Quitters

[cavergreg]

Just recently i've had opponents quit the game when they seen that they were gonna lose, and they didnt lose any points, and i didnt gain. It didnt use too be that way, did it?I mean, whats the reason too complete  a game and lose points when you can just quit, and not lose any? 
great site, by the way, thanks

[Oswald]

Oh, the sad lonely little lives of some people.  Oh no!, my online rook rating will go down if I lose this game!  How can I face life?

Are you sure they don't lose points?  On some game sites, if quitters don't return to the game within a certain amount of minutes, they lose the same rating points as if they'd lost the game.  Isn't that the case here?  If not, it should be.

[tudiya]

just to bump this and get a fix maybe.  If people see they are going to lose the first hand, they can leave without punishment.  It is rather sad but it happens alot. 

If they leave after the first hand completes, then they lose score appropriately.  But it should happen on the first hand too.