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streu in Re: Schedule:

If someone drops out of a game and still ends up at a good place, they will get skill points for that.

so, if player was beaten and possess the last place, is there some difference between he end game as registered player, or he resigned and game ended with open race?..

And, if player was beaten, and no longer wish to play, what is an optimal behavior for him, except of submitting empty trns?..

Resigning gets no penalty if you have no units (ships, planets) left. As long has you still have units, you still can and should give orders. For example, you can be junior partner in an alliance (especially with remote control enabled, which allows you to sell your racial abilities: give me five minelayers, one for me, four for you to control back) and thus still make a difference.

Of course it may not be as fun being at the lower end of the score as if you're among the top-3, but that's my understanding of a multiplayer game: other players providing you with a game, you providing a game to others. But I'm open to suggestions what incentives other than a top-notch reliability score can be given to persevering players.

--Stefan