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Skins Disconnection

• Adam62 3 Posts

  Thu, Apr 26 2012 6:29 PM

  I was playing in a skins match where 1 of the players, after winning 5 skins, got disconnected.  I understand that by rule they forfeit those skins, but they default to WGT?  How is that fair?  Shouldn't they go back into the divided skins at the end of the match?  I would hate to think this is just another way for WGT to rip off their customers.  Can you point me to the rules for skins and the section that deals with this issue?  I'd love to see it, been looking and can't find it anywhere.

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Thu, Apr 26 2012 7:07 PM

  http://www.wgt.com/help.aspx#skins

  It's in there.

   

  Here's the verbage (bolded):

  Skins that have been won by a player who forfeits before the last hole is finished also forfeits any skins they have won up to that point. In a Skins Challenge game, this means that the credit value of any skins won up to the point a player forfeits will not be refunded to that player. Skins games must be completed by a player in order for that player to receive credit for the skins they have won. Once again, you must complete your Skins game in order to receive credit for any skins you have won. Otherwise the value of those skins will be forfeit to WGT. We do this in order to strongly encourage players not to quit during Skins games, and prevent players from leaving games before they are finished in order to protect skins they may have won to that point.

   

  Personally I don't like it either, nor do I care for the fact that when a player DC's, (without winning any skins) WGT takes that players skins/credits, and it is NOT up for grabs for the remaining players.