Originally posted by AmiralLaurent
Drex, I don't know... it's sometimes like playing chess, taking some pawns and then your opponent goes to the closets and never come back. Never seen that (and I play in pubs with people I have often never seen before).
I had someone quit a game and disappear after (because ?) he lost 4 US CV (and their airwings) in two battles in June-July 1942. At the time I had not attacked any big base. I had definetly not won this game yet, in fact I was more losing than anything: I had four CV and one CVL damaged enough to go back to Japan (> 50 SYS), it was a 100% IJN scen 17.
Actually in the same time, I'm a worst position in an US PBEM regarding CV (but I sank enough TK and AO to slow down the Japanese juggernaut). I suffer but that is exciting.
If your opponent quits after admitting defeat for this and that reason, it's a win. If he just disappears in the building phase of the game (5 first months) because he lost too much CV, it has just been a waste of time (or a training session).
I agree, but Drex has a point.
In most sports, a forfeit is counted as a win.
Quitting without conceeding is a forfeit. It is like going home at halftime because you are down 35-0 (American Football Analogy).
If you don't count it as a win, it is definitely a loss.
"Winners never quit, and quitters never win"
