diff --git a/src/assets/ba_data/python/bascenev1lib/actor/playerspaz.py b/src/assets/ba_data/python/bascenev1lib/actor/playerspaz.py
index 120773b2..fabfd2ef 100644
--- a/src/assets/ba_data/python/bascenev1lib/actor/playerspaz.py
+++ b/src/assets/ba_data/python/bascenev1lib/actor/playerspaz.py
@@ -230,14 +230,15 @@ class PlayerSpaz(Spaz):
                     self.last_player_attacked_by
                     and bs.time() - self.last_attacked_time < 4.0
                 )
-                # Immediate-mode or left-game deaths don't count as 'kills'.
-                killed = bool(
-                    not msg.immediate
-                    and msg.how is not bs.DeathType.LEFT_GAME
-                    or was_held
-                    or was_attacked_recently
+                # Leaving the game doesn't count as a kill *unless*
+                # someone does it intentionally while being attacked.
+                left_game_cleanly = (
+                    msg.how is bs.DeathType.LEFT_GAME
+                    and not (was_held or was_attacked_recently)
                 )
 
+                killed = not (msg.immediate or left_game_cleanly)
+
                 activity = self._activity()
 
                 player = self.getplayer(bs.Player, False)