First off Belz, you and I have already privately discussed how you didnt give all the details to the situation which is causing a lot of confusion. For anyone that hasnt re-read the original post, you will see that Belzebel's Gastrodon was choice tricked and wouldnt have been possible to recover. Second, you and I have both exercised "flexing" on our opponents a few extra turns before finishing them off. And this isnt the only time it has happened to you, or I. So I can completely relate how frustrating it can be. For example, I only had a Life Orb Gengar vs a Blissey who continuously spammed Softboil and Stealth Rock when I knew he had flamethrower in his moveset.
This thread is quickly turning into a "add a surrender button" suggestion thread. And for the record, this has been suggested several times.
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/66282-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/57943-url (Tie Button, a little different)
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/51343-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/48084-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/45328-url/?do=findComment&comment=279764 (Remove disconnect penalty)
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/43862-url/?do=findComment&comment=272942
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/43243-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/42675-url/?do=findComment&comment=266658
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/31283-url/?do=findComment&comment=204466 (Suggested in the official PvP Rules thread)
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/41641-url/?do=findComment&comment=261390
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/39471-url (More of a discussion than a suggestion)
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/29889-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/30818-url
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/26703-url/?do=findComment&comment=177236 (Suggested in a pvp rewards discussion)
https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/7855-url
To sum it up, the surrender suggestion has had overwhelming support by the community for several years. However, the main deterrent staff and nay-sayers keep repeating is "it can be abused for pvp coins." However, some staff members voted to allow alt accounts into pvp even when that is abusable. And honestly, I dont think alt accounts being abused has been a huge problem. I have heard several stories of people getting banned for "boosting" their own accounts or friends. If moderators can successfully moderate pvp boosting, why cant they handle surrender abusing?