So I was at a Modern tournament tonight, and I completely bombed 2 matches in a row against what should have been easy matchups. I got flustered, and dropped and went home. However, I'm not sure if that wasn't kind of salty and a little rude.
My question to you is, what is the protocol for dropping; is it kinda rude to drop when you do badly, or is it common and even expected? Did I do something rude or inconsequential?
So I was at a Modern tournament tonight, and I completely bombed 2 matches in a row against what should have been easy matchups. I got flustered, and dropped and went home. However, I'm not sure if that wasn't kind of salty and a little rude.
My question to you is, what is the protocol for dropping; is it kinda rude to drop when you do badly, or is it common and even expected? Did I do something rude or inconsequential?
As long as you put on your match slip, or otherwise tell the TO before the pairings for next round go up that you are dropping, only a crazy person would get mad at you for dropping. However, if you just leave without telling anyone, and leave some poor schmuck sitting around waiting for you, that's a little rude and I would be annoyed if you did that to me.
Dropping is the most polite thing to do if you feel the tilt coming on. As long as you mark it on the match slip or tell the TO, its never a bad thing. Not even a thing.
People doing poorly are not under any kind of unwritten rule to stay. It's kind of expected that if you're scrubbing out, there's no point in continuing to play unless you just want to do so. Just let your opponent and the TO know and mark the slip appropriately, it's only annoying if you just plain walk out.
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In my opinion, signing the slip that you're dropping an going home is completely fine
It just bugs me a lot when people don't sign their slip or tell the TO that they're dropping and just don't show up to their next match, since someone will have to sit their for 10 minutes doing nothing
So I was at a Modern tournament tonight, and I completely bombed 2 matches in a row against what should have been easy matchups. I got flustered, and dropped and went home. However, I'm not sure if that wasn't kind of salty and a little rude.
My question to you is, what is the protocol for dropping; is it kinda rude to drop when you do badly, or is it common and even expected? Did I do something rude or inconsequential?
People drop all the time It's usually a good idea to tell the TO that they're dropping so that you don't get paired against somebody.
The only time that people would get upset is if at the end of a round, you win, and then despite winning still choose to drop and go home before the next round goes up. If you're planning to leave anyway, you may as well let your opponent have the win.
I feel that anyone who gets upset over that is being a poor sport. If I come to play the game and have to leave before the end of the tournament, I'm not under any obligation to hand my opponent a free win. I'm not saying that I would never give my opponent a win if I was planning on leaving, but I can guarantee that I wouldn't if they acted like they were entitled to it and i would never expect someone to give me a win just because they couldn't stay. I would be even more annoyed with people in another match doing the same. If winning then leaving makes one person upset, consider how the other players in the tournament feel if you win then give your opponent the win because you're dropping anyways.
I always see that people drop early when they feel they're not getting the prize.
Now I wonder if there are people who stay around til the end even if they have 0 chance to get any prize from now on even if they will all upcoming matches. Would you stay with 0-4 record to make it 4-4, or maybe 0-8? Maybe just for the experience, I dunno. Most people can't handle losing, so they just quit and do something else. Maybe you just want to prove that your deck can win at least once.
I'll play things out as long as I don't have better things to do. I'm not a grinder and don't have pro aspirations, so I'm typically in a tournament to play the game. I'll drop if it's getting late or if I'd like to get some EDH games in, but I'll stick around through later rounds otherwise.
For the OP, I'm with everyone else in here. Dropping is fine as long as you tell the TO.
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The only time that people would get upset is if at the end of a round, you win, and then despite winning still choose to drop and go home before the next round goes up. If you're planning to leave anyway, you may as well let your opponent have the win.
I feel that anyone who gets upset over that is being a poor sport. If I come to play the game and have to leave before the end of the tournament, I'm not under any obligation to hand my opponent a free win. I'm not saying that I would never give my opponent a win if I was planning on leaving, but I can guarantee that I wouldn't if they acted like they were entitled to it and i would never expect someone to give me a win just because they couldn't stay. I would be even more annoyed with people in another match doing the same. If winning then leaving makes one person upset, consider how the other players in the tournament feel if you win then give your opponent the win because you're dropping anyways.
I always see that people drop early when they feel they're not getting the prize.
Now I wonder if there are people who stay around til the end even if they have 0 chance to get any prize from now on even if they will all upcoming matches. Would you stay with 0-4 record to make it 4-4, or maybe 0-8? Maybe just for the experience, I dunno. Most people can't handle losing, so they just quit and do something else. Maybe you just want to prove that your deck can win at least once.
I'll play things out as long as I don't have better things to do. I'm not a grinder and don't have pro aspirations, so I'm typically in a tournament to play the game. I'll drop if it's getting late or if I'd like to get some EDH games in, but I'll stick around through later rounds otherwise.
For the OP, I'm with everyone else in here. Dropping is fine as long as you tell the TO.
I've actually had a friend who destroyed someone in a GP then dropped after winning, only to have the opponent whine about winning and then dropping. I have a feeling that's a rare case, as my buddy said that the opponent was quite rude, so getting a reaction out of him was great
I mean if I plan on dropping, I'd give my opponent the win if they were decent people but if they're rude, then I'd probably make them earn it
As long as you inform the TO and/or mark it on the result slips, there should be no issues as long as basic tournament courtesy is concerned in my opinion, because you won't keep an opponent waiting due to a no-show.
It's every player's right to leave a tournament at any given time and it's also their right to claim a win they had legitimately through game play. One is not entitled to a free win if an opponent has to leave for whatsoever - it's up to their own goodwill to decide whether they want to pass you one, not an entitlement for the player staying on.
I'm quite "pragmatic", so unless they are any sudden emergencies (hunger doesn't count, I usually account for it before going for a tournament already), I will definitely stay in a tournament until I get a result that ensures I am locked into the lowest prize bracket, then I usually drop to do other things instead. When I do stay, it's usually because of 2 reasons.
1) I really had nothing else I wanted to do anyway, so getting extra rounds of practice actually ended up being on the highest priority (doesn't really happen often, but has before).
2) Speed-Schedule planning - I usually schedule optional activities to do if I don't fare well in a tournament and some of these activities have external scheduled timings not under my control, so I stick for an additional round or two to spend time practicing while waiting before leaving.
My question to you is, what is the protocol for dropping; is it kinda rude to drop when you do badly, or is it common and even expected? Did I do something rude or inconsequential?
As long as you put on your match slip, or otherwise tell the TO before the pairings for next round go up that you are dropping, only a crazy person would get mad at you for dropping. However, if you just leave without telling anyone, and leave some poor schmuck sitting around waiting for you, that's a little rude and I would be annoyed if you did that to me.
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StaffIt just bugs me a lot when people don't sign their slip or tell the TO that they're dropping and just don't show up to their next match, since someone will have to sit their for 10 minutes doing nothing
People drop all the time It's usually a good idea to tell the TO that they're dropping so that you don't get paired against somebody.
I'll play things out as long as I don't have better things to do. I'm not a grinder and don't have pro aspirations, so I'm typically in a tournament to play the game. I'll drop if it's getting late or if I'd like to get some EDH games in, but I'll stick around through later rounds otherwise.
For the OP, I'm with everyone else in here. Dropping is fine as long as you tell the TO.
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StaffI've actually had a friend who destroyed someone in a GP then dropped after winning, only to have the opponent whine about winning and then dropping. I have a feeling that's a rare case, as my buddy said that the opponent was quite rude, so getting a reaction out of him was great
I mean if I plan on dropping, I'd give my opponent the win if they were decent people but if they're rude, then I'd probably make them earn it
It's every player's right to leave a tournament at any given time and it's also their right to claim a win they had legitimately through game play. One is not entitled to a free win if an opponent has to leave for whatsoever - it's up to their own goodwill to decide whether they want to pass you one, not an entitlement for the player staying on.
I'm quite "pragmatic", so unless they are any sudden emergencies (hunger doesn't count, I usually account for it before going for a tournament already), I will definitely stay in a tournament until I get a result that ensures I am locked into the lowest prize bracket, then I usually drop to do other things instead. When I do stay, it's usually because of 2 reasons.
1) I really had nothing else I wanted to do anyway, so getting extra rounds of practice actually ended up being on the highest priority (doesn't really happen often, but has before).
2) Speed-Schedule planning - I usually schedule optional activities to do if I don't fare well in a tournament and some of these activities have external scheduled timings not under my control, so I stick for an additional round or two to spend time practicing while waiting before leaving.
And mosey on out to lay down and rot.