Bug in the sharing of points when another player abandon

[enki60]

Now two games of 6 nimmt in a row where someone abandon during the game, one at the begining, the other almost at the end, and they take few points to me (one I was still in 66 points, the other i was 2nd of 6), so they make me lose time i am not losing at all and i am losing points, is that a bad joke or a bug?

Thank you for your attention,

Lluís.

[Jest Phulin]

It is neither, simply a side effect of a system that was originally designed for two-player games to be expanded to multiplayer games..

For those unfamiliar with the frustration, when a person quits a game they are considered a loser, while alll other players are tied for first place. When a player with a higher ELO ties with a player with a lower ELO, their rankings move closer together: the lower player gains points and the higher player loses points. This means that the tied winner with the most ELO loses points and the tied winner with fewest points gains, and is seen by some as unfair.

There have been several complaints about this before, but no solutions proposed that did not introduce additional problems.

[sprockitz]

there are simple solutions.

the simplest is implement what is already done for Elo and make it so a person cannot lose points when another player abandons

This isn't completely satisfactory but it is certainly better than the current situation.