So, another team wants to attack my team (which I made for personal purposes that have nothing to do with attacking other teams or being 'first' or 'best' or whatever it is people seem to want these days). Every time I go to my team interface, there's a dialog there that only offers 'accept' instead of 'accept' and 'decline.' I don't intend to be in this fight, and I don't like the idea of being forced into one.
The impression I get is that the loser in a team challenge loses assets, which makes the entire process ethically dubious, in my view. (I realize that for some--particularly teens--the concept of ethics is a little too intellectual and high-minded, but hey, that's who I am and it's not open to debate.)
Can I accept the team challenge, and then decline it afterward? If I don't accept, will it not happen at the appointed time, after which I will regain access to my team interface? Will other teams be able to mount a denial-of-service attack on my team interface by constantly issuing challenges which I will never accept? (For the record, I've played lots of multi-player online games for the last 15 years, and I don't do PvP. I realize in this game I have to be an unwilling participant because people can challenge me to individual duels without my permission, but I won't initiate.)
As a software designer, programmer, and architect with decades of experience, it strikes me that this particular aspect of the game is flawed. Just sayin'.
--a.n.
p.s. If your answer is "well, if you don't like it, write your own game," dude--I can totally do that.