It's been awhile since I've played(online). But I usually play till the opponent quits. Unless he's too hardcore for me to challenge, then I'd bail out. But don't you just hate it when you're on a winning streak, opponent got lucky, and steals the points you just earned from him? Sucks big time.
If they're at least 7000, I almost always play until they quit. Unless I rattle off like 10 in a row, at which point a single loss will ruin many of the wins, and since I'm a misdropping moron, I will lose sooner than later. If they're much higher than me, I don't quit first, even if they give me a solid beating. I almost ALWAYS gain points from very high rated opponents, because I have it in me to play like an 8000 player every once in a while, and if they aren't on their A game for that particular match, they will lose to me. If they're much lower than me, I quit after one game. I hate losing a ton of points to disconnect or a stupid mistake.
I think what Sully described is pretty much the way most people in our rating bracket play. Except I'll usually go to 3 games against low-rated people, unless they're below 5000.
i leave after the first game for all opponents except ones at most two hundred below me or higher. if i keep running into a the same low rated player, i'll play the first then leave over and over.
Well, when you're usually around 7300, there are a lot more opponents within range. Try hanging with us for a while!
I lost a few matches in 4 player again, so I'm embarrassingly low at the moment. In addition, that night I had a thunderstorm that killed my wireless router.
personaly i play untill i either get a run of wins, if the person is was higher then me i play untill i win then bail, or play untill they quit
if the players are 66xx or below i play them indefinitely. their loss is my gain and i rarely rarely lose to a player below 6800. If they are targeting i leave. Usually i can rattle off 5 or 6 in a row before they leave. if more than 1 player is above 7100 i leave after the first game. If there is only 1 player in the 7xxx's i'll stay for two or three.
You coward cosmonaut. I just play until someone quits. Unless I'm over 7600, then I only play one or two, because after the second win the other 3 people suss out that they can win by sending me all their garbage.
I tend to try to find high rated players and play as much as I can with them. I know if I'm having a real good day in Tetris I can pull off a few wins against them. I also like to play any players in the 6000's for as much as I can, particularly in 4 player mode. I try to stay away from push as much as I can because I get murdered by really good players(Caithness, I'm looking at you ). Once I understand the push strategy better I might play it a lot. I also tend to instantly leave after playing a game with ANYONE in the 3000's. My rating barely goes up if I win and for all I know, they might be killing their rating on purpose to kill a top rated player later on. It's just damgerous playing them no matter what.
