I feel that deadbeats should lose points in the scoring. See the match scoring below where 4 players who were not doing well just stopped playing and did not lose any points!

2006-02-22 21:28:12 - wlevine won the game
2006-02-22 21:28:12 - supermarcol loses 26 points
2006-02-22 21:28:12 ...

I agree with Jake. There should be some points for finishing in second place.