How to get a win when someone quits on you during XBOX Live game.

[CurbYourFear]

FIFA 09 UPDATE: I've tried this in FIFA 09 and it worked every single time for me. One thing to remember is that in FIFA 09 if your opponent will quit on you within first 15 minutes of the game nothing will help you to get the win even if you were wining at that point. As explained in FIFA 09 FAQ: the game will not be recorded by the servers if one of the players quits within first 15 minutes of the game.

Important Update: As stated today by EAUK_Adroit in other post:
- Leaving the game between 0-3 in-game minutes will have no penalty.
- Leaving between 3-5 in-game minutes will result in your DNF being increased.
- Leaving after 5 in-game minutes will result in your DNF being increased and you being awarded the loss.

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Original Post:

I am not sure if many people are aware of the ways to get the win when someone quits on you during the XBOX Live game. I've learned of this technique in early 2008 from someones post on XBOX.com FIFA forum while playing FIFA 07. It has always worked for me in FIFA 08 and I am pretty sure that it should work in FIFA 09 but since the game is not out in US I can't confirm it just yet (those in UK please test and let us all know).
These are the steps required in order to get the win when someone quits on you:
IMPORTANT NOTE: When someone quits on your during the live game and you see the 'connection has been lost' message on your screen make sure that you are NOT pressing the OK (X button) before completing the following steps. Again, if you will press the X to end the game the technique might not work for you. I am getting 100% success rate when following the next steps:

1) While the 'connection has been lost' message is still displayed on your screen, press the Guide (big circle Xbox button in the middle of the controller)

Navigate to the 'Recent players' section and select the name of the last player (person who quit on you) to open his profile.

2) Once his profile will open pay attention to the online status of this player. Most like the status will say that he is still in the game with you. It takes sometimes a few minutes until the status changes to 'Main lobby', 'Offline' etc.

3) THIS STEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE: Wait until the status of the player changes to something else other than the game with you. This will confirm that EA servers registered disconnection of your opponent. Once the status of your opponent has been updated you can go back to the game window and press the 'x' button to close the 'connection to your opponent has been lost' message.

4) Once disconnected from the game, check your profile and you will notice a 3-0 win appearing on your record (if you have followed the steps). This has ALWAYS worked for me in FIFA 08, even in those cases when players disconnected after the final wistle. You will get a win regardless of the score as long as your opponent disconnected from the game first. Of course this will not work if you have disconnected from the game first


Give it a try and start getting satisfaction when those loosers quit on you. Especially knowing that they are getting 3-0 loss, DNF and you are getting a cleansheet win.

I owe it to the FIFA community which game so much to me in the past couple of yers.
Good luck to all, hopefully this will work for all FIFA gamers and go Dynamo Kiev!!!!!!!!

[Wolranker]

cool

[Sotonian Rebel]

nice one

[j wheazy]

yeah, ive known about this and it works most of the time. try it people.

[mzu]

thanks mate

[GoTorontoFC]

I've never heard about this..
though I haven't really had a problem with people disconnecting on me either.

Good find! I'll try it when it happens!

[ibrarocks]

I'm on PS3, lol.

[knotofscotland]

I shall remember this next time someone quits, nice one

[peterbcfcfan]

Thanks

[dominicz10]

Thanks

[ScottEll1]

cheers for that hate people quiting on me

[mufckid]

does it work on ps3 i absolutely h8 quitters, its really annoying when you thrash them and you dont get the record on yur stats

[Footyfreak94]

might work on ps3 if u just wait for a minute or two so that the "EA servers registered disconnection of your opponent" bla bla

[jamielfc89]

absolute genious i could kiss u!!! ive tried it 3 times now and hes rite it gives u a 3-0 win i cant thankyou enuff mate

p.s lpool for the prem!

[CurbYourFear]

No need to kiss me. Thank you is good enough m8 I am assuming that you have tried this on FIFA 09 as I live in New York and we don't get the game until the 14th so I can't test it myself on 09 just yet.

[TorresNKeane]

does it work if they quit really early in the game too?

[JimBobBeers]

If someone quits on me, I always get the win anyway, without doing this?

So don't really see the need in doing this.

[Mark-Dublin]

I don't know if I am doing something wrong but if I check my leaderboard stats I have played 21 games online but when I look at the career online stats saved (pressing X on the my games screen) on the HD it says I have only played 14??

Anyone have the stats not matching up?

So I have tried this trick but how do I know if I got the win or not...my games are not showing up locally anymore.

Anyone know what this is about? For what it is worth this game has a shed load of serious bugs with the online modes. Haven't been able to play my friend once in about 30 attempts.

xbox 360 btw.

[davew6928]

Does this really work 100% ?????
No 1 has quit on me yet because i always lose ha ha !!!!

[hybridmiller]

Excellent...thanks for the tip!

[CurbYourFear]

UPDATE: I've tried this in FIFA 09 and it worked every single time for me.

[SwishCashis10]

Nice one dude I will give this a try, cheers.

[cyBah]

I'll give it a go tomorrow when I get XBL back. If it works, I will kiss you.

[chigwell hammer]

That sound good , cheers mate !

[Nick0211]

do you do something similar on the Ps3???

Has anyone done this on the Ps3 yet?

If this does work mate, ur a Genius!

5* post!