and people do it just to f with people

We need to penalize CDs. Double the wager lost if you CD imo

I agree, there is not enough consequences for players who frequently CD.

especially players with less than 100 , there really is no penalty to them, since they likely dont care about ratings, but only wants the points to be able to play more games.
I say, set up a percentage limit for resigns (and let ALL resigns count, both cancelled games, and games where you CD, and then get completely killed afterwards) - of course there should be an intro period or a warning system, so players who resign one of their first 10 games dont get kicked.

this is why the veteran players start private games with those in the forums... prevent CDs that way.

If your CD percentage is over X amount then the next time you CD you cannot play in any games until the game you left is over. This wouldn't hurt players who have to leave live games for real life reasons since live games end quickly. The first part is just optional having this effect everyone would be fine too.

@fortknox, but I don't always want to go through the effort of setting up the thread and waiting to get 6 other people to join. Sometimes I just want to join the first new game that starts the soonest. I am sure I am not the only one who does this. Plus I have not been able to find enough pros willing to play a world variant game with me. I don't think the people who don't play world games realize how much of a problem CD's are in those games. I picked up a CD Quebec the other week and since then another 3 players have gone CD.

I think Cachimbo has an excellent point about school starting up. Also, jmo, WorldDip is particularly prone to CDs because it has so many players to start with, lasts so darn long and, I suspect, attracts newer (and possibly younger) players. The best bet seems to be setting up private games. It does take some time to do so, but the quality of the chat and diplomacy makes up for the up-front time investment.

Personally, I make it a point to finish what I started. Case in point, right now as Italy I have one SC left in Trieste (don't even have my home land anymore) and I know I can't win. What I CAN do though is try to hold off until one of those people who have been my ally all along can come and take me. I'd rather my true friends take me versus those I've been fighting with all along.

FA, I am a pretty bad player (note my record given the amount of time I've been playing). But I love fighting rear-guard actions as the small rump power I nearly inevitably become. Horse-trading to survive one more year, plugging one small part of the stalemate line to push for a draw, throwing grit in the gears of a Juggernaut or FG . . . It is solid gold. Such play might not net a high Ghost Ranking, but it is fun and really raises the estimation that stronger players hold one in.

One caveat, though, FA: There are no "true friends" in Diplomacy. There are only folks who, in their current risk-reward analysis, consider keeping you alive and working with you a better bet than moving to eliminate you. Their calculus will change over the course of a game, and yours should as well.

@Ges - I realize there are no real 'true friends' but one who has been an ally from the beginning and followed through on their promises without a backstab is what I'm talking about. Thus if I'm at a point where I'm soon to die and my demise is inevitable, I'll 'invite' those friends to take my remaining SC versus letting the incoming juggernaut just roll me over and add me to their growing empire. It's sort of a reward for being 'true' to me.

any such actions would simply encourage the CDers to abandon their less than 100 account and start a new one.

Which would make it harder to track them and see how likely someone is to CD in the first place.

Private games with people you know from the forums is one good option. Though i know a lot of newer players will take a while to become known (and our pool of players will be slow to increase) but we all had to start somewhere...

if you're playing a public game and somebody CDs, you can ask a mod to force pause the game while you look for a replacement, or have the other players vote to cancel/draw and start a new game with the same players... (it's always good to get to know your enemy and then play again against them, it helps test your diplomacy...)

I've had 4 games ruined from multis being banned