An open discsusion on the consequences of death

[Kaedan]

How are they punished when they lose? The championship series are positive reinforcement for winning.

Hmm... let's see. They can lose their jobs, they can get salary reductions... I'd say loss of one's livelihood is quite a punishment.

[Aion]

Hmm... let's see. They can lose their jobs, they can get salary reductions... I'd say loss of one's livelihood is quite a punishment.

huh?? is such competition exist?? what kind of competition you talking??

[Nephera]

I was going to make a huge post about games i've played in the past but when i went back to look i've found a lot of them have a softened version of the death penalty they had at launch.

[trinta]

Hmm... let's see. They can lose their jobs, they can get salary reductions... I'd say loss of one's livelihood is quite a punishment.

My bad. I missed the trend where players are fined by their team for each game that they lose. </sarcasm>

In other words, I disagree with your premise. Of course a professional athlete who consistently fails to deliver will be sent back to the minors. The parallel that exists in most MMOs is that the player who consistently dies will likely get discouraged and play something else instead.

Professional athletes aren't fined on a per-loss basis, so using that as your example to prove that we should be is a pretty flimsy argument.