Truth or Rumor?

[mullatoman]

has to be at least 3v3 and team has to have at more than 60% of the other teams (so if one team has 10 players other team has to have at least 7 players for the game to count) and if you join a game and the your team is winning and you continue to win you DO NOT get counted for that game if your team is winning and you lose you DO get counted for the game if your team is losing and you win you DO get counted for the game if you team is losing and you still lose you DO NOT get counted for the game

so pretty much if you help change the game you do get counted but if your team continues the path they were on nobody how many kills you contribute you dont get the game

[OME6A]

No, the first round does not count. All following rounds do count.

As detailed in this thread: http://socom3.com/showthread.php?t=41838&highlight=sony

Originally Posted by sony

Grace Period: The Grace Period is the first round of gameplay, in which
players are not penalized for Aborting or Disconnecting. After the Grace Period round is over, penalties for Aborting and Disconnecting can be applied. This is also the case for Late Joiners. The round into which they join is considered their Grace Period.

That thread is an awesome explanation of S3/S:CA's (presumably) ranking system.