Forcing a Tie and Ethics

[stryker]

The other day i played a great game against Goldannboy or someone like that on GL. The situation at the end of the game was my bw, lw and 16 hp assassin vs his 50hp knight lw and cleric. From this point there is no chance of me winning, but i could have forced a tie or at least prolonged my doom by running away and barriering my assassin. So my question is this. Is it unethical to force a tie by running away and dilly dallying, or is it purely strategy and it would be unwise to surrender? I bet you can guess what i did.

P.S. Sorry if i don't reply to stuff you say right away, but i need to go somewhere and will be back in two hours.

[Anarchy_United]

Depends, if you can force a draw if LW can hit every space surrounding the BW, then you can force the draw. If your just running away to be a pain in the ass, its bad however.

[Punishment]

Eh,

It's not unethical. It's part of the game. Better to draw than to lose..

[zzzaacckk]

it depends if you are playing for fun or stats... at this point I dont bother forcing draws unless it just happends...

[Zander]

if you're going to lose and you have the option of forcing a draw, force the draw.losing is losing,everything else isn't.if this is considered "low" then so is the enchantress since it's extremely capable of pulling you out of a loss when you have no chance of winning

[shatterstar]

startegy is as much mental manipulation as it is skill. its ethical to force a draw alright.

[Cuathon]

the same ethics apply here as with the dragon draw. if it can be done, do it.

[stryker]

In this case the bw was in the range of the lw so it would have worked, but i didn't force the draw. Thanks for your input though, i'll do what i can next time around

[Realist]

Um...how exactly are you going to force a draw when he has a 50 hp knight and cleric?? You lost.

Edit: Ok, there's one way...if your BW is in a corner and a LW is adjacent to it, you can place your assassin next to the BW and barrier it to force a draw. But that would require a really horrible set, so I'm guessing this isn't the case?

[some1udontknow]

Um...how exactly are you going to force a draw when he has a 50 hp knight and cleric?? You lost.

Edit: Ok, there's one way...if your BW is in a corner and a LW is adjacent to it, you can place your assassin next to the BW and barrier it to force a draw. But that would require a really horrible set, so I'm guessing this isn't the case?

Hah, i didnt even think about that one.

[Zander]

Hah, i didnt even think about that one.

more popular is the cleric in the corner with barrier wards on both attackable sides...

[scb]

He barriers his assassin. The knight hits the ward. The lward strikes, the assassin runs away. It delays for 3 turns, then you barrier again. The knight hits the ward, you attack it with assassin, then you lward the knight. If you kill the knight, drawn game.

[plusminus]

Except after hitting the BW once, the knight can just retreat back to his own LW, wait until he's healed up fully, and repeat. It might be very annoying to play against, but it's a guaranteed win.

[imagination]

if draw is forceable its fine ... if you are just delaying than you are an ass. i dont think you could have drawn in your situation

[bullcat0]

If you can make the game a draw, then they did not win.
So why give them the stats for a win?

[The Archon]

If the game is so close that you can force a draw, it means that you and your opponent have almost the same skills... so it would be even "unfair" to give him a win when you can force a draw...