I know it might sound silly but I think I haven't read any ruling or discussion about the topic. Are there any official rule or unofficial practise regarding proposing and accepting a concede of non-deciding game (i.e. game 1 or game 2)? An example is: I need to win to get to top 8 cut. I won the 1st game and was losing position badly in game 2 and my opponent have me in a lock, e.g., Forethought lock, and is only the matter of time that I lose game 2. If I offer that I concede game 2 and hope to go 1st in the 3rd game to win it, does my opponent have to take it? He might just want a draw (in a 3 game set) to guarantee a sure-in in top-8? Anybody get into situation like that or are there common practise how to deal with the situation? Thanks

102.5 A player may concede the game and leave at any time. Any conceding player immediately loses the game.

Keep in mind this may change when we get the new rules, but currently you can't refuse to accept someone's consession in order to stall.

I'm not quite sure about your reply aslum... I think the rule you quote is either a one-game match or the player is conceding a deciding game and leave the table. Of course, if a player decide to concede a deciding game, there is no point for the opponent to not accepting it.

On the other hand, I do agree that a player who has a total lock down cannot stall the game to the point he is not playing. However, I think if my opponent decide to continue to play 3-4 more foundations, use tag-along to grab some more foundations, in his turn, and not playing attacks, and then "hard-fail" my 1st check in every of my turn, there is no way to call him stalling, right?

You can't stop your opponent from scooping if they want to.

Tagrineth said:

Sure you can... if you scoop first. d: