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I have blacklisted someone with Nazi in their name.
But man, I'd love to see that banned.

I am, sadly, guilty of this! I try to say bye, or g2g when I can, but I work from home and have a high-needs toddler, so... sometimes there literally are diaper emergencies, lol.
But playing a quick game is my sanity saver some days!
Anyway, better to resign than just disconnect and leave someone hanging, right?

I'd also be interested in this poll!! I actually just encountered my first slow roller who was intentionally trying to get me to resign while ahead. It shocked me. In general, I encounter nice people, but there have been enough bad experiences to make me walk away for periods of time. Usually it's just mean people in the chat using discriminatory language or being a jerk. But it's made me wonder if there's any way to make a nice people league, haha.

Not gonna lie, this attitude drives me bonkers. I actually think the thing ruining the game is people who whine about luck.  Of course there's some luck involved, like previous commenter stated, it's not chess.
But I don't understand people who come to play a game with a random draw and then flip out if they feel they get one unlucky draw or one unlucky game. Then Challenge your opponent to a rematch!! Or a best of three!!

I know that I, personally, have had many times where I've soundly beaten someone with a very deliberate strategy, using cards I know well, and because my opponent didn't "get" the strategy they say "lucker lucker!!" The whole game and ruin the atmosphere.

I've also lost at times because I got a series of unlucky draws. I've also GAMBLED on a risky move and won!! Knowing when to take the gamble can actually be part of the strategy and part of the fun.

There are world championships of poker, which involves a lot more chance than dominion, and there are a lot of very skilled players.

The element of chance does not negate the effects of skill.

Alas, if you get THIS worked up over the element of chance, yeah, you probably shouldn't play the game. But why get so up in arms? There is literally nothing at stake here. Have a good time, play a game. If you lose and you think it's unfair, well, there's only two kinds of fair I know about: fair weather and the kind where you buy cotton candy.