isolater: since the new tiers have come out i've found it next to impossible to get a round of 9 let alone a full 18 in
That's pretty funny and sad at the same time, you know.
When the new Tiers came out, paired with Levels, the official assumption was that "this will help reduce the number of quitters". Instead, as you say, things seem to have got even worse. Before WGT.com introduce
reputation tracking to dispose of quitters once and for all, you might want to join the
Ladders site where quitting isn't tolerated, and quitters are publicly named & shamed in the forum.