u/Ikcelaks

If you need to leave a game for external reasons, what is the most proper action?:

1. Always offer a draw
2. Resign if losing, otherwise offer a draw
3. Always resign

To date, I've always resigned as a courtesy for wasting my opponent's time. Plus, it feels slimy to offer a draw knowing that I will follow it up with an immediate resignation if they decline. However, I've recently hit a bad stretch luck and resigned two games in the past two days from dominating positions, and now I'm wondering if my resignations are effectively sandbagging?

In the long term, a 5% (estimated) lower win-rate shouldn't significantly affect my rating in a significant way I don't think, but I'm curious what others think.

ETA: the overwhelming majority agree to just resign in this position, which is what I've been doing. Thanks!