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I've never seen a topic on losing on purpose during online competitions, so I thought I'd start this thread. I think the behavior mentioned is called, 'habitual forfeiting'.
There are seasonal rankings, and the points are given depending on your wins and losses.
However, there are people who participate just for the sake of participating. If there are prizes, some just register for an entry, hit the forfeit button immediately as they are matched with somebody, and lose. Or bring a whole team of level 1 mons. The opposing competitor receives points without doing anything at all. In other games, losing on purpose often counts as a form of cheating, especially when it involves having more than one account and therefore, letting one account get all the points while having the other accounts lose on purpose. This can happen with a team of friends as well - purposely losing to each other so that they can rack up on points without having to play a lengthy game. In some cases, the higher your rank is, the better the prizes are, so this form of cheating is not uncommon. There are people who consider wins against players losing on purpose as a harmless free win. There are also people who consider it as cheating because the winners get points for free. They often call such behavior as insulting because there are players who play for hours to win, and if they receive the same points as someone who continuously won against a purposely planned loss, it would be rather frustrating.
1. Do you think losing on purpose/habitual forfeiting should be banned?
2. Do you think players who lose on purpose should be disqualified and undeserving of prizes? (mileage points and event distributions)
3. Do you think people who won just because the other person forfeited on the first turn should not receive points? Do you think they gained their points fairly?
There are seasonal rankings, and the points are given depending on your wins and losses.
However, there are people who participate just for the sake of participating. If there are prizes, some just register for an entry, hit the forfeit button immediately as they are matched with somebody, and lose. Or bring a whole team of level 1 mons. The opposing competitor receives points without doing anything at all. In other games, losing on purpose often counts as a form of cheating, especially when it involves having more than one account and therefore, letting one account get all the points while having the other accounts lose on purpose. This can happen with a team of friends as well - purposely losing to each other so that they can rack up on points without having to play a lengthy game. In some cases, the higher your rank is, the better the prizes are, so this form of cheating is not uncommon. There are people who consider wins against players losing on purpose as a harmless free win. There are also people who consider it as cheating because the winners get points for free. They often call such behavior as insulting because there are players who play for hours to win, and if they receive the same points as someone who continuously won against a purposely planned loss, it would be rather frustrating.
1. Do you think losing on purpose/habitual forfeiting should be banned?
2. Do you think players who lose on purpose should be disqualified and undeserving of prizes? (mileage points and event distributions)
3. Do you think people who won just because the other person forfeited on the first turn should not receive points? Do you think they gained their points fairly?
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