Lose vs Give Up

[Bulby37]

(01-27-2013 09:11 AM)Phillip Wrote:  It's like walking off the field and forfeiting a football game that you are losing. Sure a forfeit is a win, but its pathetic. You spend a few days to a week battling and then just when you are toast you quit rather than taking the loss with honor? It's wimpy. It should count as a double loss. Double the negative points for a loss if it is a forfeit I say.

Imagine game 7 of the Stanley cup playoffs. Your team is up 6-1 going into the third period and the other team doesn't come out of their dressing room. They just hit the bus and take off. Poor sportsmanship.you win, you lose finish the game and shake hands with the bad guys afterwards. GG

You aren't comparing apples to apples here. If OW was a timed game, sure, play out the clock. There are also very few games comparable to the clinching game of a championship series, it's not fair to say that the guy who didn't let you get the last hp of his base just lost the World Series, unless you are in a big tourney. And to go just a bit further, I don't get paid to play OW. Do you? Not to mention, if there is a football game at 54-0 in the 2 minute drill of the fourth quarter, if it isn't a playoff scenario, you are probably running plays against the second string.
Don't get me wrong, I am not a huge fan of peeps throwing in the towel, but what the heck does it hurt? Not my rating, not my pride, not my wallet.

(01-27-2013 09:11 AM)Phillip Wrote:  IMO, the decision points should be
Winner/loser points
100%/100% for base = 0 loss
150%/150% for losing all units
100%/200% for quitters

The game is beautiful for it's simplicity, but the points are largely a "feel-good" participation reward for the most part anyhow, so this wouldn't affect games not held between fluffies in my estimation. To boot, the only way I see it changing games in fluffy league is that a wily kid who knows the game will take advantage of noobs making an attempt at points farming because they think that is what will get them promoted.