I'll tell you why not:

2. I know the rationale is that you will be saving yourself and others time, but honestly, if you've made it to the point where there's 3 people left in the game, and you're in such a poition that you feel you have no hope but to surrender, how much time are you really ...

I agree with the surrender button, because let's say one person has all these continents and bonuses and is assured to win, but is not currently playing. The other two people, who would want to quit, would have to wait for the player to finish the game. This, in turn, would prevent them from playing ...

I think that the score cap would be a good idea to help prevent cheating, and it would make it so that newer players don't have to suffer a constanly lowered score.

I think that the "skip turn button" might be a good idea, or if that is not acceptable with the card rules, then if a person tries to not use thier cards by deadbeating, instead of them getting even more armies next turn, they should get the same number of armies that they would have gotten the ...