Re: Premature Draws in C&C Rivals
Your situation is exactly why the Mammoth Tank and Avatars have their level of power/cost. You get to that situation where you crushed harvesters but the enemy defended their base well - you get to pull out your game-finisher. And in general - if you watch some - SOME- of the TIb league games you'll see 1 expensive unit in the tech tree splashed in - Basilisk being the other big one.
That being said a countdown wouldn't be bad. I'd like to see it up to 30 seconds ahead of time - I think it'd freak a lot of people out. Winner goes to who has the coolest head.
But as far as working with the system - always try and get a little chip damage in - Wins in draw go to whoever did the most damage - so hitting their base even once will give you the win if he forgets to do the same.