Offering a Draw in a Vote Chess Match

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How does the draw offering system in a vote chess match work? I know that how to offer it (the little 1/2-1/2 button), but does that take the place of your vote, or can you vote as well as offer a draw? Also, how does the other team accept the draw once it is offered?

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Need to vote for a move and offer draw. I think just click accept draw by the other team is enough. 

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Thank you all for your help!

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You must submit a move as well as the draw offer, because if there are not enough votes for the draw offer to be made available to the opponent, then your team still has to have made a move in order to continue the game.

Same if the opponent rejects the draw offer, your team needs to have made a move to continue the game.

As always, it is best to agree on a move, or else if the draw offer is rejected, the move might be decided by a drive-by voter, as happened to one of my teams recently. 

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wormrose wrote:

As always, it is best to agree on a move, or else if the draw offer is rejected, the move might be decided by a drive-by voter, as happened to one of my teams recently. 

Yes, we wondered what happened in that game until we reviewed your team's comments.

You need to vote for the draw and for the move.