Ok - just finished a game of doubles. 2 Players wasted their men on my partner and I, then both got kicked after wasting 2 days each of our time. Ultimately the game finished, and as a result of these two yahoo's poor moves, then inactivity - at the end of the game, they lost fewer points that my partner and I, the 2 guys who actually tried to finish the game.
My point is, that it seems the present system almost promotes 'deadbeatness' for certain types of play - if these guys had not ruined (either through poor strategy or just plain spite) both teams chances of winning, by throwing it to the other team, I do not think they would have timed out like they did. In the end - it made for a very long game, and they lost fewer points.
I am sure that this has probably been brought up before - but could there be a dead beat penalty? If you are out first, because both players on a team time out - can there be an additional 20 or so points deducted - so that it does not become a point adcantage to time out, and assure first out, if on has wasted all their men or looks like they are not going to win?
