Yeah, I think you're off base with the whole ragequit thing. Conceding losing games has been part of Magic player culture for a long time. Also, in future, there's (usually) no reason to play non-haste creatures before combat, and plenty of reasons not to (you can use instants during combat, for ...
@YXYDanteYXY Yeah, if I remember correctly it was part of the pyro update, it was the first look we got at it.