BB Match reports - 9th Feb

[Wyld Karde]

Way I see it, if someone wants to keep beating on a team the way Gandalf was getting beaten and they won't let the loser withdraw honourably because the game's no fun anymore, that someone is a bully and a dick and aren't RT material anyway.

[LtSpinx]

My thoughts exactly.

[Gandalf]

Thanks guys. I'll start a house rule thread sometime soon. Part of me thinks that you should have to be at least 2 behind to do this, but then part of me thinks that because of the sort of people we are in RT, that no-one would abuse this rule anyway. Plus there may be other situations meaning a game needs to end early - eg something needs attending to in RL.

As well as it not being any fun, it was also me wanting to make sure I had enough players available for my next match. Stopping when we did meant I had my "full" 13 available (though one lineman has ST 2 and another AG 2). I don't know if this makes my decision "gamesmanship" or not. It wasn't meant like that - just that I didn't want a repeat experience of playing with insufficient numbers.

[Raveen]

Can I suggest that the resign can only come after a touchdown or halftime. Unless it's a RL thing in which case the winner should be allowed to score as quickly as possible.

[Wyld Karde]

Yeah, if Gandalf had wanted to resign that way when the scores were tied I'd expect him to let me run in a touchdown to reflect that he'd effectively agreed to lose the match.  In return I'd agree not to crump any players on my way to the score line.