The time penalty is being suggested because every other idea is being attacked for:
- not being an arabia-only queue by the arabia crowd or
- for rewarding childish behavior that is ALT-F4 by adding unlimited bans
I, for one, am totally okay with a time penalty if we’re not going to fix the elo system by categorizing maps and separating their ratings. I think it’s a worse solution than simply fixing the problem by making the system better and more accurate, but at least it cuts down the abuse of what we’ve currently got.