Starcraft II (And other RTSs)- How should backstabbing be dealt with?

[Archon_Wing]

Yea, I do play with people I know much, but they're not always available.

But I suppose being backstabbed in my very first battle.net game way back when (It was a 2v2 where the other 3 knew each other) must make me annoyed. Of course, they actually failed to rush me, which is kind of funny.:D
I think it could be frustrating to beginners if they don't know what's going on. Something like a "xxx has unallied you" will work better.

I actually haven't seen that much backstabbing in team games for Starcraft, although sometimes I unally because they went afk early in the game and never came back, or they are actually hackers. So maybe I'm the real one that's been unallying more.

That being said, if I were to play the game competitively where records actually mean something, it'd probaly be in a 1v1 setting and any serious team gamer would always have a familiar ally. But still, I feel it's better for the casual players to have some heads up when dealing with griefers. I don't really think mandatory locked teams is that great for reasons mentioned above.