meaning of deadbeat

[dmastrong]

What does it mean to deadbeat and is it against the rules?

[sherkaner]

not playing when it's your turn (so within 24 hrs in normal games, 5mins in speed games).
A deadbeat is usually a player that misses 3 consecutive turns like that.

[Dukasaur]

What does it mean to deadbeat and is it against the rules?

It's not against the rules by itself, but is often part of something that is (for instance, intentionally throwing games by intentionally deadbeating.)

[TheForgivenOne]

I saw the game you got the rating from, you may not have deserved the Deadbeat tag, you may have deserved the rating and other tags based on Holding him as a Hostage.