OK, I took the advice of everyone here and stopped leaving matches very often. (There are exceptions, but they are rare for me now.)
And WOW, I can't believe how many people leave a match at the end. I don't know if its because you have to wait 2 minutes to get into the next match or not. Do you know why so many people leave a match at the end? Of a 12 person TDM, I've only seen 11 stay to the next match ONE time. I've never see all 12 players stay for the next match. Usually it's more like 6-8 who stay. And its the losing team that almost always loses the most players. WHY is this?
Here's why it bothers me now (and you all have helped me to understand how Matchmaker works). Say the next match screen only has 6 of the original 12 players still hanging around. It seems that it takes longer to start the next match because not as many players are clicking "Ready". Also, the next match is more likely to end up lopsided because MMR does not seem to be considered when new players are joining a match already in progress. I've seen ourselves already losing (despite having one more mech), and then the other team gets another mech, and that extra mech is actually a stellar player. It ends up a blowout. (Sidenote, why do people say "good game" after a 14/40 match that was clearly NOT a good game?)
Anyway, as I learn more about why staying in a lobby is important, I'd like to encourage other players to do the same. 1) We can start the next match faster, and 2) It will likely be more balanced if we have more players at the start.
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