A room is locked as soon as the countdown in the lobby screen reaches zero. Leaving the room is still possible before that, even if the exit button is disabled, by closing the app. This will not incur a penalty.

If you quit the app after the countdown reaches zero (in other words, at any point after entering the loading screen), you will receive a timeout penalty for dodging. That means you will not be able to join rooms for a certain amount of time. The first disconnect each day of the event will only block you for two minutes, but from the second time onwards, you will receive the full five minute penalty^1,2).

The timer for the penalty does not start until you enter the SBL home page (you don't need to try to enter a room to start the countdown³⁾), so make sure to visit the home screen before doing something else until you are unblocked again.

While pausing is disabled during SBLs, you can still put the app in the background by pressing the Home or Overview buttons. The Live will immediately resume once you re-enter the app, so be prepared.

However, you cannot take a break for too long. There is a 60 second timeout for submitting your Live results (to avoid rooms getting softlocked because of dodgers). You might get kicked out of the Live entirely, and be hit with the timeout as if you dodged, if you pause for longer than 60 seconds.

It is also possible that you miss the deadline due to a slow connection after finishing the Live - in that case, the rest of the players will move on to the tally without your contribution. Your play will not be counted towards Group Rank and Goals, and you will automatically be placed last in all MVP rankings, as if you had dodged during the live. However, you will still receive blue/red drop rewards for finishing the Live, your BP ticket is consumed, and you will not get a timeout.