Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-29776358-20170803172502/@comment-32811455-20170809143956

Greaseblade wrote:

I am cool with the challenge.. but if i am playing odds that one random hit takes me out (not a proper 1HKO) along with the fact I cannot do enough damage within the given time (despite having perks) then I will decline. And no i will not gain more points if I lose, that is only true for the first game. Also I never said I am better off playing bots. I just said I would decline if someone is crazy high and I am sure I will not win it. Its not the loss that I am bothered with but with spending energy in a fight I get nothing out of. I still dont understand the hoopla behind this. Just my stance. Does not mean you have to resonate with it!! You cannot dictate how others want to play the game.

As for doing unto others.. Well I never make a challenge I am not willing to complete and that goes for accepting challenges too.

Greaseblade, I'm not trying to attack you or try to dictate the way you play, but hopefully encourage a different theory on declining. My argument is two-fold: Declining is frustrating for the other person, and that mathematically you still win even if you lose:

I checked the math at my current level range (12 thru 9). With an MMA fighter, I lose only 4 points for a 2nd round fight, a net gain of 11 points. I lose 8 points for a 4th round fight, still gaining 7 points for a total net gain of +18. When my opponent finishes the 5th round, I get 55 points for completing a challenge and losing. So, for 6 energy I just gained 73 points. That's 23 MORE points than I would have got for fighting 6 energy worth of bots (25 each fight). And, this awesome season aside, we all have to grind our way to victory by fighting a few bots when we can't find active accounts. So, to all who decline, please just consider the math.

Greaseblade, I take your word that you decline for points only. But at any given level range it's a win-win to accept everything, and the more people who accept all challenges, the less you yourself will get declined. It sounds like you very rarely decline anyway, so perhaps now you'll take that from "rarely" to "never."