On March 7, Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games announced some new measures it was taking to combat ranked match throwing following player feedback and suggestions. The Marvel Rivals development team stated that these new countermeasures are upgrades to its preexisting anti-throwing protocols.
In short, "throwing" a ranked match in any competitive game, including Marvel Rivals, means that someone is intentionally not participating in the game by either going away from the keyboard (AFK) or other forms of sabotage. Naturally, this puts the team with the throwing teammate at a significant disadvantage and often causes all members of the losing team to lose ranking points. Given that Marvel Rivals has competitive ranked matchmaking, this has led to some high-ranking players throwing matches to keep others out. A Marvel Rivals fan-made site named Intlist was created with the intent of putting "bounties" on known throwers by "counter-throwing" matches for profit.
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After receiving an "overwhelming amount of feedback" from players throughout Marvel Rivals Season 6.5, NetEase Games stated that it was making two...
