I want to say here I didn't make it clear that a large part of the reason I don't like this (not most of it, but a lot) is that it makes a system like what we're used to, like Team Throwdown (which I would play more if it wasn't for the quitters), messed up.

: For what is, by definition, less than a single game?
: I'm afraid you would need a significantly stronger case to even get a
: concession from me on this one.

Are you serious? The issue isn't that it happened or that it might happen, it's that it could happen any time any player goes into any playlist (besides Team Throwdown). The secondary issue is that players find themselves in truly unwinnable situations, and being in a game like that wastes their time (and negatively impacts their record)-- and yes, it is a relatively short amount of time, but it's compounded by the first point, namely that it can happen at any time, and may happen over and over until the player is frustrated enough to stop playing.

: I'm sure they were absolutely thrilled that you stuck around as a sitting
: duck for the other team to easily pick off again and again, rather than
: have someone else join who was, you know, actually playing.

Firstly, a player who's away can be used as bait, and if you're lucky, a meat shield, and secondly, what about the people in the other two games I was put into without so much as touching my controller?