> You can't penalize someone because he forgot the game for a day or two. This happened to me this month; since you can play all the preliminary games in one shot, I wrongfully thought I could catch up. I ended up with two defeats and high medical costs. Should I have been penalized on top of that, I wouldn't still be alive.
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> At the extreme, I can see a total newbee not understanding the way we can spend gold and upgrade stats. He could play the first rounds and get washed out by the Computer players each time, but just enjoy the arena concept. Should we eliminate this harmless sod?
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> But then, if we take measures to eliminate the multiple accounts, going inactive to plan a sneak attack will be rather pointless...


I suggest the proper way to solve all of this is pistols at 10 paces.

Any takers?