[bbz]

Turning AI is fine as long as you talk to the game admin. Give him chance to find a substitute if he thinks that your position is still not lost. And then if no substitute is found in couple of days to a week they will turn you AI. I think thats fair to anyone. The thing is joining a multiplayer game you have to be thinking of the others playing. So if you turning AI will give someone an easy win and thus he can double his territories at little no cost, ruining the game for all the other players, then you shouldn't do that. Ask around the game thread if its fine to leave the game or turn AI first.