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[tranquil coyote]

why only in 1v1?
in FFA it would need some modification I guess, an incentive for second place to resign is still good but they usually gain ranking points

[royal crescent]

I agree- as long as there’s an incentive, even 2 points… although in FFA I guess you don’t necessarily want ppl to surrender and hand it over to AI; in 1v1 that’s moot

[high heron]

what changes if they surrender instead of ragequitting? The bot takes over anyway

[royal crescent]

Yes, but in 1v1 I’d like to expedite the victory and not wait for the bot to kick in and be forced to finish it off… a clean surrender is way faster

[high heron]

if it's 1v1 with a bot u should just get the victory automatically

[royal crescent]

Or even a couple gems

[royal crescent]

Na if they disconnect IE go AFK you gotta play the bot

[high heron]

I don't play 1v1 so I'm taking your word for it, but I'm saying that they SHOULD make it so u get the win automatically

[royal crescent]

I think they want to make a return possible if it was an internet issue

But I agree they should because if you miss a turn it’s virtually impossible to come back in a 1v1

But either way it’s much faster if they just surrender

[high heron]

well then it would be nice to auto-give you the win after let's say 3 turns of the bot having played. Because that would mean it's very likely that your opponent won't rejoin

Ig it's time for a new suggestion. But I don't think encouranging players to surrender is the best move here

[royal crescent]

They still lose points but just less

[royal crescent]

They are not incentivised to surrender, unless defeat is inevitable

[pulsar sierra]

ya, i dont like an incentive to flag out

if someone is in a winning position, then win. if they cant win, thats a skill issue. and the other player should not be encouraged to just give up rather than stay in the game if they think they can turn it around before the person in the winning position figures out how to win

theres a large difference between a 2 player endgame and a 3 player endgame where one guy is cardblocked, lets say.

with 3 players, ya, the blocked guy probably has lost. but nobody is forcing the 2 players card trading to sit there and card trade until the blocked player finally gives up. they can negotiate to be active about it.

[royal crescent]

Yes, I agree, only in 1v1 matches should there be a small incentive to surrender vs walk away/disconnect. A player should play it out or surrender. It’s an inconvenience to wait a minute for AI to take over and then another minute or so to finish off the AI. 75% of 1v1 opponents disconnect when they’ve decided they’ve lost… if they stood to save a few rank points by pressing “Surrender” it’d make the game flow a lot better for everyone. Even a minor incentive would effect this change… minor enough to not impact the ranking algorithm/ calculus significantly

[royal crescent]

Honestly, even the placebo effect of telling everyone you save rank points for choosing surrender over rage disconnection, would do the trick