Log off
Log off verb - Exit a computer.
Shut down
Shut down verb - Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.
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A meta-example from Halo 2: After Microsoft shut down the X-Box Live servers for the game, the "Noble Fourteen" were players who simply refused to log off and stayed in the game, continuing the game's final deathmatch.
Source: Last Stand
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