LIVE suggestions -- AFK penalties & emoticon spam
This is not new, but to deal with seriously immature players:
Can the development team please (a) implement AFK (away from keyboard) penalties, whether ladder deduction, no XP points, or such, and (b) either eliminate emoticons and at the very least limit the number that can be done within a certain period of time.
(a) Too many childish people just walk away when the game doesn't go their way; they should just concede. (I basically do something else when that happens, but still.) If they have a "don't concede" quest, they can just end turn immediately (or just concede). If it's just a system / connection issue, I think Live can detect that. They are very attentive when their poisoned Klawf attacks, but pout when you knock it out and vacuum away their capsule.
(b) The emoticon system has to go or be changed. A couple of times, I've had opponents spam the entire game. Once a Snorlax player spammed literally not stop — and endless stream of clicking — during my turn. I more or less just ignored it (and won), but it's really abusive for the system to let us be subjected to that. I've noticed people recently are doing this obnoxious thing where they "sigh" when they start their turn but then immediately win (they clearly had the win and knew it). Who needs that? There's too little beneficial coming out of the system — e.g., genuine, well-minded players thumbs upping a mirror match, good play or a good pull — and too much infantile behavior. Better to let us play in silence.