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it isn't possible to distinguish between someone leaving to be a dick and someone just disconnecting from the game and we do not want to punish people for disconnecting.
This has been suggested many times but will almost certainly never be a reality, sorry!
Hi AussieGameboy,
We're currently aware of an issue with connecting to Showdown whilst using a certain internet Provider. The development team have been looking into it to try and work out a solution and hopefully will be able to fix it soon.
The only work around currently would be for you to...
PokeChess this has already been suggested but your post still has some new ideas compared to the old thread so I'm going to merge your thread with the old thread.