mine. Another thing is people that crash to avoid getting killed (that just sounds weird). If I am damaged, I still try to keep the plane in the air, so the pilot pursuing me can get his earned kill. But, sometimes, it is simply unavoidable. I got a nasty message from a pilot on my 6 that shot me up. We were in a fight close to the ground to begin with, and he jacked my plane up pretty bad. I held it in the air the best I could, but pretty much lost most all control and couldn't keep my plane upright. I tried to stay up so he could get his kill, but, he just could't get that last shot in me before I hit the ground. I know how frustrated he must have felt after a long earned fight. He should have gotten that kill, but I just could not hold the plane up in the air. It was no fault of mine, and I did not deserve the nasty message. I am sure he dinged my rep too over that. But, it was litterally out of my control.
That also goes for quitting games early like you said. Sometimes, there are reasons, good legitimate reasons. Some technical, some personal. I rarely get cut off due to technical reasons, because I have a good stable network. But, I have quit a couple games early due to personal reasons, NOT game reasons. One I remember my daughter having an issue I had to deal with. I am an older gamer, that has a family, and if something happens here at home while in a game, I am sorry, I will leave a game and deal with that over playing the game. I love the game, and playing, but it is not my life. Sometimes REAL situations happen that forces me to put down the pretend situation. I try not to, but I have to admit, I have quit a game early on a couple occasions due to helping my kid at home with something that suddenly came up. I also quit one game that I got into that I didn't realize they had it set for a LONG game. I played for awhile, then supper was ready, so I went ahead and bailed on the game to eat supper with the family. Again, real life trumped pretend life. That session was simply set for too long of a time that I had to commit to it. My fault I didn't notice that until I was in the game, but again, real reasons..
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