You have been hit for by a wall_of_text

Please milk a asap or die by

1 - Stardock is addressing this with the concede feature.

2 - SomeRandomNewbie should get on the forums and/or the chat and start TALKING to people, so he can do some learning and get into some games where people are willing to teach him instead of messing up other people's games.

If people are joining, failing, leaving without speaking at all, then they should get a few slaps in the face.  If they resolve that by leaving the game forever instead of talking to some people to work out what they're doing wrong, then them's the breaks.

To be fair, so long as you can keep your warscore up, it is possible to make a comback from pretty much anywhere. Of course, I understand the point of your wall-o-text. The key issue is that our little newbie probably doesn't know what seperates a winnable game from an unwinnable game yet. Many players I've played with have no idea how important the warscore is. During the time of the game where you're a beginner, I believe that it's especially important that you do stay around until the end of the game, even if it does look like a losing battle. If you watch a comeback happen, you're much more likely to be able to pull it off yourself. Likewise, if there's one member of the team who knows what he's doing(and isn't just mouthing off random orders like an idiot, but someone who actually has a PLAN), then it's good to stay and pay attention to that plan. If it ends up forcing a comeback in the end, once again, it may be worth taking note of.

Hear, hear.   (I would send more, but the forum only lets me send one karma every ten minutes)

This "man it up" attitude I see on this forum is ridiculous.  It's a game, no-one has to stay around and let you hit them in the face if they don't want to.  Right now the game only gives you the choice of tipping the board over, but I'm sure most of the people who leave would be happy to resign/concede if they had the choice.

I just don't understand the logic here. It's as if you are saying damn every other player in the game, I'm gonna take my toys and go home. I realize we are dealing with the anonymous nature of the internet, but people need to realize that the other players in the game are people too. People that would like to play a game to conclusion.

Yeah i know OP, i think the word ragequit is said about every 10 seconds with this game...

well, when you reach perma status on everyone's banlist, I'll be sure to remind you to "suck it up"

It is your choice to quit early (and by early i mean in the first couple of minutes). I can't stop you, and I won't try to stop you.

It is my choice to write your username down and not let you join my lobby.

In custom games, people can fight back by not letting you play in their lobbies.

In Pantheon games, however, you are totally screwing over your teamates with impunity.

To me, the solution is the implementation of Arranged Team pantheon games. Once those come about, people will play RT at their own risk.

The way it is now, everybody who is jonesing for competitive play simply has to bite the bullet when their anonymous teamates decide to ditch them.

If you are playing custom, meh. Who really cares if you quit. IMHO, in a game like this custom = casual. Quitters should be tolerated if not expected. I personally strive not to do it... but that's me.

And to be perfectly clear-- I don't think anybody is saying that you have to stick around until your entire citadel crumbles. By all means... let's not waste one another's time.

Then:

Wall of text is too much of a wall to read.

I'd rather read someone who hits enter after every sentence then someone who doesn't after 10.

Yep, anxiously waiting Clan Wars stuff, until then its custom.

The blur! The biggest paragraph ever....

I was reading it but my eyes started to hurt.... I know its cliche but TL:DR