Why should active players be penalized by deadbeats? ... after all, isn't one of the missions of this site to promote PLAYING Risk games, rather than STALLING them?

I would like to echo some of Ran Taro's sentiment & suggestion regarding Deadbeats ... yes, it is extremely frustrating to wait for ...

When a player "withdraws" from a game after that game has started ... is that player's ranking affected the same as if they stayed in the game, playing to win, but eventually lost?

How many fortifications are allowed when the game is set up for "many" fortifications?