On another thread, Vengeance suggested an idea I think is worth discussing in more detail in its own thread. The suggestion was a "true surrender option" to prevent a strong player who is taken down by an alliance from losing major domination points by their decision to keep him at one territory for an extended period of time.

I think that this has merit. It would essentially allow a player who has built up to a strong position to quit the game when it is clear that the alliance against him has won and not lose points because the alliance decides to drain him of dominance.

I think that you should have this option if you have been in the number one position for at least a few turns and have been reduced to only say 2 or 3 territories.

The downside I see is that people would try to gain 1st early with the plan to suicide and then surrender. So, I think that it should only be allowed after a certain round, or after you have held a high position for at least a certain number of consecutive rounds.
Also, it would potentially encourage a later round 1st position player to give up too easily when 2nd and 3rd gang up on him, so there should be a bit of a penalty for doing it.

Maybe the whole idea will introduce too many complications, and create incentives for bad play... I don't know. Just throwing the idea out for discussion. Any ideas on how it could be implemented, pros/cons?