While most people are talking about players leaving the game.. I think that people leaving adventure before its started should not be penalised in a heavy way, even if it's abused. Yes, really. This is what I encountered in an adventure a few minutes ago. There was a unarmed guy in our team (ratte), and there was MISS ELKO, who is infamous in most parts for roaming around the pond, watching the trees, trying to jump the fence, etc.
Here is our experience with the unarmed guy.
[20:48] Anny Hudson:
[20:48] TheJonismo: wipe your tears
[20:48] Anny Hudson: elko, come with us to the mill
[20:49] ratte: o go saloon
[20:49] ratte: i go saloon
[20:49] TheJonismo: elko to mill
[20:50] Anny Hudson: now you will realise why I'm crying
[20:50] Anny Hudson: lost case.. folks
[20:50] leekeynuts: maybe we should shot him
[20:51] TheJonismo: its ok
[20:51] Anny Hudson: ratte at least get the saloon for us..
[20:51] ratte: ??
[20:51] ratte: why?
[20:52] Anny Hudson:
[20:52] Anny Hudson: its not ours yet
[20:52] leekeynuts: wow
[20:52] Anny Hudson: 2/3
[20:53] ratte: ??
[20:53] TheJonismo: aaaarrgghhh
[20:53] Anny Hudson: step on the white tiles
[20:53] ratte: why?
[20:53] TheJonismo: saloon is white no points to us
[20:54] TheJonismo: it has to change red
[20:54] ratte: but its funny going one step next du it
He clearly said 'I go saloon', and he knows the drill. He went to the saloon, stood there for 2 rounds, and left it, just stood next to it. Saying it's fun. Now isn't that a punishment to play with those sort of guys? And of course.. yes Miss elko kept watching the fishes in the pond, and we were doomed. I strongly recommend a blacklisting system, where a guy will be blacklisted (if all the people in his team blacklists him/her) and will not be able to play for a few hours.. thus not wasting people's time. Or just make it possible to leave the game before it starts without much penalty. All in all, we do not want our time and energy to be wasted because of people like miss elko or ratte.