It's difficult for me to tell if this is purely satire, or a massive stream of sarcasm which the author quoted as fact. This is honestly the worst idea I have ever heard. First of all, there is really no way this could work, if someone really wants to grief they will, haters gotta hate. Additionally, this is a large cost towards the "good players", as they will have fewer people to play against, and of course, part of the fun in many of these games is humiliating the griefers in their own sport. It seems like the videogame industry wants to integrate real world experience with the online, and this seems to be failing. Using real currency for this plan would not work in the slightest, and if so, it would be unjust, essentially punishing people for the times in which their brother logs on to their steam account. Perhaps a system similar to the "poker" buy in fee in Black ops could be implemented, if this were an absolute necessity for the gaming industry. As well, the basis of assessing a gamer are very flawed. The common practice relies on other gamers assessing the players sportsmanship and maturity, by submitting referrals of the player, yet what would be considered unsportsmanlike? While this practice holds strong when someone drives his Wraith tank off a cliff, while full of team mates, constant noob- tubing could also be considered unsportsmanlike. All in all, this is a terrible, almost nonsensical idea, which if used, could take us one step closer to making online gamers an elitist group.
