These were two matches that I thought were actually fairly challenging in their own ways. But the MMs each quit before we reached the end, which made for two somewhat disappointing matches overall.

In the first match, I was in a trio queue with Crazy-Kelmen playing Valerie and Coolwaterguy (AKA Cuteguy) playing Tyrone, where we had a decent, if danger-prone, Martin as our random 4th. The MM was a Spencer who, at first, seemed like they were going to run our time out by area 2. Martin got downed while in the northernmost room, and I had initially had trouble locking down the room and reviving him. But we made it to area 2 okay, and while looking, I just happened to hear the growl of a controlled zombie on the other side of the map while we were all searching together, which told me that the MM was controlling Yorick-- and sure enough, I was right. Martin got downed on his own again while trying to get a supply zombie, but we made it to him in time to pick him up and get the supply zombie before making it to area 3. The MM then downed my whole team at the first core... but I managed to make my way over and revive them all at once with my FAS. We got the first core done.... and then the MM quit.

In the second match, I was in a full team with Bellicose_Nivans playing Valerie, Chefrobmedina playing Martin, and BiNdi_AlaMaK playing Jill. The MM was a Daniel who ended up being very difficult for me in area 1, catching me off guard not once, but twice with turrets. I then got cornered in a stall by a licker, and then downed afterwards, so for the rest of the area, I tried my best to stick with the team as we got the keys, and I finally got his active camera in the end. Area 2 went much better, as I was able to get a 20 from another turret with some careful prep, but the MM spawned Mr. X and almost downed me again. Amazingly though, I was able to make it inside the safe room with Bellicose and Rob, where after patching up, I returned to the camera the MM was mainly operating from. He tried and failed to get us twice with detonators, and I finally got the camera. All the while, while the MM was distracted with us, Bindi had taken out Yorick and gotten the first two terminals done. But before we could work on the third, the MM quit.

MMs quitting really don't bother me as much as they used to... in part because I've been playing so much, and I already have all the cosmetic chests unlocked, meaning the lost RP points don't matter as much anymore. Plus, in recent times, I've even come to garner some sympathy and understanding for certain RQs, because MMs are players too, and oftentimes they want to have fun as much as I do. But that said, it's still disheartening that my matches frequently end this way, and oftentimes, I find the most disappointing ones are the ones where I had to put in a good amount of work to get to where I was in the end. Oh well, I suppose. After all, survivors disconnect on MMs all the time, too (even me, if unintentionally), and for all manner of reasons-- so in the grand scheme, I guess it's only fair. At least these two matches were a challenge before they ended.

Cuteguy's version of the first match is here:    • Trio with Friends ❤️‍🔥 RESIDENT EVIL ...  
Kelmen's version of the first match is here, at 3:20:35 :    • Crazy-Kelmen Playing Resident Evil Re...