OK, here's the deal, below is a list of options for whether stalemate should be abolished or remain a part of chess' current rules.  This is a hurt/heal thread to determine which the community feels is a better approach.

Rules:

1.Vote once a day

2.Each option starts with twenty-five points.

3.When you vote, you "hurt" one option, taking five points away from that option, and "heal" another adding three to that one.

4.When an option hits 0 points or less, it is out of this survey.

5.The last option to hit 0 points or less wins.

Current Leaderboard, as of 15:14 PM PST 8/30/2011 (Up to and including post #13):

Stalemate  31

No Stalemate  15

Lenny Bongcloud 9

Stale Mates  -5

Cookies 3

Voting -5

6-4-3-2-0  3

ouachita -5

checkmateibeatu -10

Common Sense 3

alekhine (nazi bastard) -5

Oh, by the way, I won't be counting any votes for No Stalemate.

Hurt: No Stalemate.

Heal: Lenny Bongcloud.

heal: stalemate

hurt: no stalemate 

Heal: stalemate

Hurt: Stale Mates

Hurt: No Stalemate.

Heal: Lenny Bongcloud.

Results updated.

Heal:  Cookies

Hurt:  Voting

heal: Lenny Bongcloud

Hurt: checkmateibeatu

oh for all those interested i started something against him just because i felt like it

just look for it under my content

Heal: Common Sense

Hurt: checkmateibeatu

Also not accepting votes to heal checkmateibeatu.

I can't help wondering about where you learnt to be so dictatorial.

Don't make me block you.

 touche brilliant

oh and hurt checkmateibeatu

oh woops i voted

sory