The leaver penalty is a condition applied to a Bleeding Edge profile after a player has quit a number of games before they ended.
Quitting or leaving games early can have a negative impact on the Bleeding Edge community, players with a leaver penalty will backfill into games with an empty player slot and prioritise matchmaking with other leavers.
The player will be informed via the main menu screen if they have a leaver penalty and how many games they must play without quitting before the penalty will be removed.
Please note: Completing games without quitting is the only way to remove the leaver penalty.