Top 3 reasons you concede

[lockwoodx]

Mine are..

They're slow players
They're playing Toxic mechanic
They're playing Toxic mechanic

[mwesthoff]

The same reason I would concede at chess or a hole of golf. Common courtesy; not because I am a little ♥♥♥♥♥ that can't compete with anything.

[StuffedPlatypusLuvsOrigamiRabbit]

If you uninstalled that would be like the ultimate concede, that would really show them.

[Soji]

only if im dead on board or something comes up and i have to leave

[Doshka]

I will if someone is just going too slow... tho not every time as it depends on my mood or if the situation is just unrecoverable.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by Doshka:

I will if someone is just going too slow... tho not every time as it depends on my mood or if the situation is just unrecoverable.

Same here. If I figure it will take longer to complete this match than it will to concede, find another match, and win that one, then there's no point in continuing.

Also, there are certain deck archetypes that are just too toxic. Any prison deck archetype, for example. The odds of being roped are too high to continue.

If I could block people, this wouldn't be an issue. I'd take the slow win, then block the abusive player and move on with my life.

Being able to filter opponents by similar actions per minute would also solve this problem.

[Minmataro]

When i don't think i can win.

Conceding because of toxic, mill or whatever combo/mechanic the player is using is freaking silly. Stop being soft and just play the damn game, give it a good try. if RNG screws you and the board is heavily in their favor sure then concede.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by Minmataro:

When i don't think i can win.

Conceding because of toxic, mill or whatever combo/mechanic the player is using is freaking silly. Stop being soft and just play the damn game, give it a good try. if RNG screws you and the board is heavily in their favor sure then concede.

Certain mechanics just shouldn't be in the game and put players on the struggle bus turn 1. It has its place in a competitive environment but that kind of obnoxious pressure some of these mechanics provide gets the round file every single time I see some brainless player taking advantage of it. If it wasn't wasn't so easy to concede then I wouldn't be playing at all rather than getting locked into no-win situations by turn 1-2 if you didn't bring a hard counter.

[The New Crusader]

Originally posted by JG Wentsworth:

Originally posted by Minmataro:

When i don't think i can win.

Conceding because of toxic, mill or whatever combo/mechanic the player is using is freaking silly. Stop being soft and just play the damn game, give it a good try. if RNG screws you and the board is heavily in their favor sure then concede.

Certain mechanics just shouldn't be in the game and put players on the struggle bus turn 1. It has its place in a competitive environment but that kind of obnoxious pressure some of these mechanics provide gets the round file every single time I see some brainless player taking advantage of it. If it wasn't wasn't so easy to concede then I wouldn't be playing at all rather than getting locked into no-win situations by turn 1-2 if you didn't bring a hard counter.

Toxic isn't that bad, bro. People hated Infect because people would give a creature with infect 10 power and just one-shot you. Toxic is actually pretty balanced, since it gives you poison counters in small, fixed amounts and is therefore a win-con that you actually have to build towards rather than just giving your opponent 10 Poison Counters all at once and winning instantly.

You want to talk about bad game design decisions to come out of the return of New Phyrexia: what moron decided to not only bring Phyrexian Mana back but put it on PLANESWALKERS? I guess we should count ourselves lucky that all the Compleated planeswalkers are pretty mid except for Jace.

[The Great Bullzini]

historic can be a ♥♥♥♥ show, but I love seeing peoples creativity so Ill usually let the game play out even if Im bound to lose

HOWEVER

as soon as 'phyrexian obliterator' comes out, im done

as soon as a nazgul comes out, im done

as soon as 'giada, font of hope' and the angels come out, see ya

[Calloused]

If I'm playing alchemy and they run a LotR deck, I'm out. I find them boring and not fun at all to play against, so I'll go find another match. If its not fun, if I'm bored, whats the point of playing?

If they have the power to kill, I've got nothing on the board, nothing in hand, and they just keep building up their side to get off their big combo with their 250+ card deck, I'll find someone else to play instead of letting it drag out so they can look like a "kool kid".

If something else comes up like a knock at the door, a phone call, etc.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by mwesthoff:

The same reason I would concede at chess or a hole of golf. Common courtesy; not because I am a little ♥♥♥♥♥ that can't compete with anything.

I have zero fear of competition and the receipts to back it up
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3008197288

When I concede there's a very good reason. I'm annoyed.

[The New Crusader]

Originally posted by Calloused:

If I'm playing alchemy and they run a LotR deck, I'm out. I find them boring and not fun at all to play against, so I'll go find another match. If its not fun, if I'm bored, whats the point of playing?

If they have the power to kill, I've got nothing on the board, nothing in hand, and they just keep building up their side to get off their big combo with their 250+ card deck, I'll find someone else to play instead of letting it drag out so they can look like a "kool kid".

If something else comes up like a knock at the door, a phone call, etc.

One has to wonder who thought the set was a good idea? It pissed off diehard LOTR fans by race-swapping all of the characters. It pissed off MTG players by being super expensive, full of overpowered cards, and based around a mechanic that involves more text than your average Yugioh Pendulum Monster. It pissed off speculators and possibly got WOTC and Hasbro in legal trouble due to The One Ring being a thinly-veiled money laundering scheme that might also violate gambling laws.

Literally who was made happy by this set other than terminally online liberal journalists and the bean counters at Hasbro who will just be demanding even MORE money next time?

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by STAW PRATENUM:

Originally posted by Calloused:

If I'm playing alchemy and they run a LotR deck, I'm out. I find them boring and not fun at all to play against, so I'll go find another match. If its not fun, if I'm bored, whats the point of playing?

If they have the power to kill, I've got nothing on the board, nothing in hand, and they just keep building up their side to get off their big combo with their 250+ card deck, I'll find someone else to play instead of letting it drag out so they can look like a "kool kid".

If something else comes up like a knock at the door, a phone call, etc.

One has to wonder who thought the set was a good idea? It pissed off diehard LOTR fans by race-swapping all of the characters. It pissed off MTG players by being super expensive, full of overpowered cards, and based around a mechanic that involves more text than your average Yugioh Pendulum Monster. It pissed off speculators and possibly got WOTC and Hasbro in legal trouble due to The One Ring being a thinly-veiled money laundering scheme that might also violate gambling laws.

Literally who was made happy by this set other than terminally online liberal journalists and the bean counters at Hasbro who will just be demanding even MORE money next time?

No one who cares about race-swapping matter.
There are only two cards that cost more than $20.
The Ring Temps You is hardly that complicated.
Speculators matter only a tiny bit more than those yelling about wokeness.
WotC is not in legal trouble and it didn't violate gambling laws.

I like the set, because there are some fun cards to play with in Historic.

[The New Crusader]

Originally posted by Brother Alpha:

Originally posted by STAW PRATENUM:

One has to wonder who thought the set was a good idea? It pissed off diehard LOTR fans by race-swapping all of the characters. It pissed off MTG players by being super expensive, full of overpowered cards, and based around a mechanic that involves more text than your average Yugioh Pendulum Monster. It pissed off speculators and possibly got WOTC and Hasbro in legal trouble due to The One Ring being a thinly-veiled money laundering scheme that might also violate gambling laws.

Literally who was made happy by this set other than terminally online liberal journalists and the bean counters at Hasbro who will just be demanding even MORE money next time?

No one who cares about race-swapping matter.
There are only two cards that cost more than $20.
The Ring Temps You is hardly that complicated.
Speculators matter only a tiny bit more than those yelling about wokeness.
WotC is not in legal trouble and it didn't violate gambling laws.

I like the set, because there are some fun cards to play with in Historic.

Agree to disagree. Have a nice day.

[Nanaki]

Had a ranked match last for about two hours today, I lost but damn it was fun :)