Trapped! Polite way to abandon a game?

[lev_lafayette]

I'm in a large multiplayer game and have knocked down to one position - it's behind a one-way attack region. I'm trapped with a not-insubstantial number of troops and with absolutely no way of getting out.

As a result, I'm going to bored out of my mind whilst this game continues. I'll get minimal reinforcements, deploy, and ... do nothing. It's a fog game so I don't even get the joy of seeing how it progresses. I'll be stuck until the bitter end, and indeed, chances are I'll be last person standing against whoever is going to be the winner.

Deadbeating is not really my style. I'll rather just wave the white flag and let the others continue the game and I'll find something else. But I can't! Advice from CC?

(Also, map designers, one-way attack region should be rare. They shouldn't take up 50% plus of the game's regions)

[2dimes]

Game 17523615

It's escalating spoils so it shouldn't be much longer.

The sets are about to be worth enough someone should be going on a run and win soon. Unless everyone is just stacking.

Sounds like a good situation for a surrender button.

[Keefie]

Deadbeat mate, nobody will hold it against you.

[mrswdk]

Yeah fck the haters, it's your life.

[owenshooter]

i'm still a racist idiot

good to see some things never change here on CC!!! The black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

[2dimes]

I'll admit it. I laughed.

How's it going Owen?

[riskllama]

good to see some things never change here on CC!!! The black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

what, you crying wolf & playing the race card?

[Symmetry]

good to see some things never change here on CC!!! The black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

what, you crying wolf & playing the race card?

Always interesting to see people use the "They're playing the race card" argument, as if it's a way of dismissing arguments about race. Seems a poor way of way of undemanding how card games work.

[2dimes]

He has two positions so he must have found a place to attack.

[2dimes]

lev, has anyone got back to you? Maybe file an e-ticket or start a thread in Bug Reports or in the map discussion thread. viewtopic.php?t=30288

[mrswdk]

i'm still a racist idiot

good to see some things never change here on CC!!! The black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

Nice Tupac reference. Is he one of your favourite musicians?

[HitRed]

I would post and ask another play to kill me. Mention your territory in the post. If you only have a few troops that would possible. If it is a nuclear game that is another way of dying.

(Also, map designers, one-way attack region should be rare. They shouldn't take up 50% plus of the game's regions)

I built into Pi-School a player must hold (simply put) an attacking position or be eliminated.


HitRed

[Symmetry]

The correct way to abandon a game (for gentlemen):

1) Decide if you really want to abandon the game
2) Approach a neutral intermediary in the game and enquire as to their health.
3) Delicately touch upon the subject of your recent game woes.
4) If they seem sympathetic, suggest a neutral rapprochement.
5) Once established, strongly suggest that you want to have a relationship with their mother or sister. This will tie your families together.
6) If this fails, emphasise your longing for the female members of your opponents family, focusing on the matriarch.
7) Wait for a reply.

[Dukasaur]

The correct way to abandon a game (for gentlemen):

1) Decide if you really want to abandon the game
2) Approach a neutral intermediary in the game and enquire as to their health.
3) Delicately touch upon the subject of your recent game woes.
4) If they seem sympathetic, suggest a neutral rapprochement.
5) Once established, strongly suggest that you want to have a relationship with their mother or sister. This will tie your families together.
6) If this fails, emphasise your longing for the female members of your opponents family, focusing on the matriarch.
7) Wait for a reply.

Nice! I shall use this plan next time I get bored!

[mrswdk]

Just do what saxi does. Behave erratically until people decide they have no alternative but to kill you off immediately.

[Bernie Sanders]

Just do what saxi does. Behave erratically until people decide they have no alternative but to kill you off immediately.

Stop right there Mrs.

Just because Saxi and I are teaming up against you in our game....gives you no right to soil his bad name here on CC

[Ltrain]

This can become a big problem in speed games that get down to 3 players. Sometimes you can hang out, card, and let the top 2 fight it out.

But when your only purpose is to hit the leader hard enough so that the player in 2nd place has a shot at winning, I think it is the RIGHT thing to do to deadbeat. The leader played well, or got lucky, whatever, but just staying alive to give the 2 place guy a shot if you have no shot at winning it not the right thing to do. Most of the negative feedback I have is from dbing games like this, but who cares.

I move my stack into an area where it is out of the way and will not create a problem when it turns neutral. Then I tell everyone what I have done, why, and deadbeat.

[mrswdk]

Just because Saxi and I are teaming up against you

Erm.. I am only aware of one game that you, me and saxi are all playing in and you are most definitely the one being Eiffel Towered.

A Bernie Kabob

[Symmetry]

This can become a big problem in speed games that get down to 3 players. Sometimes you can hang out, card, and let the top 2 fight it out.

But when your only purpose is to hit the leader hard enough so that the player in 2nd place has a shot at winning, I think it is the RIGHT thing to do to deadbeat. The leader played well, or got lucky, whatever, but just staying alive to give the 2 place guy a shot if you have no shot at winning it not the right thing to do. Most of the negative feedback I have is from dbing games like this, but who cares.

I move my stack into an area where it is out of the way and will not create a problem when it turns neutral. Then I tell everyone what I have done, why, and deadbeat.

Deadbeating is always poor play. You agree to play a game, and you walk away because the people you agreed to play with are going to win? Plus you waste their time.

That's nothing to be proud of. You've at best betrayed the spirit of the game, maybe had a hissy fit because you were losing, and at worst tried to punish people for losing. None of those is good, and nothing in between is good. Maybe accept the loss and keep playing next time instead of storming off and pretending it's reasonable.

[Ltrain]

This can become a big problem in speed games that get down to 3 players. Sometimes you can hang out, card, and let the top 2 fight it out.

But when your only purpose is to hit the leader hard enough so that the player in 2nd place has a shot at winning, I think it is the RIGHT thing to do to deadbeat. The leader played well, or got lucky, whatever, but just staying alive to give the 2 place guy a shot if you have no shot at winning it not the right thing to do. Most of the negative feedback I have is from dbing games like this, but who cares.

I move my stack into an area where it is out of the way and will not create a problem when it turns neutral. Then I tell everyone what I have done, why, and deadbeat.

Deadbeating is always poor play. You agree to play a game, and you walk away because the people you agreed to play with are going to win? Plus you waste their time.

You either didn't read what I said, or don't care and are just trying to get a reaction.

[2dimes]

Why not all three?

[Symmetry]

This can become a big problem in speed games that get down to 3 players. Sometimes you can hang out, card, and let the top 2 fight it out.

But when your only purpose is to hit the leader hard enough so that the player in 2nd place has a shot at winning, I think it is the RIGHT thing to do to deadbeat. The leader played well, or got lucky, whatever, but just staying alive to give the 2 place guy a shot if you have no shot at winning it not the right thing to do. Most of the negative feedback I have is from dbing games like this, but who cares.

I move my stack into an area where it is out of the way and will not create a problem when it turns neutral. Then I tell everyone what I have done, why, and deadbeat.

Deadbeating is always poor play. You agree to play a game, and you walk away because the people you agreed to play with are going to win? Plus you waste their time.

You either didn't read what I said, or don't care and are just trying to get a reaction.

Obviously I engaged expecting a reaction- a "reply" though that would be the way that I prefer to refer to it in a discussion. I both cared about your point and read it too, hence my reply.

I disagree, sure, but that's no need to dismiss my posts.

You are advocating deadbeating here, and that will always be a controversial point of view. People will confront you on it. As I said- you agreed to play, and are quitting when you're losing.

[Bernie Sanders]

Nice play Symm....kill the thread with boring drivel.