allow immediate concede in 2 player games and/or possible ui improvements?

[0621]

I don't like playing games at 2 player formats, but some of my favorite games have the arena setting be in a 2 player format (namely ark nova and terraforming mars this season). Usually, I will just click a bunch of my favorite games and wait for the first one to get enough players to play. Unfortunately, on more than 1 occasion, muscle memory made me click on ark nova/terraforming mars as well.

In order to concede in these games, you have to play until the 50% mark, That can take up to an hour. So I decided to quit and take a penalty. Unfortunately, I just realized that if you quit too many matches in a row you are prohibited from joining arena games until you get your reputation up.

While I agree that it is my fault for doing things this way and is probably a user issue, I was wondering if there could be ways to mitigate this problem by allowing people to immediately concede 2 player games. Or is there a setting that allows me to have a game still be in my favorites in casual settings but not in arena mode

[Cile]

So instead of you paying attention to the tables you are joining, you are proposing people creating a 2 player table should have to repeatedly recreate the table because people who aren't paying attention have joined and then conceded right away?

In the menu there is a "propose to abandon the game collectively" option, but be aware of how frustrating your behaviour can be for the people whose tables you are joining.

[Ceaseless]

I agree, the 2 player concede should not have a 50% requirement. The rating loss for losing the game is sufficient, there is no need for a reputation loss.

[aesche]

It‘s there to prevent (even more) cheating, for good reason.

[nik592]

Or is there a setting that allows me to have a game still be in my favorites in casual settings but not in arena mode

Not exactly, but I've started using a list to define what Arena games I want to play (among a few other sets, like games where I'm looking to increase my ELO to 100+ so I can play Arena/tournaments, or games I'm wanting to introduce to friends) which I can then adjust season to season. Of course, that means you have to use the new lobby to start your games, but I find that ok for Arena, since I'm unlikely to change settings anyway (though you have to make sure your time settings are correct).

[Edwin91]

it's to prevent cheating and to prevent farming karma if your karma is low.

your karma is low, so just join a bunch of 2p games, and concede giving you the +1 karma. it's bad for the server.